Digitally Disturbed Gamer

Confirmed: Valve to Deliver Steam & Source on the Mac

DDGamer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:57:43

It's confirmed, Steam and Source games are coming to the Mac. I wonder if the purchases you made on an account on Windows carry over to the Mac port as well. For Valve games I'd assume so, but I don't know what other developers will eventually plan.

Ha ha ha. Awesome Bad Company 2 Trailer

DDGamer — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:19:28

I'd say it's pretty accurate. This game is amazing.

Oh irony, Thy name is Ubisoft.

DDGamer — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:52:23

According to Escapist, their authentication servers went down early today and have been offline for over 10 hours. No one who bought their games can actually play them, and the rep says he's trying to get more info and hoping everything will be back online by tomorrow.

Again....That didn't take long, now did it kids?

EDIT RPS has picked up on this as well.

Ubisoft's DRM cracked within a day.

DDGamer — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:19:24

HA HA HA HA HA!

Torrentfreak

Destructoid

RPS

That didn't take long, now did it kids?

Steam is Coming to Macs

DDGamer — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:16:21

Now I just want an iPhone Steam Community app so I can chat with my friends from my phone.

It's nearly a certainty now.

Rock Paper Shotgun wrote:Or, and I admit this is so unlikely that even writing it makes me sound like an insane fantasist, is Mac Steam going to include a wrapper/virtualisation tech that enables most Windows games to be played on OSX, a la Crossover or Parallels Desktop? Doubtful, but God only knows what this actually entails. Whichever, my immediate concern, because I’m a selfish little snot, is whether Win-Steam and Mac-Steam accounts will be twinned – I own a Mac as well as PC. I want access to my stuff on both.

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DDGamer Steam UI 2010

DDGamer — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:47:14

I can't take credit for this, most of the work was done by other skinner TDD and Savage Alien. I just took what I liked about their skins and merged them into my own.

Just extract to your Steam/skin/ directory. A file in the Public/ folder is replaced for the addition of new menu items at the top.

The Skin

Portal Update Released - WTF?

DDGamer — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:22:32

Quote:Updates to Portal have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

Portal
Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations

Yeah, I'm wearing my tinfoil hat from now on.

DICE shows the PC some love with Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC Specific Features

DDGamer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:48:35

Yay! Go Dice!

New Steam UI - Looks Sexy As Hell

DDGamer — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:28:41

Everyone go opt into the new Steam UI beta right now. It's fucking sexy as hell. It now uses Webkit instead of IE so things will be much more stable and faster overall. Woo!

Ubisoft isn't the only one who doesn't get it...

DDGamer — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:51:08

If you've been keeping up with the news, Ubisoft is still going full speed ahead with this "Always Online DRM". The truly sad thing is that despite it saying this in CAPSLOCKED TEXT in 2 plainly visible places on the store page, AC2 has risen to Number 2 in the Top Sellers on Steam as of this post.

I honestly don't know what to say to that. I especially like the part in the huge text stating that they can terminate the online activation anytime with a 30 day warning. Good luck with that.

On the upside, our buddy LewieP of SavyGamer fame is rallying Europe to battle the French publisher/developer. It's a nice angle of attack. No sales and Ubi will scream piracy, huge sales and they smugly announce they were right. Sales that end up being returned, refunded and makes a chunk of their stock get labeled "Used" and resold with a lower price point just might be the way to get their attention. That's what I hope anyway.

As of now I'm unaware if there's anything similar happening on this side of the Atlantic, but our return policies here aren't nearly as understanding.

We'll keep everyone informed if anything else develops.

Operation Flashpoint Gives Up - No Further DLC or Patches

DDGamer — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:07:33

Looks like there won't be any further support from Codemasters for their ultra-realistic shooter Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. Pretty pathetic round of support if you ask me, they never implemented the dedicated servers they had hinted at prior to the game's release.

Meanwhile, Bohemia Interactive is still supporting ArmA, 6 months after the release of the sequel ArmA II, with the last patch for ArmA (1.18) due soon.

Press release after the break.

