Valve Releasing Alien Swarm Game & Source SDK Free

[Zach]

Alien Swarm is out now!

Game's Storepage
http://store.steampowered.com/app/630/

The game looks fun. I read about people who played it back when it was a mod and loved it.

Valve Announcement

Two years ago Valve hired the talented team behind the popular top down co-op mod Alien Swarm. Since then they have been busy working on the Left 4 Dead Series, and now Portal 2. 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.

Please visit www.alienswarm.com for more information.

[August]

I'm downloading it. Apart from the game being free and Valve, what else do you need.........

/prepares for some awesome coop action


PS. I already bought the credentials to Source SDK 10 times..

[Olon Arrak]

Yeah. Just about every person I know who has Steam is getting it.

I LOOK FORWARD TO BLASTING SOME ALIEN ASS WITH YOU ALL LATER!

[Zach]

Alien Swarm is out now!

I'm going swimming though for a few hours. Oh well, I guess I'll try it out when I get back.:Trooper:

[Fap]

steam servers busy... FFFFFFUUUUUUU!!!!

[Requiem]

It's good to go now, so head on in and DL the game. Seems like a lot of fun.

EDIT: Nvm, false alarm... ugh.

[August]

Almost there!

[Maardvark]

This looked really good. And I'm happy with the whole free aspect of it. This is kinda like when Portal was free for a bit, except this should be permanent and it's a new game. Hopefully the co-op is fun....

[Fap]

So I tried the game out. Played with Erithos and August through about half the storyline. Its pretty cool. Nice action, nice graphics, nice gameplay mechanics. Its a lot like Killing Floor with the different classes and abilities, everything really. The leveling seems addicting, unlocking new weapons/abilities/perks/etc. I look forward to playing some more.

[Daralii]

I look forward to the future campaigns.