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Junglist gets KOed by Aunty

AzzX — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:55:05 +0000

From OzSource Australia: What a torrid few days it has been for the ABC with a massive community backlash in regards to the original silent axing of Good Game TV favorite, The Junglist. The mainstream Media has also caught wind of the events unfoldng at the ABC with The Age announcing "Good Game presenter claims ABC [...]

Team Fortress Haunted Halloween Special

AzzX — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:51:37 +0000

The casual gaming FPS phenomena that is TF2 has once again gone all out in a Halloween extravaganza of satanic proportions! We have some Mildly Disturbing Halloween Hats, a new KOTH map called Harvest and some diabolical exploding pumpkins. TF2 has also received a significant price drop: From now until 2:00pm PDT, Team Fortress will be available [...]

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut 50% Off

AzzX — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:20:42 +0000

A great Midweek deal to be had on Steam with one of the finest PC RPG's ever created. I just grabbed this myself as I have been meaning to play this game for a while, May have to wait until after Dragon age though . Assume the role of The Witcher, Geralt, a legendary monster slayer [...]

Activision CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 Ripoff

AzzX — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:35:46 +0000

Activision once again has bent over Australian gamers everywhere with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with a US$89.99 Steam pre-purchase Price. This is $30 US more than our US friends which can pre-order the game for $59.99. All I can say now is this is really dissapointing, especially being a keen Steam Gamer. It would be [...]

L4D 2 Once again Gets Refused Classification

AzzX — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:51:13 +0000

The Classification Review Board met yesterday on 22 October 2009 to consider the re-application for L4D2 and unfortunately the Review Board has unanimously determined that the computer game Left 4 Dead 2 is classified RC due to extreme violence. Looks like Australia will be stuck with an edited version of Left 4 Dead 2 indefinitely. I was [...]

Freys Aussie Steam Filter

AzzX — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:30:04 +0000

Here is a great tool for getting unmetered Steam content for all you Australian Steam users. Whilst you can select various content server location within Steam, this is not always ideal and may not guarantee unmetered downloading. Steam will automatically pick another server if the content is not available or there are connection issues. This tool [...]

Team Fortress 2 Update 15-10-09

AzzX — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:14:29 +0000

Another Day, Another update. This One I would like to call the "TF2 Dodgy Server update." Team Fortress 2: Added "+quickswitch" command, which brings up a small panel allowing you to rapidly change the loadout of your current class & active weapon slot. Added server ConVar "tf_teamtalk" to allow alive/dead teammates to talk with each other during [...]

Dragon Age Origins coming to Steam

AzzX — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:48:50 +0000

Bioware are certainly on a massive roll, continuing to create some of the finest single player Western RPG's ever created. With a incredibly impressive library including Mass Effect, Star Wars KTOR, Neverwinter Knights, Balders Gate and Jade Empire, you know what sort of quality to expect from every Bioware release. Dragon Age looks to be [...]

LEFT 4 DEAD 2 finally gets classified

AzzX — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:01:09 +0000

Looks like the OFLC have bowed to the immense internet pressure on them regarding Valve Software's incoming Zombie frag fest, L4D2 with the game achieving a MA 15+ rating weeks before the game was to be re-reviewed. I am assuming this is the unedited version of the game as the re-review was due on the 22nd [...]

Gabe Newell In OZ

AzzX — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:56:18 +0000

You may remember the recent Fly Gabe Newell stunt, Byteside blog was there and has the video on the Gabe Newell and Joe meeting. Gabe talks about the strength of PC gaming and praises the gaming and modding community in general. Gabe spoke the value of a community before introducing Joe. Said Gabe, of Joe: “Joe understands [...]