Dota 2 - Valve
* Reduced Scoreboard size when the item panel isn't selected
* Fixed a bug with Coaches allowing you to sometimes see the enemy team's selected heroes during the picking phase
* Fixed broken cosmetic meshes for Puck, Storm Spirit, Venomancer, Skywrath Mage and Warlock
* Added more Bot API functionality
* Fixed the top bar ultimate notification being incorrect after a hero swap
* Added a notification when Shrines are killed
* Fixed some tutorial bugs
* Fixed Chinese and Korean IME bugs
* Added Monkey King to the workshop
* Fixed some exploits used to spam in regional chat channels
* Fixed missing pause countdown timer sound
* Fixed shop search text not remaining when you close the shop and reopen it
* The items grid now opens automatically whenever the shop is showing if the grid was previously open
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Fixed Winter 2016 Cosmetics Collection items not being marketable

Note missed from the previous update:
  • The CELT voice codec is now the default for all game servers
    • Community servers can enable use of the older steam voice codec with sv_use_steam_voice 1
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:


Happy Smissmas 2016!
  • All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
  • Added the limited-time key-less Winter 2016 Cosmetic Case to the Mann Co. Store
    • Contains 17 new community-contributed items
    • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
  • Added 3 new taunts to the Mann Co. Store
    • The Scotsmann's Stagger (community-contributed)
    • The Didgeridrongo (community-contributed)
    • The Table Tantrum (Valve)
  • New weapons for the Festivizer!
    • Fire Axe, The Jag, The Kritzkrieg, Pistol, The Quick-Fix, Natascha, The Sandman, The Spy-cicle, Kukri, Shovel and The Scottish Resistance
  • Mann Co. Store winter sale!
    • Look for 20%-75% off selected unlocked cosmetic crates, taunts, and tools in the Mann Co. Store through January 11th, 2017
  • Matchmaking Improvements
    • At the end of a Casual match, players are automatically formed into a new match with the same players and teams
      • Players get to vote on which map the new match will take place on
        • There are 3 maps to vote on, chosen based on the maps everyone in the match had selected when they began searching for a match. The current map is always the first option.
      • This replaces the Rematch system
    • Players can now set their maximum acceptable ping by clicking the new gear icon in the top right of the Casual and Competitive matchmaking lobby screens and choosing "Ping Settings"
  • New autobalance system to help with balancing teams when players leave a match. The system will ask players to volunteer to switch teams.
    • Automatically enabled for all Casual match servers
      • Players who switch will be able to earn bonus XP as a reward
    • Community servers can enable this new feature by using "mp_autoteambalance 2"

General
  • Fixed security issue reported by Justin G. (sigsegv) and Linus S. (PistonMiner)
  • Fixed not clearing the teleport condition for players who have their teleport interrupted before the teleport is complete
  • Fixed PASS Time exploit related to bonus points
  • Updated mat_monitorgamma so it can be adjusted in Competitive mode
  • Fixed the ShouldPreserveSquad flag not being parsed correctly in Mann vs. Machine mode
  • Fixed a bug related to bot Engineers and teleporters in Mann vs. Machine mode
  • Fixed not being able to transfer Strange stats between versions of Jarate and the Sapper
  • Fixed incorrect particle position for Unusual taunt effects when using the Racho Relaxo
  • Added the ESA Rewind tournament medals
  • Added the Winter Wonderland 2016 community medals
  • Updated the Dalokohs Bar to fix a bug related to the health buff
  • Matchmaking
    • The Competitive maps list has been updated
      • Added cp_granary and cp_badlands
      • Disabled cp_snakewater and cp_foundry
  • Updated cp_metalworks to fix a texture problem
  • Updated pd_watergate
    • Respawn times will now change depending on which team is in the lead: 8 seconds to leading team, 4 seconds to trailing team
    • Moved the current beer amount to the center of the HUD
    • Added a jump to low spawn route to give respawned players something to do en-route to mid
    • Added a light to illuminate roof-snipers better
    • Adjusted some clipping
Dota 2 - Valve
* Fixed the following panels not appearing: The Hall of Fame, Effigies and PA Arcana gravestones
* Fixed bugs with Coaching
* Added some new API calls for Bot Scripting
* Fixed guides you've published not appearing in your guides list
* The browse items tab now slides out as a modal panel instead of taking the place of the shop UI
* Restored Shop purchase hotkeys
* The pinned TP Scroll now shows a visual cooldown on it to indicate what the current TP cooldown is
* Fixed various crashes
* Minor 7.01 gameplay update

