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Valve releases Alien Swarm, a free Source top-down co-op shooter, on Monday

38 points by DaemonXI 16y ago

ovi256 16y ago
I really like what Valve is doing with Steam lately. They're in a big battle with that other game studio (Activision of course), and Alien Swarm looks like pretty good ammo. A pity there's no mac version. Yeah, I know, there's bootcamp.
- younata 16y ago
  or... you get the sdk and you re-implement it for the mac.
  - bitsai 16y ago
    My understanding was that since Valve brought Steam and Source to Mac, all Source games will be playable on both PC and Mac going forward: http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/ http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/
    - woodall 16y ago
      Maybe...but On the game page there is no Mac tag[1]. Also, someone mentioned in the forums that, "POrtal 2 would be their first game to be simultaneously released for Mac and Windows: http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/[2] http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/[2]. [1] http://store.steampowered.com/app/630/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/630/ [2] http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16112748&postcount=10 http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1611274...
      - ROFISH 16y ago
        I imagine that Portal 2 and Alien Swarm are based on the same version of the Source Engine that hasn't been ported yet. All the Mac releases so far are older games on older engine versions. Both Left 4 Dead games haven't been ported to Mac yet.
        bitsai 16y ago
        Ah, I see. Thanks, woodall, ROFISH, for the info :)
w1ntermute 16y ago
It's not just free - they're also releasing the source!!!
- aw3c2 16y ago
  The engine is called "Source", are you sure the source code will be freely released and if so, what source code exactly?
  - rodion_89 16y ago
    from my understanding, the source engine isnt open source but this game will be. i think that means that we can get anything that runs atop the engine but not the engine itself. wikipedia also has a page listing source in the commercial engines section rather than the open-source section. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines
usaar333 16y ago
I have pretty high expectations after playing the UT 2004 version years back.
vyrotek 16y ago
I checked out the forums and was glad to see I wasn't the only one who really wants a DoTA Mod based on this. I'll definitely be downloading this.
- AndrewHampton 16y ago
  League of Legends is a really fun DoTA based game that I've been playing recently. http://www.leagueoflegends.com/ http://www.leagueoflegends.com/
m0tive 16y ago
This reminds me of Natural Selection, which has to have been one of the most interesting Half-Life mods I use to play. http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/ http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/

38 points by DaemonXI 16y ago

I really like what Valve is doing with Steam lately. They're in a big battle with that other game studio (Activision of course), and Alien Swarm looks like pretty good ammo. A pity there's no mac version. Yeah, I know, there's bootcamp.

younata 16y ago
or... you get the sdk and you re-implement it for the mac.
- bitsai 16y ago
  My understanding was that since Valve brought Steam and Source to Mac, all Source games will be playable on both PC and Mac going forward: http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/ http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/
  - woodall 16y ago
    Maybe...but On the game page there is no Mac tag[1]. Also, someone mentioned in the forums that, "POrtal 2 would be their first game to be simultaneously released for Mac and Windows: http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/[2] http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/[2]. [1] http://store.steampowered.com/app/630/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/630/ [2] http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16112748&postcount=10 http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1611274...
    - ROFISH 16y ago
      I imagine that Portal 2 and Alien Swarm are based on the same version of the Source Engine that hasn't been ported yet. All the Mac releases so far are older games on older engine versions. Both Left 4 Dead games haven't been ported to Mac yet.
      - bitsai 16y ago
        Ah, I see. Thanks, woodall, ROFISH, for the info :)

w1ntermute 16y ago

It's not just free - they're also releasing the source!!!

aw3c2 16y ago
The engine is called "Source", are you sure the source code will be freely released and if so, what source code exactly?
- rodion_89 16y ago
  from my understanding, the source engine isnt open source but this game will be. i think that means that we can get anything that runs atop the engine but not the engine itself. wikipedia also has a page listing source in the commercial engines section rather than the open-source section. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines

usaar333 16y ago

I have pretty high expectations after playing the UT 2004 version years back.

vyrotek 16y ago

I checked out the forums and was glad to see I wasn't the only one who really wants a DoTA Mod based on this. I'll definitely be downloading this.

AndrewHampton 16y ago
League of Legends is a really fun DoTA based game that I've been playing recently. http://www.leagueoflegends.com/ http://www.leagueoflegends.com/

m0tive 16y ago

This reminds me of Natural Selection, which has to have been one of the most interesting Half-Life mods I use to play. http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/ http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/