Feb 10, 2011
Crasher Update Released
Product Update - Valve
Updates to Crasher have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.


General
  • Outgame Interface: Some cleaning and improvements
  • Map: Freefight renamed Sand Fire (the winning entry, submitted by Vlad Teodor during the facebook contest)
LD
  • Abyss: Height distances changed
  • Entalia: Several collisions fixes
  • Eruption: Changes LOD distances fade
Balance
  • Vehicles:
    • Armor system reworked (for all)
    • Colossus: Reduced Lasso damage duration (-35%)
    • Colossus: Reduced Seismic Shock cooldown from 12s to 9s
    • Colossus: Removed Seismic Shock cast time
    • Colossus: Increased Clash cooldown from 9s to 12s
    • Titan: Reduced Life Drainer energy cost from 30 to 20
    • Titan: Reduced Neutrobomb cooldown from 15s to 9s
    • Deluge: Reduced Blower push effect (-30%)
    • Deluge: Reduced Speed-Reducing Bomb cooldown from 12s to 9s
    • Deluge: Improved Nanobot Swarm rebounds
    • Deluge: Increased Prison cooldown from 15s to 18s
    • Ghost: Reduced Incendiary Grenade damage from 155 to 135
    • Omega: Added Phase Shifter damage (140 technological damages)
    • Omega: Added Phase Shifter cast time (0.5s)
    • Omega: Reduced Health-Draining Grenade cooldown from 9s to 6s
    • Omega: Reduced Health-Draining Grenade damage from 120 to 100
    • Omega: Removed Diffraction Shield cast time
    • Calamity: Increased Safe Area armor effect (40% technological and 20% physical armor bonus)
    • Vicious: Increased Elasti-Trap range (+40%)
  • Items:
    • Modules: Increased radius area for all aura modules (+100%)
    • Weapons: Reworked and balanced (and more is coming!)
BugFixes & Optimization
  • Abyss optimized
  • Dedicated servers fixed and improved
  • FX Optimisations => FPS improved ( still on the way for future versions ).
  • Network fixes.
  • Rank page corrections.
Feb 10, 2011
Steam Premiere: New Full-Length Shogun 2 Trailer
Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Valve
Starting February 10th, watch the new full-length CGI trailer to Total War: Shogun 2, exclusively on Steam! Over three minutes long and available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Russian audio, Total War: Shogun 2's trailer gives a brutal insight into the divided and violent land of 16th century Japan. With thousands of samurai at your command, using diplomacy, war and peace, can you conquer all?
Feb 10, 2011
Dungeons Updated Released
Dungeons - Valve
Updates to Dungeons: Steam Special Edition have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.
  • Upgraded DUNGEONS to use Microsoft .NET 4.0 (lower memory footprint, faster startup).
  • Modified graphic assets for Radeon R520 core compatibility (Radeon X1000 series).
  • Switched to hlsl shaders for lower memory footprint.
  • Added ribbonbands for all weapons.
  • Improved shader effect quality for many game object surfaces (crystal, lava, water, invisibility, ...).
  • ReturnToDungeonHeart spell now opens a portal that can be used to travel back. This will not work in old saved games however.
  • Allow switching the game language in the in-game options.
New minor features and improvements:
  • Goblins fetch their gold from a gold pile in throne room, not from the room-center.
  • Shift-Click in attribute panel now increases an attribute by 10 points.
  • Increased default autosave interval to 30 minutes.
  • Dungeon displacement can now be deactivated in options.
  • Rotating camera with right or middle mouse depends now on setting in options.
  • Added low shader quality option for improved performance on less capable hardware.
  • Allow selecting 720p resolution in options.
  • Added configuration option to deactive build-after-teardown.
  • Added buff loop animation for heroes.
  • Tweaked several game textures to reduce memory footprint.
  • Custom game: buy spawn credits with soul energy.
  • Custom game: Hero entrances can have a "spawn now" button.
  • Custom game: Increase or decrease hero level with soul energy.
  • Heroes don't cast townportal if they didn't learn the spell yet.
  • Enhanced GUI modding hooks.
  • Improved memory monitoring, which can be disabled in config.
  • Improved performance of displacement texture.
  • Included more sound effects.
  • Optimised some models, for improved rendering performance.
  • Clip mouse cursor to game window in fullscreen mode, for multimonitor setups.
  • Custom game list now shows the map type.
  • Minor improvement of positions for all wall gimmicks in the sunken temple setting.
  • Tweaked tooltips of campaign map challenges.
  • Minor balancing improvements.
Fixes:
  • Fixed several reported crashes.
  • Various minor map fixes.
  • Fixed tortured heroes not running away after being freed by the champion.
  • Fixed Minos special attack spells.
  • Fixed displacement bugs on GeForce 7XXX series cards in maps with multiple dungeon levels.
  • Fixed: Sentries didn't stop moving when they died during patrol (sliding bodies).
  • Fixed problem with Alt+Tab during startup and in campaign map.
  • Fixed rare audio crash if audio device was lost during the game (e.g. unplugging audio cable).
  • Repaired some challenges.
Feb 10, 2011
Weekend Deal - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 50% off!
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.® 2 - Valve
This weekend only, save 50% on Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.® 2!

