Jul 21, 2010
Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source Updates Released
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:

Server Browser
  • Fixed the server browser not saving filter settings properly

Team Fortress 2
  • Fixed a speed exploit related to benchmarks
  • Fixed Parasite hat not being posed correctly on class loadout panels
  • Fixed a level change crash
Jul 21, 2010
Mafia® II Shipping with Steamworks
Mafia II (Classic) - Valve

All PC versions leverage leading services for gamers around the world.
Pre-purchasers receive original Mafia® now.


Valve and 2K Games today announced an agreement to power all PC versions of the highly anticipated Mafia® II with a host of Steamworks features. All Mafia II players will enjoy the benefits of the Steamworks features included in all PC versions, such as auto-updating, Steam Achievements, Statistics, downloadable content, and more.


Customers who pre-order the standard or Digital Deluxe Edition of Mafia II through select digital retailers, including Steam, will be given a free digital copy of the award-winning original Mafia® game that they can access and play now.


"Using Steamworks to power Mafia II has been a great benefit for 2K Games and our development team," said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. "It's meant that we can spend more time creating content and a great experience for our customers because we know that Steam and Steamworks are enabling these important features within the game."


"Mafia II is joining Sid Meier's Civilization® V as the next title to use Steamworks from 2K Games," said Gabe Newell, President of Valve. "Our focus for Steam is on building services that create value for our customers and for creators, and Mafia II, with its all-new game engine and inclusion of Steamworks, is a great example of that."


Mafia II is rated M for Mature by the ESRB and will be available in North America on August 24, 2010 and internationally beginning August 27, 2010. For more information visit www.steamgames.com.


2K Games is a division of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).


About 2K
Founded in 2005, 2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment software games for the console, PC, and handheld gaming systems through its three divisions: 2K Games, 2K Sports, and 2K Play. 2K publishes titles in today's most popular gaming genres, including first-person shooters, action, role-playing, real-time strategy, sports, casual, and family entertainment. The 2K label has some of the most talented development studios in the world today, including Firaxis Games, Visual Concepts, Irrational Games, 2K Marin, 2K Australia, 2K Czech, Cat Daddy Games, and 2K China. In just a few short years, 2K launched the 2007 Game of the Year - BioShock®; continued the award-winning Sid Meier's Civilization® series; delivered the #1 rated and #1 selling basketball franchise with NBA® 2K10*; and broke new ground in the family entertainment market with its multi-million unit selling hit Carnival Games. 2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). For more information, please visit www.2K.com.


* According to 2009-2010 GameRankings.com and The NPD Group


About Steam
The leading online platform for PC games and digital entertainment, Steam delivers new releases and online services to over 25 million PC and Mac users around the world. For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com.


About Valve
Valve is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996 and based in Bellevue, Washington. For more information, please visit www.valvesoftware.com.



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
Midweek Madness! FINAL FANTASY® XI Online Ultimate Collection - 50% Off
Product Release - Valve
Save 50% on FINAL FANTASY® XI Online Ultimate Collection!

Hurry, as the offer ends this Thursday at 4pm PDT.

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.
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