Alien Swarm - Free Steam game

**Electronic Punk** · July 19th, 2010

Today, Valve software will release a free game on Steam (also free) that has me a little excited to play for reasons that I can't completely explain!

Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community.

Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility.

Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine.

Tactical, 4 player co-op action game with a top-down perspective

Complete game code and mod tools

Unlock persistent items by gaining levels

Over 40 weapons and equipment with countless loadout configurations

4 unique classes and 8 unique characters

Matchmaking, Steam Cloud, Steam Stats

64 achievements

Tile-based map generation tool

Powered by Source and Steam

Certainly looks very entertaining and frantic and did I mention it was free? Although it uses the Half-life 2 engine which has seen many Mac incarnations released, it doesn't seem to be available on that platform at launch.

Pre-purchase Alien Swarm on Steam

**Electronic Punk** · July 19th, 2010

Downloading now - 2 gig

**fitz** · July 19th, 2010

I remember when this first came out.. I always meant to try and play it but never got around to it..

**Electronic Punk** · July 19th, 2010

That was the UT2004 version I am guessing?
Never tried it, though did play Alien Breed a few weeks back but never tried it multiplayer.

Coming down well slow, but could be my ISP - or the massive hit Valve's servers are taking

**Bman** · July 19th, 2010

Yea I am playing Alien Breed Impact as I wait for Steam to let me download Alien Swarm, the servers are busy as all hell!

**fitz** · July 20th, 2010

yup.. was the original UT2004 version.. and while I pulled it down, I never really played it much as I think I was a bit busy with other things in life at the time (not that I'm not now..)

**Aprox** · July 21st, 2010

I downloaded this the other day, I've yet to play online but I did play the offline practice mode. It's pretty fun, I could see this being a blast to play with some friends over ventrillo or something. The offline practice is only the first map from what I can tell and is pretty easy. Looking through the unlocks it seems like there might be quite a bit of team strategy involved later on. The graphics are nice, definitely a departure from the usual dated look that Source games suffer from.

Overall it's worth the download, it is free after all. Depending on the success I could easily see this game being micro-transaction oriented. .99 for a new map here, 1.99 for a new pack of avatars with full voice overs, style, etc.

**Sazar** · July 23rd, 2010

Absolutely love the game

Finished it on Hard and now trying to do speed runs.

**Aprox** · July 24th, 2010

Is it possible to play more then the first map on practice mode?

**Electronic Punk** · July 25th, 2010

Originally Posted by Aprox

Overall it's worth the download, it is free after all. Depending on the success I could easily see this game being micro-transaction oriented. .99 for a new map here, 1.99 for a new pack of avatars with full voice overs, style, etc.

Nah, they released the source, so anything they charged for could be easily replicated.

**Bman** · July 25th, 2010

Originally Posted by Aprox

Is it possible to play more then the first map on practice mode?

From what I heard no. That is why I am playing Alien Breed Impact more often, because I ain't all that big with multiplayer these days.

**Aprox** · July 27th, 2010

Yeah I haven't really wanted to play online lately, It's hard to keep up with those damn kids these days.... haha.

outers55 · September 2nd, 2011

Alien Swarm looks fun, I'll give it a try.

July 19th, 2010	Top \| #1
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Alien Swarm - Free Steam game Today, Valve software will release a free game on Steam (also free) that has me a little excited to play for reasons that I can't completely explain! Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community. Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility. Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine. Tactical, 4 player co-op action game with a top-down perspective Complete game code and mod tools Unlock persistent items by gaining levels Over 40 weapons and equipment with countless loadout configurations 4 unique classes and 8 unique characters Matchmaking, Steam Cloud, Steam Stats 64 achievements Tile-based map generation tool Powered by Source and Steam Certainly looks very entertaining and frantic and did I mention it was free? Although it uses the Half-life 2 engine which has seen many Mac incarnations released, it doesn't seem to be available on that platform at launch. Pre-purchase Alien Swarm on Steam

July 19th, 2010	Top \| #2
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game Downloading now - 2 gig

July 19th, 2010	Top \| #3
fitz *XPista7eopardix Joined: April 2004 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 4,028 Reputation: 2947 Power: 168**	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game I remember when this first came out.. I always meant to try and play it but never got around to it.. Hee-hee! Evil makes my buttocks tingle.

July 19th, 2010	Top \| #4
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game That was the UT2004 version I am guessing? Never tried it, though did play Alien Breed a few weeks back but never tried it multiplayer. Coming down well slow, but could be my ISP - or the massive hit Valve's servers are taking

July 19th, 2010	Top \| #5
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,722 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 221	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game Yea I am playing Alien Breed Impact as I wait for Steam to let me download Alien Swarm, the servers are busy as all hell!

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July 20th, 2010	Top \| #6
fitz *XPista7eopardix Joined: April 2004 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 4,028 Reputation: 2947 Power: 168**	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game yup.. was the original UT2004 version.. and while I pulled it down, I never really played it much as I think I was a bit busy with other things in life at the time (not that I'm not now..) Hee-hee! Evil makes my buttocks tingle.

July 21st, 2010	Top \| #7
Aprox OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: August 2004 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,735 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 2036 Power: 142	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game I downloaded this the other day, I've yet to play online but I did play the offline practice mode. It's pretty fun, I could see this being a blast to play with some friends over ventrillo or something. The offline practice is only the first map from what I can tell and is pretty easy. Looking through the unlocks it seems like there might be quite a bit of team strategy involved later on. The graphics are nice, definitely a departure from the usual dated look that Source games suffer from. Overall it's worth the download, it is free after all. Depending on the success I could easily see this game being micro-transaction oriented. .99 for a new map here, 1.99 for a new pack of avatars with full voice overs, style, etc.

July 23rd, 2010	Top \| #8
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,888 Reputation: 4110 Power: 313	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game Absolutely love the game Finished it on Hard and now trying to do speed runs. Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

July 24th, 2010	Top \| #9
Aprox OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: August 2004 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,735 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 2036 Power: 142	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game Is it possible to play more then the first map on practice mode?

July 25th, 2010	Top \| #10
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game Originally Posted by Aprox Overall it's worth the download, it is free after all. Depending on the success I could easily see this game being micro-transaction oriented. .99 for a new map here, 1.99 for a new pack of avatars with full voice overs, style, etc. Nah, they released the source, so anything they charged for could be easily replicated.

July 25th, 2010	Top \| #11
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,722 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 221	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game Originally Posted by Aprox Is it possible to play more then the first map on practice mode? From what I heard no. That is why I am playing Alien Breed Impact more often, because I ain't all that big with multiplayer these days.

July 27th, 2010	Top \| #12
Aprox OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: August 2004 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,735 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 2036 Power: 142	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game Yeah I haven't really wanted to play online lately, It's hard to keep up with those damn kids these days.... haha.

September 2nd, 2011	Top \| #13
outers55 OSNN Junior Addict Joined: September 2011 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 5 Reputation: 0 Power: 9	Re: Alien Swarm - Free Steam game Alien Swarm looks fun, I'll give it a try.

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