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The Goofy Underbelly Of Steam Greenlight

Given that there are so, so many submissions to Valve’s Steam Greenlight crowdsourcing approval system, it stands to reason that there will be some pretty goofy entries. And what do you know, that’s totally the case!


Make Your Own Official Portal Cakes With Official Portal Cake Mix

Your next baking session can crack jokes like it was 2007 now that official Aperture Science cake mix has been made available. It comes with the candle, 275g of cake mix, 50g of cream powder, chocolate flakes and 80g of liquid thickener. All you need to complete the thing are some cherries and a post-apocalyptic underground science laboratory.


YouTube’s Silliest Personalities Get Re-Created In Source Filmmaker

Remember the pure genius that was thatscoutisaspy’s recreation of the Game Grumps absolutely losing it to Sonic ’06? If you don’t, do yourself a favour and get acquainted.


DOTA 2 Tournament Hit By Online Attacks

Several rounds of a DOTA 2 tournament have had to be postponed after somebody launched persistent DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks, which in some cases knocked out players and in other cases entire teams. The Chinese league, G-1, says that several matches involving European players were affected, and that further qualifiers have been postponed until a workaround can be implemented.


Looks Like Newbie Team Fortress 2 Players Might Be Better Than The Pros On Virtual Reality

Team Fortress 2 on virtual reality is a real thing; you can try it out if you happen to have an Oculus Rift developer kit. Since playing games on virtual reality will be new for most of us, players will likely have to undergo an adjustment period in order to avoid a possibly disorienting experience.


Fine Art: All The Valve Concept Art You Could Ever Need

I saw these pop up on Twitter a few weeks back, but you know what? I’ve been on holidays for a few weeks. So here they are. ***** Artists is a page on Steam’s community hub that showcases the work of Valve’s art team, past and present.


First Look At The Free Left 4 Dead 2 X Resident Evil 6 Crossover In Action

As revealed last week, two of video games’ biggest zombie-centric franchises will be bumping uglies when crossover content for the PC versions of Resident Evil 6 and Left 4 Dead 2 hits in in two weeks. This video shows what it looks like when Coach, Nick, Ellis and Rochelle take on the BOWs of Capcom’s global apocalypse, with Special Infected enemies from L4D2 popping in to mix things up.


Steam Will Now Let You Play Some Games Before They Even Come Out

Valve has just launched Steam Early Access. It’s a new program designed to let Steam users play games while they’re still in development.


Doom Integrated Into Garry’s Mod Takes The Game To Another Level

Elements of the source port of Doom integrated into the latest Garry’s Mod look really great. Shooting down (/2) endless masses of imps and cacodemons is always fun, and doing it in a City 17-esque dystopian open environment is just makes it more special.


Valve Adding Virtual Reality Support To Team Fortress 2

Valve has announced that they are adding an “experimental virtual reality mode” to their multiplayer first-person shooter Team Fortress 2. It will be playable by anyone with an Oculus Rift Developer Kit. The mode will be released in the coming days.


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