7.01
====
* Added Necrophos to CM
* XP Requirement to go from level 6 to 12 increased by 140 (615/630/645/660/675/775 to 640/660/680/700/720/740)
* XP Requirement to go from level 12 to 20 increased by 140 (1175/1200/1225/1250/1275/1375/1400/1425 to 1200/1225/1250/1275/1300/1325/1400/1490)
* XP Requirement to go from level 24 to 25 reduced by 280 (same overall XP required to reach level 25)
* Fixed Jingu Mastery ignoring armor for its lifesteal calculation
* Jingu Mastery counter duration reduced from 15 to 10 seconds
* Boundless Strike critical strike rescaled from 200% to 140/160/180/200%
* Howl cooldown increased from 50/45/40/35 to 55/50/45/40
* Howl manacost increased from 15/20/25/30 to 30
* Lycan Level 10 Talent reduced from +20 Damage to +15 Damage
* Lycan agility gain reduced from 1.9 to 1.5
* Familiars HP reduced from 500/750/1000 to 300/500/700
* Visage base damage reduced by 3
* Windranger Level 15 Talent increased from +13 Intelligence to +16 Intelligence
* Windranger Level 15 Talent increased from +150 Health to +200 Health
* Windrun cooldown from 14 to 13
* Slark strength reduced from 21 + 1.8 to 20 + 1.6
* Purification manacost rescaled from 70/90/110/130 to 85/100/115/130
* Guardian Angel cooldown increased from 150 to 160
* Invoker Level 15 Talent increased from 20% XP to 25% XP
* Quas HP regen rescaled from 1.5/3/4.5/6/.. to 1/3/5/7/..
* Invoker strength gain increased from 1.7 to 1.9
* Centaur agility gain reduced from 2.0 to 1.6
* Pit of Malice interval increased from 3.5 to 3.6 seconds
* Pit of Malice cooldown increased from 30/26/22/18 to 32/28/24/20
* Nature's Guise bash rescaled from 1/1.4/1.8/2.2 to 0.7/1.2/1.7/2.2
* Treant Level 25 Talent changed from +20% 2s Bash to -50s Respawn Time
* Treant Protector movement speed reduced from 300 to 295
* Stifling Dagger base damage reduced from 70 to 65
* Luna base armor reduced by 1
* Reality Rift armor debuff rescaled from -3/4/5/6 to -1/3/5/7
* Fixed Chaos Strike lifesteal ignoring armor reductions
* Chaos Strike lifesteal increased from 50% to 65%
* Nature's Prophet Level 15 Talent increased from +10 Intelligence to +15
* Nature's Prophet Level 15 Talent increased from +15 Movement Speed to +20
* Nature's Prophet Level 25 Talent increased from -35s Respawn Time to -40
* Nature's Prophet Level 25 Talent changed from +6 Treants to 2x Treants HP/Damage
* Meepo Clones are now allowed to pickup runes
* Witch Doctor Level 25 Talent increased from +150 Death Ward Attack Range to +175
* Sven Level 15 Talent increased from +6 all stats to +8
* Sven Level 15 Talent increased from +15 MS to +20
* Incapacitating Bite slow increased from 10/20/30/40 to 14/24/34/44%
* Zeus Level 20 Talent increased from -35s Respawn Time to -40
* Zeus Level 20 Talent increased from +30 Movement Speed to +35
* Tusk turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.7
* Enchantress base intelligence increased by 3
* Enchantress Level 10 Talent increased from +15 Movement Speed to +20
* Enchantress Level 20 Talent increased from -25s Respawn Time to -30s
* Geminate Attack cooldown from 6/5/4/3 to 7/6/5/3
* Dream Coil cooldown reduced from 75 to 70/65/60
* Lina Level 15 Talent increased from +100 Cast Range to +125
* Lina Level 15 Talent increased from -25s Respawn to -30s
* Lina Level 20 Talent increased from +5% Spell Amp to 6%
* Death Prophet level 10 Talent increased from +6 Strength to 7
* Doom Level 20 Talent increased from +50 Damage to +65
* Doom Level 20 Talent increased from +20 Health Regen to +25
* Smokescreen slow from 13/17/21/25% to 10/15/20/25%
* Ogre Magi movement speed reduced from 295 to 290
Dota 2 - Valve
* Fixed a minimap input bug
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Added Jingle Jam 2016 community medals
  • Fixed Casual mode search criteria sometimes not loading properly when starting the game
  • Updated the Unusual Cap to support Unusual taunt particle effects
  • Unusual taunt effects now follow the player during taunts where the player moves
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected - Valve
Saints Row IV now supports Workshop and is 75% off!*

The US President must save the Earth from alien overlord Zinyak using an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons in the wildest open world game ever.

The epic conclusion to the game that changed all the rules! The Saints have gone from the crackhouse to the White House but the Earth has been invaded and it’s up to you to free the world from Overlord Zinyak and his alien empire. With homies new and old by your side, and an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, you must save the world in the wildest open world game ever!

*Offer ends November 29 at 10AM Pacific Time
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Taunt Unusualifiers apply non-Halloween Unusual effects now that Halloween has ended
  • Added a "Jungle" tag for Workshop submissions
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Returned Unusual drop chances and possible particles effects to their original values now that Halloween has ended
  • Added beta support for the CELT voice codec
    • Currently only enabled in community servers that opt-in to the beta
    • Server operators can enable CELT usage by setting the below convars, followed by a level change
      • sv_use_steam_voice 0
      • sv_voicecodec vaudio_celt
  • Updated the localization files
  • Fixed an occasional client crash with an error message regarding "CL_ReadPreserveEnt"
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Fixed a bug related to using the Dead Ringer while carrying the flag
  • Fixed some Strange map filters displaying the wrong map names in their descriptions
  • Updated the localization files
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