Space Pirates and Zombies - Valve
V1.505
- Fixed double charge for extortions if bribe attempt accepted.
- Fixed savegames with locked components due to blueprint count changes
- Fixed All components unlocked achievement fail if broken savegame
- Fixed Bounty Hunters using bounty hunter life pods
- Fixed Arena Rez rewards reporting properly in the preview (on all skill levels)
- Fixed Arena Rez rewards diminish properly in chapter 4 based on replays
Adam's Venture Episode 1: The Search For The Lost Garden - Valve
Adam's Venture Episode 1: The Search For The Lost Garden is Now Available on Steam and 20% off until Friday 10AM PST.

Adam's Venture is a new action & exploration game. Brought to life from a third person perspective with the Unreal 3™ engine, adventure gamers are in for a real visual treat.

Set during the 1920’s, Adam’s Venture delivers a unique combination of action oriented gameplay with classic puzzle solving, that takes you on an epic journey to the middle East to discover the legendary Lost Garden of Eden – but an ancient evil tries to prevent you from succeeding...

Defenders of Ardania - Valve
VERSION 1.2

- The towers now have more recognizable player colors.
- The HP of the enemy bases on the first 5 levels of the campaign is
highly reduced.
- All levels are unlocked in Skirmish mode.
- Multi-monitor Fix: The game now appears on the primary monitor.
- 16:10 Fix: The game now supports the 1920*1200 resolution.
- The damage value of the towers on the info panel are now correct.
- The HP bar of the towers are now more visible.
- The staistics in the encyclopedia are now correct.
- The color of the occupied grid tiles are now turn to the player's color.

Product Update - Valve
• Now Quick Match into Classic Map Cycle
- The map cycle is compose of Train, Nuke, Inferno, Dust, Dust 2, Italy, Office
- At the end of a match players will automatically cycle to a new map in the group
- New voting feature available to players via the in-game menu. Voting allows players to call a vote on the following:
   - Kick Player
   - Change Map
   - Swap Teams
   - Scramble Team
   - Restart Match
   - Surrender

Maps:
- Added Hostage map – Office

• Cs_italy
- Fixed missing texture error
- Fixed displacements inside solid
- Fixed balcony nav mesh
- Adjusted fog values

• De_inferno
- Updated Inferno radar
- Added optimized water to the fountain
- Added the water to the 2nd fountain too (near T spawn)
- Added vis blocking to ruins at fountain
- Updated inferno radar map
- Tuned fog values
- Pulled out fog band in 3dskybox
- Adjusted some model fade distances that were visually popping now
- Increased lightmap res on one surface that looked too dark

• De_stmarc
- Adjusted fog density
- Optimized tree models
- Turned off world shadowing on chain-link fence models so they cast better CSM shadows

• De_dust
- Increased life on helicopter from 15 to 25 seconds
- Added new helicopter path
- Adjusted fog values
- Adjusted various prop fades that were now exposed with new fog settings

• De_dust2
- Fixed red console errors with props that were set to use VPhysics, but have no collision hull
- Fixed odd shaped crack where door connects to wall
- Added new helicopter path

• De_lake
- Fixed gap in wall join
- Fixed reflection effect by the dock pops in/out too near
- Fixed bit of missing geometry
- Removed satellite dish from the roof
- Fixed players getting stuck on rope floats
- Trimmed water line along ground edge to minimize water overlap of geo
- Fixed 'apartments' place name

• De_train
- Tuned radar map image
- Adjusted fog values

Gameplay:
• Added new weapons:
- Mag7
- Sawed – Off Shotgun
- XM1014
- Negev

• Added Glock 18 to CT buy menu
• Adjusted player movement in response to pro player feedback with special thanks to J3di and pR
• Adjusted flashbang in response to pro player feedback: effect is 25% stronger and not blocked by players
• Changed it so players drop weapons when killed after being disconnected
• Added clinch to demolition mode. When a team has an insurmountable lead in a match the game will end prior to playing out all of the remaining rounds. The players will be alerted to the clinching round at the start of that round

UI
• Added messaging explaining why match ends in competitive mode when game does not go a full 30 rounds
• Fixed Inventory and Buy menu icons
• Added ability for players to upgrade armor via the buy menu at the reduced price of Kevlar
• Changed ‘My Awards’ string to be more generic ‘MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS’

