Steam Has Been Haxxored

Steam has confirmed that one of their databases was hacked earlier this week with a post on their forums:

“Our Steam forums were defaced on the evening of Sunday, November 6. We began investigating and found that the intrusion goes beyond the Steam forums.”

“We learned that intruders obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums. This database contained information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. We do not have evidence that encrypted credit card numbers or personally identifying information were taken by the intruders, or that the protection on credit card numbers or passwords was cracked. We are still investigating.”

If it’s anything like the PSN hack earlier this year, it’s unlikely that any credit card details were compromised. However it wouldn’t be a bad idea to reset your Steam password and keep a close eye on your credit card statement.

Now all I need is someone to hack my Xbox account and I’ll have the trifecta. That’s not an invitation.

Portal 2 OST: Volume 1 – Songs To Test By

Valve have released the Portal 2 Original Soundtrack to download for Free – yes, FREE!

Volume 1 – titled “Songs To Test By” contains 22 tracks from Portal 2, and as an added bonus there is also a few ringtones available from the website to download to your Android iOS Device.

You can download Volume 1 from the Thinking With Portals Website, or alternatively you can grab it from the 3FL Mirror.

Source: Think With Portals

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The Final Hours Of Portal 2 Available On Steam

Last month a little application was released for the iPad called “The Final Hours of Portal 2″.

This application was a Interactive Documentary that included interactive diagrams, 360 degree photos of Valves office and design labs, and even let you see before and after shots of Portal 2 chambers post-destruction.

Good news is for those of you who don’t have an iPadiPad2 is that the documentary is now available from the Steam Store for purchase – so if you have a bit of spare cash and want a good insight to how Portal 2 was developed, then head over to the Steam Store and pick this up.

Source: Steam Store

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Portal 2 Beta Modkit Released

Valve have released the Beta Modkit for Portal 2 today – allowing anyone who owns Portal 2 to download the Modkit and start authoring maps for Portal 2.

Included in the Modkit is:

• Updated Version of Hammer, The Source Level Editor
• Updated Faceposer
• Example Maps and Instances to build new maps
• Updated suite of command-line compiling utilities

Valve have suggested that if you have any problems or issues that you email the Portal 2 Mapper Mailing List.

Source: Portal 2

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Team Fortress 2: First Annual Saxxy Awards

The most recent update to Team Fortress 2 introduced a new feature for both players and server providers.

The update was titled “The Replay Update” and introduced the replay editor for players to edit their replays using a inbuilt UI and then export the video, or upload it directly to YouTube for your friends to watch.

In addition to this update Valve are currently running the First Annual Saxxy Awards in which players can submit their videos to be judged in 20 different categories – such as:

• Most Inventive Kill
• Biggest Massacre
• Most Dramatic
• Best Editing
• Most Epic Fail
• And many more.

Entries into this competition have to be created between 12:00:00 AM GMT, Thursday May 5th, 2011 and 11:59:59 PM GMT, Thursday May 19th, 2011 – and must be submitted to Valve before 11:59:59 PM GMT, Thursday, May 19th, 2011 to be considered.

More information on replays can be found on the Official Replay Update website.

Source: Team Fortress 2 Website

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Portal 2 Update Released

Valve have released an update for Portal 2 on the PC and Mac which aims to fix a few issues with Alt-Tab crashing the game. Also included in the patch was Updated Localization Files, and a new method for handling Mac OSX Crashes.

In addition to the above changes Valve have also fixed a few bugs in the Robot Enrichment Center, fixed the game from crashing when changing video settings and not exiting the game, and also fixed the issue where a player would get stuck at the start of Chapter 6.

You can grab the full patch notes over at the Steam Store.

Source: Steam

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Portal 2 DLC #1 Includes New Test Chambers

Last week Valve announced that Portal 2 would have DLC content coming as soon as Summer this year, and now Valve have released a little more information on the DLC pack titled “DLC #1″.

From what little is known about the first DLC Pack coming out for Portal 2 is that it will include new Test Chambers, Leaderboards, and a new Challenge Mode for both Single and Multiplayer.

Portal 2 DLC #1 will be free to download for PC, Mac, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 owners.

Source: GamingUnion

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The Final Hours of Portal 2

An interesting application arrived on the Apple AppStore last night called “The Final Hours of Portal 2″, the application was released for the iPad and is a behind the scenes look at the development Portal 2.

The Final Hours of Portal 2 is a 15,000 word interactive experience that lets you play with portals in interactive diagrams, view 360 degree panorama photos of Valves office and design labs, and even destroy Aperture Science test chambers by swiping your finger over the screen.

The application itself costs $2.49 from the Australian AppStore and is definitely worth the read if you have enjoyed playing, or intend to play Portal 2 – however if you want to avoid and potential spoilers to the game it would be best to finish Portal 2 first.

Source: AppStore

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Portal 2 DLC Coming This Summer

Doug Lombardi, Vice-President of Marketing at Valve announced during a recent interview that DLC for Portal 2 will be coming as of this Summer (US Summer).

“We will be announcing some DLC for it, so folks can keep a look out for more content coming this summer.” – Doug Lombardi

During the interview Doug mentioned that more information on the DLC Content will be available in the next week or so, and would be supported with more videos and comics.

Source: Fast Company

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Portal 2 Robot Enrichment

Much like Valves FPS Team Fortress 2 where you can customize your payload and purchase items from the Mann Co Store, Portal 2 comes with the Robot Enrichment – which will allow you to customize the look of your bot for Co-Op play.

Items such as Hats, Skins, Gestures and other miscellaneous items such as Flags can be purchased from the store to equip on your bot.

Items start at $0.99 USD and go up to around $10.00 USD.

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