Updates to Alien Swarm have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Alien Swarm

• Matchmaking distinguishes between games in progress and games in the briefing
  
• Updated Hammer’s simple compile options
  
• Fixed fast reload sounds and incidental marine conversations
  

Updates to Global Agenda have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Version 1.35 represents the second phase of major new features and content being added to Global Agenda as part of the "Sandstorm" expansion. The release introduces the Sonoran Desert Open Zone, 10-person Defense Raids, Consumable Weapons, and much more. Sandstorm is free to all players that have purchased Global Agenda. All players are reminded that Global Agenda now requires NO MONTHLY FEES and the full content of the game is available without a subscription.
Major Highlights

• SONORAN DESERT ZONE: Players may step outside Dome City into the Sonoran Desert Open PvE zone. Designed primarily for those between Levels 5 and 15, players within the Zone may accept missions from NPC's in order to progress a story-arc, learn more about the neighboring Desert Dweller and Recursive Colony factions, and earn loot and experience. Note that players must visit Dalton Bancroft inside Dome City (and run the Bancroft missions) before they can enter the Sonoran Desert Zone.
  
• 10-PERSON DEFENSE RAIDS: Facilities around Dome City are key targets of the Recursive Colony faction. When the Recursive Colony attacks, alarms sound within Dome City and the RAIDS mission type will become activated on your MISSION screen. Join the Raid queue solo, or as a pre-made team of up to 10 players, to be matched into a ten-person defense team and transported to an area that needs to be defended. Note that these missions are designed to be difficult and are available only to players Level 30+.
  
• NEW SONORAN DESERT SPECIAL-OPS MISSIONS: New co-op PvE instances have been introduced for characters between Levels 5 and 19. These missions are accessed thru the MISSION screen (Hotkey = "M") under Team/Medium Difficulty.
  
• CONSUMABLES: Players may now craft Consumable items that can be used once while in a combat mission to give a short-term boost. Once used, that item is consumed. In order to equip a consumable, you must have a Consumable in your inventory, and fill the Consumable slot on your Equip screen. Only one consumable may be equipped at a time.
  
• SALVAGE: Weapons and Armor that you do not desire to keep may be salvaged by clicking the Salvage button while the item is selected on your Inventory menu. When a weapon or armor piece is salvaged, you will receive a component loot drop put into your inventory (many of the components gained through salvage are useful when crafting consumables).
  
• TOKENS: Major changes to the token system have been implemented. See TOKENS section below for more information.
  
• CREDITS: Credits are now at the player level instead of the character level. Existing credits have been rolled up to the player level based on the total credits owned by all of our characters.
  

Server and Feature Availability

• The Global Agenda Servers are expected to be down on THURSDAY, JULY 22 2010 from approximately 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM US Eastern (14:30 to 21:00 GMT) while the patch is deployed. Follow GAServerStatus on Twitter for up-to-date server availability information.
  
• The European and North American Agency-vs-Agency Zones will be closed on THURSDAY, JULY 22. The Zones will open as normal on FRIDAY, JULY 23.
  

Mission-Giving System and the Sonoran Desert Zone
The Mission Giving system guides players through specific assignments that advance a story arc within Dome City and the Sonoran Desert Zone and progress the player’s character level.
Players will note that some low-level Special Ops PvE missions have been removed (on the "M" screen), as they are replaced by missions inside the Sonoran Desert Zone.
Players MUST visit Dalton Bancroft before they can exit Dome City and enter the Sonoran Desert Zone.
Please note the following useful keyboard shortcuts while in the Sonoran Desert Zone:
"L" = Mission Log.
"N" = Navigational Map.
"M" = Global Missions (access instanced PvP and PvE missions).

Token System
The Token System has been modified significantly. There is now only one token type (Mercenary and Conquest Tokens have been collapsed into just "Tokens"). The Daily and Account limits have also undergone significant change and the pricing for items and rewards for individual missions have changed significantly.
CONVERSION:

• 1 Mercenary Token = 30 of our new tokens
  
• 1 Conquest Token = 150 of our new tokens
  

LIMITS:

• Daily limit: 2,000
  
• Account limit: 20,000
  

Consumables and Crafting
There are two new crafting career paths in this release: Consumables and Strike Force. The crafting of AvA items has been moved to the Strike Force path.
At present, there are only four Consumables available for crafting, all of the same quality level, so career progression along this path is limited.
The Consumables available for crafting are:

• Insta-Heal: instantly provides a full heal when activated..
  
• SuperShell: Pops a shell similar to the Perfect Target device.
  
• Mini-Force Wall: Pops a small force-field (similar to the Robotics Force Field)
  
• Excessive Damage: Provides a damage boost for a given time period.
  