Public Warning - Stay Away from Interstate '76 on GOG

DDGamer — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:11:28

Wow, I've never played a buggier release. GOG really dropped the ball on this, especially considering their releases are usually rock solid. This game gave me the first blue screen I've ever had on Windows 7, and the first I've had in over two years.

Stay the hell away.

Activision Brings the Awesome to GOG

DDGamer — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:51:20

This month is Activision month at GOG.com with a number of awesome old releases from Activision. You remember them, when they used to make great games before putting out annual iterations of rhythm games and $60 PC releases. Top of my list are Interstate 76 and Vampire The Masquerade Redemption, both games I loved back in the day.

Check after the break for the YouTube trailers GOG has put together for these games.

Moving Steam Games to a Separate Hard Drive in Windows 7

DDGamer — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:00:18

Michael Hermes has detailed an extensive guide about how you can create symbolic links in Windows 7 so that you can have some Steam games in different directories than the default and Windows / Steam will believe it's all still in the default
.

Michael Hermes wrote: This tutorial explains how to create a link between the main hard drive with Windows 7 installed on it to the larger hard drive with more space. It will involve deleting folders and using the command prompt, so if you’re not comfortable with either I would recommend exploring other options. That said, the process is fairly straightforward and easy to do. (The good news is that Steam allows unlimited downloads of purchased content. If you truly manage to bugger things, simply reinstall the Steam client and re-download all your games.)

Read the full article here.

Scream Like A Little Girl - Amnesia

DDGamer — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:27:42

The fellas who made the excellent (and terrifying) Penumbra games are back at it again, with a new game due to be released in August 2010 called Amnesia: the Dark Descent.

Amnesia wrote: Amnesia: The Dark Descent puts you in the shoes of Daniel as he wakes up in a desolate castle, barely remembering anything about his past. Exploring the eerie pathways, you must also take part of Daniel's troubled memories. The horror does not only come from the outside, but from the inside as well. A disturbing odyssey into the dark corners of the human mind awaits.

Civilization V Announced - Large Number of Divorce Papers Requested by Gamer Wives

DDGamer — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:35:08

As my good friend Fraser can attest, the Civilization games have ruined many a good relationship, friendship, or have been the sole cause of failings classes. Firaxis is at it again, having announced Civilization V. I spent way too many late nights playing Civilization IV (just one more fucking turn) and it put a large strain on my relationship with my wife (who was my girlfriend at the time). Still, I can't wait for the Fall to arrive with this game.

They Really Don't Get It

DDGamer — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:23:33

What the fuck Ubisoft. What the fuck.

Seriously? This is how you treat your PC gamers? When the game disconnects from your servers for whatever reason you're booted off - for a single player game? Wow, just wow. Even Steam doesn't do this, you lose your connection mid game and keep playing (with the exception of a multiplayer game naturally).

So yeah, Assassin's Creed 2 = skip, and any other Ubisoft game that uses this kind of mechanic. I have a pretty solid connection but even that is prone to the occasional hiccup.

I just, I just feel shocked.

Busy Weekend Ahead Of Us

DDGamer — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:55:51

Looks like there will be plenty to do for the cost conscious gamer this weekend. Currently, the Shadowgrounds games are 75% off due to Steam's midweek madness sale. Shattered Horizon will be free to play this weekend, from the 19th to the 21st of February and the price will be knocked down 50% during this time as well. If you're curious about this excellent and unique game then now is the time to check it out.

Also, GOG now has a number of Activision games in their catalog, including Gabriel Knight, Phantasmagoria and Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption (one of my personal favorites). Interstate 76 is due to release at the end of February as well - looks like it'll be a good month for retro-ish PC gaming.

Shattered Horizon - Moonrise DLC Released

DDGamer — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:12:56

It's free and it's awesome. It adds four new levels to battle through. On top of this, a patch was released last week that added some much needed features to Shattered Horizon such as in-game VOIP. The MPR has been tweaked, making it a better grenade choice and all the sound effects have had an overhaul; they're a lot meatier.

The game was one of my favorite releases of 2009 and the recent patch, and now this additional content make it even better!

Horrible Voice Overs

DDGamer — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:43:54

This is why I can't wait for a Russian voice over mod. The English voices in Call of Pripyat are horrible.

Edit: Read the video description, looks like there actually is a mod.