Steam News

Drug Wars Update Released

June 30, 2009, 11:39 am - Valve - Product Update

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

Drug Wars

• Updated Drug Wars maps
  
• Reenabled 4 team multiplayer
  
• Tweaked all weapons
  
• Changed the MoneyShot normal fire to be an explosive shot
  
• Fixed bugs related to drug counts in games with more than 2 teams
  
• Fixed muzzle flash bugs
  
• Added tutorial option to options menu
  
• Fixed bug where VSync option wouldn't save correctly
  
• Fixed bug where winning music would be quiet if the player is on a vehicle
  
• Added teleporters to radar
  
• Changed radar to not show team colors. Instead, it shows different colors for friendly and hostile players
  
• Fixed bug in drug count hud if a team had more drugs than can fit in the box
  
• Made it so players cannot pick up drugs after the game is over
  
• Fixed numerous sound bugs
  
• Added more particle effects to weapons
  

Left 4 Dead Update Released

June 29, 2009, 4:12 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

Left 4 Dead

• Removed the "Are you ready to play Versus?" confirmation
  
• Fixed a crash when using mouse wheel or keyboard to select Campaign chapters
  
• Fixed sv_steamgroup_exclusive servers advertising for public lobbies
  
• Restored the ability to vote for a new campaign in Versus mode
  

ARMA 2 Now Available Worldwide

June 29, 2009, 9:36 am - Valve - Product Release

The highly-detailed action game ARMA 2 is now available worldwide via Steam.

ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment ever, modeling real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects. Play the campaign missions solo, in cooperative mode or join in massive multiplayer battles with up to 50 players.

Meridian4 Anniversary Sale - Save 50%

June 29, 2009, 9:00 am - Valve

Happy 5th Anniversary, Meridian4! In celebration, save 50% on all games and packs from the publisher, including Shadowgrounds Survivor and the Meridian4 Complete Pack, until July 6th.

Trine Now Available for Pre-Purchase

June 26, 2009, 2:28 pm - Valve - Product Release

The award-winning indie action-platformer Trine is now available for pre-purchase via Steam.

Set in a fantasy world of great castles and strange machinery, three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from evil. Create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. Switch between three characters to utilize each character's different abilities in battling an army of undead and defeat hazardous contraptions.

Grab a couple game controllers and play co-op with up to two of your friends. Explore the world and unlock all the Steam Achievements.

Customers that pre-purchase Trine before release will instantly get a free copy of Shadowgrounds - the debut hit title by the indie developer Frozenbyte. Already own Shadowgrounds? Give your extra copy to a friend.

Trine is slated to release in early July. In the meantime, be sure to check out the Trine demo to get a taste of the beautiful environments and fine-tuned gameplay.

Weekend Deal - Might and Magic V and Dark Messiah

June 26, 2009, 11:39 am - Valve - Product Update

This weekend only, pick up any of the Heroes of Might and Magic V games or Dark Messiah Might and Magic for 50% off.

Droplitz - New addictive puzzle game now on Steam

June 26, 2009, 11:38 am - Valve

Quick! Turn the dials, align the pipes, save the Droplitz!

Drop what you're doing and buy Droplitz right now!
Drop on in for some fun with Droplitz!
Don't drop the ball, get Droplitz today!
Stop, drop and play Droplitz!
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Weekend Deal - Zeno Clash 50% off! Plus New Content!

June 26, 2009, 8:15 am - Valve

This weekend ACE Team introduces three new levels for Zeno Clash called The Pit!

The Pit consists of three new extensions to the challenge towers. The player must make his or her way down the pit fighting enemies and avoiding obstacles such as huge boulders that come out of the walls and destructible floors that break. Just like in the other tower levels players will compete for time and performance (health) in the leaderboards. Three new achievements have been added for completing the levels.

ACE Team will release the free DLC with a 50% off Weekend Deal on Steam, so players who still haven't played the game can step in to the fabulous world of Zenozoik for a great price.

Novalogic Packages Now Available on Steam

June 25, 2009, 1:30 pm - Valve

Five new bundles of Novalogic Classics now available.

The Novalogic Everything Pack gets you everything in the Steam catalog, including the new Delta Force Xtreme 2, at a huge discount.

You can never have too many vehicles - with guns attached to them. The Novalogic Classics, Volume One: Machines of War Package puts a number of dangerous vehicles at your disposal.

Delta Force Bootcamp bundles some early games in the franchise while the Delta Force Platinum Pack gets you the Black Hawk Down release with the Team Sabre expansion.

Finally, find others that share your affinity for Novalogic's brand of combat - and shoot at them with the assortment of games in the Muliplayer Mayhem Package.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

June 25, 2009, 1:10 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

Linux Dedicated Server

• Improved connection logic to help servers that aren't automatically reconnecting to Steam, and added extra logging to track it
  
• Added extra data gathering to help us understand and improve Linux performance
  

• Changed cl_flipviewmodels so it can no longer be set while connected to a server
  
• Fixed problem with Loadout Menu "Back" button not preserving the currently equipped weapon
  
• Fixed a case where an observer could set the observed player's view models
  
• Fixed the Heavy's punches not matching mouse button presses when the view models are flipped
  
• Fixed Bonk! ammo count exploit after using a regeneration locker
  
• Fixed Dead Ringer damage reduction exploit involving Spy taunting
  
• Reverted Force-A-Nature and airblast knockback on disguised Spies, so that they can once again be knocked back
  

• The Ambassador no longer penetrates buildings
  
• Removed the movement speed penalty on The Razorback