• Valve is offering Left 4 Dead 2 at a 50% discount
• the TF2 blog has an article on custom content from the community
• Age of Chivalry/ has a job opening for an Animator
• Sven Co-op released its Contest map pack
• Jailbreak Source/’s 0.6.1 release is coming up on March 27th and they are throwing a party :)
• Jurassic Life/ has posted a small mod update
• Kontrol is showing off its first custom NPC
• Operation Vault Assault has a small update and is in need of help
• Kingdoms Collide released a patch for beta 1.1 a few days ago.  This patch fixes a lot of bugs
• Puzzlr is looking for people to participate in its beta 2 program
• Stalker City has posted a new weapon model
• Jmod is showing off some screenshots of their Air Support System
• Price of Victory has shut down operations
• Metroid Prime Source has a bit of an update

CNN is reporting that Robert Culp, aka the voice of Dr. Breen in Half-Life has passed away. He was 79 and is survived by his wife, five children, and five grandchildren.

A new update is out which fixes a few problems caused by the patch yesterday

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed being unable to stun players whether a perfect parry or bash
• Fixed players performing special being bashed and getting frozen
• Fixed problems with the Linux build

I found this earlier today while on YouTube. This is Gabe Newell accepting the Pioneer Award at this years GDC...and yes, the BSOD is fake

Kingdoms Collide announces it's first beta release! It's a little rough around the edges, so be gentle but constructive with your feedback (we want lots of feedback). It's a proud accomplishment that 2 guys have gotten this far with their very first mod in only one year. Hopefully it's the beginning of something great.

Kingdoms Collide BETA Trailer video - Mod DB

Download Kingdoms Collide:

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ORION BETA 1.2 - PLAY IT FIRST COMPETITION - FIRST GAMEPLAY SCREENS OF ORION BETA 1.2!

We just held Session #01 of the Play It First competition yesterday. It was a nice turn out and everyone (new and old) thoroughly enjoyed the playtest. We've played all the maps, including the four new ones - and we have the media to prove it!

This was taken yesterday over the course of 2 hour beta test. This was taken from a small 5 v 5 match across all of the maps featured in Orion Beta 1.2. Enjoy the first official gameplay images of Orion Beta 1.2!

Yes, that enemy was just destroyed by the flag carrier!

Defending the flag carrier on ctf_shadow.

Flanking the enemy through the dark corridors of ctf_geode.

Aerial Combat on the new level - ctf_myst.

Failing on an objective attack.

Succeeding at an objective attack!

Tearing (@#5 up!

Gears of War Roadie Run styled image.

ORION BETA 1.2 - PLAY IT FIRST COMPETITION - WAVE 2 ANNOUNCED!

That's right! We are announcing the second wave for the Play It First competition! This wave will be doubled in size - so please DO NOT hesitate to apply! It's quick, it's easy and most importantly - it's fun!

If you want to be one of the first to get your grubby little hands on the beta, here is what you must do:

APPLICATION DETAILS:

• 01 - Be one of the first 100 people to send an email to: david@prassel.com
• 02 - Discuss other games you've beta tested, and why you think you can help us
• 03 - Your computer specs
• 04 - Age & Location

This is the second wave for the Beta 1.2 hand out. First come, first serve! Start sending out those emails! There is no guaranteed third wave!

Visit our site for constant updates and news about Orion and the upcoming Beta 1.2!

Here is a small update for Linux Servers which fixes issues that have been occurring with them. It will be available in Steam Patch form tomorrow sometime.

http://www.mediafire.com/?nmjxluxjjjt

We kept our promise.

Well, just recently we promised we'd be doing more videocasts, so we've gone and done just that. This is the 3rd installment in the thrilling Cry of Fear videocast series, starting with a bang and ending with a whimper. We also promised that they'd be in HD.

So guess what isn't HD?

If you guessed "the videocast", then you'd be right! We've been having a number of technical difficulties lately, the main one being my PC being totally fucked. Don't worry though, the code was backed up and nothing has been lost. This shouldn't really impede progress as I can still continue to code from this laptop. Anyway, without further ado, here's the 3rd videocast!

Cry of Fear - Videocast 3 - Mod DB

We now have a proper website

www.cry-of-fear.com

That's right. This was LONG overdue, and we finally got off our lazy butts and hired a fellow Brit, Xilefian, to do the site for us. He completed it at breakneck speed, and we're extremely grateful to him. Three cheers for Felix! Please do sign up to the site and forums, and stay active! News there will be posted a day before ModDB, so you'll get all the exclusives before anyone else. Which reminds me

GIve us your delicious money

We have set up an area for donations! This helps us keep the site running. (Bandwidth and disk space is provided by my website, Half-Life Creations so feel free to check that out too! Donations over $10 also get you super top-secret features, not only in the forums but in the mod too, to show our appreciation. If you do donate, please send me a private message on the forums with the email you used to donate and the install path to your Steam copy of Half-Life. We need this to ensure that you get the donator-specific features in the mod! Unlike a multiplayer mod such as Sven-Coop, we can't check your Steam ID due to a boring technical reason to do with how Steam handles LAN players. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Catch you all on the flipside

Minuit

Hey everybody! Since our Christmas update we have been working on Room Escape more than usual. Recently, a new passcode system has been created. Now we can add "find the passcode" puzzles to Room Escape. The inventory system is working very well too. We are shooting for a May release, hopefully we will be on time. Until next time, see ya.