Jul 20, 2010

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Episode 4 Released!

Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse - Valve

Episode 4: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls is now available and has been added to The Devil's Playhouse season pass!

5 Great Episodes, 1 Awesome Price! Get your season pass now if you haven't already and wield psychic powers against fearsome foes in the epic comedy saga over 5 monthly episodes. Gaming's greatest dog and rabbit sleuths Sam & Max seek the power’s ancient secrets, as manic Max gains shape shifting, teleportation, mind reading and future vision abilities for battling these foes.

The saga plays out in a surreal 5 month-long symphony of mayhem that gets deeper and more twisted with each episode.

Jul 20, 2010

New Release - SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition - Valve

Now you can enjoy all the excitement of SimCity 4 on Steam!

Get SimCity 4 and SimCity 4 Rush Hour in one convenient package. Create, grow, and breathe life into your ideal urban environment. Fight disasters both realistic and fantastic. Govern your own virtual metropolis as you see fit.

Jul 20, 2010

Now Available - MotorM4X: Offroad Extreme

Product Release - Valve

MotorM4X: Offroad Extreme is now available on Steam. To celebrate the game is 30% off until July 27th.

Feel the freedom!

Alpine woods and meadows. Hot, rocky desert. Ice-covered Alaska. This are the environments where you will race. MOTORM4X: Offroad Extreme brings the races to a completely new level. The player is free to choose their route to destination, and the off-road vehicles with four wheel drives allow for a wild race on the bumpiest roads.

Jul 20, 2010

50% off All Paradox Titles

Save on most Paradox titles - Valve

For one week *all titles from Paradox Interactive will be 50% off on Steam! Experience amazing worlds with franchises like Hearts of Iron, Mount & Blade, Majesty, Europa Universalis, Lead and Gold and many more. Click here to view the complete list of Paradox titles.

*Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi will not be on sale this week

Jul 20, 2010

Fallen Earth: Blood Sports now available at 40% off until July 27th

Fallen Earth: Blood Sports - Valve

Fallen Earth, LLC announced today the availability of Fallen Earth Steam achievements as well as a new and exclusive in-game gun for players who purchase via Steam - appropriately titled the Steam Cleaner.

Beginning today, and for a limited time, players who purchase Fallen Earth: Blood Sports through Steam will receive the exclusive Steam Cleaner. When you really need to take out some “stains” this heavy pistol’s 10.3 DPS and additional four Melee Defense will help you clean up!

Additionally, Steam account holders can now enjoy earning over 500 Fallen Earth achievements towards their account, as well as in game.

Players can pick up their digital copy of Fallen Earth—with an exclusive Steam Cleaner—today at Steam and begin earning bragging rights for their feats!

Jul 20, 2010

Rhythm Zone Now Available

Product Release - Valve

Rhythm Zone is now available on Steam and 10% off until July 27th.

Rhythm Zone is the future of real music gaming. Pick any song from your music library and experience the exciting falling-note beat-matching gameplay set to surreal background visuals. Rhythm Zone supports USB-based plug and play controllers.

Regardless of your taste in music, you can play your favorite songs. Rhythm Zone supports a wide variety of file types and will identify most common songs against our database.

Jul 19, 2010

Team Fortress 2 Updates 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 a Parasite hat to celebrate the release of Alien Swarm (http://www.alienswarm.com/)
Fixed a client crash when opening the backpack while running in a language other than English.
Fixed not being able to pick-up buildings in Arena mode.
Fixed an exploit that allowed team kills with Wrangled sentries.
Fixed a bug where teleporters could be given more than their normal amount of health.
Fixed old demos with different data tables thinking the SourceTV player entity was burning.
TF Bot Changes
- Improved performance of bot computations that are done when a point is captured, a round starts, or a checkpoint reached.
- Fixed Engineer bot infinite build-destroy behavior loop regression
- Fixed Medic bots losing their charge if they touch a resupply cabinet
- Fixed a crash due to having multiple types of bot systems running in-game simultaneously
- Fixed bot behavior issue resulting in bot pile-ups near level 3 teleporter entrances
- Bots no longer consider sapped sentries a dangerous threat
- Bots will not try to navigate through enemy spawn rooms (unless they have won the round)
- Bot Engineers will avoid building teleporters on steep slopes which can hinder teammate movement
- Added tf_bot_pyro_always_reflect cvar. Set to 1 to make Pyro bots always reflect projectiles, regardless of difficulty level.

Jul 19, 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 words immediately followed by a newline not wrapping properly.
Fixed the "Login" button in the login dialog from being enabled when no text has been entered in either field.
Fixed the "Next" button in the retrieve account wizard being enabled when no text has been entered.
Fixed the "Next" button in the activate CD key dialog being enabled when no text has been entered.
Improved error messages for certain purchase failures
Fixed "multiple cache instantiation error" on game launch
Fix crashes that could occur while typing over a selection with an IME enabled
When receiving the “chat from new user” introduction dialog, make a click on the other correspondent’s avatar go to their profile
Better hit testing and copy-to-clipboard behavior in chat windows
Fixed occasional stuttering caused by unlocking achievements.
Extended Steam Hardware Survey to now be the Steam Hardware & Software Survey

Jul 19, 2010

Razor2: Hidden Skies Now Available

Razor2: Hidden Skies - Valve

Razor2: Hidden Skies, a vertical scrolling shooter, is now available on Steam!
The game has the style of successful classic arcade shooter while utilizing the latest technology to create great visuals and effects.

Razor2 has easy, yet deep gameplay that challenges your skills with hundreds of enemies and bullets. The soundtrack features classic, orchestrated music composed especially for the game. Includes ten achievements and support for worldwide leaderboards.