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Defense Grid: The Awakening Update Released

July 23, 2009, 4:56 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

Updates

• The game pauses on a new level until you place the first tower (or right click the mouse) to allow you to look over it and plan your strategy
  
• Added alien health bars with an option to turn them on and off in Settings menu
  
• Adjusted the difficulty for levels Last Stand and Waste Disposal
  
• Changed the entrance and exit arrow colors for the Last Stand level to show which exit corresponds with aliens from which entrance
  
• Updated various text strings for better accuracy and clearer understanding
  
• Added an extra digit space in the resource counter to accommodate high resource count
  
• Left Hand mouse control is now supported
  
• Added a version number in the How to Play section
  

• Turtles now spawn aliens even after a save when they are in a level.
  
• The interest accrued at the end of the mission is now always included in the associated leaderboard posting.
  
• Link to and update to the latest version of DirectX in order to address audio issues for some users
  
• The Game tip sound no longer plays when the user turns off the game tip visual cue in the settings.
  
• The Orbital laser is now not affected by saving or loading.
  
• The 15 Tower challenge mode description was incorrect, it has been updated.
  
• The meteor trails now look better at slower framerates.
  
• The UI no longer cycles quickly while fast-forwarding.
  
• Changed silver medal core criteria for Assessing the Threat to be consistent with other mission criteria.
  
• Changed requirements for Siege Breaker achievement so it is now awarded.
  

Defense Grid: The Awakening Update Released

December 15, 2008, 6:30 pm - Valve - Product Update

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

Defense Grid: The Awakening

• Fixed a rare problem in which some systems would play the game and see a solid color instead of the level.


• Made the Siege Breaker achievement obtainable.


• Corrected the accumulation of the stats: Spires Encountered and Total Aliens Encountered.


• Adjusted the in game resource counter to allow for 7 digits instead of 6.


• Corrected a bug dealing with the accumulation of interest when using checkpoints or saving/loading near the end of a level.