Source: Steam

Counter-Strike has hit the shelves again, Counter-Strike: Source is now available in retail chains in North America (which also includes Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, and Day of Defeat: Source). Half-Life 1 Anthology is also available in retail stores, which includes Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic, Opposing Force, and Blue Shift.

If these products aren't in stores near you yet, rest assured they'll get there in the coming weeks. For more information, you can visit http://www.valvesoftware.com/

Source: No More Room in Hell

Well the moment everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived. It is now time to announce the winners of the "No More Room in Hell" Poster Contest. But first we would like to take a moment to thank everyone who participated in the Poster Contest. It was obvious from the start that there are a lot of talented people here on our forums from all the amazing posters that entrants submitted during these past 3 weeks. The hardest part for the team was the long process of voting to determine which entrant's poster(s) we consider to be the best of the best. Let me tell you now, it was not an easy task and there were several rounds of voting before we could finalize the winners. Here now are the finalists and their winning poster entries:

1st Place

– Sprayer

2nd Place

– supernorn

3rd Place

– Sess1on

The winners will be contacted within the next few days so that their prizes can be arranged. As specified in the contest rules some of the prizes require reference photos to be provided by the winner along with permission to use their likeness in the mod. The results of these prizes will be shown in a media update at a later date.

Once again, I would like to personally thank each and every one of you who participated. And I would also like to mention that while the winning posters will be used on our maps, we also intend to use many of the posters that other entrants submitted. In that respect, many of you will still be a part of the mod regardless of whether or not you won this time. So be sure to keep your eyes open and maybe you just might spot one of your posters in a future map screenshot.

Source: Steam

Updates to Day of Defeat: Source and the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Source Engine

• Fixed some video cards being incorrectly set to DX9 when they should have been DX8. This would cause a significant performance problem for affected hardware


• Changed refresh behavior of server browser. Old behavior was generating too much traffic when list was not open


• Fixed bug where VAC would sometimes hold onto .dlls after a game had been shut down completely


• Fixed a crash which could sometimes occur immediately after launching a game

Day of Defeat: Source

• Added the default mapcycle.txt to servers running Day of Defeat: Source


• Fixed crash bug when using %s in your player name

Source Dedicated Server

• Fixed bug in dedicated server engine that incorrectly displayed their anti-cheat status (servers were showing as insecure, but were running in secure mode)

Source: GameSurge Radio

GameSurge Radio will be having their 5th show tomorrow at 10PM Eastern time, featuring general gaming talk, and interviews with members of the Insects Infestation, Zombie Panic, and Realms of Valhallon.

During the show, there will also be a chance to win one of two Quake 4 T-Shirts, and one of two Doom 3 Movie Posters! There will be 10 gaming-related questions announced, and an e-mail address to send them to, and the leaders of the pack get their prize!

For a list of servers and more information, please visit http://www.gamesurgeradio.net/.

Source: Steam
Related: Day of Defeat: Source

Day of Defeat Source is now available via Steam for the price of $19.95 USD, so people who didnt pre-order their copy, or without the Half-Life 2 Platinum package, be sure to get this and be a part of the battle as soon as possible!

There's also a small Steam update to correct a DirectX problem, which will (as always) automatically install when you restart Steam. Please do note however, DirectX 9.0c will now be required to play, and if you have an earlier version, you'll be directed here

Note: Sorry about the 1 day delay with this news, I was very sick yesterday :(

Source: Dreamscape

The Dreamscape team has been hard at work these last few months to bring us a realistic 3rd Person Shooter, and today they have a little bit of that to bring to us. They're showcasing their HUD from one of their first early builds, with a handy "hide" feature to get rid of it when you don't need it, as well as several 3rd Person view models:




Why not head over to their site to get the whole story for yourself?

Source: Source Forts

Source Forts is a Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Modification; but with a twist. You can play either on the Combine or Rebel forces in a Capture The Flag game mode, while building your base up to protect yourself, as well as your flag.


You can download Source Forts from one of the following mirrors (which will be updated as mirrors are added):

• Source Forts Official Site (UK)


• modDB.com (USA)


• Boomtown.net (DK)


• KyleGar.net (USA)


• CrewXP.com (USA)

Linux builds can also be found here and here. For more information, please head on over to their web site, and be sure to pick yourself up a copy now!

Source: Sands of War 2

After months of waiting, the SoW2 team has completed their first beta! Granted there is still much work to be done for future betas, but this will more than keep us entertained.


The mod will be released at 8:00pm GMT (3:00pm Eastern), where then you'll find a list of mirrors here. For more information, or to send your congratulations, you can visit their site at http://www.sandsofwar.net.

Source: The Trenches

After undergoing a large team restructuring and some internal changes, The Trenches development team has released a brand spanking new and completely up-to-date web page, as well as released some promotional media to gain interest for the anticipated Beta 1.1 release.


More media will be coming in the following weeks, showcasing the new 1.1 maps, new models, and as well as in-game media from early testing. So why not head over to their site and hop into the friendly and ever growing community!

Source: Incoming: Source

This is the second of the weekly updates coming from the iSource team, bringing to us their largest map to date. The name entitled inm_scale features plenty of land, and even vehicular combat; from wide open terrain, to the dark, close quarters of the cave system.


Keep an eye out for the next weekly update, for as iSource team will be announcing their first content. Details haven't been released to as what the content will be, but they hint that it will be heavily art oriented.

In addition to the above media, they have released a teaser video which you can download here. Also, a call to mappers, character animators, and concept artists has been announced, you can get the entire details, as well as a "mini-FAQ' posted along with their latest news by visiting their website at http://www.incoming-source.net.