Nov 19, 2010

Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Updates Released

Counter-Strike: Source - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

[Windows] Added support for raw mouse input. Raw input reads directly from the mouse, bypassing Windows control panel mouse settings. This addresses issues with high DPI mice, and provides for a more reliable controller experience at various resolutions
[Windows] Improved custom mouse acceleration
[Windows] Updated mouse configuration UI to support raw input and acceleration; added tooltips to some of the options
[Windows] Fixed UI tooltips so that they display correctly on first hover

Team Fortress 2

Added the "Team Spirit" paint can.
Added Telltale Games items:
- Dangeresque, Too?: Strong Bad's styling glasses (equipped by the Demoman)
- License to Maim: Max's Badge (equipped by all classes)
- The Iron Curtain: The Heavy's first love (equipped by the Heavy, obviously)
- The Enthusiast's Timepiece: Tycho's favorite timepiece (equipped by the Spy)
Updated some item capabilities:
- Employees badges can now have custom names.
- The Stickybomb Jumper can now be gift wrapped.
- The Spine-Chilling Skull and Voodoo Juju hats are now paintable.
- Improved the Spine-Chilling Skull and Voodoo Juju hat positions on the Sniper.
Added the original Ubersaw taunt to the Vita-Saw.
Fixed an issue that prevented the game from running on Fat32 systems.
Fixed a problem with the Sackston Hale achievement sometimes not being awarded correctly.
Fixed the holiday gamestartup sound files being included in the random startup selection after the holiday is over.
Fixed numerous WebAPI issues.
Fixed a Heavy exploit that let him run at full speed while shooting.
Fixed a Frontier Justice exploit that let Engineers have infinite crits for their current life/round.
Fixed the shotgun reload animations for the Soldier/Pyro/Heavy looping endlessly.
Fixed the Medigun charge percent for other players being steppy.
Fixed not being able to light arrows after the first arrow is fired unless they're drawn back.
Updated the localization files

Nov 19, 2010

Men of War: Assault Squad Update Released

Men of War: Assault Squad - Valve

Updates to Men of War: Assault Squad have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

General

Added new shader to fix performance issues with certain system specs
Added new main menu interface
Added new ground hit sounds for tanks
Changed M4A3E2 76 Jumbo to always come with shields in order to be easier identified
Changed tank balance to have more long lasting and challenging tank combat
Changed accuracy of tanks to be adjusted to longer combat ranges in MoW:AS
Changed crew kills on penetration to be more streamlined
Changed damage report colors to clarify repairable and unrepairable damage
Changed range of FG42 to be equal of other machine guns
Changed SMG, Carbine, MG direct control cursors to differ in color from tank guns
Changed mortar to fire single shots
Changed some in-game interface visuals
Changed small firearms damage system
Increased power of APCRs on short range
Increased amount of APCRs for Veteran Tiger from 5 to 10
Increased speed of Nebelwerfer 41
Increased ammo of Nebelwerfer 41
Increased accuracy of FG42
Increased rate of fire of FG42
Increased reloading time of FG42
Increased damage modifier of G43
Increased damage modifier of G43 scope
Increased damage modifier of SVT 40
Increased range of M12 Shotgun from 25m to 30m
Increased area effect of M12 Shotgun slightly
Increased recharge time of M8 howitzer from 8 sec to 10 sec
Increased small firearms damage on short ranges
Increased armor of Bofors
Increased aim limits for Bofors
Increased health damage of 50cal. Browning slightly
Reduced penetration in range of 50m to 120m slightly
Reduced the chance of hull destroyed when penetrating a tank
Reduced the chance of hull damaged when penetrating a tank
Reduced the chance of turret damage when penetrating turret of a tank
Reduced the chance of damaging a barrel when hit
Reduced the chance of track damage when hit
Reduced turret speed of Tiger
Reduced power of APCRs on long range
Reduced loading time of Nebelwerfer 41 from 90sec to 75sec
Removed unnecessary damage reports
Removed sandbags from M8 howitzer
Fixed missing damage blueprint for M4A3R2 Zippo
Fixed turret vision of M4A3E2 Jumbo
Fixed turret vision of M4A3E2 76 Jumbo
Fixed some tank sounds
Fixed a bug that the mortar couldn't set up into attack position anymore
Fixed some localization issues
Fixed inventory size of Ammo trucks to fit the screen

Multiplayer

Added multiplayer map Glubinka
Added multiplayer map Farmland
Added multiplayer map Westland
Added multiplayer frontlines map Moscow
Changed some lobby interface graphics
Changed spawn points on Farmstead
Increased price of M4A3E2 Jumbo from 950 MP to 1000 MP
Reduced amount of howitzers to 2 for attacker on frontlines
Reduced timers in tanks only for tank hunters from 120 sec to 60 sec
Fixed trams on Tramway Depot to be not crew-able
Fixed some minor issues on multi maps
Fixed CP limit for attacker on Frontlines
Fixed some map issues
Fixed buildings on Gublinka to show inside when entered
Fixed saturation settings of some map entities

Skirmish

Reduced difficulty of normal
Fixed saturation settings of some map entities

Nov 19, 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:

Encore Mutation: Gib Fest!

The following changes are for the PC and will be available for the XBOX 360 in a future update.

Competitive Modes

Removed Special Infected spawn music in competitive modes.
Added a glow outline to the witch, visible only to the infected team.
Added cvar “director_allow_infected_bots” for confogl and other configs.
Survivor health glow changes:
- Adjusted glow color transitions to match movement speed transitions.
- Use combined regular and temp health when calculating glow color.
- Glow pulses slightly when the Survivor is on temp health.
Realism Versus
- Cut Special Infected spawn times by half in Realism Versus.

All

Fixed limping Survivors moving slightly faster in water.
Fixed voice recording intermittently stopping on Mac OS X
Client-side plugins
- Clients must run with –insecure to load unsigned plugins.
- Insecure clients cannot connect to secure servers.
- Servers can opt to allow insecure clients by running with –insecure.
- Secure clients can connect to both secure and insecure servers.

Nov 19, 2010

Steam Launches "Recommended For You"

Press Release - Valve

November 17, 2010 -- Valve today announced the launch of the "Recommended For You" referral services on Steam, a worldwide platform for PC and Mac games with over 30 million accounts worldwide.

The "Recommended For You" services on Steam are designed to help gamers discover new games and DLC based upon their tastes and recent purchases, as well as games recommended by friends.

Recommendations will appear both on the "Recommended For You" pages as well as in your Steam Community News Blotter. In addition, individual game pages will now include Recommendation info, providing gamers with even more information on the 1,200-plus titles available on Steam.

For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com