Product Release - Valve
Battle vs. Chess is Now Available on Steam and 25% off!*

Commanders, assemble your armies! BATTLE VS. CHESS calls for an interactive feather duster, chartering the successful chess game principle into the present day multi-media world.

Animated fantasy figurines assemble in magical worlds and await your command! As a Commander, execute skillful maneuvers on the game board and catapult yourself directly into the battle with devastating attacks, chessman vs. chessman.

*Offer ends August 10th at 10AM Pacific Time.

RAGE - Valve
In celebration of the mega gaming event QUAKECON, save big on different games from id Software and Bethesda each day, now through August 6th at 10am Pacific Time.

Today only, save 50% on Rage!

Or, pick up the massive QUAKECON Bundle, a collection of all released id and Bethesda titles for one low price!



Announcement - Valve
Today's Deal: Save 75% off Titan Quest!

Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!

Death Rally - Valve
Death Rally is Now Available on Steam and 15% off until Friday, August 10th 10AM PDT!

This is no Sunday Drive. This is Death Rally, so be prepared to be blown away, literally. Make a run for the finish line with a trail of burnt rubber and spent brass behind you..along with the flaming wreckage of any fool dumb enough to get in your way.

The gameplay is addictive, intense, explosive fun! Win races, upgrade your cars and weapons to defeat incredible boss drivers to beat the story mode. Join the multiplayer! lock and load and enter the Death Rally, humiliate and destroy your opponents or sabotage their race. You choose how you win, NO TRICK IS TOO DIRTY!

Also, Remedy would like to thank all their fans on Steam by offering an additional 15% off to Alan Wake and Alan Wake American Nightmare owners.

AirMech - Valve
The AirMech Closed Beta is Now Available on Steam!

You can gain access to the Beta by purchasing the AirMech Beta Bundle which includes the Exclusive 'Beta' Bomber, all AirMech Classes, Skins, Units and more.

Dota 2 - Valve
GAMEPLAY
- Alchemist: Fixed Acid Spray negative armor not affecting Siege units.
- Dazzle: Fixed Shadow Wave not healing siege units.
- Keeper of the Light: Fixed Chakra Magic mana regen not transfering over Tether.
- Keeper of the Light: Fixed Illuminate dealing maximum damage instantly when killed by Nether Ward on cast attempt.
- Rubick: Fixed duration of spellsteal not refreshing when stealing an ability you already have.
- Nyx Assassin: Fixed Spiked Carapace triggering on HP removal.
- Spectre: Fixed being unable to Reality to a sleeping Haunt illusion.
- Templar Assassin: Fixed Meld if the target dies while the attack projectile is airborn.
- Templar Assassin: Fixed HP Removal spells (like Heartstopper Aura & Urn) draining Refraction.
- Templar Assassin: Fixed Meld debuff not disappearing properly when the attack is disjointed.
- Undying: Fixed Tombstone not spawning zombies near sleeping enemy units.
- Undying: Fixed a bug with Flesh Golem dropping the damage amplification too low outside of maximum distance.
- Visage: Fixed Soul Assumption gaining charges from enemy self inflicted damage.
- Visage: Fixed Familiars being counted considered as basic creeps for the purposes of extra duration spells (like Paralyzing Casks).
- Fixed Neutral's Ensnare getting dispelled when the enemy becomes Magic Immune.
- Fixed Hand of Midas triggering Last Will on Necronomicons and hurting you.

UI:
- Enabled new hero selection UI when spectating.
- Added time penalty options in the private lobby for Captain's Mode (deducts 20/50/90 seconds from the bonus buffer time).
- Illusions can now be remembered in control groups after respawning.
- Broadcasters can join shared channels in the lobby.
- Fixed a rare crash involving a stuck dragged inventory item across a level change.
- Tournament panel will show which games you have previously watched.
- Matches can now be rated by users via the new vote UI.

DOTA 2 BOTS
- Fixed a bug where a completely wiped/absent enemy team would cause a low desire to push.
- Fixed Kunkka being a dirty cheater when using Torrent.
- Improved bot courier usage. They will no longer try to use the courier when someone else's stuff is on it, and will recover if someone else messes with the courier when it's bringing them their stuff.
- Pinging towers now sets the overall bot desire to a flat value (modified by individual bot health and distance).
- When creating a cheats-enabled bot game, you no longer can control the bots.

