Product Release - Valve

DCS: Black Shark is a simulation of the Russian Ka-50 attack helicopter and is the first simulation module of the Digital Combat Simulator series by The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics.


DCS: Black Shark can be played as the most realistic combat helicopter simulation ever created for the PC with authentic flight dynamics and systems modeling. Black Shark may also be played as a console-style arcade game for the casual gamer.


A detailed and accurate 330,000 sq km depiction of the western Caucasus region serves as the battlefield and includes a broad array of eastern and western air, land and sea units.


Powerful and easy to use Mission and Campaign Editors are provided to allow creation of user-created missions and campaigns. Non-linear campaigns are provided with unlimited replay-ability. Multiplayer game play is provided to include both cooperative play using the Ka-50 data link and head-to-head. Multiplayer supports up to 16 players.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:


Changes:
  • New mutation: Four Swordsmen of the Apocalypse

Addon Changes:
  • By default in single player and co-op gamemodes custom content will eclipse game content.
  • Addon campaign’s custom content now loads first to avoid conflicts.
  • In competitive modes addon loading is a server option.
  • Fixed an exploit that allowed people to modify materials on pure servers.
  • Default consistency checks now include pak01_dir.vpk. Addon authors should not hack the pak01_dir.vpk directly but instead include content in a VPK.

Server changes:
  • The "whitelist.cfg" file located in the "steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2" directory is now functional. Instructions on how to use this file are located in the file itself. Basically this allows the server operators to decide what files need consistency checks.
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
  • Fixed missing class descriptions on the class menu blackboard.
  • Fixed a server crash related to carrying buildings.
  • Fixed a HUD element issue in DX8.
Counter-Strike: Source - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Engine
  • Fixed client crash related flashlight usage.
  • Fixed several issues related to alt-tabbing (invisible players, etc).

Team Fortress 2
  • Added The Frontier Justice.
  • Added The Wrangler.
  • Added The Gunslinger.
  • Added The Southern Hospitality.
  • Added 35 Engineer achievements.
  • Engineers can now pickup & move their buildings.
  • Added Engineer main menu music.
  • Added 4 new maps:
    • Thunder Mountain, a 3 stage Payload map.
    • Hightower, a Payload Race map.
    • Upward, a Payload map.
    • ColdFront, a community built Capture Point map.
  • Item tuning:
    • The Sandvich now uses a cooldown timer, instead of the health pack recharge mechanic.
    • The Gunboats now reduce self-damage by 60% (was 75%)
    • The Tribalman's Shiv bleed duration reduced to 6 second (was 8), and its damage penalty increased to 50% (was 35%).
  • Added better feedback sound for Pyros on when their flamethrower is doing damage.
  • Fixed blood effect on bleeding player.
  • Added a glow effect to Payload carts.
  • Added Romanian language support.
Product Release - Valve
Kick off the weekend by playing Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter for free! You can also save 50% by purchasing the title this weekend.

Free weekend ends Sunday at 1pm (PST). 50% off sale ends Monday at 10am (PST).

King Arthur: The Saxons - Valve
King Arthur - The Saxons DLC is now available on Steam.

A long time ago the Saxons came to Britannia as ruthless mercenaries, but they became the devoted warriors of Christianity, united under the rule of King Raedwald.

When Arthur, the son of Uther Pendragon pulled his cursed sword from the stone, the dark age of wizardry and pagan monstrosities returned. These are grave times for Britannia and only the devoted and the faithful can stop this madness.

Call the proud Saxons to Norfolk! Recruit armies and knights and prove that King Raedwald is the real Once and Future King!
Announcement - Valve
In celebration of Sunday's World Cup final, Football Manager 10 is on sale now through Monday, July 12 at 10AM PDT. GOOOAAAAAAAL!

Escape From Paradise - Valve
Enjoy the following titles from iWin now on Steam. Escape From Paradise, Escape From Paradise 2 and Book of Legends

These entertaining family adventure games are sure to provide hours of enjoyment!

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

New Features
  • Predator Focus Attack now knocks you down between 9-12m
  • Alien Focus Attack damage has been returned to it’s correct values
  • The chance to spawn on occupied/blocked friendly spawn points and consequentially knock players out of world is reduced
  • Joining a Dedicated server which is running on non-standard ports, leaving and then hosting a player match, will now no longer cause any clients who join the hosted match to lose connection upon starting the game
Sol Survivor - Valve
Updates to Sol Survivor have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Sol Suvivor:
  • Added Survival Co-op multiplayer mode.
  • Added two Survival Co-op maps: Medusa and Candlelight, from designs submitted by community member Shentrax.
  • Added gamepad navigation of menus.
  • Added screenshot key to bindable controls.
  • Fixed crash from corrupted configuration save data.
  • Fixed crash from corrupted Cloud save data.
  • Fixed clients failing to time out when joining a lobby that closed.
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