Alien Swarm: Infested finally getting released!

Alien Swarm: Infested finally getting released!

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Caydr
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Alien Swarm: Infested finally getting released!

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Back around when I first installed Steam, there was this HL2 mod called Alien Swarm: Infested. It was supposed to be coming out real soon.

Apparently what happened is the people working on it got hired by Valve and wound up working on projects like L4D and Portal 2. However, they're now freed up to put the finishing touches on Alien Swarm, and it's being called an official Valve game apparently.

It's being released this monday completely free. In related news, HL2: E3 vitriol has drained away somewhat.

http://store.steampowered.com/news/4081/

Might work on Mac too, since it's a Source game. Not on Linux obviously.

Edit: The game's homepage.
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Caydr wrote:Not on Linux
yet. the framework is there.
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Oh why must you people turn everything into a Linux thread? :mrgreen:
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Caydr wrote:Oh why must you people turn everything into a Linux thread? :mrgreen:
Cause you insisted on mentioning Linux in your OP...
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I can't wait for this


E: when did I get a tag? O_o
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JohannesH wrote:
Caydr wrote:Oh why must you people turn everything into a Linux thread? :mrgreen:
Cause you insisted on mentioning Linux in your OP...
Derrr really?

Make sure to watch the trailer everyone - 4 player co-op! Looks awesome.
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And modeler is spelled wrong even.

This game looks like epic fukwin. I can't wait
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If you can't wait, go play AS1 with me while waiting for ASI.

No really, it pisses me that you're so hyped for an unreleased game while I never managed to motivate anyone to play the still awesome Alien Swarm as a UT2K4 TC with me.
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I used to play a lot of AS1. No longer have UT2K4, alas. Was a great mod though. Possibly my favorite on that engine.
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Yes but 4 player coop seems lame to me.
It has to be something you can play against each other.

free games are always nice of course

and I have steam because of free games mostly.
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Sure looks like a game I could sink my teeth into... and you can't argue with "Free but made by professional game developers".
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It looks good. It says it comes with a "ship load of weapons" but I haven't seen any of these Image
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Completely free huh.. it looks interesting. I don't need to own HL2 or anything do I?
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zwzsg wrote:If you can't wait, go play AS1 with me while waiting for ASI.

No really, it pisses me that you're so hyped for an unreleased game while I never managed to motivate anyone to play the still awesome Alien Swarm as a UT2K4 TC with me.
I only played that a bit in SP but of course MP seems more interessting. How would we do that?
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Machete234 wrote:Yes but 4 player coop seems lame to me.
Quiet you!

There are so few games that are co-op nowadays, something like this is awesome.
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knorke wrote:
zwzsg wrote:If you can't wait, go play AS1 with me while waiting for ASI.

No really, it pisses me that you're so hyped for an unreleased game while I never managed to motivate anyone to play the still awesome Alien Swarm as a UT2K4 TC with me.
I only played that a bit in SP but of course MP seems more interessting. How would we do that?
Meet me in either quakenet.org #sy or SpringServer, late in the european night.

Machete234 wrote:Yes but 4 player coop seems lame to me.
It has to be something you can play against each other.
Just go play one of the thousand deathmatch FPS out there while we enjoy our fine coop.
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pffhh l4d is fun for about 30min because it gets boring killing mindles zombies.
coop is for console kids.
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Machete234 wrote:pffhh l4d is fun for about 30min because it gets boring killing mindles zombies.
coop is for console kids.

Lol, get out of here idiot


It's for people who like teamwork
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I wanted to chime in and say that I really enjoy co-op play in FPS. I have many good memories of Halo 1 and 2 with my friends. Now i'm doing the same thing with borderlands (btw if anyone wants to play send me a pm)
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Steam servers too busy




fuck me
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