Apr 15, 2010
Steam client update released
Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client
  • Fixed issue preventing Madballs from properly running
Apr 15, 2010
Supreme Commander 2 Update Released
Supreme Commander 2 - Valve
Updates to Supreme Commander 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

New Features
  • New AI categories are now available via the Skirmish or Multi-player lobby menu:
    • Air: Focuses on Air units.
    • Land: Focuses on Land units.
    • Rush: Focuses on large amounts of land units and less on defense.
    • Balanced: Balanced between Land and Air.
    • Naval: Focuses on Naval units.
    • Turtle: Focuses on defenses and Experimentals.
    • Random: Chooses one of the above based on various factors.
  • Added the Steam avatar for each player on the multiplayer summary screen: This will let players click on the avatar image and access that player's Steam profile. From there, they can add that player to their friends list if they've had a good match
  • Added Mic Icons display in game when bringing up the in game score menu (F2) allowing players to mute individual players

Improvements
  • Added anti-cheating code that will detect modified lua files and prevent playing with unmodified users. This also prevents achievement and leaderboard updates. Still permits playing with others who have identically modified their games.
  • Disconnections in Ranked: The game now tracks the number of disconnects a player has during Ranked 1v1 matches. If you exceed a certain percentage of disconnects to games played, they will count as losses instead of wins.
  • AI Improvements:
    • The AI will no longer get stuck in its startup build sequence if rushed or if there are build restrictions in place.
    • The AI will choose an appropriate archetype based on unit restrictions.
    • If a unit type is restricted the AI will act as though the unit does not exist in the game.
    • AI will now group units based on their target enemy's threat.
    • AI will now group experimentals based on their target enemy's threat.
    • If the victory condition is Assassination we are artificially inflating the Neural Net data to make attacking the ACU more desirable for both Land and Air units.
    • AI can now respond to being attacked my Nukes or Artillery, even if it cannot see where it is coming from.
    • Fixed a bug where threat build conditions were not being used.
    • The AI should no longer attempt to send attack platoons to unpathable areas.
    • The AI will hold back units until it thinks it has enough to make a push based on defensive intelligence.
    • Fixed an issue where the AI would constantly pull units back to attack an expansion base instead of pushing forward.
    • The AI will no longer build more than 3 transports unless it has land units and it is not a land map.
    • Added AI response to make a land AI get land unit AA upgrades if the enemy has air units.
    • The Naval AI will not build more than 3 subs unless the enemy has Naval.
    • If Research is disabled the AI will not build research facilities.
    • The AI will add a small amount of threat to all enemy start locations so it knows where to find them.
    • Platoons will try to only attack areas where they think they can do enough damage before dying.
    • The AI will react to enemy TML, artillery, or Experimentals by building more shields and placing them closer together.
    • The AI should send a more appropriate number of units based on enemy threat.
    • AI will build and use Mass Convertors.
    • If the closest enemy to the AI is a lot weaker than the other enemies the AI will focus on the weak enemy.
    • The AI's air units will wait longer before re-evaluating which target to attack.
    • The AI's NUC will now check for pathability before firing units.
    • The AI's Nuke Launcher will now check for pathability before firing.
    • You can now select which AI type you would like to play against from the dropdown in the game lobby (random is still an option).
    • AI will build factory shield upgrades more often, not just when the enemy has air.
    • Factory upgrades now have a threat value.
    • AI should react better to an enemy having nukes.
    • AI will not build research stations if it already has everything researched.
    • AI will not build a mass convertor until it has enough energy to convert.
    • Added bigger Air and Land platoons.
    • When a build item has a resource type of All the AI will use Slush first.
    • Added build conditions to check for current target enemy threat.
    • AI air scout platoons will now path around threat as much as possible.
    • Mass convertor research is now a higher priority for the Turtle AI.
    • Changed some threat evaluation when deciding where to attack.
    • AI will build fewer MMLs and Mobile Artillery.
    • Added a new function to store the victory condition for the AI.
    • When an AI unit dies it will add threat to the instigator's location to warn other units.
    • Added some anti-turtle measures.
    • Fix for units that were built outside of the AIs base not being used.
    • Fix for AI not using its full base radius.
    • Land AIs on Island maps should build Air factories to build transports.
    • AI should send platoons when it is at unit cap, no matter what.
    • AI will space out naval factories more to prevent blockage.

