Oct 18, 2010
The Polynomial Update Released
The Polynomial - Space of the music - Valve
Updates to The Polynomial have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

  • Support for GeForce 7 series .
  • Improved explanations of the gameplay.
  • Fixed incorrect level ordering.
  • Fixed audio effect glitch.
Oct 18, 2010
Pre-Purchase Now - The Ball with Bonus Offer
Killing Floor - Valve
The Ball is now available for Pre-purchase on Steam. Purchase before Oct 26th and receive 10% off plus an exclusive in-game character for Killing Floor!

The Ball is a first person action-adventure game featuring a full single-player experience built on Epic’s Unreal™ Engine 3 technology.

As a swashbuckling archaeologist working on the slopes of a dormant volcano somewhere in Mexico, you get stuck in a cavern. It doesn’t take long before you realize this is more than just a cave. You reveal ancient ruins that have been hidden from outsiders for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball. As you progress towards solving the mystery of this amazing place you must unlock the secrets of the Ball and learn to control this ancient artifact.

Oct 18, 2010
Steam Surpasses 30 Million Account Mark
Press Release - Valve
Leading Platform for PC & Mac Games Continues Massive Growth

October 18, 2010 - Valve® today announced the latest growth data for Steam, a leading platform for PC & Mac games and digital entertainment, revealing new account growth of 178%, sales growth of over 200%, over 200 Steamworks games shipped to date, and more.

During the past 12 months the platform had year-over-year new user growth of 178%, pushing the total number of active accounts to over 30 million, with over 1,200 games now offered. Peak simultaneous player numbers were also up to over three million, with over six million unique gamers accessing Steam each day.

In addition to new user growth, Steam sales during the trailing 12 months increased by more than 200%, putting it on track for a sixth straight year of realizing over 100% year-over-year growth in unit sales. To meet this demand, the Steam infrastructure has been increased and now has ability to run at 400Gps, enough bandwidth to ship a digitized version of the Oxford English Dictionary 92.6 times per second.

The period also realized continued adoption of the Steamworks suite of publishing services in tangible and electronic versions of today's popular games. Included in many of the year's biggest releases -- such as Sid Meier's Civilization V, Just Cause 2, and R.U.S.E., with more to come during the holiday season -- Steamworks has now shipped in over 200 since the suite of services was released two years ago. In addition, the Steam Cloud (introduced in Spring 2008) has surpassed the 100 million files saved milestone.

"Steam is on track to record the biggest year in its six year history," said Gabe Newell, president of Valve. "The year has marked major development advances to the platform with the introduction of support for Mac titles, the Steam Wallet and in-game item buying support, and more. We believe the growth in accounts, sales, and player numbers is completely tied to this work and we plan to continue to develop the platform to offer more marketing, sales, and design tools for developers and publishers of games and digital entertainment"

For more information, please visit www.steampowered.com

About Valve
Valve is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996 and based in Bellevue, Washington. The company's portfolio of entertainment properties includes Half-Life®, Counter-Strike®, Day of Defeat®, Team Fortress®, PortalTM and Left 4 DeadTM. Valve's catalog of products accounts for over 35 million retail units sold worldwide, and over 80% of PC online action gameplay. In addition, Valve is a developer of leading-edge technologies, such as the Source game engine and Steam, a broadband platform for the delivery and management of digital content. For more information, please visit www.valvesoftware.com.
Oct 15, 2010
Big Brain Wolf Now Available on Mac + 50% off
Big Brain Wolf - Valve
Big Brain Wolf is now also available on Mac.

To celebrate the Mac release, Big Brain Wolf will be available at 50% off now through October 22nd, 2010, 10AM Pacific Time. Now with SteamPlay, you can play on either Mac or PC!

Big Brain Wolf is a hilarious point and click adventure game for puzzle lovers. The player takes upon the role of an asthmatic vegetarian wolf studying to become a genie. In the course of his adventures the player will encounter a large cast of famous funny characters and solve sixty different puzzles. Six neuroscientist designed highly replayable brain training exercises will earn the player precious hints to help solve the more difficult puzzles.

Oct 15, 2010
New Release - Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time
Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time - Valve
Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time in now available on Steam.

Travel through time as Doc Clock battles mad, misguided robots to save his beloved cat and invent the perfect toasted sandwich machine.

Oct 15, 2010
New Release - The Polynomial
The Polynomial - Space of the music - Valve
The Polynomial - Space of the music is now available on Steam!

Fly around, blast the enemies and rock out in the 3D universe created by the music of your choice!

Oct 15, 2010
Now In Beta: Personalized Recommendations
Steam Blog - Valve
Found a game you think your friends should really be playing? Now you can write a recommendation for your friends to share your excitement and start a conversation. Plus, see what games your friends are playing most and what they recommend.

Visit the new 'Recommended For You' page in the Steam Store to find games similar to those you play and love. Steam will suggest games, help you find more content for games you already play, and remind you of items on your wishlist that are on sale.

You can give these improvements a whirl in the latest Beta by visiting Steam client Settings and opting into the Beta Update offered there. And as always, do share your feedback on the Steam Forums.

Note that when recommending a game to your friends, only friends opted in to this beta will be able to see your recommendation.
Oct 15, 2010
Left 4 Dead Update Released
Left 4 Dead - Valve
Updates to Left 4 Dead have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Left 4 Dead
  • Allow thirdperson settings in cooperative game modes
  • Added support for Russian audio in The Sacrifice
  • Game correctly recognizes the audio language set in Steam
  • Fixed "Sacrifizzle" achievement
Oct 15, 2010
Now Available - Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes
Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes - Valve
Grotesque Tactics is now available on Steam! To celebrate its' launch, the game will be available at 20% off now through October 22nd, 10AM PST.

Grotesque Tactics combines the features and clichés of popular Western and Asian console RPGs and provides a highly addicting and entertaining change to the current, more serious role playing games. The game is focused on providing the fascination of the Strategy RPG genre, but also weaves a humorous storyline and plenty of amusing dialogue, poking fun at some of today's most successful RPGs.

To protect the kingdom from the merciless cult "The Dark Church" which has murdered all of the kingdom’s heroes and knights, you will have to hire dubious soldiers and rescue jealous maidens who will follow you into combat as your groupies. Up to 10 heroes are deployed in tactical battles to take on the Dark Church with their mysterious special abilities.



Oct 15, 2010
Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released
Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
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
  • New Mutation: Hunting Party
  • Fixed door exploit in No Mercy
  • Now Allow thirdperson settings in cooperative game modes
  • Fixed add-on campaigns not always appearing in the campaign selection screen
  • Restored dedicated server support for add-on campaigns
  • Fixed some rendering artifacts on Mac
  • Added support for Russian audio in The Sacrifice and No Mercy
  • Game correctly recognizes the audio language set in Steam
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