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Valve is supposedly working on a bunch of new projects, and one of them is an open world space game called ‘Stars of Barathrum’. Apparently, the title is extremely ambitious in its scope, and we may have our first look at it via these amazing concept arts.
Now, of course, this should be taken with a pinch of salt, but according to Facepunch–a well known gaming forum–some of these images belong to Valve’s new IP. Apparently, you have the ability to command large cruisers and capital ships, and again, as mentioned above, this looks something that is very ambitious, especially considering the type of games Valve has released so far.
According to the poster who leaked these images, Valve is investing a lot of resources into this game, and who knows it may end up as a free-to-play MMO, too, considering Valve has shown a lot of interest in that type of business model and encourages it as well.
“An inside source has confirmed that SOB (Valve’s new IP) is an unannounced game entitled Stars of Barathrum (working title). Plays like privateer/freelancer but also with the ability to command larger cruisers and capital ships. It’s a very vast and open-world game where you choose your own adventure, a lot of internal resources are being put into SOB,” reads the Facepunch post.
What is interesting is the fact that these concept arts are developed by Peter König–a concept artist. He was an ex-Valve employee who worked with them from 2008-2012. You can check his resume over here.
Shame it won't be out until sometime in 2020, knowing Valve's current track record Still... an open-world space sim with Valve-level polish and attention to detail? Oh yes please!
It sounds interesting, but I don't care that much since something like that probably won't be my kind of game, but I'm curious what they can do with such a concept since it's something new for them.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
The images are 7 months old. (the images are the only reason anyone would consider this rumor as real)
The source is /v/ (enough said)
"An insider source"? Really?
starsofbarathrum.com is not registered by Valve.
Yeah, it's a fake rumor.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
The rumor however can't possibly be true unless you believe in "insider sources" from /v/ that present 7 month old images as proof.
Nobody knows what SOB is/was.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
The rumor about a "Stars of Barathrum" game is a fabrication.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
If this space project of this scope and magnitude turns out being true, I don't think I'll continue wishing HL3 to be their next game they release in the future.
I have been taking an online class through Art Center.....
I doubt the gal was making concept art for SOB, while taking a class.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
So I suppose SOB, whatever it was, doesn't exist anymore.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
In a presentation at Ubuntu Developer Summit currently going on in Denmark, Drew Bliss from Valve said that Linux is becoming more viable platform as an alternative to Windows 8. Windows 8 ships with its own app store and it is moving away from an open platform model.
Some other points from the talk:
Steam client is running nicely on Ubuntu and many developers have approached them with good game products.
Cooperation with Canonical has been good.
Ubuntu is preferred platform as it has a large user base and good community support with a strong company like Canonical behind it.
Linux has everything they need: good OpenGL, pulseaudio, OpenAL and input support.
New Source engine games will be available for Linux.
No firm time frame for Steam Linux release, but soon.
Copy protection is up to the game publishers.
Drew announced that anyone with a Launchpad account attending UDS will be given Steam access through a beta key.
When asked about new Team Fortress 2 Hats, he said that some rumors have been circulating but he has no information about it.
At the moment no video feed is available but a recording should be uploaded in couple of days on Ubuntu Developers channel.
Update: Steam Linux Beta will have Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Serious Sam 3: BFE as first games.
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"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
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"Like Nothing On Earth"
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Still... an open-world space sim with Valve-level polish and attention to detail? Oh yes please!
,it's a rumor for now,and it can be lots of things Valve are working with