All consumables can be equipped by players of any class and are use-once items.
Crafted consumables may be placed on the Auction House. Blueprints for consumables are found at a vendor in Dome City.
Level requirements for Mission Rewards
Level Requirements for Special Ops missions have changed.
TEAM:

• Medium Security - No Level Req, stops giving rewards past 19.
  
• High Security - Requires 18, stops giving rewards past 29.
  
• Max Security - Requires 25, never stops rewards.
  
• Ultra-Max Security - Requires 30, never stops giving rewards.
  

SOLO:

• "Rookie" and has been renamed "Adept" and now requires level 20, stops giving rewards past 29.
  
• Solo "Advanced" Requires Level 30. Never stops with rewards
  
• Solo "Expert" Requires Level 40. Never stops with rewards.
  

Other Noteworthy Changes

• Generally improved bot AI
  
• Recharge time on bionics changed from 45s to 60s
  
• Improved help text and general usability.
  
• Durability shows in red when it is low
  
• Small chance of Rainbow Dye to be dropped from Ultra-Max PvE missions.
  
• Fixed mini-map player colors.
  
• Confirmation messages pop up when the player lacks sufficient credits, tokens, skills, etc. to complete an operation.
  
• Performance enhancements for intense PvE encounters
  
• Improved response times of firing weapons and off-hands
  
• Fixed problem where boss encounters could have several waves of responder bots at the same time
  
• Level is now displayed next to the XP bar in upper left
  
• More alarm lights and sounds for Raid missions including notification within VR arena
  
• Cybercuts now requires tokens instead of credits
  
• Genolab Facial Reconstruction now requires tokens instead of credits
  
• Improvements to backfilling PvP instances so that outcomes are as fair as possible
  
• Fixed taskforce problem that would sometimes place player on the wrong team
  
• When you exit the game, you will return to the open zone or the city depending on where you exited.
  
• Added Bot Kills to Scoreboard
  
• A number of other bug fixes with mail, repair functions, animation, graphics, chat and other areas
  

Updates to Eufloria have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. To celebrate the update Eufloria is 50% off until 7/29.

The major changes include:

- Added Achievements.
- Added Community Map Pack 1.
- Added directory support for Custom Maps.
- Added speed records on level selection.
- Lua: Added user interaction Lua calls OnAsteroidSelected(ID), OnMouseLeftClicked(x,y) and OnMouseRightClicked(x,y).
- Lua: Added drawing text from script.
- Lua: GetNumAsteroids() - returns number of asteroids in play.
- Lua: RevealAll() - reveals all asteroids.
- Lua: Asteroid naming (asteroid.Name = "").
- Lua: Planting flowers from script (flower:Plant, flower:PlantOnRandomTree, flower:PlantOnRandom###Tree).
- Lua: Camera location and zoom query from script (GetCameraX, GetCameraY, GetCameraZoom).
- Lua: Get trees on asteroid from script (asteroid:GetRandomTree, asteroid:GetRandom###Tree).
- Fixed adding and removing asteroids at run time.
- Fixed planting on moving asteroids.
- Fixed enemy laser mines travel distance violation (thanks Maarten).
- Fixed crash bug when enemy AI has no asteroids (thanks Mihhaelo).
- Fixed loading music restarting as the game enters main menu.
- Fixed invisible mines/flowers from Lua setup bug.
- Fixed long root crash.

Updates to Alien Swarm have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Alien Swarm

• Fixed crash to desktop on certain graphics cards
  
• Fixed matchmaking sending you to the wrong mission
  
• Fixed not being able to earn the “Ammo Technician” achievement
  
• Fixed not being able to open particle systems in the editor
  

Updates to Alien Swarm have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Alien Swarm

• Fixed weapon switch key in the 360 controller config
  
• XP and level are stored in the Steam Cloud
  
• Fixed duplicate rows in the "Find Public Games" screen
  
• Reduced screen shake when you have high ping
  
• Fixed dedicated server always starting in LAN mode
  
• Fixed custom item button binds not displaying properly on HUD
  
• Fixed full network updates causing duplicate client ragdolls to spawn
  
• Added console commands to change game access on the fly (make_game_public and make_game_friends_only)
  
• Fixed welding icon sometimes getting stuck above player's head
  
• Fixed HUD elements being cut off in ultra wide resolutions
  
• Removed cheat flag from a number of cosmetic console commands
  
• Now firing, meleeing, or reloading while welding will break you out of the weld
  
• Fixed spectators earning achievements
  
• Fixed infinite ammo exploit
  
• Fixed XP exploit
  

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:

Left 4 Dead 2

• Added additional protection for critical files
  
• All add-on files will be loaded when connecting to a Non-Official server regardless of game mode
  
• Only approved custom maps will be loaded when connecting to an Official server
  
• Player's can print the contents of the consistency list with "cl_print_consistency_list". If the server has sv_consistency disabled, the user will be notified when they attempt to print the list
  
• Improvement to Hammer load times
  

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

Portal

• Fixed bonus map import dialog