Those who got their hands on Valve’s Orange Box may have taken a shining toward the neat little puzzle game Portal. But the good news for the rest of us is that all 40 levels of the game are now available, in an online flash version, put together by the WeCreateStuff team.
Via Wired
Two of my favourite English phrases are “free ____” and “fully destructible environments”. Which is kinda why Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction captured my attention. The opportunity to blow away walls, ceilings and entire buildings down to their core, will make safe cover a scarce commodity and allow players to constantly change the flow of the game.
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August 31, 2007 marked the twelfth anniversary of the release of Westwood Studios’ prolific real-time strategy game, Command & Conquer. To celebrate, EA have released Command & Conquer Gold for free - the same Windows XP compatible version of the game that was released as part of the Command & Conquer: The First Decade collectors pack.
There’s one major downside to paid map packs - and that’s segregating the user base. It’s always a shame to have to stay away from hosting the Hidden Fronts maps once I’ve found seven other Aussies online, just because one or two of the players haven’t gotten around to downloading the maps yet (or hassling the right parent for their Credit Card number.)
Microsoft has decided they’re made enough cash from the near 500,000 downloads of the Hidden Fronts map pack for Gears of War, and will be making the pack available for free as of September 3 - although something tells me that even this move won’t keep most of the massive user base from migrating their online gaming activities to Halo 3 once it hits later in September.
