Who doesn't like free games? No one undoubtedly, unless you are a strange person who gets a kick out of throwing money into black holes. But yes, if you do likes free (and good) games, get a load of this:
Valve has been secretly working away at updating Alien Swarm, originally a mod for Unreal Tournament 2k4, to now run in the juicy Source engine (they hired the original Alien Swarm devs to become part of the Valve hive-mind). If you don't know what Alien Swarm is, it's a top-down shooter in which you and your buddies shoot aliens to bits. Simple and fun.
The graphics are now even more delectable. But the fact that it's absolutely free blows the mind. So what are you waiting for? Get it here off Steam. Then call up 3 of your best buddies, go forth and rip those aliens a new one.
See below the cut for two trailers, a before and after shot. Before in the Unreal engine and after in the new, shinier Source engine.
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First, the original game using the Unreal engine (2006):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfp97y4NccU
Then check THIS OUT. So much pew pew in the Source Engine (2010):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owusWzSppyw
Here's a list of awesome features in the game, because lists are awesome:
- Tactical, 4 player co-op action game with a top-down perspective
- Complete game code and mod tools
- Unlock persistent items by gaining levels
- Over 40 weapons and equipment with countless loadout configurations
- 4 unique classes and 8 unique characters
- Matchmaking, Steam Cloud, Steam Stats
- 64 achievements
- Tile-based map generation tool
- Powered by Source and Steam
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