Mar 5, 2010
Portal 2 Announced
Press Release - Jason Ruymen
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Left 4 Dead, Counter-Strike and Half-Life) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Portal 2 for shipment this coming holiday season.

Portal 2 is the sequel to 2007's Portal, which won 70 industry achievement awards.

For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com
Mar 5, 2010
Order of War: Challenge Demo Now Available
Announcement - Valve
The multiplayer demo for Order of War: Challenge is now available on Steam!
Mar 4, 2010
Weekend Deal: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising 75% Off!
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - Valve
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is available for 75% off until Monday!
Mar 4, 2010
Assassin's Creed 2 Now Available in Europe, Asia, Australia
Assassin's Creed 2 - Alden Kroll
Assassin's Creed 2 is now available in Europe, Asia, and Australia. The highly anticipated title features a new hero, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a young Italian noble, and a new era, the Renaissance.

Assassin's Creed 2 will be available for customers in North, Central, and South America on March 9th.
Mar 4, 2010
Supreme Commander 2 Now Available Worldwide
Supreme Commander 2 - Valve
Supreme Commander 2 is now available worldwide!

In Supreme Commander 2, players will experience brutal battles on a massive scale! Players will wage war by creating enormous customizable armies and experimental war machines that can change the balance of power at any given moment
Mar 4, 2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition Now Available Worldwide
Product Release - Valve
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition is now available worldwide except Japan.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2™ brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments."
Mar 4, 2010
Darkest of Days Now Availabe in Europe!
Darkest of Days - Valve
Darkest of Days is now available in Europe!

Have you ever wondered what could happen if time travel was a reality? Have you ever thought about the possibility of going back in time to rewrite history for the better? That possibility is a reality in Darkest of Days, where players will travel back and forth through the annals of time to relive some of mankind's most dire hours.
Mar 4, 2010
Just Cause 2 Demo Now Available
Just Cause 2 Demo - Valve
Explore the Just Cause 2 world in the Just Cause 2 Demo featuring over 35 square miles of the Lautan Lama Desert. This is only just one of the many islands in the 400 square miles of the Panau archipelago!
Mar 3, 2010
Nation Red Update Released
Nation Red - Jason Ruymen
Updates to Nation Red have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

New Features
  • New AA-12 Automatic Shotgun with 20-round drum magazine
  • Completion-based Missions. Get up to 5 stars for each completed mission, each star increases the mission replay difficulty by 50%
  • New larger Free Play maps which will also be used in on-line coop
  • New achievements: Itemizer, Thinning The Horde, One Trick Killer, Well Supplied, FlatLiner
  • New zombie hostile
  • Second local coop mode with seperate XP and leveling up per player so you can build two completely different players
  • Friendly Fire option in local coop (will also be in on-line coop)
  • Sentry Guns in Barricade Mode can be upgraded to weapon stations
  • Flamethrower more effective and more accurate visuals
  • Add option to view Friends leaderboards
  • Increase in 'zombie-free time' between waves in Barricade mode
  • Zombie contact will now push/knock the player back. If you run through a zombie horde, you'll need to fight through them.
  • Support for 2 additional mouse buttons (meaning 5 buttons can be assigned)
  • .44 Magnum penetration increased from 2 to 3 zombies max. Sound effects redone
  • Nailgun projectile damage 30% higher. Nailgun sfx reworked
  • Beretta penetration power increased
  • More XP per kill for some zombies, incl. Machinegun Boss and Zombie suicide bomber
  • Sentry Guns overhauled; guns need to be completely reloaded before firing can restart
  • Dual-use weapons can be fired individually (Dual Glock, Dual Uzi)
  • Kicking zombies now makes them spurt blood
  • Increased the amount of weapon drops. Since more and more weapons are in the game, it will now be easier to pick them all up
  • Increased the CounterBlow perk damage

Fixes
  • Strategic Mode: trying to select a perk after the maximum 10 perks pauses the game
  • Two menu Gui issues. Should've done this in the previous update
  • Auto-Perk issue where a game restart didn't reset the perk list
  • Fixed two exploits/tricks reported
  • Adjusted lifespan of sentry guns when Engineer/Powerup Extender is active
  • Bullet Time affects powerups which last longer
  • Heavy Ammo now accurately affects all weapons
Mar 3, 2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition Now Available in parts of Europe!
Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2 - Valve
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition is now available in parts of Europe!

The Limited Edition includes six multiplayer unlocks and is only available until March 16th at 12:01 AM PST! Battlefield: Bad Company 2™ brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments."

The rest of the world will receive Battlefield: Bad Company 2 tomorrow at 4 PM PST.
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