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Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition available on Steam

Jul 16

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The Secret of Monkey Island is an adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games. The game spawned a number of sequels, collectively known as the Monkey Island series. Released in 1990, The Secret of Monkey Island is the fifth game to use the SCUMM engine. It made a name for LucasArts as an adventure game development studio.

The game, memorable for its witty humor, was primarily designed by Ron Gilbert, with Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman. The trio led the development of the sequel Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge.

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PC Game Sales Charts

Jul 15

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Any doubts over the commercial viability of reviving a classic Lucasarts adventure game series have been blown out of the water this week, with Telltale’s new Monkey Island game topping the Steam charts.

It was also a good week for Capcom’s Street Fighter IV, with a strong performance on both charts repaying the company’s faith in porting this most unlikely of games to the PC.

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Left4Dead: Advanced Boomer Techniques AMV

Jul 13

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Funny and at the same time informative. =D

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New Left4Dead 2 Campaign: Swamp Fever

Jul 11

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Electronic Arts and Valve will be revealing all-new Left 4 Dead 2 content at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, including the new campaign “Swamp Fever,” darkly pictured above. Where and when can you play it?

The “where” is the EA Gaming Lounge Presented by Xbox 360 at the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter Hotel. The “when” is 2-9 pm Thursday through Saturday, and 12-5 pm on Sunday, which means you’ll need to miss out on valuable Con time—but will more than likely be worth it.

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Left4BigPlanet LittleBigDead

Jul 11

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Left4Dead? Little Big Planet?

Source: Kotaku

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New Update for Left4Dead Released!

Jun 27

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Focusing on custom campaigns, the update will provide mod authors with non-beta mod tools, which will now include source files for all of Valve’s campaign maps, along with an example campaign add-on tutorial map.

The update will also allow content creators to use a new framework that will package their campaign content into a single .VPK file. These can then be installed by double clicking on them, or dropping them into Left 4 Dead’s new ‘addons’ folder.

Lastly the update will rework the game’s matchmaking system, providing support for these custom campaigns, while also making it easier to create a lobby.

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