Portal 2 to Have Cross-Platform Play

"We made a promise to gamers at E3 that Portal 2 for the PlayStation 3 would be the best console version of the product."

- Gabe Newell

Forty-Nine Square Games for the Price of Little More than One Game

Steam has released a huge Square-Enix deal for gamers around the world. For $74.99 you can get forty-nine downloadable games for your PC, ranging from MMOs, RPGs, action, casual, strategy games and more. In total, you can save $276.63. If you don't want to take advantage of this deal, you could always buy them individually. The prices vary, ranging from $0.49 to $29.99.

A few games you can find here are Batman: Arkham Asylum, Kane & Lynch (1 & 2), and The Last Remnant.

Steam Accidentally Gives Away A Game

Problems are bound to happen with Steam. Remember when it was in its infancy? You could hear the howls of of rage from every gamer when Steam refused to work. Today brings a huge problem for Valve, but a large amount of unintentionally directed joy for people who’ve caught the mistake. According to Steam, you own a copy of King’s Bounty: The Legend, even if you don’t.

Stream Runs out of Activation Keys for Risen

How embarrassing for Steam! Due to a recent sale for Risen, which shaves off 50% of its market price, Steam had an unexpected surge of consumers, and ran out of activation keys. Instead of doing the wise thing and making the product temporarily unavailable until they resolved the issue, Steam continued to allow purchases to take place. Expectantly, this sparked a slew of outrage from purchasers, when they discovered that they couldn't activate the game they paid for as they were greeted by the dreaded "failed to contact key server" message.

Zen Bound 2 Coming to PC and Mac, Original Zen Bound Free on iPhone!

With the Zen Bound sequel making its way to the PC and Mac via Steam, the first game is available on the iPhone and iPod Touch for the celebratory price of free. This is for a limited time to celebrate the November 16th's release date. Zen Bound 2 will be available for $4.99.

Secret Exit Ltd.'s relaxing puzzle game has you wrapping rope around an object to cover it in a paint like medium. Once you completely cover it, you move on to the next object to wrap. From what I have played of the first one, if Secret Exit follows the same formula for Zen Bound 2 then this is definitely a game worth playing.

Steam Doles Out Discounts Like Candy For Its Halloween 2010 Sale

The Steam store is notorious for slashing prices, and today they’ve gone and outdone themselves with a special Halloween themed sale. Many of the games presented are either of the horror genre, containing heavy horror undertones, or in Team Fortress 2’s case, have an obnoxiously fun Halloween themed level.

Review: Alien Swarm

Alien Swarm should arrive as a rebuttal to detractors of PC gaming. Developed by a team of modders working for Valve, Alien Swarm is a free download available through Valve’s digital distribution platform, Steam. That’s right – free. How amazing is that? And because the source code is provided along with the SDK, I expect the mod community to release more great (and free) content to provide hours of entertainment on top of what Valve has already given us.

Staff Picks: Favorite Downloadable PC Games

Spawn Kill Staff Picks are back, and this time we're looking at our favorite downloadable PC games. For this list, we only considered games that are either available only via digital distribution (whether it be Steam, a developer's website, etc.) or games that were originally only available via this method even if they were later released at retail. As always with these lists, it can be hard to pick just one favorite, so obviously not everything could make the cut. This list includes the gambit from mods-turned full games, to casual games, to obscure indie titles and everything in between. Feel free to sound off in the comments about what your favorites are - and you don't have to be limited to just one choice!

Tales of Monkey Island A Steal on Steam

Did you never take part in Guybrush Threepwood's latest TellTale adventures? If so, now may be the perfect time to jump into his crazy, silly world. For a limited time, Steam is offering the complete series for only $4.99 - that's only 1/7 of the retail cost of $35.

Shank Arrives on PC October 26

Are you a PC gamer who lamented the fact that Shank was only available for PS3 and 360? Well, I have good news for you, as today EA revealed the game will be hitting Steam on October 26. If you pre-order, you get the usual 10% discount, making the game $13.49. If you wait until the game releases, you have to pay the full $14.99.