Well this is my new site for Half-Life2. I am dedicating this site to OZDM which got me into online gaming way back in 1997. My goal here is to revive the XOZ name once more and to spend my extra time developing this site further and helping the development of OZ over to the new HL2 Source Engine. I am not sure if the current guys that developed the original OZDM will be attempting to port OZ to the new Engine. I have sent off a few emails trying to contact them but have not received a response yet. So I am taking it upon myself to try and convert OZ to the new Source Engine, if anyone is interested and knows how to work the new SDK tools and know a little programming I would love to have your help. You can contact me at xoz@xtremeoz.com.
Well this site is still under construction and I will continue to add more content and pages all relates to Half-Life2 and OZ. If you have any suggestions or feed back please feel free to let me know.
-BubbaGump
New Forums are open...
Hey guys I just re-vamped the forums, go check it out and let me know what you think and if you see any issues or Crap Stacks. I still have a few more tweaks to add but should have it all finished by this weekend.
A few weeks ago, Belgian casemodder Piloux turned some heads when he presented his HL2-themed mod "Blackmesa HL²". He seems to also have caught some attention over in Bellevue, WA, as Valve now asked him to create another casemod for their main conference room. Citing Piloux's post on the bit-tech forums: "After the big success of my Blackmesa HL2 case I received e-mail from Gabe
Newell, and he asked me if I can build a similar case to use in their main
conference room to show game's demo... well, that was an offer I cannot refuse."
I am somewhat certain noone would have refused that offer, so head on over to the bit-tech forums and check out the progress on this Valve-funded masterpiece.
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Team Fortress 2
Fixed several issues with the Family Practice achievement. Players with 10/10 progress that have not been awarded the achievement will get the achievement the next time they UberCharge any Steam friend
Fixed toggle-fire option for the Medigun preventing players from earning the Second Opinion achievement
Fixed The Kritzkrieg not charging faster than the Medigun
Fixed issue that was preventing players from using their new Medic items on some servers
Fixed melee weapons not being affected by The Kritzkrieg's critboost
Fixed Server Browser sometimes refreshing in the background on startup when it wasn't visible
Weekend Deal - 75% off Shadowgrounds Survivor
This weekend only, get a special discount on Shadowgrounds Survivor, the addictive action-horror shooter. Buy before Monday, May 12 for just $4.99! That's 75% off the regular price!
Audiosurf Update Released
Updates to Audiosurf have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Audiosurf
Fixed crash that could occur after song loading completes
Everyday Shooter Makes PC Debut on Steam Today
Everyday Shooter, the independent musical shooter developed by Jonathan Mak, mades its worldwide PC debut today via Steam.
Winner of numerous Independent Game Festival Awards including Design Innovation, Everyday Shooter is everything but what its name implies. Drawing upon a mixture of arcade shooter gameplay styles, Everyday Shooter stands apart from the crowd by offering both a wide variety of challenges and an all-guitar soundtrack, including procedurally generated guitar riffs used instead of traditional game sound effects.
Everyday Shooter is now available for just $9.99 via Steam, and those who purchase during the first week of availability will save 10% off the regular price.
In other Steam news, Portal: First Slice -- the official demo for the title named Game of the Year by over 30 publications -- is now available for free to all gamers via Steam.
And, finally, Steam has been re-launched to better showcase the growing number of titles and publishers on Steam.
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Team Fortress 2
Fixed clients getting the "Reliable snapshot overflow" error