Introduction

• William is joined by Dave and Patrick.

Follow-up & Errata

• Contagion Corrections and Clarification from Tatsur0.

From the Mouth of Valve

• TF2 Blog: Two Quick Notes.
• FriendlyFire #50: Robin Walker’d.
• PC Gamer: Interview: Valve on the future of TF2: Part One and Part Two.
• L4D Blog: Movie Night.
• L4D Blog: Week 18. – Last Man on Earth.
• Portal 2 New GamesCom 2010 Trailer + Added Material.
• Steam Hardware Survey Updated (Now Includes Software Survey).
• Portal 2 Has A Release Date And A New Voice Actor.
• Gametrailers TV Episode 321: Portal 2.
  • Portal 2 and Left 4 Dead Series Revelations on GTTV Episode 321.
• Game Performance Improvements in Latest Mac OS X Update.
• “Defense of the Ancients” trademark filed in response to Valve’s “DOTA” filing.

Releases & Updates

• Wilson Chronicles Demo Release, a singleplayer HL2 modification by The Eaglesg Studio.
• Lethal Stigma v0.1.2 update.
• Lethal Stigma is Now Open Source.
• Overwatch 1.1.0 released, a multiplayer HL2 modification.

Media Blitz

• The Revenge – Work In Progress.
• Zombie Panic: Source – Sneak Peek.
• Sven Co-op – 4.5 Release Countdown.
• Zeitgeist – Morituri Vivunt Diutius.
• Factum Solus – Partner Portalling.
• City Freerun – New video of Chapter 4: Subway Station.
• No More Room In Hell – June/July 2010 Update.
• Nuclear Dawn – Official Trailer. [Via. Twitter]
• Overwatch – Development Report IV.
• Reepblue’s Hammer Notepad: Portalble Gel & Force Field Thing. – Tipped by peter.
• Contagion – Guns, Artwork and a Devblog.

Discussion

• Orange Box Co-Operative Base Modification. (release thread)
  • Original Comment: On the subject of co-op, I’d love to hear opinions (especially from developers, coders in particular) on the OBCO (Orange Box Co-Operative Base) SDK. How’s the quality on this SDK and are we likely to see a lot more co-op mods now because of it? I imagine it’s probably harder to shoe-horn into existing mods, but for new mods starting up it sure sounds promising. – Rog
  • Tips on the pros and cons of using the Co-op Base for a new mod could also be useful.
• The Success of Multiplayer Communities.
  • Original Comment: Oh! A reaccuring theme on this show is Multiplayer games losing players. This happens for the many reasons you have discussed (again and again, both the fault of us, the consumer, as well as the developers) but Insurgency still has a huge following. This could be because of steamworks, even though Diprip (whatever its called) has steamworks and only has like 2 Finns who play it still, or you could say its because its original and good. Really good. We all have played this, I’m sure, and we all know about it, so what do you think sets it apart, and keeps its community alive? I would love to see more developers Take notes from the professionalism of the Ins team. – HiroProtagonist
• SDK – Soul Destroying Kit?
  • Source Modding Community SDK Petition.
• Freeman’s Mind: Episode 29.
• The City 17 Times: What have the Combine ever done for us?.
• We Heart You Phillip Marlowe.

Interview

• This week’s interview is with Crypt.

Post-Show Play Session

• This week’s session is Overwatch 1.1.0.

Event Time

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Sat 21st August at 5:00pm UTC

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