Steam News

BioShock 2 Now Available

February 8, 2010, 11:53 pm - Valve - Product Release

BioShock 2 is now available worldwide on Steam!

Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture.

Shattered Horizon Moonrise Content Pack Revealed

February 8, 2010, 3:07 pm - Valve - General Announcement

Futuremark® Games Studio today released the first screenshots from the upcoming Moonrise content pack for Shattered Horizon™, their PC exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter. The Moonrise pack, which will be free to all players, includes four new environments effectively doubling the number of levels in the game http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

February 8, 2010, 2:41 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed Polish Team Fortress 2 fonts not being displayed correctly in the Main Menu
  

Garry's Mod Update Released

February 8, 2010, 2:38 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Garry's Mod have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Garry's Mod

• Fixed issue where top left of GUI was cut off when the toolgun is deployed
  
• Fixed toolgun beam prediction errors
  
• Fixed HTTP connections failing to close
  
• Protected server exploit commands
  

TOTAL WAR™ WEEK - Save 66% on Total War™ Games, Packs and DLC This Week Only

February 8, 2010, 9:00 am - Valve - Product Release

This week we're celebrating the release of the Elite Units of the East, new Downloadable Content for Empire: Total War™, with a huge sale on Total War™ games, packs and DLC from SEGA and The Creative Assembly.

All Empire, Rome, and Medieval II: Total War™ games and packs, including the Total War™ Mega Pack are 66% off, while all Empire: Total War DLC and the new Empire: Total War™ - Downloadable Content Pack are 10% off.

Whether you're new to the series or looking to round out your collection of Total War™ games and content, this week is the time to buy.

New RailWorks DLC Now Available

February 5, 2010, 3:39 pm - Valve - Product Release

The Norfolk Southern Railway is a major Class 1 railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. The company operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario, Canada. Click here for more information.

Zero Gear Update Released

February 5, 2010, 1:25 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Zero Gear have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Zero Gear

• New race map added: Aqua Race
  
• Stat based achievements will now trigger properly (Drive 500 Miles, Flight of the Falcon, etc)
  
• Dedicated server no longer uses NAT punch through (if you were having problems with lag on servers, try connecting to a dedicated server now)
  
• A LAN server will only be listed once now if there it is also an internet server
  
• Invites to dedicated servers are fixed
  
• Plugins now supported, see pluginScripts.txt in the server directory and Assets\Scripts\Plugins for more info
  
• AdminRemoteControl.lua plugin added from community member Chris M
  

Left 4 Dead 2 and the Left 4 Dead 2 SDK Update Released

February 5, 2010, 1:00 pm - Valve

Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. XBOX 360 users will see these changes in an upcoming title update. The major changes include:

Gameplay

• Now ghost PZ's can never be staggered
  
• Enabled PZ bots
  
• PZ bots use their more aggressive survival mode behavior in versus and scavenge
  
• Enabled finale manual spawn by default
  
• Fixed human PZ players not getting counted when they were dead, allowing extra PZ bots to spawn
  
• Reduced effectiveness of melee weapons against the Tank ( 5% of max health, from 10% )
  
• Fixed a case where a player who dies, then is rescued from a rescue closet, and then is revived from a ledge hang receives the secondary weapon that he lost when he was initially killed
  
• Improved SurvivorBot AI in cases where the bots refused to shoot through their teammates and became non-responsive
  
• Fixed issue with witch sometimes taking on uncommon common properties
  
• Fix for cheaters quitting before the vote to kick them would succeed and avoiding ban on server
  
• VAC banned users can now play L4D2 single-player, commentary mode and credits
  

• Dark Carnival Fair Ground: added env_player_blocker to keep special infected from getting stuck
  
• Dark Carnival Fair Ground: added navigation area that was missing
  
• Dark Carnival Fair Ground: Disconnected drops that were blocked by the top of a fence
  
• Swamp Fever Plank Country: Deleted 2 nav areas that connected between tree trunks you can't pass through
  
• Swamp Fever Shanty Town: Redrew ladder thinner so special infected could climb up to the roof
  
• The Parish Waterfront: Fixed various navigation areas
  
• Mall: Tuned spawning for difficulty
  

• Added missing nature/blend tooltextures added
  
• Added missing cs models/textures
  
• Added missing acunit01 model/texture
  
• Added missing ammo_can_02 model/texture
  
• Added missing patio_chair model/texture
  

Twin Sector Update Released

February 5, 2010, 11:25 am - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Twin Sector have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Twin Sector

• Fixed two possible crashes
  
• Fixed fonts not visible on some systems
  
• Fixed location of user-path not detected properly in some cases
  

Secret of the Magic Crystals Update Released

February 5, 2010, 10:48 am - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Secret of the Magic Crystals have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Secret of the Magic Crystals

• Allow the use of lower screen resolutions