Sep 6, 2010

Chime - Valve

A Zoë Mode production for the video game charity initiative OneBigGame, Chime pits gamers against the melody in an all-new puzzle experience. Place blocks against the clock, complete solid quads and try to cover the whole playing surface, all the while remixing and embellishing pieces by musicians from across the planet. And you get to feel good about yourself, too: The console version of Chime was originally developed for OneBigGame with all the developer’s royalties going to Charity for sales up to June 2010, and Zoe Mode will continue to donate a proportion of its royalties (equivalent to 5% of purchase price) for sales of the Steam version. OneBigGame always aims to donate a minimum of 80% of all donations to its charity partners Save the Children and the Starlight Children's foundation.

Sep 6, 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

Fix selection highlighting of hyperlink text in chat
Compatibility fix for Steam Service and MS KB2264107 with 0xFFFFFFFF registry setting
Fixed issue with Steam Cloud that occurs when a game is launched outside of Steam
Compatibility fix for in-game overlay and MS KB2264107 with 0xFFFFFFFF registry setting
Steamworks fix for matchmaking

Sep 6, 2010

Puzzle Quest 2 Update Released

Puzzle Quest 2 - Valve

Updates to Puzzle Quest 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Hero selection - the first hero that appears in the hero select screen is now the hero you were last using in quest mode
Chasm spell text updated
Extra hero info in inventory - when you mouse over the portrait in the inventory, a tooltip appears to show you the stats you can't normally see
1600x900 & 1024x600 resolution support added
Steam button - selecting the Steam button on the main menu gives you the option to view achievements, stats, the official group, and the PQ2 steam forum (must have Steam Community In-Game enabled)
Treasure Grab! minigame loot drops have increased. Gives extra loot for matching 4/5 chests, extra loot on higher difficulty
Mod support added
Fix for the "Royal Door" quest door - the pathfinding sent the player to the wrong door, this is now fixed
Gem dragging ability - added the ability to drag gems to move them
Updated directx web installer - fixes issues on windows 7, the game wouldn't install correctly with the old directx installer
Fixed issues with hint arrow - the hint arrow would appear in some cases when it was turned off mid-battle
Balanced the Assassin spell 'Weaken' - gave it a two turn cooldown and increased the cost from 5 Yellow to 5 Yellow and 4 Green
'Completionist' achievement counter fix - the achievement was working, but the counter displayed on the user's achievements page wasn't updating
'You're doing it wrong' achievement fixed - it was counting the molten metal and hammer of the righteous weapons when it shouldn't have
'Hold the Line' spell fixed - it wasn't correctly giving immunity to Fear
Poisons of the same kind (but with varying rarity and/or race) were stacking - poisons stacking with two varieties of the same base type was never intended and was removed. eg. You can now stack Wyvern with Manticore, or Manticore with Arachna, but not Wyvern with Wyvern, or Manticore with Manticore.
Updated FMOD version
Item drop tables tweaked - players will see less Normal, Fine and Masterwork grade items as they get deeper into the game. They'll see more Legendary and Epic items instead

Sep 3, 2010

Numen: Content of Heroes Update Released

Numen: Contest of Heroes - Valve

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

Fixes:

dragging of quest items into the inventory now works as it should
letter about dog's whistle now correctly drops
line wrapping in the Load game menu fixed
a few typing errors corrected

New Features

auto-save when leaving to the main menu or quitting the game
new screen resolutions of 1600x900 and 2560x1600 added
invert mouse Y-axis option added

Sep 3, 2010

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter Update Released

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - Valve

Updates to Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Added workaround for wrong version report from ATI driver.
Fixed rare case of some network messages being dropped when they could have been delivered.
Added protections against spectator mode starting in singleplayer in some cases.
Fixed crash on dedicated server happening when someone muted/unmuted another player.
Fixed inability to join as client in some cases.
Fixed "FragCombo" and "RoyalFragCombo" achievements not being achieved properly.

Sep 3, 2010

Puzzle Dimension Mac Update Released

Product Update - Valve

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

Major performance improvements on legacy graphics hw.
Fixed render issues, such as corrupt textures, on X1600.
Fixed potential multimedia timer error.
Fixed potential locking error of thread synchronization primitives.
Fixed black halo on sunflowers in Water theme.
Reduced number of GPU interpolators required which enable accelerated paths on legacy graphics hw.
Optimized "multiple enabled lights" render path.
Optimized ice shaders in Stone and White themes.
Improved "enabled gate" effect.
Improved HID device interaction.
Improved display mode detection; skipping non-conformant modes.
Fail gracefully if failing to setup OpenGL renderer.