July 31, 2009



Aion, the beautiful fantasy MMORPG
coming soon to Steam, has a private
BETA invitation waiting for you. All you
have to do is pre-purchase the game, and
you're in! Read about the beta at the official Aion web site.
You may also be interested in the Aion Collector's Edition, which is exclusive to Steam. It features six in-game items which boost your stats, give you longer flight time, and more.

Research & Development is a really interesting new Source engine MOD. It's a puzzle-oriented adventure game, building on the logic and physics brain twisters in Half-Life 2. It received some good Rock Paper Shotgun coverage, recently: "Mazes, gravity, exploding microwaves and fire-retardant antlion carapaces all make an appearance..."

Steam user GAVade has made some nice desktop wallpapers showcasing TF2 characters. Head over to this forum thread to check them out.

And if you're a Dawn of War II fan, we're offering the soundtrack as a free download. It's right there on the store page. (Note that if you don't already have RAR software to unpack it, you'll need that.)