Steam News

RailWorks Challenger Special Edition Now Available!

November 23, 2009, 11:09 am - Valve - General Announcement

RailSimulator.com has released a Steam exclusive: RailWorks Challenger Edition! This bundle includes the full game RailWorks and the Challenger DLC for 50% off until November 30th!

In addition to the limited Challenger Edition they have also put the Colton & Northern RailWorks DLC available at 50% off until November 30th!

Serious Sam HD Final Trailer!

November 23, 2009, 9:48 am - Valve - General Announcement

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter has released their final trailer before the release on November 24th!

Don't forget you can save 10% until Tuesday if you pre-purchase!

Garry's Mod Update Released

November 23, 2009, 9:48 am - 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

• New menu background
  
• Added Sobel post process
  
• Added map favourites (right click on a map)
  
• Added more sounds for thrusters
  
• Added 'magic' thruster effect
  
• Reduced thruster volume
  
• Increased physics max velocity
  
• Increased max physics collisions before freezing
  
• Switching into noclip mode is now predicted
  
• Fixed thruster rings being drawn off center
  
• Fixed voice panels showing after the player has left the server
  
• Fixed mp_falldamage not working
  
• Fixed broken interpolation with host_timescale
  
• Fixed UniqueID sometimes being wrong
  
• Fixed npc_speakall server crash exploit
  
• Fixed objects dropped by gravgun death having no collision
  

And Yet It Moves Update Released

November 23, 2009, 9:25 am - Valve - Product Update

Updates to And Yet It Moves have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

And Yet It Moves

• German, French, Italian, Spanish and Jaapanese language support
  
• Fixed exploit that made it possible to submit non valid highscores
  
• Submitting highscores only possible with the newest version from now on improved patching mechanism
  
• Updated switches
  
• General performance improvement
  
• Starting up in fullscreen as default, when the game is started the first time
  

Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released

November 21, 2009, 12:00 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Left 4 Dead 2

• Fixed performance problem when rendering lots of decals, notably when fighting tanks with shotguns
  
• Fixed rcon response not working on Linux dedicated servers
  
• Fixed matchmaking problem matching into Advanced and Expert games
  
• Fix bug that would cause other specials to try to pummel a player a Charger disconnects or reconnects
  
• Fixed versus mode results panel being cut off in transition stats screen in non-english
  
• Found games: fixed non-player entries drawing the wrong type of icon in the selected item name label
  
• Game mode selector on main menu now takes keyboard input
  

Serious Sam HD Final Trailer!

November 20, 2009, 4:51 pm - Valve - General Announcement

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter has released their final trailer before the release on November 24th!

Don't forget you can save 10% until Tuesday if you pre-purchase!

Dreamkiller Update Released

November 20, 2009, 3:18 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

Dreamkiller

• Fixed disconnection issues on non-local networks
  

Shattered Horizon Update Released

November 20, 2009, 10:25 am - Valve - Product Update

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

Update 1.0.2.3

• Controls: Each grenade type can now be assigned to a separate quick-select key.
  
• Controls: "Roll left" and "Roll right" can now be assigned to individual keys. You can also adjust the roll speed when using keys.
  
• Controls: Help screens and FPS-counter controls can now be bound to different keys in the controls menu.
  
• Controls: Added mouse wheel support to controls.
  
• Graphics: The color of the EMP lightning effect on players and the gun has been changed from blue to white to reduce team confusion when MCC (yellow) players are EMPed. The EMP particle effect however is still blue and will be changed in a future update.
  
• In-game chat: When typing a message, a history of all in-game chat will appear. The text will disappear automatically after a short time.
  
• Fixed: Firing weapon in silent running mode now plays the correct muffled audio.
  
• Fixed: Rare bug that caused rendering to freeze while the game continued running.
  
• Fixed: Ocassional issue that resulted in a player spawning into a level with too much speed.
  
• Fixed: Issue where shadows could initialize incorrectly, causing aliased sharp edges.
  
• Fixed: Issue where in-game chat lines could appear on top of each other.
  
• Fixed: Bug that allowed in-game chat to be used while in silent running mode.
  

Killing Floor Update Released

November 19, 2009, 4:13 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

Killing Floor

• Fixed exploits on KF-Bedlam, KF-BioticsLab, KF-Farm, KF-Manor, KF-Offices, and KF-Wyre
  
• Further reduced the memory utilization in the Killing Floor Client
  

King's Bounty Armored Princess Now Available

November 19, 2009, 3:31 pm - Valve - Product Release

King's Bounty: Armored Princess is a sequel to the critically acclaimed King's Bounty: The Legend. You will take on the role of Princess Amelie who travels around the world of Teana and searches for the renowned knight, and her mentor, Bill Gilbert.