DIPRIP

A new drive-and-shoot-em-up mod has been released for HL2
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Empires 2.0 Review

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Unreal Tournament 3

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Action: Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update for Team Fortress 2 has been released via steam, and will be downloaded automatically when the steam client is restarted. Read More »
Steam: Meet the Sandvich
He was a good lunch who played by the rules, until the rules robbed him of everything he ever loved. Now he's lettuce, tomato, cheese, bread, and a mysterious slice of meat, marching down your throat and straight to hell. He'll satisfy your hunger. FOR REVENGE! Read More »
Other: TF2 update coming soon, we are ready!
The Team Fortress 2 heavy update is coming in a few hours now and we have prepared a 3rd EU public server that will focus on the ARENA maps. So if your upto Arena based maps and would like to go for fast paces CSS Style action in TF2 you might wanna join our brand new Public 3 TF2 EU server. Read More »
Steam: TF2 gets Arena mode
TF2 Arena keeps the class diversity of Team Fortress 2 while focusing goals around combat between two teams. Where other game modes lean towards a broad overall strategy for the team over a number of lives, Arena concentrates on the specific tactical choices the teams make in a single fight. Read More »
Steam: Sega goes Steam once again
Looks like 3 new titles from Sega were just launched on Steam including: Space Siege, The Incredible Hulk and Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games. Read More »
Steam: Natasha second unlockable for the Heavy
The Heavy's second unlockable, Natascha, slows enemies with her bullets. Anyone damaged by her will move slower for an instant, encouraging them to find cover or turn and face the Heavy, mano-a-tiny-itty-bitty-mano. Unfortunately, Natascha is slightly weaker than Sasha, so she takes longer to finish off a victim. Read More »
Steam: The KGB for the heavy are coming
One of the new things to come with the big TF2 update is the unlockable for the Heavy called the K.G.B. Any time a Heavy kills an enemy with the K.G.B he receives five seconds of guaranteed critical hits. This crit-boost can be used to punch and kill further enemies, extending the boost time. Read More »
Steam: Unreal Tournament 3 Update Released
An update for Unreal Tournament 3 has been released via steam, and will be downloaded automatically for UT3 steam owners when the steam client is restarted. This update brings the game version number to 1.3. The patch addresses numerous gameplay, engine, user networking, AI and map specific problems. Read More »
Steam: Big Team Fortress 2 update unveiling now!
August 12, 2008 - Valve, creators of award-winning games and leading technologies, today announced the unveiling of details for the largest update ever produced for Team Fortress 2, the multiplayer action game that recently topped PC Gamer UK's "Top 100" list. Beginning today gamers may find details of "The Heavy" Update being disclosed via steamgames.com. The site will reveal new information and screenshots each day, as well as a special installment to the "Meet the Team" series of video shorts. Read More »
Steam: Left 4 Dead On Tour
August 12, 2008 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced a series of live demonstrations of Left 4 Dead at upcoming industry events the world over. Read More »
Steam: Game Mod's To Recieve SteamWorks Support
A number of mods are set to receive SteamWorks support in the future, the first being the co-op HL2 mod Synergy this Friday. Altogehter, four mods have been confirmed to have been given access to the SteamWorks SDK. Read More »
Mods: PVKII 2.2 news
The Pirates, Vikings and Knights II mod team tells us that they are currently working on a 2.2 patch which will NOT include the update to the orange box Source engine yet. The 2.2 version will be a patch release that mainly fixes a few annoying bugs like a bug with assisted suicides and pickup respawn issues on Deathmatch maps. Read More »
Consoles: Sony puts up the PS3 Home beta
Though not directly related to Steam we thought this would be an interesting post for you PS3 owners out there. Sony is now inviting gamers to the new Playstation Home program, while it's still in a beta stage. In a post on the PlayStation blog today, PlayStation Home director Jack Buser confirmed that Sony will be expanding the closed beta test of its PlayStation 3 online service starting at the end of the month. Read More »
Steam: Bionic Commando remake and new FlatOut
Capcom's Bionic Commando Remake will be available next Thursday, August 14th on Steam for $14.99 a $5 premium over the $9.99 PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 releases. FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage will also be available somewhere this month. Read More »
Steam: Counter-Strike Weekend deal on Steam!
This weekend you can buy Counter-Strike games with a lot of discount on Steam! Counter-Strike 1.6 for $4.99, Condition Zero for $4.99 and Counter-Strike: Source for only $9.99. Or ofcourse get the complete pack for $14.99. If you want it click read more and click on the big picture. Read More »
Steam: Savage 2: A Tortured Soul Update Released
An update for Savage 2: A Tortured Soul has been released via steam, and will be downloaded automatically when the steam client is restarted. The update fixes numerous bugs and tweaked several aspects of gameplay. Read More »
Mods: Fistfull of Frags 1.55
This new update is out and is meant to fix and tweak core parts of the gameplay. The result is a faster and funner game they say, but still preserving the realism characteristic of Fistful of Frags. Read More »
Steam: Audiosurf update
Updates to Audiosurf have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. Read More »
Steam: Steam Community, Friends And Purchasing Down

Valve have announced that steam is under-going emergency maintenance, and the Steam Community and Friends system will be off line for the duration of the maintenance. Purchasing has also been disabled whilst the maintenance is occurring.

UPDATE: Complete functionality has now returned.

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While the rest of the Empires community was waiting in anticipation for that countdown to reach zero, Steamfriends had been invited for a testplay. So what do we think? Read More »
Back when the original Call of Duty was released, it was met with overwhelming acclaim by players and critics alike but unfortunately this streak of genius was knocked back by the sorely average Call of Duty 3. Do Infinity Ward have what it takes to put the series back on track, or has the Call of Duty series been KIA? Read More »
DIPRIP (or ‘Die in Pain Rest in Peace’) will soon bring its drive-and-shoot-em-up Steam-wards. Steamfriends were invited to take a look and now bring you all the details. Read More »
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is the next title in the popular first-person shooter war series by Infinity Ward. It is not only the first Call of Duty game to be rated 17+, but also the first not set at some point during World War II – ‘Modern Warfare’ is set in the near future, hence the subtitle ‘Modern Warfare’. Steamfriends.com now brings to you the low-down on Infinity Ward’s latest instalment. Read More »
Team Fortress 2 is finally upon us, but how long exactly have people been waiting? For some it has been over a year, but for others it has been nearly a whole decade i.e. WAY too long. Steamfriends.com decided it was time to delve into the metaphorical filing cabinet labelled ‘Everything Team Fortress 2’ and found it has quite a history. Read More »
SteamOn 6th August, The ‘Steam Community’ Beta was launched.
Steam users are now given the opportunity to create their own SteamID page over at www.SteamCommunity.com, which shows which games they play, their friends, and other assorted details about their lives on Steam. Read More »
Game Servers
Game Server IP Status
CS:S 1 84.243.216.50:27015 Online
CS:S 2 84.243.216.51:27015 Online
DOD:S 66.150.214.121:27015 Online
TF2 84.243.216.60:27015 Online
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