Steam News

Half-Life's Dr. Gordon Freeman Wins Gamespot's "All Time Greatest Game Hero" Contest

October 16, 2009, 1:39 pm - Valve - Press Release

To celebrate Gamespot's "All Time Greatest Game Hero" award to Half-Life's Dr. Gordon Freeman we are offering all Half-Life games at 55.8% off!

There are other great game heroes, and we're gonna let you play with them, but Gordon Freeman is THE BEST GAME HERO OF ALL TIME at least according to 55.8% of the gaming public - thank you to all who voted.

STEAM WEEKEND DEAL - 66% Off Everything Half-Life and 10% Off The Valve Complete Pack

August 13, 2009, 6:45 pm - Valve

This weekend only! Save 66% on everything Half-Life. Or get the Valve Complete Pack for 10% off.


The Valve Complete Pack
Half-Life Complete Pack
Half-Life 1 Anthology (Pack)
Half-Life 2 Complete Pack
Half-Life Episode Pack

Half-Life
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Half-Life: Source
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Valve Uncrates The Orange Box

October 10, 2007, 12:00 am - Valve - Product Release

Valve is pleased to announce the official 'uncrating' of The Orange Box, now available on Steam.

The Orange Box features three top-rated new games by Valve: Half-Life® 2: Episode Two, the second installment in the Half-Life 2 episodic trilogy; Team Fortress® 2, the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map; and Portal, the game that blends puzzles, first person action, and adventure gaming to produce an experience like no other.

To bring gamers up to date with the Half-Life 2 universe, The Orange Box also includes Half-Life 2, the best-selling and highest-rated action game series of all time, and the episodic debut Half-Life® 2: Episode One—together, more than 30 hours of award-winning gameplay. Purchasers of the PC version of The Orange Box who already own Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One can conveniently “gift” them to a friend from within Steam.

All games included in The Orange Box are available separately or as part of two exclusive Steam collections: The Source Premier Pack and The Valve Complete Pack.

Source and Half-Life 1 Dedicated Server Update Released

March 8, 2006, 6:06 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to the Source and Half-Life 1 Dedicated Server have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Both

• Reduced CPU spikes and overall load during server operation
  
• Fixed serveral crash bugs on Linux systems running older GLIBC versions
  

• Clamped the size of the WeaponList network message to prevent a potential buffer overflow exploit (found by Niall FitzGibbon)

Source Engine Update Available

January 9, 2006, 3:35 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Source engine

• Fixed problem users with ATI cards were experiencing with overly shiny cube maps

Source Engine and Half-Life 1: Engine Updates Available

October 3, 2005, 5:11 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to the Source Engine and Half-Life 1: Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Source Engine

• Fixed loading error when trying to debug Source MODs using the SDK
  
• Fixed a startup crash in Windows 98
  

• Fixed name exploit causing client crash

Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life: Source and Source Engine Updates Available

August 10, 2005, 4:22 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life: Source and the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Counter-Strike: Source

• Added validation of custom player model and weapon materials. Custom materials must be VertexLitGeneric with only $baseTexture and $bumpmap variables defined
  

• Fixed "not logged in" error not displaying properly
  
• Fixed not being able to run internet game servers for Source Mods in a debugger
  

• Enabled low violence content for low violence users