This is exactly what Valve had in mind when they set the Source Filmmaker cat amongst the budding animator pigeons. A sharply directed, beautifully choreographed, funny and exciting short in which a TF2 Scout takes on a small army of Left 4 Dead zombies. Incredible, Tarantino-grade stuff. Watch it now.
Forget yer Mars, because it turns out Source Filmmaker's script files are peppered with references to a next-gen Source engine. Over 60 mentions of Source 2 can be found in the SFM code, reports ValveTime, confirming that the engine's been in development alongside the filmmaking tools, with one line specifically stating that "If key doesn't doesn't exist, assume 'Source', otherwise invalid -- assume next-gen 'Source 2'.'" Assume next-gen 'Source 2'! How's that for a smoking gun? That'll be your new Source engine then.
As if Greenlight, Big Picture and whatever else they’ve got working underneath their pots and pans, bubbling away, wasn’t enough, Valve have gone and announced that Steam, and Left 4 Dead 2, are coming to Linux. Free hats for everyone! Ahem, that’s a different game. But still, that’s pretty great news, if only because it finally places Steam in a position where they’re now on every different kind of beige box.
Those who play CS:1.6 and CS:S competitively will be well aware of the value of cross map nades on, for example, de_dust2. This video shows the problem with invisible walls that's existed since the start of the CS:GO beta and that threatens one of Counter-Strike's best skill...
If you hate birds enough to want to punch them in their stupid beaks until they stop squawking at you in their dumb bird language, rejoice! ACE Team's grotesque, anthropomorphic bird-smacking simulator Zeno Clash is getting a sequel in early 2013. Here's a minute-long announcement trailer to get you in the mood.