Better late than never (finding a new HQ for SteamReport.com is time consuming).
Valve are allowing owners of Day of Defeat: Source to opt in to a new beta which brings to the game many of the Steamworks multiplayer and community enhancements found in Team Fortress 2. This includes 51 achievements, avatar display, stats tracking and the nemesis/revenge mechanic.
Not only that but the graphics engine is getting an overhaul to bring it up to the more modern Orange Box engine. Oh and they are even throwing in a new map called dod_Palermo!
I am blown away. As an old school DOD player I cannot wait to check out this new stuff that I don’t think anyone was expecting. It’s incredible that a free update this high in quality is made to a game that many people bought back in 2005. Of course this obviously means that Valve are willing to update their other games in the same way. Counter-Strike with achievements? It’s coming.
Wow. That’s a nice treat isnt it!
Am definately tempted by that, although I’m not finding enough time to play TF2 itself at the moment!
As John says, finding a new home for the Steam Report crew is definately time consuming!
Woah there nelly. Awesome news. I really want to see this happen with more old games - retrofitting them with steamworks stuff. It would surely provide a little sales boost of some sort, so might justify the (meagre?) effort?
I agree Kat - would be awasome to have them added to all the older games on Steam
It would certainly make me buy a few more games!