Valve gets generous and creative with Alien Swarm and Team Fortress 2

Alien Swarm began as a community-created mod for Unreal Tournament, but went much further. The guys at Valve liked it so much th♈at they hired the modders and turned it into a full game. And what’s better, they’veon Steam for free.

Hats off to Valve, honestly, because the last free game that I per♚sonally played was Euchre on Pogo.com, so to have a full-featured alien shoot-em-up game that is completely 100% no-strings-attached free is pretty darn cool (unlike a 20-something🌱 guy who spends his spare time playing Euchre online).

But♏ wait! There's more! Anyone who plays through two cooperative missions in Alien Swarm will get an exclusive item when they buy Team Fortress 2 through Steam. The gift? An "alien parasite hat" to deck out their in-game character. Now if that doesn't scream awesome fashion statement, I don't know what does.