Alien Swarm
Release Date
July 19, 2010Developer
ValvePublisher
N/APlatform
N/AGenre
Action | Shooter | Third PersonScore
N/A / 5
Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community.
Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet’s surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility.
Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine.
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Alien Swarm: Now Smarter And More Difficult
Valve issued a press release yesterday regarding Alien Swarm’s new game mode and difficulty settings. The new game mode “Onslaught” will use an AI director (like Left 4 Dead) to…
8.24.10 by Jarret Redding
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I’d like to take time out and ask my fellow editors and readers… What are YOU playing? I will break mine down into a few categories. The editors may/may not…
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Here is a unedited gameplay preview for Alien Swarm. Expect a full review later this week.
7.21.10 by Jarret Redding
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From the Team that Brought You Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 Comes Alien Swarm… for FREE!
The Valve Left 4 Dead (2) blog has an announcement at the bottom stating that on Monday (7/19/2010) they are giving Alien Swarm out for FREE! (Note: Proof that Valve…











