Dota 2 - Valve
Dota VR Hub: Improved visual quality of hero loadout scene.
Dota VR Hub: Show Twitch chat in the VR Theater when watching a stream.
Dota VR Hub: Indicate which stream is being watched in the lobby browser.
Dota 2 - Valve
Fixed Lone Druid's Bear not tracking Black King Bar usage correctly.
Fixed a bug with Arc Warden's Tempest Double not duplicated consumable items correctly in some cases.
Dota VR Hub: Hero Showcase now allows you to change your equipped items.
Dota VR Hub: Hero Showcase now allows you to preview items available on the store.
Dota VR Hub: Allow viewing of Twitch streams in the VR Theater.
Dota VR Hub: Fixed positional audio when spectating inside the map.
Dota VR Hub: Player avatars inside the map will no longer show up on the VR Theater screen.
Dota VR Hub: Fixed player avatars sometimes being too big in the VR Theater room.
Dota VR Hub: Fixed tower healthbars showing up after a tower has been destroyed.
Dota VR Hub: Added control hints to the grip buttons.
Dota VR Hub: Improved bindings for Oculus Touch users.
Dota VR Hub: Improved visual quality of main menu scene.
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:

  • Matchmaking
    • Competitive Mode
      • Abandon penalty times are now longer for first-time abandoners with a low number of games played
      • Abandoning a game now results in significant rank loss. This loss is always greater than losing a given match.
      • Fixed an issue where players could drop and reconnect too many times before triggering an abandon
    • Casual Mode
      • Matches can now start with fewer than 24 players when there are not enough compatible players in queue
        • The match will still add additional players (up to 24) as they become available
        • This should improve queue times for low-population regions and game modes
      • Added maps cp_gullywash, cp_snakewater, and koth_probed
      • Fixed not being able to cycle between spectator modes
  • Weapon viewmodels
    • The field-of-view slider has been re-added to Adv. Options menu (range: 54 to 70 degrees)
      • This feature is now allowed in Competitive Mode
    • Improved and fixed many animations when using a higher viewmodel field-of-view
    • Removed custom animations from the sv_pure whitelist because it was being exploited
    • Adjusted The Cow Mangler and Black Box reload animations to be slightly faster (they now match the default rocket launcher)
  • Your class portrait will now always be the innermost in the match status HUD (top center) and will have a slightly brighter background
  • Added the Prinny promo items to the Mann Co. Store
  • Added the Florida LAN 2016 community medal
  • PASS Time update
    • Fixed achievement items (e.g. Civilian Grade JACK Hat) not cloaking with the Spy
    • Tweaks and fixes for all maps
    • Fix pack speed not being updated sometimes
    • Aiming players will no longer receive pack speed bonus
    • Some adjustments to reduce average round length
      • Overtime will end immediately if the winning team touches the ball
      • Overtime won't happen if it's impossible for the losing team to win
  • Fixed players being able to avoid a vote-kick by reconnecting to the server at the right time
  • Fixed the pd_watergate HUD not drawing
  • Fixed Engineer teleporter exits sometimes detonating when used due to invisible geometry
  • Fixed getting a black screen if the chat window was open when the match stats were being shown
  • Fixed weapons not being hidden during some taunts for the Engineer, Medic, and Soldier
  • Fixed Spy cloak causing the HUD 3D Character to cloak for the player the Spy is disguised as
  • Fixed a client crash related to the animation system
  • Fixed a bug where players in looping taunts could sometimes cause other clients to drop from the server
  • Fixed not seeing particle effects for Unusual versions of Baseball Bill's Sports Shine, Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative, and Texas Slim's Dome Shine
  • Fixed hearing the "team wipe" Announcer audio at the incorrect times
Dota 2 - Valve
- Fixed a bug preventing skyboxes from appearing in the Dota VR Hub.
- Fixed a crash when entering certain unicode strings in chat.

Player Cards
- Which player card is silver/gold is now randomized in the card list.
- You no longer have to confirm when dusting a duplicate common in the pack open dialog.
- In the card selection popup, it's now sorted by team then player name.
- The team selection dropdown in the card selection popup is now sorted by team name.
Dota 2 - Valve
* Fixed player card pack dialog erroring if you clicked the pack again while it was opening. No cards were lost by this, it was just causing the dialog to show an error message rather than the cards received.
Dota 2 - Valve
* Greatly improved panorama CPU performance. This is most noticable as a framerate increase in the main Dashboard.
* Fixed cases where players being kicked out of lobbies when a player closes the client.
Dota 2 - Valve
* Fixed Omnislash jumping to Elder Titan's Spirit
* Fixed Guardian Greaves not regenerating heroes who are hidden (i.e. disruption)
* Fixed Bloodstone Suicide not working during Ball Lightning
* Fixed spell effects not working properly when first appearing while cast in fog of war
* The Dota 2 window now flashes when you enter the hero picking phase
* Added a new option to bring Dota 2 to the foreground when the hero picking phase begins
* Fixed various recent bugs with cosmetic items
* Fixed Announcer not working during Hero Selection

* Reworked Pudge and Lina's Russian voices
* Rerecorded several lines for Russian voices: Shadow Fiend, Legion Commander, Default Announcer
* Added several Russian language voices: Alchemist, Anti-Mage, Bloodseeker, Bristleback & Bristleback Announcer, Crystal Maiden Announcer, Doom, Earth Spirit, Earthshaker, Ember Spirit, Keeper of the Light, Meepo, Nyx Assassin, Omniknight, Phantom Lancer, Riki, Slardar, Templar Assassin, Ursa, Witch Doctor
Dota 2 - Valve
Battle Cup:
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* Fix Battle Cup team setup UI bug causing confusion about number of tickets required
* Spectator delay on Battle Cup games increased to 5 minutes
* China Battle Cup has been rescheduled for Sunday, July 17, 12:00 GMT (Sunday 20:00 local China time)
Dota 2 - Valve
* Enabled the Weekend Battle Cup.
* Fixed Astral Spirit animation not being canceled if Elder Titan cancels it.
* Fixed Glimmer Cape to respect the "teleport requires hold/stop" option.
* Improved performance of March of the Machines while wearing Tinker's Immortal.
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 common client crash that prevented the game from starting
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