Valve Releases Updated Alien Swarm For Free With Code Base 164
baronvoncarson tips news that today Valve released an updated version of Alien Swarm, a popular Unreal Tournament 2004 total conversion mod. The creators of the mod were hired by Valve, and they've helped turn it into a stand-alone game running on the Source engine. Valve is also releasing the code base for Alien Swarm and an SDK. The game is available for free on Steam.
Re:Free (Score:4, Funny)
If only the summary mentioned how they ported it to the source engine...
Re:Free (Score:4, Funny)
not reading the posts you are responding too is just too far.
Psh, I don't even read the posts I quote. Were you talking about puppies or something up there?
Re:Black Cat Games is irrelevant (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, poor Black Cat. They got offered and accepted a hiring from one of the most successful development houses in the world and then got paid to finish their free volunteer project and release it for free anyway. Life's a bitch.
Re:Free (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nightblade (Score:5, Funny)
Someone who's capable of discerning the topic at hand.
You must be a thrilling conversationalist.
"How are you doing?"
"Fine."
"Hey, have you seen that new movie?"
"Sorry, this isn't about movies. The topic at hand is about how I'm doing."
Re:Free (Score:4, Funny)
daemonc (145175)
I just realized there is no way to moderate you as "-1 wrong"
Greetings! Welcome to Slashdot!
A bit of belated advice, if you're going to buy a user ID on eBay you really shouldn't waste your money on anything with more than 4 digits.
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