Alien Swarm

[Mikey]

Need something to tide you over until the release of Starcraft II? Just caught this over on Steam. Alien Swarm, originally heading for retail release, is going to be available for free on the 19 July 2010!


http://store.steampowered.com/app/630/

About the Game
Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community.

Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility.

Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine.

Tactical, 4 player co-op action game with a top-down perspective
Complete game code and mod tools
Unlock persistent items by gaining levels
Over 40 weapons and equipment with countless loadout configurations
4 unique classes and 8 unique characters
Matchmaking, Steam Cloud, Steam Stats
64 achievements
Tile-based map generation tool
Powered by Source and Steam
System Requirements
Minimum:
OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Recommended:
OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

[atzecs]

Might give it a try

[Anyu]

Sounds cool, and free is a price you can't argue with. I'll have to try it

[Solma]

Wow looks pretty fun and free is always good.

Also it should be said that if you didnt preorder Starcraft 2 in the store you can pre download the digital copy right now and on the 27th all you have to do is pay for the digital copy and youre good to go.

[Scism3]

This looks interesting. Not sure when I'll be able to play it...but I will definitely dl and check it out

[Mikey]

Well, should be released soon! I'll put up a dedicated server if the game allows it.

[OrangeFu]

Im exited - if the navigation plays like Diablo, I will be all over this shit.

[Cookie]

UGHHHHHHHHHH i can't download due to everyone else downloading it.

[Critical.Hurt]

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/asgaymer

[Mikey]

Server: 81.19.212.62:27065

As far as I know the only way to connect to it right now is by adding it to Steam favourites adding the server by IP address then double clicking on it to launch AS.

[OrangeFu]

If you want to download this and cant, go to steam settings and change your regional mirror to Africa.

[Mikey]

Another: 81.19.212.62:27075

[atzecs]

Morph, add them to the server tab on the main page

[Mikey]

Done, also updated all the others