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Left 4 Dead includes matchmaking
As a co-op game, L4D is particularly vulnerable to disruptive players. It’s come, it’s gone, it’s come back again. Eurogamer have now confirmed that a “bespoke matchmaking system” is in development...
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Matchmaking to feature Achievements
Previews of Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead reveal that Steam’s in-development matchmaking service will include persistent “achievements” in the vein of Xbox Live and Games For Windows Live, along with...
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The Steam Community
Well well well. Back in 1996, two Microsoft executives quit their spectacularly high-paid jobs, formed a games company and made the best game ever. Twice. They didn’t like the way retailers were...
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Steam Community screens and date
The control panel (top), and part of a clan page. Gabe Newell gave a presentation at the Showdown LAN event the other day (thanks Greg), which seems to have focused on the Steam Community. Fortunately...
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Steam Community Beta impressions
Non-Steam support is good for everybody. Without lifting a finger developers suddenly receive a robust and popular community system, which is likely to already be in use by the majority if not all of...
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The Steamcloud conference
You’re probably all aware of Valve’s recent “Steam and the PC platform in general” press conference — if not, head over to Rock, Paper, Shotgun for a liveblogged rundown of what happened. Steamcloud is...
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