Announcement - Valve
Dear Everybody,

There's this one intense kid who completely refuses to follow the smallest Steam Camp rule. He won't even participate in the morning self-criticism sessions they started having this year. When he takes a break from glaring silently at the counselors long enough to say something to us, it's always about a plan to "bust out of this camp". Long story short: they made his parents come pick him up about four seconds after today's picture was taken, so I guess the plan worked. Anyway, even though archery's permanently cancelled, there's a ton of other excellent activities and prizes left, so I gotta go.

Wolverines!

Sir Roderick

The Polynomial - Space of the music - Valve
Improved animator compatibility with old graphics cards (GeForce 7 series).
Jul 4, 2011
Beat Hazard - Valve
  • Added ‘Escape’ to Keyboard config & Gamepad config screens
  • Added more debug info for %appdata% issue
  • Fixed hit box size on gold ship
  • Fixed multiplier cap for online head to head play
Announcement - Valve
Dear Everybody,

At last night's talent show, I went on after the spooky Italian kid. You never know what that guy's thinking, so I was worried he'd do something amazing. Luckily, all he did was slice a watermelon in two and walk off the stage. I went out to start my act, but then - kind of unluckily - it turned out the kid had only left the stage to get a running start. He came booking back in, sprinted a hundred feet straight up the curtain, dived off a ceiling beam, and landed head first in a half a watermelon. They ended the contest right there, but the counselors still let me juggle quietly for a few minutes while they gave this lunatic his prize. Speaking of which, there's a ton of prizes and new activities for non-spooky, non-lunatics at Steam Camp today!

Your pal,

Sir Roderick

Killing Floor - Valve
To commemorate Killing Floor's free Summer Sideshow Event Update, the Steampunk Character Pack content is now available for purchase on Steam.

Enjoy the free Summer Sideshow Event now until July 22nd, 2011.

Announcement - Valve
Dear Everybody,

Remember last year when I said the food here at Steam Camp couldn't get any worse? Well, I'm officially retracting that statement. All I'm gonna say is we were a lot better off when the mystery meat was still a mystery. Still, Cyl says who needs food when there're so many great new things to do every day? He's right! But only about the awesome activities. Please send a care package because I'm literally starving.

Your pal,

Sir Roderick

Portal 2 - Valve
Updates to Portal 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Portal 2
  • Added Steam Summer Sale item "Goo Gear Snorkels"
  • Added configurations for multiple new video cards
  • Localization fixes for various languages
Product Update - Valve
Update to Alliance of Valiant Arms have been released. This update contains an all new game mode INFECTION. The update contents will patch automatically through the Alliance of Valiant Arms game launcher when initiated. Updates include:

New Game Mode:
INFECTION

New Map:
Burning Temple [Infection]

New Capsule Weapons:
Galil MAR (Pre-Release Capsule)

New Weapon Shop Item:
K1A1 Rail (Point Man)

New Backpack Items:
[Infection] Increased Health (Backpack A)
[Infection] Special Weapon I (Backpack B)
[Infection] Special Weapon II (Backpack B)
[Infection] Increased Attack (Backpack C)
[Infection] Increased Jumping (Backpack D)

Iron Grip: Warlord - Valve
Updates to Iron Grip: Warlord have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
  • New map: Bunker
  • Added support for 16:9 resolutions 1920x1080 and 1600x900
  • Added system resolution adaptation. also, the menu now only offers resolutions supported by the system
  • Integrated steamworks voicechat
  • Integrated steamworks achievements, for details see the Warlord steam profile
  • Integrated steamworks leaderboards, for details see the Warlord steam profile
  • Fixed: in some cases the kick vote used the wrong client id
  • Fixed: UI panels now treat the return and enter keys as equal citizens
  • Fixed: building cancellation/destruction gave funds to the destructor instead of the owner
  • Fixed: Windows 7 caused problems with the homepath, it's now %APPDATA%\IGWarlord
  • Fixed: weird mouse behavior in menus
STORM: Frontline Nation - Valve
  • Autocombat optimized. This makes autocombat and end turn quicker, especially when large armies are involved. It also fix some late-game freeze bugs.
  • Movement optimizations. Unnecessary network and GUI calls removed. This makes moving large unit stacks and creating attack arrows much quicker. This also speeds up end turn.
  • Unit quantity markers are shown correctly in locations and buildings.
  • EventMonitor sometimes stopped updating for months.
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