Hard Reset Releases on Steam

Flying Wild Hog’s debut game, Hard Reset, is finally available on Steam! This old-school first-person shooter doesn’t bother with modern niceties like taking cover, regenerating health or constantly reloading weapons – this is run-and-gun action in a stunningly-realized cyberpunk setting, as you try to stop an army of robots from overrunning humanity’s last city. In a world where artificial intelligence research has gone awry, robots rise up against their masters and become the killing machines we all knew they were destined to be. Only your hero stands between a metallic hell and the safety of all humankind. In response to … Continue reading Hard Reset Releases on Steam

Valve’s Steam Service Offers In-Game Trading

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) today announced the official launch of Steam Trading. Released in beta a few weeks ago, Steam Trading allows gamers to exchange in-game items and game gifts. The Steam Trading beta began with Team Fortress 2 items and game gifts. Today Spiral Knights, the cooperative adventure from Three Rings and Sega, and Portal 2 join the Steam economy as Steam Trading becomes available to everyone. "The addition of Steam Trading is the latest example of how Steam continues to evolve with new features and … Continue reading Valve’s Steam Service Offers In-Game Trading

Half-life aims to kill other first person shooters

Valve Software’s Half-Life has been hyped for the past three years, claiming that it has the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) found on any first person shooter. It was supposed to be the AI that would surpass Half-Life form its competition. Fortunately, I am able to say that as far as the main game goes, that hype is proven to be true, as the final release provides the most challenging, involving single player action there is to offer. Half-Life, published by Sierra, centers on Gordon Freeman, doctor of Nanotechnology and Charlie Sheen look-a-like. What appears to start off as a … Continue reading Half-life aims to kill other first person shooters