Valve to begin hosting Source mods on Steam

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 29th September 2008
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Valve to begin hosting Source mods on Steam

Valve will begin hosting mods of the Source engine, such as Zombie Panic, on Steam soon.

In a recent update on Steam, Valve Software has announced that it is to begin hosting Source engine mods on Steam starting next week, allowing users to download the mods directly through Steam.

The update will also allow the mods to be automatically updated through Steam, with Valve also offering stat-tracking for any mods that are added to Steam.

Valve will be adding more and more mods to Steam as time goes on, but for now Valve is to launch the mod support with only five mods starting next week. The first five mods to be included are the medieval Age of Chivalry, the co-operative Synergy, the vehicular deathmatch D.I.P.R.I.P, the Insurgency total conversion and our personal favourite Zombie Panic.

Unfortunately though, our game of the moment hasn't been added to the list and despite the popularity of The Hidden in the bit-tech offices, Valve hasn't decided to support the mod just yet.

The fact that Steam will be hosting user-created content such as this is a huge step forward for the PC community obviously, and with plenty of precedent for amateur mod makers jumping into the big leagues, it's a fair bet that Valve will be looking to see which mods are the most popular on Steam in the future.

Do you have a favourite mod for Half-Life 2, or are you more interested in the original game? Let us know what you think in the forums.
Quote p3n 29th September 2008, 12:43
Valve for pres.
Quote DXR_13KE 29th September 2008, 12:47
bloody awesome!
Quote Nikumba 29th September 2008, 12:49
Hidden might not be supported as its not had any updates in a year, much sadness, this use to be one of our fave lan games

Kimbie
Quote TreeDude 29th September 2008, 13:23
I love Valve so much. They truly care about their customers. It is too bad more companies are not like this.
Quote ry@n 29th September 2008, 15:56
Awesome! even when I bought Half Life 2 second hand for £5 (obviously pre-registered) I emailed them and they had the game transferred to my account.
Quote supaste 29th September 2008, 17:27
I used to be involved with empires mod with testing and stuff. Valve were really good to the developers and would get back to them quickly with queries about the engine and things.
Quote pendragon 29th September 2008, 18:31
ah I remember the good ol' days when Counter Strike was in free fan-made beta version :) .. hopefully there's more winners like that for Valve.
Quote Rich_13 29th September 2008, 18:48
yeah they have some great community support over there at valve!
Quote HourBeforeDawn 29th September 2008, 18:50
wow sweet.
Quote Timmy_the_tortoise 29th September 2008, 18:54
Excellent news!
Quote ParaHelix.org 30th September 2008, 20:07
Iz lovin Valve coz dey kno uz and we kno dem and they luv us 'n we luv dem! :D
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