Feb 7, 2012

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:

- Fixed roaming game categories and favorite settings being reset
- Added option to set server browser ping rate independently from download rate
- Fixed missing menu item for updating AMD video drivers
- Fixed launching of 64-bit games with "-" in the command line
- Improved in-game overlay compatibility for some 64-bit game executables
- Added ability to handle proxies that require "basic" auth when downloading games using the new content system
- Improved support of concurrent user sessions from multiple platforms
- Fixed cloud enabled games sometimes not launching until the client is restarted. Also fixed the Steam client showing a “Waiting for cloud sync” dialog at exit forever when in this state.
- Updates to workshop APIs for upcoming Steamworks games

Feb 7, 2012

King Arthur 2 Update Released

King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame - Valve

Updates to King Arthur II - The Role-playing Wargame have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

King Arthur II – The Role-playing Wargame v1.1.04

- Champions of Balor Objective fixed (the location is destroyed at certain options)
- Harbingers of Sickness Event fixed (the player looses the location)
- Artifact battle rewards (4 or more) fixed
- hero skill levelling animation fixed
- Living Statue Tier level fixed
- Diplomacy notify window fixed (selects the ruler of the available diplomacy action)
- unit selection does not change after selecting spell target on the GUI
- Philbius’s Flamewall fixed
- Northward Bound quest fixed (Morgana is required)
- Sidhe Council “alliance” political action fixed
- Crystal Shards spell levelling fixed
- Chain lightning spell (at heroes and Victory Locations) became stronger
- Other minor bug and balancing fixes

Known issues – fixing in progress

- multiple battle warnings issue
- diplomacy warnings at dead rulers
- flashing unit circles in battles (at selecting direction)
- accumulated units at selecting direction
- Leadership issues
- Magic Shield boosting at AI armies and Shield boosting spells for AI heroes
- more Mana for AI heroes on high levels
- "Experienced retainers" skill issue
- 1280*1024 resolution GUI problems
- missing pictures of forged artifacts

Feb 7, 2012

Steam Workshop for Skyrim Now Available, Skyrim 33% off

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Valve

The Steam Workshop for Skyrim and the Creation Kit are now available. Plus, save 33% off Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim when you buy before Thursday.

Now you can easily discover, rate, and download Skyrim mods directly through Steam. The Steam Workshop makes it easy to browse the most popular, newest or highest-rated mods of all time, as well as searching for specific content via tags such as “Armor”, “Quests”, “Dungeons”, and more. You can even see what your friends have added to their favorites. Once you’ve found something awesome, click the “Subscribe” button. The next time you play Skyrim, the launcher will automatically install the latest version of any subscribed mods and configure Skyrim to run them.

Mod-makers also enjoy a streamlined process for uploading mods directly to Steam. The difficult part, of course, is creating your mod. To get started modding, install the Creation Kit – free through Steam to all Skyrim owners – from the Tools section of your Steam Library. The Creation Kit is a powerful and sometimes daunting tool, but the community wiki at www.CreationKit.com is a resource for modders of all skill levels, even the total beginner.

In addition to releasing the Creation Kit and Skyrim Workshop, today Bethesda has release the Skyrim High-Resolution Texture Pack. Experience The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as you’ve never seen it before with all new high-resolution materials throughout Skyrim.

If you need even more incentive to pick up your very own copy of Skyrim, you can save 33% when you buy before Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time.

Feb 7, 2012

Sid Meier's Civilization® V Mac Update Released

Sid Meier's Civilization® V - Valve

1.0.1.511 Patch Notes
• Fixed unit icons and borders turning black while in strategic mode for nVidia graphic cards.
• Civilizations’ having the incorrect architecture has been resolved.
• Implemented change to improve stability on the HD 3000 GPU.
Multiplayer
• Significant improvements to general multiplayer stability.
• Significant improvements to Hot-Join stability.
• Multiplayer now using the same AI move caching as single player, improving turn-times significantly.
• Lobby improvements: We now display game details in the lobby list (players in each game, map size, map type, DLC required, etc.)
• Host can now kick players from the staging room when loading a save (if a player cannot return to a game, the game can now be continued by the rest of the players.)
• Found and corrected additional causes of Out-of-Sync.
• Exploit: Corrected an exploit that allowed players on the same team to trade cities back and forth to auto-heal it.
• Exploit: Corrected an exploit that allowed players on the same team to trade cities back and forth to generate endless City Strikes.
• Exploit: Corrected an exploit that allowed a player to “lag” the UI to gain multiple free techs.
UI
• Change “Load Game” save sorting to be “Last Modified” by default.
Bugs
• When scrapping a unit, make sure any “cargo” units are scrapped as well.
• When a unit is destroyed that is carrying another unit, make sure to kill both (missiles sometimes lingered).
• Corrected a bug that was causing eliminated Civ’s to not generate notifications correctly.
• Changed notification language for when a Research or Trade deal is cancelled due to the AI running out of funds to pay for it (per-turn deal), or are eliminated. It was currently displaying a “because of war” notification when is incorrect.
• Corrected an issue that could cause unhappiness from city count and number of specialists to become incorrect over the course of a long game.
• Changed Frigate obsolete tech to Combustion.
• Fixed Korean science building exploit.
• Fixed a problem with City Strike that game the user the impression that they could not end their turn, when in reality city strike was still active.
• Crash: Fixed a crash that could occur in hot-seat when exiting to the main menu.
• Crash: Fixed a crash that could occur when a unit was eliminated by standing too close to a Citadel.

Feb 7, 2012

Now Available - Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™ - Valve

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™ is now available in North America with further territories releasing later this week.

The minds of New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead designer Ken Rolston have combined to create this new role-playing game set in a world worth saving. Build the character you’ve always wanted and continuously evolve it to your style of play with the revolutionary Destiny system. Choose your path and battle through a master-crafted universe featuring some of the most intense, responsive, and customizable RPG combat ever.

Feb 6, 2012

Now Available - Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition

Fallout: New Vegas - Valve

Welcome Back to New Vegas! Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition is now available on Steam in North and South America with further territories releasing later this week.

With the the Ultimate Edition, you'll get the complete package of New Vegas fun. For the first time in one collection, you can get all the Fallout: New Vegas content including the full suite of highly acclaimed add-on content: Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues and Lonesome Road.

Additionally, check out the just reduced price on Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition!