Oct 15, 2010

ArcaniA - Valve

ArcaniA - Gothic 4 is now available worldwide on Steam.

A mysterious evil power lies in waiting and fortunately you’re not alone to unravel the ancient secrets: your fate is linked to a beautiful lady wearing a powerful artifact from the long-forgotten past...

Oct 15, 2010

Now Available - Lost Planet 2

Lost Planet® 2 - Valve

Lost Planet 2, the sequel to multi-million seller Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition, is now available on Steam!

Capcom brings yet another fun, intense 3rd person action game to the PC, but this time with a focus on multiplayer. Play the campaign mode in solo or up to 4 players in co-op mode and take down ginormous creatures that inhabit the planet.

Got that competitive itch? Capcom's got you covered there too as you can compete in 16-player multiplayer matches with 5 different game modes including Data Post Battle, Akrid Egg Battle, Fugitive, Elimination and Team Elimination. Additional maps will be available as downloadable content after the game’s release.

Oct 14, 2010

Counter-Strike: Source Beta Update Released

Product Update - Valve

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source Beta have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Counter-Strike: Source Beta

Fixed performance issues and memory leaks related to scoreboard display.
Fixed long-standing bug in which a player would see another player in a grenade-throwing animation when they no longer had a grenade as their active weapon.
Fixed animation problem (“crab walk”) caused by aborting bomb plant by using the drop command.
Fixed several ragdoll animation problems related to cl_minmodels.
Fixed several crashes that could be caused by user modified .res files.
Run sounds are no longer heard from players walking with the Scout equipped.
Player’s last match stats will no longer be updated if the player did not actually participate in the match (e.g. only spectated).
Flagged bot_mimic and bot_flipout as CHEAT vars.
Fixed “Cold War” achievement so that it now requires the correct number of opposing players.
Fixed hud_showtargetid; added hud_showtargetpos for setting the on-screen location of the targeted.
Fixed bug in which the client camera would jump to another player if the player died when mp_fadetoblack is enabled.
Removed extraneous/incorrect help text for nightvision goggles.
Fixed bug in which the spectator UI would disappear after a mode switch or similar renderer change.
Changed the size of the bomb icon on the spectator UI

Oct 13, 2010

Valve Announces Dota 2

Press Release - Valve

Leading Independent Studio Reveals "IceFrog's" New Project

October 13, 2010 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Dota 2, a massive sequel for one of the most played games in the world.

Coming to the PC & Mac in 2011, Dota 2 promises to take the unique blend of online RTS and RPG action that has made Dota popular with tens of millions of gamers and expand upon it in every way.

First details on Dota 2 are available now via an exclusive on Gameinformer.com.

For more information on Valve and its games, please visit www.steamgames.com

Oct 13, 2010

Booster Trooper Update Released

Booster Trooper - Valve

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

Booster Trooper

Added: new map - Two Kingdoms
Fixed: Lighting issue
Fixed: Rendering issue for foliage
Improved: Performance

Oct 13, 2010

Worms Reloaded Update Released

Worms Reloaded - Valve

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

Worms Reloaded

Prevented the user from entering blank or space filled names in the Intro Wizard
Prevented the player from selecting with the function keys while they are falling. This was the cause of an exploit which meant selecting the girder in mid air would stop a worm from falling
Fixed an issue which caused worms to continuously jump if pause menu was opened while jump button was pressed
Fixed a number of online crashes and made extra stability fixes throughout the game
Changed the player invite screen for Private Games. It now uses a paged list rather than a scrolling list and colours to more closely match those used by the Steam client
Fixed a crash which occurred if more than four players tried to join an online multiplayer lobby simultaneously
Additional improvements to the ready lights
Added file validation check on first run of new versions to ensure that no files are corrupted due to a faulty update download

Oct 13, 2010

New Release - Borderlands: Game of the Year

Product Release - Valve

Borderlands: Game of the Year is now available on Steam. The GoTY version includes the following:

All 4 Borderlands DLC:
* Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned
* Borderlands: Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot
* Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
* Borderlands: Claptrap's Robot Revolution

Map of Pandora

Duke Nukem Forever: First Access Club
* The certificate entitles owners who register their unique key on the Duke Nukem First Access website
* Membership grants exclusive access to information and items, including the earliest possible access to the playable demo before it is publicly released.

Oct 12, 2010

Team Fortress 2 Update 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

Fixed server crash caused by a Scout using the Sandman on an enemy Scout who has used Bonk!
Made Ellis' Cap and the Frying Pan tradable
Added "Automatically respawn after loadout changes in respawn zones" option to the Options->Multiplayer->Advanced dialog
Fixed a problem with the Lugermorph model