Source Filmmaker now available to all

The Source Filmmaker is now in open beta, which means EVERYONE is free to direct their own shorts using Valve's powerful editing and animating toolset. It was released alongside the final TF2 class short, Meet The Pyro , and has already inspired a number of comedy creations . We can look forward to seeing much more where that came from now the kit is freely available for everyone. You can download it now through Steam . To get you started, Valve's Bay Raitt has posted a series of tutorial videos on the Source Filmmaker site . The Valve Developer Community is another excellent resource if you're looking for info on the filmmaker, modding and level creation.

Tom Senior

Part of the UK team, Tom was with PC Gamer at the very beginning of the website's launch—first as a news writer, and then as online editor until his departure in 2020. His specialties are strategy games, action RPGs, hack ‘n slash games, digital card games… basically anything that he can fit on a hard drive. His final boss form is Deckard Cain.