Steam News

STAR TREK: D-A-C Available for Pre-Purchase!

November 6, 2009, 5:38 pm - Valve - Product Release

This pick-up and play game allows you and your friends to choose from five classes of starships (including the all-new U.S.S. Enterprise flagship class) and battle it out online! STAR TREK: D-A-C is now available for a 10% pre-purchase discount!

League of Legends Available in Europe!

November 6, 2009, 4:51 pm - Valve - Product Release

League of Legends: Clash of Fates, from the makers of Defense of the Ancients, is now available in Europe! Step into the ultimate Multiplayer Online Battle Arena and experience the best elements of team-based, competitive MMO style RPG combat boiled down into fast paced game sessions!

Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Update Released

November 6, 2009, 3:00 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

Left 4 Dead 2 Demo

• Playback of intro movie now utilizes surround sound when available
  
• Fixed sporadic Game UI crash
  
• Fixed issue with missing RCON output on dedicated servers
  
• Fixed dedicated server crash after 'quit' command is issued
  
• Bots are no longer listed as players in game details UI
  
• Added Coach's missing dialog subtitles
  

Torchlight Update Released

November 6, 2009, 2:26 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

Torchlight 1.2

• Fixed several issues which could overwrite saves, and protected against possible save loss. Save backups are now also generated.
  
• Much reduced load times for many users
  
• Some minor ingame performance improvements
  
• Fixed Needle Arc XP exploit
  
• Fixed Shadow Armor stacking effects
  
• Fixed vendor dupe bug
  
• Fixed various fullscreen startup issues
  
• Fixed broken Brink cinematic on subsequent plays
  
• Fixed merchant 'thief' exploit
  
• Fixed right clicking in inventory casting certain spells
  
• Fixed console not activating on Steam builds - this also fixes the fact that subsequent characters didn't see the random dungeon unlock after the first completion
  
• Fixed issue with Syl's cinematic not being "skippable" during first boss fight
  
• Fixed some DOT deaths not dropping loot
  
• Quest items no longer allowed in stash
  
• Several level fixes for a few places where things overlapped, or collision was missing, or stuck-issues cropped up
  
• Fixed texture/mesh/ replacement issues with mods
  
• You can now change difficulty level on the fly from the console without being branded a Cheater ( UNLESS you're playing hardcore )
  
• Fixed pet minions not awarding fame
  
• Fixed slow load times when mods were enabled
  
• Pets inherit your spell masteries
  
• Magic find takes the max value between you and your pet when pets or pet minions make a kill
  
• Visible/increasing chance of stripping enchants via enchanter. Price based on # of enchants. Variables tunable in globals.dat
  
• Troll pet is properly invincible
  
• Tree Boss could be charmed - fixed
  
• Fixed issue - Returning to town if you died during Ember Colossus or Medea would make them dormant on return
  
• weapon + shield doesn't count as 'dual wielding'
  
• Shimmering Scale ( and 2 other socketables ) now work properly when socketed
  
• Ember lance slight nerf
  
• Ember lightning slight buff
  
• Aloe Gel summon provides better healing
  
• Equippables properly provide bonuses to passive skills
  
• Fixed display issue where multiple skill bonuses on the same item would collapse into a single display
  
• Hardware skinning settings respected properly for pet paperdolls
  
• Fix for potential bad state in the henchman battle
  
• Enchantments at level 100 now work
  
• Relabeled difficulty levels, and added tooltips explaining each
  
• Fixed 'free spell purchase' exploit
  
• Socketables cannot be heirloomed
  
• Fix for masteries not updating certain spell bonuses until logout/login
  
• Summon Blood Skeleton has 11 levels now
  
• Various small grammar and spelling fixes
  
• ADDITION : Rimlights, HW Skinning, and VSynch can all be altered from the Settings menu now.
  
• MODDERS: Items can be set to 'always identified'
  

Serious Sam HD Available for Pre-Purchase!

November 6, 2009, 1:22 pm - Valve - General Announcement

The classic arcade FPS Serious Sam: The First Encounter is reborn in glorious high-definition for legions of long-time fans and a whole new generation of gamers around the world. Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is now available for a 10% pre-purchase discount!

Madballs in... Babo:Invasion Update Released

November 6, 2009, 1:21 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

New Features

• Added code to detect idlers - idle time no longer counts towards unlocking skins
  
• Also, if you die while idling, you'll now be sent to character selection screen instead of respawning
  
• Fixed our fix to correctly award achievements that were missed (or earned while player was offline)
  
• Fixed issue that would cause voice chat not to be initialized properly if player joins mid-game
  
• Collectible skin names have been updated
  
• Adjustments to Survival Mode scoring
  
• Minor updates to French language text
  
• Minor adjustments to weapon camera views
  

Steam client update released

November 6, 2009, 11:36 am - Valve - Steam Client Update

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixes for Incomplete Installation(35) and (16) for Left 4 Dead 2 demo
  
• Improved reconnect to Steam logic during Steam Cloud synchronization
  
• Increased client side timeouts for Steam Cloud requests to improve reliability for users in remote locations
  
• Fixed a case where cloud files would believe they were up-to-date and not sync if you had been disconnected from Steam on a first machine, played elsewhere, then reconnected and run again on the first machine without restarting Steam
  
• Fixed a crash in the in-client web control if you hit backspace while a flash movie has focus
  
• Fixed a rare crash for users with long path names containing non-ascii characters
  
• Fixed a rare crash when failing an attempt to create a new account
  
• Only show Dragon Age CD keys that the user must manually enter into the Dragon Age site
  
• Fixed tab key press getting through overlay to game during shift-tab activation for games using win32 input messages
  

RailWorks HST Buffer DLC Now Available on Steam

November 6, 2009, 11:18 am - Valve - Product Release

RailWorks HST Buffer DLC, the latest addition to the collection of RailWorks DLC, is now available on Steam.
This DLC features new HST power cars with buffers, 3 new scenarios, and more.

Osmos Update Released

November 6, 2009, 9:52 am - Valve - Product Update

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

Osmos

• Players can now enable/disable mouse-only controls. They are disabled by default.
  

Dragon Age - Origins Update Released

November 5, 2009, 6:47 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

Dragon Age - Origins

• Fixed potential corruption of character statistics
  
• Fixed portrait appearance sliders when importing a character from the downloadable Character Creator
  
• Fixed import for preset face settings from the downloadable Character Creator
  
• Made Easy difficulty easier
  
• Slightly increased attack, defense, and damage scores for all party members at Normal difficulty
  
• Fixed video issues when running on a very wide screen display, including ATI Eyefinity displays