Mar 22, 2011

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:

In-game bug reporting activated

Beta Version of Cold Stream Campaign Released

If you have a problem with a spawn room, vote to restart that chapter.
Everyone needs to be by the radio headset to start the finale map.
There are bugs, this is a work in progress. Please read the blog for more information

Mar 22, 2011

New Release - Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition

Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition - Valve

Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition is now available on Steam. In commemoration of its release, all Gothic games, including Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition, is available at 75% off now through Thursday, March 24th 2011 10am PDT.

Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition is a completely remastered version of the official add-on to Gothic 3 that includes new quests, monsters, weapons and armors with revamped graphics and updated combat system. This standalone quest (Gothic 3 is not required to play the add-on) will answer all questions which have risen in the past and will slowly introduce fans to a new chapter.

Mar 22, 2011

New Release - LEGO® Star Wars™ III: The Clone Wars™

LEGO® Star Wars™ III - The Clone Wars™ - Valve

LEGO® Star Wars™ III: The Clone Wars™ is now available in the Americas on Steam!

LEGO® Star Wars™ III: The Clone Wars™, the third in the beloved and critically acclaimed series, allows fans to explore endlessly and laugh their way through the Star Wars galaxy in the most humorous, accessible and action-packed LEGO game to date!

Mar 22, 2011

Midweek Madness - 75% off Batman: Arkham Asylum™ GOTY Edition

Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition - Valve

Save 75% on the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum in this remastered GOTY Edition featuring 4 extra Challenge Maps.

Face off against Gotham’s greatest villains including The Joker, HARLEY QUINN, POISON IVY and KILLER CROC and return order to Arkham Asylum.

Offer ends this Thursday at 4pm PDT.

Mar 22, 2011

New Release - Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood - Valve

Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood is now available world-wide on Steam!

Live and breathe as Ezio, a legendary Master Assassin, in his enduring struggle against the powerful Templar Order. Now with an entire Brotherhood who will rally to your side, journey into Rome, the center of power, greed and corruption, to strike at the heart of the enemy.

And for the first time, test your skills against other players from around the world in multiplayer matches. Choose from a wide range of unique characters, each with their own signature weapons and assassination techniques.

It's time to join the Brotherhood.

Mar 22, 2011

Now We're Talking! Steam Voice with SILK

Steam Blog - Valve

Steam's voice chat system now leverages the SILK audio codec, developed and used by Skype, makers of the world's most popular voice communication service. The SILK codec provides a significant quality improvement over Steam's previous voice technology, at the cost of some increase in bandwidth usage. Steam Voice used to require 15 kbps of bandwidth, whereas SILK is a dynamic bit rate protocol which varies in its use of bandwidth between 8 and 30 kbps, depending on the range of data in the voice signal and current network conditions.

As of today's Steam client update, voice chat using SILK is available to all users of Steam. To start using Steam chat with SILK, simply click the 'Start Voice Chat' button within a friend or group chat on Steam. You can access chat from both the friends list at the desktop, or while in game using Steam’s in-game overlay. You'll find voice chat connectivity and reliability have also been improved with this release.

Steam chat with SILK is now also automatically available for all games that take advantage of the Steamworks Voice API. Valve's own Portal 2, set to release in mid-April, uses this newly updated system to enable voice chat in its cooperative gameplay mode.

Mar 22, 2011

Steam client update released

Client Update - Valve

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam

Changed Steam Voice chat to use the SILK voice codec
Fixed Mac OSX overlay occasionally disappearing after 10+ minutes in game
In game overlay for Mac OSX now handles cursor visibility better; specifically in the Sam & Max series.
Fixed Mac OSX overlay responding correctly when window is reactivated by mouse click.
Maximizing the Windows client should no longer prevent the user from accessing an auto-hidden taskbar
The overlay will now automatically return to the game when accepting a friend invite
Improved voice ducking prevention
Fixed position of game invites in the chat dialog
Improved handling of last modified times for cloud files.

Mar 22, 2011

New Release - Crysis 2

Crysis 2 - Valve

Crysis 2 is now available on Steam in North America and will become available world-wide very soon (please see the Crysis 2 store page for release times).

It’s 2023, terrifying alien invaders stalk the New York City streets. Only you can prevail, wielding the supersoldier enhancements of the Nanosuit 2. BE STRONG. BE FAST. BE INVISIBLE. BE THE WEAPON.

Mar 21, 2011

Pre-Purchase Now: HOARD

HOARD - Valve

Pre-Purchase HOARD on Steam and save 25%!

In HOARD, the dragon is in charge. Scare villages, Burn castles, and Kidnap princesses to earn the biggest pile of gold and best the competition!

Additionally, pick-up the Four-pack now at 10% off and get three friends in on the action!