Three major disappointments with MW2 were no dedicated servers, no record tools, and no mod tools. You needed to have all three in order to have a decent competitive community.

Now it seems Treyarch is bringing them all back in COD: Black Ops!

This is an awesome, simple game, you can get for free. Just search for "Alien Swarm" in steam and click install.

Oh did I mention its free? You can't complain about that! It's multiplayer enabled which makes it even better. Install it and hit me up on on steam.

Geex show, which is the only LAN party in Utah now that P42 is shut down, is set to open up its doors once again July 16th and 17th. Its $10 a day or $18 for both days. Prizes, tournaments, etc. will ensue.

For more info visit the Geex website

If you haven't heard of Shattered Horizon, its basically an FPS in space - so if you liked Decent back in the olden days, then you will like this game.

Just a warning, this game requires DirectX10+ which means you have to have Vista or Windows 7, along with a DirectX10 capable video card. You also need a decent computer to run it - I barely break 40-60fps with everything on low (playable but not great). Despite the need for a super computer, its a fun game and definitely worth a free try.

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Ends 20:00 GMT Sunday 6 June

Portal, a required must own game, is now free on steam May 12th -24th. You cant beat free!