Apr 22, 2011
New Release - DCS A-10C Warthog
DCS: A-10C Warthog - Valve
DCS A-10C Warthog is now available on Steam!

From the creators of DCS: Black Shark. DCS A-10C Warthog is the second aircraft in the DCS series. Fly missions with or against your friends in the Caucuses region of the Black Sea against and with a wide array of air, land and sea forces with new and improved intelligence or create your own missions and campaigns with the included Mission and Campaign Editors.

Apr 22, 2011
Earth Day Sale - Fate of the World 33% Off
Fate of the World - Valve
To commemorate Earth Day, Fate of the World is available at 33% off now through April 28th!

Fate of the World puts you in charge of protecting the Earth’s resources and climate versus the needs of an ever-growing world population. In this global strategy game, all of our futures are in your hands!

Additionally, new content is now available in-game, including a special "Earth Day" mission!

10% of proceeds from this Earth Day promotion will be donated to the Save the Orangutan organization.

Apr 22, 2011
Pre-Purchase Now: DiRT 3
Announcement - Valve
Pre-Purchase DiRT 3 on Steam now and save 10%!

Race through the snow, rain and dirt. Experience dramatic night races with the most amount of rally content in the series yet!

Apr 22, 2011
Call of Duty: Black Ops Update Released
Call of Duty®: Black Ops - Valve
Updates to Call of Duty: Black Ops have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Call of Duty: Black Ops
  • Radar now always activates when two players remain in a OIC wager match.
  • Pack-a-Punch ammo information now visible at wall weapon purchase points in all Zombie maps.
  • Addressed an issue where Challenges were not appearing in After Action Report.
  • Zombie Thief no longer freezes when target disconnects from Zombie Pentagon.
  • Addressed various exploits.
  • Fixed possible wrong gametype shown in server info screen.
  • Server browser Hide DLC Content filter saves to player config like other filter settings.
  • Call vote menu updated with all maps.
  • Addressed issue causing reserved slot kicks on servers with no reserved slots.
  • Sniper tweaks for dedicated servers.
  • Weapon unlocks no longer appear with wrong icon.
  • Friendly names now draw correctly in 3D stereo.
  • Fixed some possible crashes during gameplay or film playback.
  • Additional stability improvements
Apr 21, 2011
Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Updates Released
Counter-Strike: Source - Valve
Updates to 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, HL2:DM)
  • Fixed a crash on startup for Mac clients

Counter-Strike: Source
  • Added localization files for Czech and Hungarian
Apr 21, 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
  • Fixed crashing on Mac OSX 10.5
  • Fixed sbox commands not registering
  • Fixed render targets not being created on startup
  • Fixed ragdolls not colliding with rays
  • Fixed some L4D(2) content not spawning
  • Fixed crowbar sounds
Apr 21, 2011
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. The major changes include:

