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Old July 19, 2010, 11:46 AM
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Default Valve Releases Completely Free Alien Swarm Game
Alien Swarm was originally an Unreal Tournament mod, and despite the developers being hired away to Valve, the team still maintained the passion for their game. As it turns out, they have been allowed to take it further than just a UT mod, and the game has been completely rebuilt based on Valve's Source engine, set to be released to gamers complet... [ Read full article ]
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Old July 19, 2010, 12:06 PM
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awesome im downloading in 2 hours
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Old July 19, 2010, 12:07 PM
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awesome im downloading in 2 hours
Ditto! Looks amazing from the screens
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Old July 19, 2010, 12:11 PM
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We'll try and get the thread from gaming merged soon :)


Definitely looking forward to downloading. Intending to check it out tonight!

If anyone wants to get a 4 man co-op game going tonight, say around 8:00PM PST, hop into the HWC Steam Group Chat Channel :)
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Old July 19, 2010, 12:12 PM
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Awesome, I love coop. Great job Valve.

See you guys later tonight!
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this reminds me of old school games in 2d lol..there was this one called..hmm..vikings? man o man and what a game, came on a diskette lol
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Old July 19, 2010, 12:45 PM
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Definitely picking this up for it's lovely price.
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i'm surprised it isn't unlocking at 13:00 EST/10:00 PST like most other games on Steam. Was hoping I could set it up to install and maybe try it out before I leave for class.
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Old July 19, 2010, 12:50 PM
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i'm surprised it isn't unlocking at 13:00 EST/10:00 PST like most other games on Steam. Was hoping I could set it up to install and maybe try it out before I leave for class.
Been saying this all morning: "This game will unlock in approximately 2 hours"


Add this to the Valve time conversion chart "approximately 2 hours = sometime between 2 hours and 24 hours later"
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