Steam News

Weekend Deal: 30% off all Rockstar Games

January 30, 2009, 9:50 am - Valve - General Announcement

This weekend only, save 30% on anything and everything in Rockstar Games' catalog. This includes recent releases such as Grand Theft Auto IV and Bully: Scholarship Edition, as well as past hits such as Max Payne 2 and the highly-rated Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Visit the Rockstar Games publisher catalog for a complete listing of all Rockstar Games available on Steam.

Neopets Puzzle Adventure Now Available

January 29, 2009, 4:15 pm - Valve - Product Release

A must-have game for the Neopets fan, Neopets Puzzle Adventure introduces new never-before-seen areas in the Neopets universe. Save 20% off the regular price when you buy during the first week of sales.

Available today for customers in North America and coming soon to additional regions.

Counter-Strike: Source Update Released

January 29, 2009, 3:19 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

Counter-Strike: Source

• Fixed clients using reloadresponsesystems, sv_soundemitter_flush, sv_soundemitter_filecheck, sv_findsoundname, and sv_soundscape_printdebuginfo to lag/crash servers
  
• The -pidfile command line option now works for Windows dedicated servers
  

Mayhem Intergalactic Update Now Available

January 29, 2009, 3:07 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

New/changed features

• Increased maximum length of player name from 15 to 50. (Name will be truncated back to 15 on v1.2.1 servers.)
• Font size of chat text and battle messages reduced by 20%.

• Significantly reduced achievement progress spam


• Fixed: Numlock capability was permanently disabled regardless of actual numlock state after a window focus change (alt-tab out and then in).


• Fixed: When someone in a multiplayer server obtained one of the "kill X enemy ships" achievements, everyone else in the server would too, even observers.


• Fixed: Typing a ^ character as the first character in a textbox would crash the game.
• Attempted to handle some networking errors more gracefully
• Accessing the Options screen during a multiplayer game would crash under certain circumstances.
• Observers joining multiplayer games could cause the server to forget that players had ended their turn, and hence not progress to the next round (until the turn timer expired).
• Fixed dodgy game timer (was displaying additional hours when set to upwards of 6 minutes).


• Fixed: The game would crash under certain circumstances when Steam was in offline mode.

Update Unreal Tournament 3 With Steamworks

January 29, 2009, 2:22 pm - Valve - Press Release

In preparation for the massive update coming for Unreal Tournament 3, those who own a retail copy may now register it with Steam, free of charge.

The latest installment in the legendary online action series from Epic will be updated automatically via Steam and introduce support for Steamworks Achievements (with over 50 Achievements), plus a host of new features and enhancements in AI, Server Browsing, Demo Recording, Mod Support, and more.

To register your retail copy on Steam, simply click the main menu option 'Games' and select 'Activate a product on Steam' from within the Steam client.

Monster Trucks Nitro Raced onto Steam

January 29, 2009, 9:02 am - Valve - Product Release

From the makers of the hit indie title Trials 2, comes the challenging new racing game Monster Trucks Nitro. Race, jump and nitroboost your way though thrilling dynamic levels with your monster trucks. Check out the demo for a taste of Monster Truck physics and the challenge of keeping your vehicle upright.

To celebrate the launch of this addictive new game, we are offering 50% off when you buy during the first week of sales.

Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

January 28, 2009, 4:50 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Team Fortress 2

• Added percentage to UberCharge HUD panel for the Medic
  
• Added upgrade progress and levels to Engineer HUD panel for all buildings
  
• Added mp_tournament_allow_non_admin_restart server ConVar to allow server admin to toggle whether non-admin players can issue the mp_tournament_restart ConCommand on the server. Default is 1 (current behavior)
  
• Added flag to the gamerules entity so map authors can override the HUD type being used. Allows map authors to force CTF or CP HUD to be used if they mix CTF/CP entities in the map
  
• Added check in CTF HUD to make sure it doesn't point at disabled capture zones when the player is carrying the flag. Allows map authors to have more than one capture zone for each team in the map
  
• Changed AutoTeam to give new players to the attackers on attack/defend maps if the teams are even
  
• Fixed Pyro model not animating in the class menu
  
• Fixed players getting stuck in the "prepare to respawn..." countdown loop
  
• Fixed Natascha not getting the proper 75% of damage and slightly increased the strength of Natascha's slowdown
  
• Fixed teleporter entrance/exit effects being drawn when they don't have a matching teleporter entrance/exit
  
• Fixed announcer saying "the cart is nearing the checkpoint" after the round has already been won
  
• Fixed cloaked spies having a particle-beam effect while standing next to a dispenser that's healing them
  
• Fixed server crash when trying to load a map that contains control points with duplicate index values
  
• Fixed several materials warnings in the console
  
• Fixed "Cart.Explode" sound script entry using an unknown sound channel
  
• Marked the cl_bobcycle and cl_bobup ConVars as cheats
  

• Fixed clients using reloadresponsesystems, sv_soundemitter_flush, sv_soundemitter_filecheck, sv_findsoundname, and sv_soundscape_printdebuginfo to lag/crash servers
  

• Fixed client "timeout on mapchange" problem
  
• Fixed setinfo exploit
  
• Marked the r_aspectratio ConVar as a cheat
  

• Renamed "Quick List" to "Map List"
  
• Removed minimum ping filter from Map List
  

Mystery P.I. - The New York Fortune Now Available

January 28, 2009, 3:11 pm - Valve - Product Release

The seek-and-find game Mystery P.I. - The New York Fortune from PopCap Games is now available on Steam. Search for over 2100 hidden objects in 25 amazing NY locations like Times Square, Central Park, Coney Island, the Brooklyn Bridge and many more.

Garry's Mod Update Released

January 28, 2009, 3:09 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 specific changes include:

Garry's Mod

• Fixed camera saving multiple screenshots
  
• Fixed exploits
  

Saints Row 2 Now Available in Europe

January 28, 2009, 1:01 pm - Valve - Product Release

The PC version of Saints Row 2, the action adventure developed by Volition and published by THQ, is now available via Steam for customers in Europe. Coming Friday to customers in the UK.