Steam News

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter Now Available!

November 24, 2009, 12:53 pm - Valve - Product Release

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 includes the all-new Serious Engine 3, tons of weapons, endless enemies and more!

Call of Duty: World at War 1.7 Update Released

November 24, 2009, 12:04 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Call of Duty: World at War have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

Alienware Goes Digital With Steam

November 24, 2009, 12:03 pm - Valve - Press Release

Dell announces that its all powerful Alienware line of PC gaming systems, including the Area-51 and Aurora desktops and the M17x and M15x laptops, will now come pre-loaded with a free copy of Valve's award-winning game, Portal, powered by Steam, a leading platform for PC games with over 20 million accounts worldwide.

With Steam pre-installed on all these PCs, Alienware gamers can expect a higher level of service from their gaming experience right out of the box as existing Steam gamers may simply sign into their account to access all their purchased products. Customers new to Steam will find over 950 games at their finger tips, all supported by automatic updates, the Steam Friends Community of networking services, and more.

"With its automatic game updates, easy friend finding and the ability to play your Steam purchased games on any PC, Valve has helped simplify PC Gaming to make it more enjoyable." says Frank Azor, Senior Manager of Product Planning for Dell's Gaming Group. "It's for these reasons; we selected Steam to compliment the Alienware experience."

"Entertainment, specifically gaming, is a primary use of PCs in the home and on the road," said Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve. "Alienware is a household name among PC gamers who want the most out of their hardware. The combination of Alienware hardware and Steam equals a superior gaming experience."

For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com/alienware

Midweek Madness: Plants vs. Zombies 50% Off!

November 24, 2009, 10:48 am - Valve - General Announcement

The action strategy title from PopCap Games, Plants vs. Zombies is now available for 50% off until November 26th!

Steam update released

November 23, 2009, 4:45 pm - Valve

A Steam update is now available. No action is required to obtain this update.

Steam

• Updated Steam back-end to address Left 4 Dead 2 achievement issues. Any achievements previously earned that do not appear in your list will be restored this week
  

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