General
  • Added M4A4 Sherman
  • Added M4A4 Firefly
  • Added StuG III G
  • Added StuH 42
  • Added new explosion effect for 105mm shells
  • Changed Stosstrupp special ability to Sturmtrupp
  • Changed Vsync to be enabled by standard (reduces camera stuttering)
  • Changed shadow settings to normal by standard (reduces issues some GPUs have)
  • Changed Ho-Ri I and II to have maximum gun range
  • Changed Sten V silencer to have have less uncover effect when firing
  • Changed Nagan PB to have less uncover effect when firing
  • Changed knives to have no uncover effect when being thrown
  • Changed sound system of vehicles to not loop exhaust sound (credits to Phazon)
  • Changed Goliath to be more stealthy when moving
  • Changed all tanks to have full fuel load on start
  • Changed sound to be played in fog of war
  • Changed accuracy curve of Sturmtiger to be linear
  • Changed all weapons to have more accurately simulated accuracy according to aim circle
  • Changed inventory of Scouts
  • Changed visuals of mguns in interface
  • Changed fuel can of tanks to carry additional fuel
  • Changed tank mguns to be displayed in inventory only when they are AA-mgun
  • Increased AI priority to target tanks
  • Increased minimap icon sizes
  • Increased animation speed for switching some small arms by infantry
  • Increased animation speed of jumping over fences
  • Increased animation speed of tossing grenades
  • Increased animation speed of healing/finish healing so running away works better
  • Increased animation speed of getting to cover when a grenade lands nearby
  • Increased animation speed of hand to hand combat
  • Increased accuracy of Churchill AVRE
  • Increased accuracy of Ho-Ri I and II
  • Increased accuracy of Super Pershing
  • Increased shell damage of shells sizes 37mm to 85mm
  • Increased penetration power of Ho-Ri I and Ho-Ri II gun
  • Increased knife throw speed
  • Increased at-rifles accuracy
  • Increased barrel fuel load from 200 to 500 liters
  • Increased repair time of medium tanks
  • Increased small arms weapon switch speed
  • Increased reload time of Churchill AVRE from 75 sec to 60 sec
  • Increased damage modifier of StG44 slightly
  • Increased the range of flame tanks from 30m to 35m
  • Reduced recharge time of IS-2 and IS-3 from 15 sec to 12 sec
  • Reduced high explosive resistance of sandbags
  • Reduced mgun rotation speed of Hetzer slightly
  • Reduced specular of Panther slightly
  • Reduced accuracy of mguns
  • Reduced accuracy of carbines
  • Reduced damage modifier of mguns
  • Removed mediumbig shell size (85mm)
  • Reworked the accuracy during movement mechanics for all vehicles
  • Reworked the accuracy mechanics for tanks
  • Reworked the accuracy mechanics for small arms
  • Reworked the vision system
  • Reworked the unit path finding (credits to Ty2903)
  • Reworked explosion effect system
  • Fixed squad interface to display all squad members
  • Fixed SdKfz 251 accuracy setting for movement
  • Fixed Japanese tank mguns to have accuracy decrease when moving
  • Fixed vision settings of Churchill Mk. VII, AVRE and Croc
  • Fixed vision settings of Jagdpanzer IV
  • Fixed some vehicle vision bugs (credits to Ty2903)
  • Fixed some vehicle bugs (credits to Ty2903)
  • Fixed a bug with PPSH accuracy
  • Fixed vehicles getting stuck on tramways
  • Fixed vehicles getting stuck on coaster tanks
  • Fixed that AI was leaving Japanese ammo trucks when under fire
  • Fixed some erroneous reports in the gamelog
  • Fixed volume of Type99 LMG
  • Fixed a specular map issue of the QF 6
  • Fixed some building props
  • Fixed some mipmap levels for textures
  • Fixed mguns of black prince to be BESA
  • Fixed volumes of Mk2 Matilda
Multiplayer
  • Added ranked games
  • Added steam leaderboards
  • Changed netcode to improve performance
  • Changed M4A4 FireFly class from heavy to medium
  • Changed mgun display in unit info menu
  • Increased chat message size
  • Increased MG42 timer from 30 sec to 60 sec
  • Increased price of ISU-152 from 1200 MP to 1400 MP
  • Increased price of T-34-76 late from 400 MP to 420 MP
  • Increased price of MK2 Daimler from 220 MP to 240 MP
  • Increased price of M24 from 360 MP to 380 MP
  • Reduced price of KV-85 from 760 MP to 750 MP
  • Reduced price of ZiS 30 from 360 MP to 350 MP
  • Reduced price of Su-76 from 360 MP to 350 MP
  • Reduced price of Su-85 from 560 MP to 550 MP
  • Reduced price of KV-1 from 560 MP to 550 MP
  • Reduced CP of M4A4 FireFly from 30 CP to 15 CP
  • Fixed small map issues
  • Fixed combat mode on 2v2 Canyon multi map
  • Fixed camera settings on 1v1 Winter Church, 1v1 Road, 2v2 Canyon
  • Fixed scores of Churchill Mk VII
  • Fixed scores of Comet
  • Fixed camera clipping on Canyon
Skirmish
  • Changed fog of war to visually uncover by allies as well
  • Reduced AI accuracy on easy, normal, hard for 10%
  • Fixed flamer price on some missions
  • Fixed small map issues
  • Fixed tank crew members flying out of tanks
Apr 21, 2011
Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes Update Released
Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes - Valve
Updates to Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

New features
  • 10 Steam achievements
  • New optional deferred rendering system with day night cycle, screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO), depth of field, rim lighting, unlimited dynamic lights, etc...
  • Combat GUI: new damage font effect
  • Diagonal movement and combat now possible
  • Roaming characters
  • Normal maps, specular maps and parallax maps
  • New GUI elements
  • New sound effects
  • Added torches
  • New vegetation models
  • New screen effect seen on critical hits
Updates
  • Some SSAO performance optimization
  • Conversation GUI: game text speed slider affects text fade-in speed
  • Conversation GUI: raised LMB press fade speed by factor 10
  • Conversation GUI: correct behavior with LMB if text has been fully faded in
  • Conversation GUI: correct behavior of mouse wheel when conversation dialog windows are active
  • Many improved camera systems with additional options in game
  • Improved navigation (character avoidance, ground slope affects acceleration)
  • Improved performance
  • Improved terrain textures
  • Increased global games peed by 20%
  • Removed the quick talk button
  • Improved grid fading
  • Improvements to the English text

Fixed
  • Invisible Mandy if killed during the first fight before she entered the party
  • Disabled entity slider
  • Conversation GUI: invisible characters
  • A rare problem where characters have been assigned wrong grid cells
  • Memory leak that caused items not to be cleaned up after loading a save game
  • Indoor levels are now cached out
  • A selection particle rotation problem
  • A GUI problem with special attacks and right mouse button
  • A rare crash in the event system
  • An AI problem with characters being both in seduced and berserk states
  • On occasion the dialog system would freeze if it focused on a dead NPC
  • Some items overlapped in the inventory system
  • Added a tool in the root game directory to help bypass the config tool for those experiencing problems
  • Many minor fixes
Apr 21, 2011
Pre-Purchase Now: The First Templar
The First Templar - Steam Special Edition - Valve
Pre-Purchase The First Templar on Steam now and save 15% off!

Uncover the mysteries behind the Templar Order, play a role in a grand conspiracy, and discover the secret of the Holy Grail as you face powerful opponents at every turn!

The First Templar features both single player and co-op modes.

Apr 21, 2011
New Release - Cargo: The Quest for Gravity
Cargo! The Quest for Gravity - Valve
Cargo - The Quest for Gravity is now available on Steam!

As one of the planet's last human survivors, it’s up to you to dish out a healthy dose of fun and amusement to restore gravity on Earth!

Packed with innovative physics-driven gameplay, Cargo - The Quest for Gravity let's you create crazy, yet functional, custom vehicles to solve missions with your own unique style!

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