Free-to-play is the way to go for LAN party games. Everyone downloads, everyone updates, no-one pays, everyone wins. However, in the past, people had to choose between free games and good games. Not so anymore. Tons of games now are not only free, but also ridiculously awesome. Here are the best of the best.
Valve has finally introduced the much-needed 64-bit support in an unexpected Team Fortress 2 update after 17 years since its release.
64 bit support is not the same as a next gen upgrade. 64 bit has been used for like 12-15 years now?
Fan projects Team Fortress: Source 2 and Portal 64 have shut down after Valve intervened in their development.
First they open Steam up to more AI, now they are shutting down fan projects when at one time they used to support or even give the fans jobs.
Wonder what's going on with Valve at the minute.
I mean, that might explain the Team Fortress 2 thing, because Valve might bring that to Source 2 (though I'm not sure I'd bet on that), but I can't see how Portal 64 hurts them. If anything, it's more attention to the Portal and therefore Valve/Steam.
There's potential that Valve had already planned to bring Source 2 to TF2 officially after Counter Strike 2. It's been getting some renewed attention lately.
You got Nintendo to thank for Portal64 being taken down. As for TF2, most likely it's due to the probability of Valve working on a source 2 port themselves. It's sucks but Nintendo are the biggest pricks in the business and not letting this drag out into a huge court drama is the best decision.
Valve has updated its stance on AI games on the Steam storefront, allowing creators to publish AI-created games.
Hell no. I want games that have been made by creative minds who have a passion for their craft, not a bot with a penchant for plagiarism.
So instead of paying for an engine and assets to create a game they are paying for an engine and assets to create a game.
LOL!
Team Fortress 2 is an obvious one, the goldeneye thing was pretty cool loved it on the N64.
Theres a few old RTS games that are free I think, theyd make good LAN games though some will need custom patches/ Gamerager or a similar service.
I still play old rts games like AoE2 with friends, something about those old RTS games that just feels right compared to some of the newer ones...
Tribes sucks..BIG TIME