Steam News - HL DM Planned, DoD Source Nears [Aug 27, 2005, 11:44 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
This
Steam Update recaps the release of Half-Life: Blue Shift via Steam earlier
this week, mentioning that a follow-up release is planned over the next week or
so to provide the high definition player and weapon models that accompanied the
original version of the Half-Life expansion. They also offer a screenshot of an
"Angry Axis Officer" (apparently pissed that someone replaced his weapon with an
entrenching tool) from the upcoming release of Day of Defeat: Source, for which
there is no firm release date, just a voluntary neck in this noose: "It's
difficult for us to pin the exact date down right now, but rest assured it's not
far off." Meanwhile 1UP
reports they've gotten word from Valve on plans to release Half-Life (1) Deathmatch via
Steam as well. They say the game's graphics will not be improved much for this
release, though "the lighting will look superior thanks to the addition
of some HDR effects, including blooming." This is a little confusing in light of
the plans to introduce HDR in the high-end Lost Coast map, but presumably this
will all be cleared up along the way. The story includes a list of 11 maps to be
offered, and claims they'll have further details on all this soon. Here's the
map list:
• Boot Camp
• Bounce
• Crossfire
• Datacore
• Frenzy
• Lambda Bunker
• Rapidcore
• Snarkpit
• Stalkyard
• Subtransit
• Undertow
I'm with Skoll - thanks, random thought, for your excellent post deconstructing Mr. Pizt's affected air of bemused cynicism. Although he DOES get off a good one every once in a while.
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