Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II now has a demo available on Steam. The demo is single-player only, but if you’re looking for more multiplayer, the game is 25% off until Monday April 20. The game seems to be getting plenty of acclaim, and this is the best chance you’ve got to try the game [...]

The TF2 blog reports that Valve are working on the Sniper update for Team Fortress 2, in an update billed as “the largest TF2 update yet, “include some new content for all classes”, and will release before the Sniper update. The blog also mentions the status of the 360 version update: it’s in the works, [...]

Streum On Studio has announced an interesting new title for the PC today. E.Y.E. combines the elements of the first-person shooter and role-playing game into a single-game (think Fallout 3) that puts players in the boots of a Secreta Secretorum worker. Secreta Secretorum is a powerful organization that is ready to undermine the head-strong federation. [...]

Despite being posted on April the first, it appears that this Left 4 Dead blog post is accurate: Valve are to update the matchmaking system for PC users of Left 4 Dead. The extension adds support for third-party campaign servers (custom maps) and support for a party system. this will allow you and three buddies [...]

A gigantic patch for both Company of Heroes and Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts has been released via Steam today, so restart your Steam clients to allow the update to automatically download. The patch includes way too much stuff to list here; the full list is after the jump for those of you who want [...]

Braid’s creator, Jonathan Blow, has posted on his blog that the PC version of the game will be delayed until 10 April, in order to “fix some problems that came up in testing with various versions of Windows.” The game will release on platforms Steam, Greenhouse, Impulse, and GamersGate, as well as any others Blow [...]

Destructoid reports that Valve have confirmed the release date, April 21, for the free Left 4 Dead ‘Survival pack’ we reported on last month. The pack will contain the other two maps, Dead Air and Death Toll, for versus mode, as well as the new “Survival” mode in which you aim to survive the hordes [...]

With new (and free) downloadable content coming out soon for Left 4 Dead on both the Xbox 360 and PC, IGN has given some video impressions of the new incoming “Survival” mode. The DLC will add the new mode, along with two new campaigns to the VS mode. Hit the jump to check out the [...]

The page has updated for the last time today; the update has been released. Yesterday’s poll saw that the “Force-a-Nature” will be unlocked first, followed by the Sandman, and finally the energy drink. There have been a few other changes, including something I have been wanting for a long time- the ability to change the [...]

Day 5 on the update page, and today it’s the Scout’s final weapon, the “Force-a-Nature”. This gun reloads slower and has a smaller clip, but knocks back enemies and, when fired while airborne, propels the user higher. Also today is a brand new TF2 T-Shirt, the “Force – a – nature t-shirt“- featuring none other [...]

Yes, there were achievements yesterday, but today they have been updated with how to get them. In doing so, Valve have revealed that the new Scattergun will be named “Force-A-Nature”, although we don’t really know much more than that (though the word “force” implies knockback of some kind). The new map is community made- CP_Egypt, [...]

Day three gives us the second item for the Scout, the energy drink, as well as the names of the achievements you’ll need to get to unlock it. The energy drink (branded “Bonk!”) will “blast ya into a few-second rush of radioactive energy so powerful you’ll be dodgin’ bullets like they ain’t even there!” However, [...]

It’s day 2 on the Scout Update’s page, and today the content featured is two maps created by TF2 community members. Arena_Watchtower is, like the name implies, an arena-mode map featuring a watchtower. The map focuses on long sight lines and vertical space, adding a bit of variation to the unpopular arena mode. CP_Junction is [...]

Valve have revealed that the much anticipated Scout weapons pack will release next Tuesday (24 February). In the week running up to the update, the site will update every day with a new feature of the update, just like with the Heavy update. The first unlockable for the scout is the “Sandman”- a bat that [...]

Shacknews reports that Stardock’s distribution platform Impulse has updated with a Braid listing. The date of the game’s release is listed at March 31, but Stardock’s Mike Crassweller has noted in the comments at Shacknews that that is a placeholder date; we could see it at any time in March. The game is listed at [...]