As one of the elite members of H.A.W.X. 2. squadron, you will use finely honed reflexes, bleeding-edge technology and ultra-sophisticated aircraft – their existence denied by many governments – to dominate the skies.

The Open Skies Expansion Pack for Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.® 2 adds 5 new planes and 5 extra skins to your hangar options as well as 3 intense new Team Battle missions, for hours of additional multiplayer fun!

Offer expires on Monday, Feb. 14th at 10AM PST.

Feb 10, 2011
New Release - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2: Open Skies Expansion Pack
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.® 2 - Valve
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2: Open Skies Expansion Pack is now available on Steam.

The Open Skies Expansion Pack for Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.® 2 adds 5 new planes and 5 extra skins to your hangar options as well as 3 intense new Team Battle missions, for hours of additional multiplayer fun!

Feb 10, 2011
APOX Update Released
APOX - Valve
Updates to APOX have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

APOX
  • Added Clan support
  • SURVIVAL MODE: Six New maps added using a game mode called "Survivor Mode". This is a single player or co-op mode game. The objective for this type of game is to survive for 25 minutes as large waves of bot controlled units swarm your base
  • Body Armor Upgrade. Place a metal drop in your barracks and body armor is automatically produced. Body armor is droppable. Body armor has a condition, can be auto-repaired at the mechanic or will eventually break. Body armor would provide protection against bullet weapons and grenades, and some (less) protection against flame
  • Automatic weapon repairing at the mechanic
  • Metal drops increase resource production for refinery, gas station, salvage yard, and ammo factory. Store metal in the structure for a 20% bonus
  • Grenade order UI shown even if groups are selected
  • Cooldown timer for tossing grenades (2.5 seconds).
  • Several AI bug fixes and crash fixes
  • Newcomers allowed to play against easy bots and earn APOX credits
  • Unlocking of some existing maps
  • Mission polish
  • More achievements implemented
Feb 10, 2011
Cricket Revolution Update Released
Cricket Revolution - Valve
Updates to Cricket Revolution have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

- Added the ability to skip through the innings when bowling to the computer
- Fixed compatibility issues with certain PC configurations

Feb 9, 2011
RailWorks 2 Update Released
Train Simulator Classic 2024 - Valve
Updates to RailWorks 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Improvements to your RailWorks 2 experience
  • All new Tutorial scenarios, to help you improve your driving skills and get the best out of RailWorks 2
  • AI collisions with static consists now report latitude and longitude
  • Steam engines now show the AWS cancel icon on the Cab Control HUD
  • Previous AI collision in the Cement Load scenario on the Castle Rock route now resolved
  • Improved editor font sizes and scaling within the UI
  • Cloud read errors have now been resolved

Improvements for specifically German and Russian users
  • Improved localization from German to English routes
  • German locos in German now have German tooltips
  • RailWorks 2 now fully localised for Russian players

Improvements to add realism
  • Level crossings now detect AI train movements
  • Improved UK semaphore signals
  • Improved HST brakes
  • Distance stats are now only available in Career System scenarios
Feb 9, 2011
Now Available - The Kings' Crusade: New Allies
The Kings' Crusade - Valve
New Allies, downloadable content for The Kings' Crusade is now available on Steam!

New Allies adds five new units, two new heroes, and more into this real-time strategy game set during the Third Crusade.

In honor of this release, The Kings' Crusade is 70% off until February 16th at 10am PST!

Feb 9, 2011
Pre-Purchase Now: Cities in Motion
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!

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