Alien Swarm with complete code base releasing FREE on Steam

Monday, July 19th Alien Swarm is going to be released for free via Steam

Valve has announced that they will be releasing the game, Alien Swarm along with the complete code base FREE-OF-COST via Steam. The talented team behind the popular top down co-op mod Alien Swarm was hired by Valve a few years ago and was tasked to work on the Left 4 Dead Series, and now Portal 2. Valve is saying that they never forgot about Alien Swarm and wrote on its official website,
However, we never forgot about Alien Swarm and the team has spent a lot of time bringing the game to Source in between their contributions to the other Valve projects.
On Monday, July 19th Alien Swarm is going to be released for free via Steam. In addition to the game, Valve will also release the complete code base for Alien Swarm. This includes updates to the Source engine SDK and full Steamworks integration. If you’ve ever thought about developing a mod on the Source engine with Steamworks, this release provides more insight and examples for using Steamworks in game production.

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Life Testimony: How I became an Xbox repairer

From a poor Xbox player to a rich Xbox repairer.After wasting a lot of money in fixing my xbox 360 each time it has a fault, i realise that there is no need to give this money to Microsoft engineers who would not want you to know the secret of fixing the Xbox.
In my search for a parmanent solution, I met an old school friend who introduced the Xbox game repair guide. I purchased it! Read it over and over again. I put the lesson I got from the guide into practice using a damaged xbox. WoW! That is how I became an Xbox repairer! Alas! same time, same day and same period, I became an expert repairer of Xbox. My expertise brought people in my neigbourhood to seek my assistance is helping them fix their faulty Xbox.
One greatest challenge that faced me was to make a choice of either continuing with my normal gas attendant work or quiting and giving into Xbox repairs fully.
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Xbox 360 most popular online console - NPD

The NPD Group has issued its report, Online Gaming 2009, revealing that the Xbox 360 is the most widely used console online.

According to the study, Microsoft's console accounts for 50 per cent of the online home console market and is followed by the Nintendo Wii at 29 per cent, up from 18 per cent the previous year.

"This is a testament to the strength of Xbox 360, both overall, and particularly in the online gaming sphere," commented NPD.

The report showed the PlayStation 2 fall "dramatically" while the PlayStation 3 climbed from fifth to third place. While online gaming for home consoles and portable devices climbed from 19 per cent in 2008 to 25 per cent in 2009, online PC gaming saw a slight decline but remains the most widespread platform.

"Online gaming is enjoyed by a diverse group of players," said Anita Frazier, industry analyst for NPD. "The sheer variety of content and ease of access makes online gaming attractive to a much larger demographic than what we typically see in retail."

The report further revealed that online gamers aged between 13-17 years-old increased from to 22 percent in 2009, while those between 18-34 years-old, as well as those 35-54, decreased slightly.

Source: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/xbox-360-most-popular-online-console-npd-report

How Xbox 360 Works

Microsoft's first video game console, the Xbox, has sold more than 20 million units worldwide since its introduction in 2001. Despite the Xbox's impressive power, the list of big-name video game titles to support it and the success of the Xbox's online component, Xbox LIVE, Sony's PlayStation 2 still outsold it.

As the game industry moved into the next generation of video game technology, Microsoft was determined to dethrone Sony's PlayStation. Enter the Xbox 360.

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Microsoft rebuilt the Xbox from the ground up. From the name to the look to hardware and features, the Xbox 360 is a radically different and more powerful machine than its predecessor. Far more than a video game console, the Xbox 360 is a total media center that allows users to play, network, rip, stream and download all types of media, including high-definition movies, music, digital pictures and game content.

In this article, we will learn about the hardware and features that make the Xbox 360 a leap forward into the next generation of gaming consoles.

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The Xbox 360, like all video game consoles, is just a computer with hardware and software dedicated to the function of running video game software. The original Xbox was essentially a Windows PC with a modified Pentium III processor, some relatively powerful graphics and audio hardware and a modified version of the Microsoft operating system Windows 2000, all packaged in that distinctive black box. The Xbox 360 is also a specially packaged computer, but once you look inside, you realize that this console has quite a bit under the hood:

• Custom IBM Power PC-based CPU with three 3.2 GHz cores
• Custom ATI graphics processor with 10 MB embedded DRAM
• 512 MB 700 MHz GDDR3 RAM
• Detachable and upgradeable hard drive -- all models except the Core system
• 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
• Support for up to four wireless game controllers
• Three USB 2.0 ports
• Two memory unit slots Souce:http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/xbox-three-sixty.htm
  

Xbox 360 Repair Secrets

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Discovered the secret of the Xbox 360 Repair guide.

After a head scratching and surfing on the internet I discovered some Xbox 360 Repair guides that proclaimed to be able to fix the 3 red rings error that is so very common. So I thought that I would take the plunge and purchase them to see how good they really were and that's basically how this site came about. All my friends who wanted to know which guide they should buy and seeing as I ended up purchasing 3 different guides I just told them what I recommended but that they could look for themselves as I had videoed the different sites.
My friends now consider me an expert when it comes to fixing the 3 red light error and I guess I am,I can pretty much handle and Xbox 360 repair but it was only because I learnt through the guides that I purchased. In precise, I now purchase broken Xbox 360's from our local auction site and fix them up and resell them. This gives me a lot of money. You get same guide here or click on this link to get one freely.

Game Cheats: Are They 'Good' to Use?

Game cheats. We've all used them. With computer and console games becoming faster and more advanced, the need for game cheats are becoming more and more important to complete these games. Often we don't have enough time between work and social functions to dedicate enough time to finish an entire game, so game cheats are the way to go.

Whether it be Sony Playstation, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft XBox, XBox 360, or computer games, game programmers often allow the player to either enter codes to unlock special weapons, secret levels, grant invulnerability or other ways to boost a characters' growth, or game cheats can be a way of interacting with the game environment to help overcome what seem to be insurmountable situations.

Some gamers consider it bad form to use game cheats. In fact, there are purist gamers who feel that the total experience of gaming is lost once you use cheat codes or game cheats.

"You can't be a Zulu Game Wizard using game cheats. Game cheats are for people who are too weak and give up too easily in the difficult parts of the games," says longtime gamer Jasper Hom.

Others disagree and argue that they can't appropriate enough time to gaming to make it past the hard parts of the games. Another problem gamers who use game cheats face is that by the time they are able to dedicate enough time to the game, a new game that they would rather play is already out on store shelves.

Whether you use game cheats or not, they are undoubtably a great way for amateur gamers to more enjoy and possibly finish some of today's difficult and challenging games. The game cheats dilemma will always be an ongoing battle between those in the gaming community.

Russel Polaski is a shock-jock deejay out of San Diego, California. His interests include hip-hop music, break dancing, computer games and amateur music videos. He often writes articles for Prosumer News.

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