{"id":422383,"date":"2010-03-12T20:50:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T01:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/?p=20466"},"modified":"2010-04-27T21:44:03","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T01:44:03","slug":"gaming-friday-valve-games-on-mac-playstation-move-and-lot-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/422383","title":{"rendered":"Gaming Friday: Valve Games on Mac, PlayStation Move And Lot More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been one heck of a week for gaming enthusiasts &#8211; let&#8217;s have a quick recap on what&#8217;s been going on.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ubisoft&#8217;s servers DRM servers, which are used to authenticate games like Assassin&#8217;s Creed II <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gossipgamers.com\/ubisoft-drm-servers-go-down\/\" >went down<\/a>, rendering all legit users copies useless as they were unable to play the game. Ubisoft was quick to point out that the <a title=\"T3H hackers did it!!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gossipgamers.com\/ubisoft-drm-servers-go-down\/\" >servers were down because of hackers<\/a> &#8211; like paying customers are going to give a damn about why they aren&#8217;t able to play a $60 single player game without an Internet connection.<\/li>\n<li>Mac gamers were delighted when Valve announced that all of their Source engine games, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/portal-2-for-mac-confirmed.html\" >including Portal 2 would be ported over to the Mac<\/a>. Pretty certain Mac gamers went ballistic after Valve&#8217;s confirmation that existing\u00a0 owners <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/some-commonly-asked-questions-about-mac-version-of-team-fortress-2-answered.html\" >will not have to purchase<\/a> the games again, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/some-commonly-asked-questions-about-mac-version-of-team-fortress-2-answered.html\" >games would be native to Mac<\/a>, and not emulated crap.<\/li>\n<li>OnLive, the online gaming service which allows you to play games similar to how you can stream movies using Netflix or Hulu, announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/onlive-to-go-live-in-june-preorders-available.html\" >their service would go live on June 15<\/a>.\u00a0 If you have a good enough Internet connection and the $15 per month fee plus additional fees for actually owning\/renting the game\u00a0 doesn&#8217;t deter you, then OnLive just might be a good option.<\/li>\n<li>Sony finally realizes that motion controlled gaming is the &#8220;in&#8221; thing, and introduces us to a rather silly named contraption, the <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/sony-enters-the-motion-sensing-game-scene-with-playstation-move.html\" >PlayStation Move<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Palm announced that the awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/03\/11\/unreal-engine-3-up-and-running-on-webos-and-weve-got-video\/\" >Unreal Engine 3 has been ported over to webOS<\/a>. Wonder if will boost Palm&#8217;s fortunes significantly.<\/li>\n<li>To round off, Steam has been having an Eidos Square Enix Deals week, and on the final day we have Batman: Arkham Asylum and Just Cause <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/sub\/4004\/\" >on sale at 50% off<\/a> for individual games, and at 66% off for the full collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy gaming weekend, everyone!<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:12px\">\n<strong>Share:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/gaming-friday-valve-games-on-mac-playstation-move-and-lot-more.html#commentrespond\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Comment on This Post<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?source=techiebuzz&#038;status=Gaming%20Friday:%20Valve%20Games%20on%20Mac,%20PlayStation%20Move%20And%20Lot%20More%20http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FdlrhwM%20via%20@techiebuzzer\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Tweet This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/gaming-friday-valve-games-on-mac-playstation-move-and-lot-more.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Share on Facebook<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/gaming-friday-valve-games-on-mac-playstation-move-and-lot-more.html&#038;title=Gaming%20Friday:%20Valve%20Games%20on%20Mac,%20PlayStation%20Move%20And%20Lot%20More\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Save to Delicious<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/gaming-friday-valve-games-on-mac-playstation-move-and-lot-more.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Stumble This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&#038;url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/gaming-friday-valve-games-on-mac-playstation-move-and-lot-more.html&#038;title=Gaming%20Friday:%20Valve%20Games%20on%20Mac,%20PlayStation%20Move%20And%20Lot%20More\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Digg This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/gaming-friday-valve-games-on-mac-playstation-move-and-lot-more.html&#038;title=Gaming%20Friday:%20Valve%20Games%20on%20Mac,%20PlayStation%20Move%20And%20Lot%20More\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Reddit This<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong style=\"font-size:11px;\">TAGS:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-transform:uppercase;font-size:11px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/assassins-creed-ii\" rel=\"tag\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed II<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/eidos\" rel=\"tag\">Eidos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/just-cause\" rel=\"tag\">Just Cause<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/onlive\" rel=\"tag\">OnLive<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/palm-webos\" rel=\"tag\">palm webOS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/playstation\" rel=\"tag\">PlayStation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/playstation-move\" rel=\"tag\">PlayStation Move<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/portal\" rel=\"tag\">Portal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/sony\" rel=\"tag\">Sony<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/square-enix\" rel=\"tag\">Square Enix<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/steam\" rel=\"tag\">Steam<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/ubisoft\" rel=\"tag\">Ubisoft<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/unreal-engine-3\" rel=\"tag\">Unreal Engine 3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/valve\" rel=\"tag\">Valve<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/small><\/div>\n<div style=\"background:#E1E1E1; border: dotted 1px; padding:5px; margin-top:5px;font-size:11px\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/gaming\/gaming-friday-valve-games-on-mac-playstation-move-and-lot-more.html\" title=\"Gaming Friday: Valve Games on Mac, PlayStation Move And Lot More\">Gaming Friday: Valve Games on Mac, PlayStation Move And Lot More<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\" title=\"Techie Buzz\">Techie Buzz<\/a> written by Sathya Bhat on Friday 12th March 2010 08:50:14 PM. 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Ubisoft&#8217;s servers DRM servers, which are used to authenticate games like Assassin&#8217;s Creed II went down, rendering all legit users copies useless as they were unable to play the game. 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