Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition - Valve
1.0.22804.1
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Critical fixes:
+ Fixed a system killer related crash.

Other fixes:
+ Fixed missing protean tentacles.
+ Fixed wide dispersion of battle riders when asteroid explodes.
+ Fixed a recent combat lag issue caused by log spam.
+ Fixed new issues with Suul'ka tentacle attacks.
+ Ships now enter combat at the correct altitudes.
+ Addressed overly large drone explosions.

Other changes and additions:
+ Random encounters now only occur in the first combat round.
+ Strategic AI now does a better job of upgrading stations.
+ Empire screen government types now have better informative tool-tip
information.
+ Camera no longer focuses on newly-placed defense assets.

Day of Defeat: Source - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2, 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 (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)
  • Fixed a bug where rejected players could leave a "ghost" player that takes up a slot on the server browser

Team Fortress 2
  • Fixed tf_mm_strict to work as documented
Announcement - Valve
The Age of Empires Online: Celebration Bundle and the Age of Empires Online: Steam Starter Pack are now available to purchase on Steam, and for a limited time they're available for 50% off!

Age of Empires Online is the next chapter in the best-selling Age of Empires PC game franchise features some of the greatest ancient civilizations including the Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, and Celts, with more being introduced all the time!

Day of Defeat: Source - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2, 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 (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)
  • Updated client rate value to default to 30000 to improve network performance for most players
    • Rate was previously set by Steam’s Internet connection speed setting
  • Updated client rate value to be stored in the config.cfg file

Team Fortress 2
  • Fixed a crash caused by a string table overflow
  • Fixed a client crash related to the freeze panel
  • Fixed a client crash related to ragdolls
  • Fixed a client crash related to the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel
  • Fixed a client crash related to Mann vs. Machine stats
  • Fixed a crash related to server plug-ins spawning a Mann vs. Machine Tank before the game is ready
  • Updated the dedicated server to exit when attempting to start a Mann vs. Machine map with less than 32 maxplayers
  • Fixed mp_timelimit causing Mann vs. Machine mode to not reset properly when the defenders lose
  • Fixed the Mann vs. Machine wave loss/victory dialog buttons not being clickable sometimes
  • Fixed the Mann vs. Machine victory dialog getting stuck on the screen
  • Fixed the Mann vs. Machine wave summary dialog showing up at the beginning of the first wave
  • Fixed seeing incorrect upgrades in the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel
  • Updated upgrade icons to remove numbers
  • Fixed Sentry Busters picking disposable buildings as valid targets
  • Fixed an instance of the Sentry Buster sound looping endlessly
  • Updated the backpack image for Archimedes to fix an alpha channel problem
  • Updated the colors for The Battery Bandolier
  • Fixed the disconnect reason not being localized properly for Mann vs. Machine mode
  • Fixed player glow colors not based on player health in some community mods outside of Mann vs. Machine mode
  • Removed console spew related to missing movement warnings
  • Updated the matchmaking ConVar tf_mm_strict
    • A value of 2 will hide the server from the server browser but will still allow direct connections
  • Updated Mvm_Mannworks
    • Adjusted clipping on left side drop down where bots may become stuck
    • Fixed lighting seam near base
    • Fixed vphysics prop error in console
    • Minor clipping pass on areas players may become hung up on
Unstoppable Gorg - Valve
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Aug 17, 2012
Krater - Valve
Co-op beta testing starts next week.

Version 1.0.11

CHARACTERS
- Increased character rotation speed values

QUESTS
- Added 2 encounters in the world map

OTHER
- Fixed mp3 tags in the Soundtrack
- Added release trailer song Stealing Horses to Soundtrack folder

Sleeping Dogs - Valve
Sleeping Dogs version 1.3 update tonight!
In anticipation of the European launch of Sleeping Dogs and in response to some of the feedback generated by the PC gamers on the forum we’ve prepared a patch that aims to improve some PC-specific features as well as fix some bugs that have been reported by the community. The full list of changes is below:

Improvements & Bug Fixes
• Fixed several bugs where NPCs would not path through doors properly – this corrects the issue where Naz stops running in the first mission of the game
• Added HD Textures for UI screens (only available with the free HD Texture Pack DLC installed)
• Improvements made to reduce the frequency of erroneous “don’t lose your target” warnings in missions where you are chasing an NPC
• Significant improvements to mouse support on various options screens
• New Keyboard/Mouse option which makes the keyboard & mouse the only input devices even if a controller is connected
• Several minor text bugs corrected
• Fixed an issue where mouse clicks would sometimes be ignored in the UI
• Fixed the keyboard and mouse camera controls in the Phone Tracing minigame

Darksiders II - Valve
We're committed to supporting our community and this first update should resolve some of the issues you are experiencing.

The following issues have been fixed
- Crash on startup / when the game launches
- Update to the Readme file

As always, thank you for your patience! Our team is working hard to address issues quickly & will keep you updated on the progress.
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:

- Fixed random crashing
Check vs Mate - Valve
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