Jan 4, 2011

Announcement - Valve

Pre-Purchase is now available for RIFT™!

Those who pre-order either the standard or Collector’s Edition of Rift will receive their choice of the following in-game pets: Cockatrice Chick, Deep One Spawnling or Hellhound Pup.

Steam Exclusive pre-order item: Blazing Sourcestone Rune Weapon Enchantment.

Adventure in the world of Telara as either a noble Guardian or technomagical Defiant and enter a dynamic fantasy where 8 primal forces battle for control and the landscape is ever-changing.

Jan 4, 2011

Arcadia Update Released

Arcadia - Valve

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

Changed movement speeds to balance.
Added new achievements
Included a Spanish translation.
Added old bomb style back.

Jan 4, 2011

Winter Voices Update Released

Winter Voices - Valve

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

Added the final dialogs / conclusion of the Seid (normal path), in the battle against The Man.
The "secret memory battle" in the village is no longer required to continue further into the game.
Achievements : "Perfect battles" and "Perfect volva battles" should now be working in the prologue.
The "15 turns" memories have been changed to "10 turns" or "position" objectives, making them easier and less boring.
All other "15 turns" battles have seen their objective modified to make them less boring (but not necessarily easier)
THE MOURNING battle has been totally revamped. This battle, while less boring than before, was still not fun at all. We think it is now both more fun and more respectful with the idea of the battle. Please let us know what you think about it !

Jan 3, 2011

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 an exploit related to The Amputator.
Duel result notifications now show the winner's Steam avatar.
Fixed the alpha channel for CP_Yukon's donation stamp.
Fixed a client crash caused by overflowing the audio buffer.
The Earbuds and the Gentle Manne's Service Medal are now gift-wrappable.
Stock TF2 weapons with custom names or descriptions are now gift-wrappable.
Updated DeGroot Keep to fix a problem with missing models.
Fixed a server takeover exploit related to point_servercommand entities.
Fixed an exploit that allowed servers to circumvent the restrictions on commands they're allowed to force clients to issue.
Festive Winter Keys have been changed to regular MannCo Crate keys.

Dec 31, 2010

Arcadia Update Released

Arcadia - Valve

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

Added Autofire - Q
Game no longer uses WINAPI
Clean colours
New Engine - Runs on OpenGL and SDL
NEW hud with all of your stats are in the top left
Added a Screenshot tool
Added a Settings file
Added Gamepad support
Added New config parser

Dec 30, 2010

Hegemony Update Released

Product Update - Valve

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

Fixed a crash when you try to issue an order to multiple units in different containers at the same time.
Backported the "addbrigade" fix from Gold, so if you use that command in the console it won't break your saved games.

Dec 29, 2010

Trine Update Released for Mac

Trine Enchanted Edition - Valve

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

Mac Changes

Steam Cloud now works properly between PC and Mac (uses the 5 most recent saves in the Cloud)
Audio menu now adjusts audio properly
Sound effect reversal bug fixed
Sound effect fade bug fixed
Fixes minor menu bugs

Dec 28, 2010

Counter-Strike: Source - Beta Update Released

Counter-Strike Beta - 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:

Weapon fixes

All weapons now have a new accuracy model which fixes many bugs and provides more intuitive weapon behavior.
Fixed a bug that caused the glock to fire burst rounds on three consecutive tick frames. It now fires burst rounds with a 0.05 cycle time.
Fixed a bug that cause the famas to fire burst rounds on uneven intervals (0.1 and 0.05). It now fires burst rounds with a fixed interval of 0.075.
Reduced penalty for firing while on ladders. Previously, standing on a ladder while firing had the same penalty as jumping.
Fixed a bug in the bolt action sniper rifles that caused their zoom state to incorrectly toggle when holding down fire.
Added the ability to display weapon recoil by setting weapon_debug_spread_show to 2.
Fixed a bug that would cause the suppressor state on the USP and M4A1 to not be accounted for correctly when the weapons were dropped with the suppressor attached and then picked up.
Fixed fast suppressor switch exploit.

Additional changes/fixes

Exposed player max speed to be changed by mods.
Added a log event when a player's clan tag changes.
Improved bots weapon handling.
Killing friendly players no longer increments the player stat for kills with enemy weapons.
Fixed a bug that caused bullets not to register hits in certain angles.