VISUALS:
- Keeper effects got some polish and bug fixes.
- Windrunner polished textures and updated hero selection portrait.

SOUND:
- Fixed Open Microphone Threshold value being incorrectly calculated. Broadcasters: Make sure you return to this and tweak this before casting your next game.
- Fixed bug that was causing the automatic gain adjuster to clip, resulting in poor quality voice audio.
Day of Defeat: Source - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:


Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)
  • Marked mem_force_flush as a cheat to prevent client exploits
  • Fixed %n console crash in the client

Team Fortress 2
  • Added new items:
    • The Red-Tape Recorder
    • The Huo Long Heatmaker
    • The Flying Guillotine
    • The Neon Annihilator
    • The Triad Trinket
    • The Champ Stamp
    • The Marxman
    • The Human Cannonball
  • Added new promo items
  • Fixed sappers attaching incorrectly to teleporters that are still building
  • Improved reliability for finding a coach
  • Fixed Engineer training shotgun and pistol images being swapped
  • Fixed GetPlayerItems web APIs not respecting inventory privacy settings
  • Quickplay beta: Fixed bug causing game servers to sometimes stop receiving traffic upon victory condition
  • Quickplay beta: Added more status information while in the matchmaking queue
Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition - Valve
Legendary Asia, all new DLC for Ticket to Ride, is Now Available on Steam.

Travel along the Silk Road and wind your way through the hustle and bustle of Indochina in this new map of Ticket to Ride Legendary Asia! Just be ready for a hair-rising ride as you venture through the Mountain passes of the Himalayas in François Valentyne's winning entry to the Ticket to Ride 2011 Map Design Contest!

In addition, Ticket to Ride is now available on Mac and 50% off!* Buy it once. Play it on both Mac & PC!

*Offer end August 3rd at 10AM PDT.

Jagged Alliance - Back in Action - Valve
Jagged Alliance: Crossfire is Available for Pre-purchase on Steam!

The island of Arulco is free; however, there are other countries under the shadow of war that are ignored by the rest of the world. Khanpaa, a peaceful and tranquil nation, is being held in the terrifying iron grip of a group of paid mercenaries…yet the United Nations looks the other way. UN ambassador Behnam Atiqullah tries to help his home country, but there is not much he can do. Military intervention from a major world power seems not to be an option and Khanpaa appears all alone…

That’s where YOU come in! As the strategic genius behind your own personal Private Military Corporation, you’ve offed to help by bringing in your team of skilled mercenaries to retake the tormented nation of Khanpaa! Help the oppressed people by hiring a team of hardened guns-for-hire and prepare for battle in treacherously frozen mountain badlands. Along the way, discover why Khanpaa has been turned into a bloody battlefield and who aims to truly profit.

If you already own Jagged Alliance - Back in Action you can pre-purchase Jagged Alliance: Crossfire for 33% off until August 24th. Don't own Jagged Alliance - Back in Action? Get it now for 50% off. You could also pre-purchase Jagged Alliance: Crossfire until August 24th for 15% off the regular price.

Jagged Alliance: Crossfire is a stand-alone expansion to the hit tactical RPG – Jagged Alliance: Back in Action. Crossfire adds new mercenaries, new environments and new weapons to challenge the player’s battlefield planning skills, while offering the combination of humorous dialog and realistic combat fans have come to expect from the series’ decade-long history.



The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition - Valve
In celebration of the mega gaming event QUAKECON, save big on different games from id Software and Bethesda each day, now through August 6th at 10am Pacific Time.

Today only, save 50% on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and 66% off the previous Elder Scrolls titles!

Or, pick up the massive QUAKECON Bundle, a collection of all released id and Bethesda titles for one low price!

Pre-purchasers of Dishonored, the upcoming title from the acclaimed Arkane Studios, will also receive an additional discount on the QUAKECON Bundle!

Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for more great deals and special offers.



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