The Ranked maps have been updated to
  • Markon Bridge
  • Clark Training Center
  • Coalition Ship Yard
  • Arctic Refuge
  • Open Palms
  • Finn's Revenge

Fixes
  • Fixed units arriving from Space Temple teleport immunity to Magnetron effects
  • Fixed Engineer pathfinding in crowded conditions
  • Fixes for occasional crash if Client disconnects at the same moment Host launches Ranked game
  • Fix for Crash / Soft Locked: Players can get soft-locked in the 'Starting Game' screen if other players disconnect when matchmaking begins 'Starting Game'
  • Backspace will reveal all characters in the edit box when you have more characters than the visible section

Tuning and Balancing
  • Capturing units now provides the same experience as killing them
Apr 15, 2010
Order of War: Challenge Update Released
Product Update - Valve
Updates to Order of War: Challenge have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Order of War: Challenge
  • Balance of heavy tanks changed
  • Added unit limit in Survival missions
  • Reduced consumption of video and system memory
  • Greatly improved performance for SLI systems
Apr 15, 2010
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2
  • Added Sam & Max items
  • Fixed the Demoman's Fro not cloaking properly when being used by a disguised Spy
  • Reduced the damage bonus the Equalizer receives as the player loses health
    • The speed boost was not changed
  • Community Request
    • Added a flag to info_particle_system to mark particle systems as "weather" effects
Apr 15, 2010
Plain Sight 1.0.1.0 Update Released
Plain Sight - Valve
Updates to Plain Sight have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

New Content
  • A new pirate-tastic map! Space Ships!
  • 2 new achievements! "Proud Of Yourself, Little Man?" and "Tempers are wearing thin. Let's hope some robot doesn't kill everybody."
Other stuff
  • Dedicated servers have been updated to allow for multiple servers running on the same machine. Administrators can now allocate IP's. Game now runs on multiple ports. See ports.txt for more information.
  • Fix for Intel and NVIDIA 7xxx graphics cards
Numerous crash bugs (including XML issues) fixed.
Apr 15, 2010
Steam client update released
Client Update - Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client
  • Fixed an issue retrieving master server information
Apr 15, 2010
Beat Hazard Now Available!
Beat Hazard - Valve

Welcome to a new experience in gameplay mechanics: Beat Hazard


Gameplay Powered by YOUR Music!


Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.


Power up your spaceship and watch as the music boosts your firepower. Unleash hell on the enemy ships when you max out with weapon pickups!


Beat Hazard seamlessly mixes the love of gaming and music. Together they become greater than the sum of their parts.

Apr 15, 2010
Mount&Blade: Warband Update Released
Mount & Blade: Warband - Valve
Updates to Mount&Blade: Warband have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Version 1.110
  • New Game option to set Campaign AI to easy, normal or difficult NPC soldiers should now climb siege ladders without problem.
  • There is now a chance player companions will not fall prisoner with you when you are defeated.
  • The game will no longer crash if you move all your prisoner into a castle.
  • AI weapon selection improved.
  • AI will no longer equip two shields.
  • Your companions who are prisoners at a faction's castles are now set free when peace is declared.
  • Party skill bonuses are now calculated correctly.
  • Fixed slashing through your horse and buildings using hafted blades on horseback.
  • Added max_number_of_connections option to rgl_config.txt. Players who have difficulty receiving server list from internet can lower the default value (64) to 20 or so.
  • Number of maximum bandit parties reduced by 15%.
  • Added Chinese language option (Simplified and Traditional).
  • Many other bug-fixes.
Apr 14, 2010
Fortix Released on Steam
Fortix - Valve
Featuring Steam Leaderboards and Achievements, Fortix is a a new type of strategy and arcade game. Can you emerge victorious and reclaim the land of your ancestors? You are knight Fortix, the sole hope for the desolate and tortured land of Fortiana to become the fertile land that it was before.
Apr 14, 2010
Global Agenda Free Trial - Now Available
Global Agenda: Free Agent - Valve
The Global Agenda Free Trial is now available for download on Steam. Experience Global Agenda's award-winning multi-player shooter gameplay free through Level 15, while creating and leveling up to eight different characters.
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