Jun 29, 2010

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead - Valve

Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original ARMA II, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.

You will enlist into various roles within the US Army, from basic infantrymen, through special operatives, to pilots and tank crew in this new installment in the award winning line up of military simulators for PC from Bohemia Interactive.

ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead is a complete, standalone product that does not require the original ARMA II.

TODAY ONLY: To commemorate the Summer Sale, the original ARMA II is available today only at 50% off. For a sweeter deal, get the ARMA II: Combined Operations bundle pack.

Jun 29, 2010

"Perils of Summer" Steam Sale: Day 6

Announcement - Valve

Tragedy can strike anywhere, at any time. Particularly if you own, operate or attend a traveling summer carnival. A loose screw, a missing nut, a lapse of concentration and your summer ends early.

www.steamgames.com.

Jun 29, 2010

Sniper: Ghost Warrior Released

Sniper: Ghost Warrior - Valve

Don't miss that perfect headshot! Sniper: Ghost Warrior is now available on Steam.

Jun 28, 2010

Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer Released

Product Release - Valve

Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer is the first expansion for the best-selling and critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Age of Conan: The Hyborian Adventures.

As an added bonus, the expansion also includes the original game.

Jun 28, 2010

ARMA II Update Released

Arma 2 - Valve

Updates to ARMA II have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

ARMA II

Numerous stability and peformance improvements
Various multiplayer fixes and improvements
Improved support for CPUs with 4 and more cores
Larger file cache on systems with more RAM
Sound improvements
AI improvements

Jun 28, 2010

Aliens vs Predator Update Released

Aliens vs. Predator™ - Valve

Updates to Aliens vs Predator have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

New Features

Enabled XP gain, leaderboard updates and associated achievements and skin unlocks for non-ranked games as well as Ranked Matches. Now the differences between ranked and unranked games is that in Ranked Matches, skill-based matchmaking, team balancing and other Ranked Match associated rules are enforced and in Player matches they are not. You are now unable to have a game that does not update the leaderboards, or award XP.
Major overhaul of low-level networking code for player-hosted (i.e. not Dedicated Server) games in order to improve connection stability and pings.

Bug Fixes

Prevented runaway memory consumption under D3D11 if an FMV is playing when you lock (ctrl-alt-del - "lock computer") your machine with an NVIDIA card.
Several "groups" issues have been fixed, including a reported issue with Group leaders causing group members to disconnect from Games if they leave and then join another Server.
The spawning system has been tweaked, so that players will have a reduced chance of spawning very close to other (enemy) players.
Server start up crash which occurred on Win 7 32bit Home Premium has been fixed.
Several Server stability (crash) issues have been fixed

Balance Changes

Flamethrower primary fire now ignites target if 25% of health has been depleted. Flames will now continue to burn until target is dead, or target extinguishes flames. Base damage is unchanged.
Alien leap attack now causes the knockdown flinch on all targets from the "long distance" range. Damage is unchanged.
Alien tail attack now causes the light attack flinch, which does not "root" the target. Damage is unchanged.
You are now not able to jump and start a melee move in the air/until the jump has completed, or initiate a melee move and then jump until the melee animation has finished. Affects all species.
Stealth attack has had some tweaks to reduce the potential for an initiation to occur from outside the allowed "angle" and range has been reduced from 8m to 6m
The Predator flinch ranges have been equalised with the Aliens, and as a result can now be knocked down by a counter (from any species), or an Alien leap attack that successfully lands.
Knockdown leap distance is now between 9-12m instead of 6-12m. Affects Aliens and Predators.
Predator maximum leap distance is now capped at 12m (in line with Alien) and is not modified by vision mode.
The Marine block will now only block 50% of an incoming light attack damage value instead of 100%.

Jun 28, 2010

Garry's Mod Update Released

Product Update - Valve

Updates to Garry's Mod have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Garry's Mod

Now uses Source Engine 2010

Jun 28, 2010

"Perils of Summer" Steam Sale: Day 5

Announcement - Valve

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Just don't eat it too fast. www.steamgames.com.

Jun 26, 2010

"Perils of Summer" Steam Sale: Day 4

Announcement - Valve

For centuries people worshiped the sun. Today you are best advised to avoid direct sunlight. We recommend basking in the warm comforting glow of your computer monitor while playing some new games from www.steamgames.com.

Jun 26, 2010

"Perils of Summer" Steam Sale: Day 3

Announcement - Valve

People have been cooking their meals since the Gods of Fire invented the barbeque. It is only in the last one hundred years or so that people don't regularly die making dinner.

We urge you to take advantage of the latest state-of-the-art indoor cooking technology. Beside probably saving your life, this affords you more time to enjoy the hot deals we've cooked up for you at www.steamgames.com.