Feb 9, 2011

Cities in Motion - Valve

Cities in Motion is now available for Pre-Purchase on Steam!

Oversee the changing needs of commuters from 1920 to 2020 in four of the world's great cities: Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam.

Receive the Design Classics DLC for free when you Pre-Purchase Cities in Motion!

Feb 9, 2011

Clones Update Released

Clones - Valve

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

Clones v1.28
- Overtime enabled when one group left
- Blaster now rotates freely
- No stamping on clonium
- Chat bug fixed
- Enhanced particle mode
- Server can no longer nova neutral clones
- Updated light clone jumping
- Option to disable screen rumble
- Updated some maps

Feb 9, 2011

Pre-Purchase Now: Men of War: Assault Squad

Men of War: Assault Squad - Valve

Men of War: Assault Squad is now available for Pre-Purchase on Steam!

Smash tanks through obstacles and control your soldiers as they clash on the battlefield. Play as any of the five different nations - Russia, Germany, USA, Commonwealth and, for the first time ever in the Men of War series, Japan!

Receive a copy of Men of War when your Pre-Purchase Men of War: Assault Squad! Already own Men of War? Give it to a friend!

Pre-Purchase members will receive access to the Beta as well!

Feb 8, 2011

The Kings' Crusade Update Released

The Kings' Crusade - Valve

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

The Kings' Crusade

Stability issues are solved
Balancing and difficulty updates
Faith related Relics optimized
Cavalry momentum under high game speed fixed
Behavior of shocked AI units upgraded
Crusader campaign, Bagdad mission restart bug fixed
Skill issues after unit upgrade fixed
Unit parameter info bug fixed
Bugs at active hero skills fixed

Feb 8, 2011

Midweek Madness - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Announcement - Valve

Act now to take advantage of 50% off Dawn of War franchise*!

Command your elite strike-force in this critically acclaimed Real-Time Strategy franchise. Choose your faction, command your units, enjoy the single player campaigns or battle your enemies online.

Dawn of War: Retribution Beta now available for Dawn of War: Retribution Pre-Purchase members and owners of any Dawn of War title on Steam.

The Dawn of War Complete Collect with Steam Exclusive Retribution Ork Pack is available during this Midweek Madness!

Offer ends February 10th at 4pm Pacific Time.
*Excludes Dawn of War II: Retribution.

Feb 8, 2011

Garry's Mod Update Released

Garry's Mod - Valve

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

Garry's Mod

Players now breathe
Players hold their ear while using voicechat
Fixed NPC weapons not saving properly in Toybox saves
Fixed paint not saving properly in Toybox saves
Fixed crash when joining server with corrupt datapack
Fixed memory leak in datapack loading
Fixed player not drawing in render targets
Downloaded fonts are immediately available
Fixed player moving when ducking with custom hull sizes
Added r_projectedtexture_filter (default 1)
NPCs can now fire the crossbow
Fixed weapons dissapearing when looking at hated NPC
sv_loadingurl can contain %s which will be replaced with the client's steamid

Feb 8, 2011

New Release - Test Drive Unlimited 2

Product Release - Valve

Test Drive Unlimited 2 is now available on Steam!

Chase glory from behind the wheel of the most exclusive performance cars and take the race online to challenge rivals around the world. Customize your life as you tear through the streets. All-new race types, vehicle classes, environmental challenges, locations and much more push this epic franchise to new levels of performance!

Feb 8, 2011

New Release - YOU DON’T KNOW JACK®

YOU DON’T KNOW JACK® - Valve

YOU DON’T KNOW JACK® is now available on Steam in North America!

Loaded with outrageous questions and blistering humor, YOU DON’T KNOW JACK® has over 70 Episodes & 15 hours of cranium-contorting questions.

Feb 7, 2011

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Multiplayer Update Released

Call of Duty®: Black Ops - Multiplayer - Valve

Updates to Call of Duty: Black Ops - Multiplayer have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Multiplayer

Backward compatibility for films created before Patch 1.05
Issues with weapon purchases after prestiging in some cases
Leaving a server and joining a different server, could briefly show the Map of the previous server
Duplicate player name on a server now becomes playername+slotnumber instead of ‘Unknown Soldier’
During a 'Demolition' match, the 'Auto-balancing teams' options may cause a 'Defender' player to respawn with a 'Bomb' icon in his inventory
Minor Shader Warming speed increase
One In The Chamber no longer counts democlient as a live player
16x AA menu option for compatible graphics cards
Additional Stability improvements

Feb 7, 2011

Magicka Updated Released

Magicka - Valve

Updates to Magicka have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

Changelog (1.3.3.8)

Fixed crash when Fafnirs Confuse ability wears off for network clients.
Fixed crash when trying to read corrupt leaderboard data.
Fixed locking M60 sound and effect.
Fixed Music fade (peace/war) for network clients.
Fixed Break free issue.
Minor network optimizations.

Features

Customized scripts can no longer upload leaderboard entries.
It is now possible to skip the credits.
Framerate is now limited to screen refresh rate.
Goblin Miners are now more aggressive and do increased damage.
Added checkpoint to Chapter 2 scene 2.
Added checkpoint to Chapter 5 scene 2.

Known Issues

Network uplink bandwidth, while improved, can be demanding
Steam attempts to install XNA framework every time game is launched or rare occasion