Alien Swarm now free

Steam is gifting all users Alien Swarm, for the rather nice price of free.

That’s right, Alien Swarm, the top down shooter from Black Cat games is now completely free on Steam.

“Alien Swarm” is a top-down, class based shooter, pitting players in teams of up to 4 against swarms of alien creatures on various planets.

No strings attached. You even get a new Team Fortress hat?

You can catch the release trailer here.

The lovely hat you get for Team Fortress 2 after unlocking the 'Hat Trick' achievement in Alien Swarm.

Want to know the even better news? It has incredibly low system requirements, as a 128-bit DirectX 9.0 video card, a Pentium 4 processor, 1 GB ram and 2.5 GB of space will get you online with your mates in no time.

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