Tripwire Interactive and Teotl Studios announced that The Ball is now available for pre-purchase on Valve’s Steam Platform for the price of 18 Euros. Players can also grab the game for 10% off until the 26th of October, which changes its price to 16 Euros.

Players who pre-order The Ball through Steam will also receive The Ball hero as a playable character in Killing Floor.

The Ball will officially launch on Valve’s Steam Platform on the 26th of October for the price of 20$ or 18 Euros for Europe.

The developers of the best-selling franchises like Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Team Fortress, and also leading technologies like the Steam Platform, and the Source Engine, Valve, announced a sequel to one of the most played mods worldwide, Dota 2.

Dota 2 will be released for Windows-Based PCs, and MACs in 2011 as a totally new, retail game. It will feature a unique combination of online real-time strategy and role-playing action that has made the mod popular in the first place, with tens of millions of gamers worldwide, expanding each and every day.

bitComposer Games announced today that it will be bringing its popular arcade space shooter, Ion Assault, which is based on particle gameplay, to Valve’s Steam Platform for PC.

Ion Assault is only available for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video gaming console at the moment. The game combines classic arcade shooter elements with familiar game concepts like Asteroids, resulting in an innovative and fun arcade.

Ion Assault will be available on Valve’s Steam Platform in November 2010, for Windows-Based PCs.

Tripwire Interactive and Teotl Studios are very pleased to announce that their first-person action adventure puzzle game entitled, The Ball, has gone Gold, and will be released on the 26th of October, through Valve’s Steam platform and European retail stores.

Players who would like to pre-order the game can do so on the 18th of October 2010 via Valve’s Steam Platform. Those of you who own Killing Floor will get the hero from “The Ball” as a fully playable character on Killing Floor.

Worms is the title that sold twenty five million copies over its lifespan of fifteen years. Its hilarious humor, strategic gameplay and wild weaponry combined in one amazingly addictive video game are experienced on every possible platform.

On the 26th of August, 2010, the game will be returning to the one and only platform that made it so popular and successful – The PC.

“Worms Reloaded has been a labour of love for the team given the legacy of 2D PC WormsTM titles such as Worms 2, Worms Armageddon etc. It has been almost 10 years since the last 2D game was released on personal computers”, said Martyn Brown, iconic figure in the world of WormsTM and Business Development Director at Team17.

Paradox Interactive announced that Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West is going to be available for half the price on Valve’s Steam Platform. The game is also going to be free to play the whole weekend, to give players the ability to take a glimpse into the game.

Developed by Fatshark, the game continues to build up a great community, with the recent addition of dedicated servers and the new map. You can try out the game for free throughout the weekend by visiting store.steampowered.com/app/42120/.

Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, and SEGA of America, announced today that the new and second downloadable map package for the Aliens vs Predator first-person shooter will be released on the 7th of July, 2010, for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game console, The Sony PlayStation Store for the Sony PlayStation 3 video gaming console, and Valve’s Steam platform for Windows-Based PCs.

The Bughunt Map Pack is the first newly developed downloadable map package that will include four brand new maps and weather types for the game.

Global Agenda is now free of any subscription fees, as announced by Hi-Rez Studios.

Players who are interested in purchasing the game will enjoy it in its full potential including all current PvP combat, PvE solo and Cooperative content plus Agency vs Agency seasons, without the need to pay monthly subscription fees now or in the upcoming future.

Global Agenda will receive some paid expansion in the near future, with the first major expansion being free to the entire Global Agenda community.

Konami Digital Entertainment announced that Yard Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyville is now available for Nintendo DS, Nintendo WiiWare and Windows-Based PCs throughout Valve’s Steam Platform. The game challenges players to seek and find, while scavenging local yard sales to find the perfect decor for their dream home.

Putting bargain hunters to the test, Yard Sale places gamers in the town of Sunnyville to uncover ideal items that would be valuable additions to their dream homes. As players utilize hidden stars leading to bonus hints, they will be able to peruse hundreds of hidden gems set in 12 community hot spots.

One of the leading video game publishers worldwide, Activision Publishing, and Microsoft, announced today that all Call of Duty game add-ons and downloadable content packages will be first released on the Xbox LIVE Online Entertainment Network exclusively, courtesy of the multi-year agreement between the two companies.

The agreement officially began in 2009, and now extends for all downloadable content packages for the mega-blockbuster Call of Duty Franchise throughout the year 2012, which includes Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Cold Beam Games are very pleased to announce the release of a major downloadable update for its rhythm-based game entitled “Beat Hazard” on Valve’s Steam Platform.

The major update will add a local two player cooperative mode plus a “Head-to-Head” game mode. Players are now able to “beat hazard” with friends and pals. Suicide difficulty level is featured for players who want something completely insane.

In addition to all that, Cold Beam Games also announced that its Beat Hazard game now support iTunes and m4a file types thanks to the cheap $1 Downloadable Content they released.

The explosive Black Market “Boom” Package is available to download as of today. The package contains three game-changing prototype weapons for agents who want taste destruction.

This package is the perfect tool for players who are craving for combat and destruction. The package contains three experimental and highly volatile prototype weapons.

Just Cause 2 Black Market “Boom” Pack features the Quad Rocket Launcher, which is a half rocket launcher, half shotgun; The Cluster Bomb Launcher, which is the natural successor of the grenade launcher