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This amazing fan-made film based on Valve’s Portal games has been making the rounds for the past day or two, and it’s about time we put it here, too. Portal: No Escape is directed by Dan Trachtenberg of The Totally Rad Show fame and stars  TV actress Danielle Rayne as series protagonist, Chell. As for the film itself, you gotta say that it’s excellently put together, moody, atmospheric, and manages to get on by with little to no dialog. The portal effects and how the gun is used are pretty…

Don’t count the Philippine Team out just yet. The PH representatives for the Dota 2 competition being held at Cologne Germany during this year’s Gamescom is still alive and kicking. Team Mineski.Infinity, was able to stave off elimination against team Ok.Nirvana.cn of China. It would seem that Miniski.Infinity was already in a disadvantage but was able to save itself from elimination in what the Dota 2 Blog could only call as a “stunning upset”.

Gamescom 2011, the annual gaming event held at Cologne, Germany was the epicenter of one of the year’s biggest releases. Steam’s own take in the Massive Online Battle Arena genre, Dota 2. The CG trailer released at Gamescom featured a lot of familiar characters from the country’s currently most played network game. While the trailer didn’t show anything else aside from a merchant talking and some characters in action, it’s a good preparation in what we can expect from the art style of the game. Incidentally, we also have a…

So we move on to our third guide for Team Fortress 2. We’re giving you the tips on how to get the achievements for the “Kenny” (Southpark reference for those who don’t know) of the job classes. Here’s a big thanks to Big Downloads for the comprehensive tips.

Valve finally decided to let it’s longest running FPS titles go Free to Play in-line with the recent Uber-Updates they are dishing out for the game. Yes, that’s right, the hat collecting wacky shooter known as TF2 is now free to play for steam users the world over.