{"id":44507,"date":"2012-09-12T13:18:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T11:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=44507"},"modified":"2012-09-12T13:26:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T11:26:48","slug":"steam-greenlight-announces-first-approved-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/44507-steam-greenlight-announces-first-approved-games","title":{"rendered":"Steam Greenlight announces first approved games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steam has approved ten independent gaming projects on its new <a title=\"Steam Greenlight is a go\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44001-steam-greenlight-is-a-go.html\" target=\"_blank\">Greenlight platform<\/a>, less than two weeks after the launch of the service.<\/p>\n<p>The service enables Steam users to look through the digital distribution service and vote on which games come to Steam first, or whether they deserve to be on Steam at all \u2013 giving the community a voice on what they want to play; and the first couple games are now on show.<\/p>\n<p>They include the first-person atmospheric exploration game Dream and pixelated adventure-parody McPixel. Horror games Cry of Fear, Project Zomboid, No More Room in Hell, and Routine are also up for voting.<\/p>\n<p>Without undermining the other entries, the most significant entry is probably that of the Half-Life 1 rebuild project, <a title=\"Help get Black Mesa onto Steam\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44334-help-get-black-mesa-onto-steam.html\" target=\"_blank\">Black Mesa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full list of Steam Greenlight launch titles (with more to be added soon):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=94128543\">Black Mesa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=93041394\">Cry of Fear<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=92647949\">Dream<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=93051095\">Heroes &amp; Generals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=92933311\">Kenshi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=91573598\">McPixel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=92917582\">No More Room in Hell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=92916900\">Project Zomboid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=92985806\">Routine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=92927895\">Towns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Steam Greenlight hasn\u2019t been all positive though, as some <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44046-valve-bans-fake-steam-greenlight-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\">fake projects<\/a> have already surfaced through the service, causing Valve to slap a <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44260-steam-greenlight-now-charging-100-submission-fee.html\" target=\"_blank\">$100 fee to submissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related Articles<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44240-steam-community-launched-by-valve.html\">Steam Community launched by Valve<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44253-erotic-game-seduce-me-gets-booted-off-steam-greenlight.html\">Erotic game \u201cSeduce Me\u201d booted-off Steam Greenlight<\/a><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44458-steams-big-picture-mode-heads-to-your-living-room-tv.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Steam\u2019s Big Picture mode heads to your living room TV<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44046-valve-bans-fake-steam-greenlight-projects.html\">Valve bans fake Steam Greenlight projects<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/41425-left-4-dead-2-is-valves-first-linux-game.html\">Left 4 Dead 2 is Valve\u2019s first Linux game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You showed approval, and Steam gets its first 10 Greenlit games, including Black 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