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Steam client update, Red Orchestra free weekend
Posted by Elanzer - 6 Comments
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Wed 26th Jul 2006 :: Send to Friend :: Add to Fav's
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Updates to the Steam Client have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:Steam Client
- Fixed high CPU use during gameplay on some Hyperthreaded systems
- Fixed 100% CPU load at login screen
- Fixed the wrong dialog being shown when an error occured changing the contact email address
- Fixed the Half-Life 2: Demo preloader stopping at 20%
- Fixed a silent crash on exit when preloader is running
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 Free Full-Game Trial via Steam (Aug 2 - Aug 7)Tripwire Interactive is pleased to announce a free full-game trial for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. From Wednesday August 2 through Monday August 7, players can download and play the full multiplayer game via Steam.
The free trial will come on the heels of Red Orchestra’s soon to be released Free Booster Pack. The original game features 13 maps, 28 weapons and 14 crewable vehicles. Just 4 months after release, the Free Booster Pack and previous updates add a large number of new features including:
- A full new map, Lyes Krovy, a brutal close-quarters fight for a German trench-and-bunker position in a forest in northern Russia in the summer of 1944. Soviet forces attack a strongly-fortified position, while the Germans fight hard to hold them off. Lyes Krovy has rapidly become a favourite with the Tripwire test team!
- A new weapon system - smoke grenades. On select maps, infantry commanders will now have smoke instead of explosive grenades, which can be used to create quick cover for assault routes, or to momentarily blind the defenders. We're finding that clever use of smoke can change tactical stalemates at a stroke!
- Two new weapons - the German MP41 sub-machine gun and the Soviet M44 rifle.
- Numerous other changes to the tank armour penetration systems; the tank reloading system and changes to the victory conditions to prevent stalemates.
Now you can see for yourself why Wargamer says “Red Orchestra: Ostfront is a marvellous game: a work of art, and a work of love. In some aspects it is the most demanding but also the most rewarding shooter ever produced.”
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Posted by skyfire |
free trial of RO, well i might just have to try that.
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Posted by The End |
Same.
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Posted by Elanzer |
Hopefully it will lead more people to buy it. It's a great game, but hardly anyone has it. Luckily those who do are very mature and cooperative.
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Posted by Pinecone |
I'm game. Havnt played it since the days of the Mod.
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Posted by MadHatter |
Valve probably sold a great many copies of DoD Source after the free day, so they are likely to try the same business model on some of their other games too.
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Posted by Elanzer |
Well it's actually developed by Tripwire, not Valve. But you're right, the number of people playing DoD went up a few thousand after the free weekend.
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