Mini-scoreboard:
• Removed the miniscoreboard avatar background for dead players
• Testing more opaque team tinting for avatars in mini scoreboard
• Edited opacities on avatar borders
• Added surrender win condition in the win panel
• Added device detection – The game will prompt the player to select an ingame input device if more than one is detected
• Restored chat message that says who and why the winner won
• Fixed chat window to hide when you click the corner [X]
• Updated pause menu
• Fixed left alignment on Options submenu
• Fixed typo "whileflashbanged" is now "while flashbanged"
• Changed Casual mode so now all CT's receive a Defusal Kit
• Fixed to how muting is set and displayed
• Fixed another case of the disappearing scoreboard
• Fixed awarding the Office Veteran achievement simultaneously with the Italy Veteran achievement

Audio:
• Fixed another case of improper music fade out

Effects:
• Added triggers for the dust particles so they reliably fade away after 15 seconds
• Reduced scale of impact dust significantly; also reduced alphas just a bit

Characters:
• Elite Team ID improvement - Changed keffiya/shemagh to white.
• ST6: team ID fix. - Trying a darker vest/pouch/helmet for distinct value pattern vs elite

General Bug Fixes:
• Fixed occasional crash when earning certain achievements
• Fixed occasional crashes for certain UI popups
• Fixed an assert relating to using a bone index that may not be valid
• Fixed "mp_restartgame 1" NOT setting back Arsenal Demolition game settings such as current weapon on round start.
• Demo mode values were not being reset, nor were players' items being reset. The mp_restartgame convar now causes all mode values to be reset and all players' weapons (primary, secondary and grenades) to be destroyed and reset to the proper defaults.
• Fixed achievements not being displayed properly when earned.
• Fixed asserts that occur when the triangle reticle tries to appear over a character that's head is partially visible. This was causing the reticle to possibly appear in an invalid location while this condition occurred.
• Fixed crash when invalid radar icons are de-referenced.
• Fixed bug where grenades bounced off of the windows in de_lake
• Fixed stutter while spectating a player in the process of ducking.
• Fixed an intermittent crash when attacking with a knife.
• Cleaned up unused sounds causing console spew.
Dota 2 - Valve
- Un-decapitated Invoker
- Restored missing server regions to private lobbies
King's Quest™ Collection - Valve
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Crazy Machines Elements - Valve
Crazy Machines Elements - Collision Course & Mental Activity DLC is now available on Steam!

Now that you’ve wet your feet with Elements, it’s time to dig in and put your mind to work on even more brain sizzling fun. Indulge your curiosity and open up the Gadget Fun Pack to find a selection of puzzles like Up and Away, House of Cards, Twins and Helpful UFO. Start building and solve each level as you think your way through each zany challenge. Reward yourself with more amazing levels in the Tricky Riddles game pack. Just when you think you've one upped Einstein, dare yourself to open up the Mindbreakers challenge pack.

Crazy Machines Elements - Valve
Crazy Machines Elements - Collision Course & Mental Activity DLC is now available on Steam!

Set your sights on higher grounds and venture where only the brainiest and bravest puzzle beasts will go! Solve each and every wallop-wack’n level in the Collision Course puzzle pack as you take on challenges like UFO Explosion, Boom!, Thin Ice, and Shaky Bridge. Test your strength and move on to the Mental Activity pack where levels like Ignition Keys, Yes We Can, and Energy Wheels await. Top it all off by unleashing your brain power with the Mind Benders challenge pack

Team Fortress 2 - Valve
The Square Enix Publisher Weekend continues today with 50% off the entire Square Enix Catalog! Additionally, each day will bring a new Daily Deal with even deeper discounts!

Today only, take 75% off the entire Tomb Raider series, including Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light! You can also pick up the Square Enix Hit Collection to add all of your favorite titles to your Steam library for one low price!

But wait, there's more! The TF2 team was feeling left out of all the great deals and have gone ahead and discounted the Deus Ex-themed Manno-Technology Bundle for this weekend only. Jump in to Team Fortress 2 to check it out!

Be sure to check back each day, now through Sunday, for more great deals!


Nexuiz - Valve
Nexuiz is now available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and is 10% off until the release date!

The Nexuiz Competition is an arena based first person shooter where you can alter the rules of the match and laws of physics, with over 100 "Dynamic Mutators" that serve as game-changing power-ups. Dominate opponents in ever-changing hostile environments in 9 deadly arenas. Play solo to hone your skills against bots or wage war online against the best in 4v4 multiplayer matches. Pick up the 4-pack and play with your friends!

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