Valve announces "Big Picture Mode" for Steam officially launches today and to commemorate the occasion, a special sale is occurring now on Steam.
The mode uses a modified version of the Steam interface with the purpose of being a lot more useable and friendly to television screens. The new interface borrows a lot from recent Xbox 360 dashboard designs while also including controller support for menu navigation.
To celebrate the special occasion, Valve has decided to have a special Steam sale with about 11 games on sale and most having a 75% discount.
The list of games currently on sale:
* Left 4 Dead – (75% off)
* Braid – (75% off)
* Limbo – (75% off)
* Castle Crashers – (75% off)
* Portal 2 – (75% off)
* Geometry Wars Retro Evolved – (75% off)
* Space Marine – 75% off)
* Audio Surf – (75% off)
* Shank 2 – (66% off)
* Hell Yeah – (75% off)
* Alan Wake – (75% off)
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...mode-now-live/
http://www.destructoid.com/steam-big...d-239759.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* Gears of War Judgment confirmed to be getting a brand new exclusive trailer to be shown during this week's Spike VGA show.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/xbox_...g-this-friday/
* Fable II has been removed from the Xbox Live Marketplace with no official reason given for the removal.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/fabl...ared-xbox-live
* The Xbox 360 will not be banned in the US after a judge sides against Motorla in the remaining piece of their case against Microsoft.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...nsoles-banned/
http://www.destructoid.com/judge-den...n-239830.phtml