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July 11, 2012
PlanetPhillip.Com Closes

Update: PlanetPhillip is now back online in a somewhat reduced capacity, good to see you back Phillip.  Check out the blog post for the full details. In what has become a rather sad day for the Half Life community, PlanetPhillip has officially shut down with this message: PlanetPhillip.Com Has Closed It may reopen in October […]

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November 7, 2011
Steam Hacked? steampowered.com down.

Looks like Steams current undergoing maintenance message is due to some dodgy goings on,  I just received this message from valvesoftware.com and it does indeed appear steampowered.com has been compromised: Ever wanted to dominate the servers you play on with guaranteed results, but you were too afraid to cheat because of ban risks? Visit Fkn0wned […]

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October 12, 2011
Gabe Newell on Closed Platforms

It appears Gabe Newell has foreseen an Apple iHome based future and dislikes the direction console gaming is going.  In a recent game panel at some WTIA TechNW conference, Gabe looks at the current gaming trends and offers his own insight into the direction gaming as a medium is going.  Seattle Times On the platform […]

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September 21, 2011
Divinity 2 The Dragon Knight Saga: Review

Divinity 2 starts off like a lot of typical Western RPG's with a seemingly standard  introductory storytelling experience.  Just when you think the game is being too generic for its own good it suddenly gets epic, it actually takes you by surprise.  Welcome to the world of Divinity 2, Larian Studios most ambitious RPG title […]

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September 20, 2011
New Valve Intro Video

Unless you have been using -novid command option in your Valve games, you have probably seen the Valve Man II on more than one occasion.  Normally we are presented with a fading-in sepia tone picture of a man's bald head with a red valve sticking out of it accompanied by that sinister chime

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September 20, 2011
Half Life 2: Episode 3 code found in DOTA 2 Leak?

LambdaGeneration earlier broke the news that the Dota 2 Client had been Leaked with references to actual HL2: Episode 3 Code which has recently been verified by Steam user barneyinblue: [box style="rounded"] dota 2 beta/bin/dota_staging_latest_good.TXT dota/staging/game/bin/ep3.fgd dota/staging/src/game/client/client_ep3.vpc dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/blob_mine.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/blob_regenerator.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/dust_cloud.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/gas_pump.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/npc_advisor_roaming.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/npc_advisor_roaming.h dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/npc_advisor_roaming_spit.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/npc_blob.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/npc_blob.h dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/npc_blob_tiny.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/npc_blob_tiny.h dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/npc_composite_companion.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/shape_target.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/weapon_egon.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/weapon_flamethrower.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/weapon_flamethrower.h dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/weapon_flechettegun.cpp dota/staging/src/game/server/ep3/weapon_gauss.cpp […]

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September 15, 2011
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Preview Footage

The Bethesda Softworks blog has released the official videos from the 20 minutes of Skyrim gameplay footage we all saw via the Gamescom 2011 leaked videos. Now we can enjoy these (officially) in 720p:

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September 15, 2011
Alternatives to Steam

The popularity Of Steam in the last few years has seen it become the premier PC gaming platform for good reason, it simplifies and centralises the PC gaming experience, taking the best parts of console gaming and maintaining the openness of PC hardware. Steamworks, not to be confused with the Steam client, is Valves platform […]

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June 24, 2011
Meet the Medic: Finally!

Team Fortress 2 goes free to play, the Medic gets his very own video, what more could you ask for?   Besides more damn Hats.... Not every mad doctor lives in a castle surrounded by villagers with pitchforks. Sometimes they live in the trenches, where there's plenty of spare parts flying around and a pressing need […]

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June 3, 2011
EA Launching Origin: A direct Steam Competitor

Not content to just offer Online downloads via the EA Store, This friday will see the release of Origin, EA's answer to the all conquering Steam platform. Like Steam, EA Origin will be offering more than just downloadable games, Origin will feature social networking features, trophies/achievements, in game messaging and probably the most interesting, the […]

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