Sep 11, 2012

Announcement - Valve

Pre-Purchase F1 2012 and receive 10% off!*

Codemasters Racing presents F1 2012, the next game in the BAFTA-winning series featuring all the official drivers, teams and circuits from the 2012 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™. Learn the basics and master the challenge of driving the best machines on the planet in the Young Driver Test.

Experience the next generation in weather system technology where storm fronts move across the circuits, soaking specific areas of the track, as well as racing around the all-new Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, home of the 2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX. Two new quick fire game options: Season Challenge, a complete Career in just 10 races, and Champions Mode Scenarios, where you test your skills against the very best, complete an exciting line up of gaming options which also includes a 5 year Career, Co-op Championship, 16 Player Multiplayer & Time Attack Scenarios. F1 2012 Feel it!

*Offer ends September 17th at 9PM Pacific Time.

Sep 11, 2012

First Titles Get Steam's Greenlight

Press Release - Valve

Launch Set of 10 Coming to Steam Soon

September 11, 2012 -- Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the first set of titles submitted through Steam Greenlight have earned critical mass and been picked up for worldwide distribution.

The first set of titles to launch via Greenlight will be released independently in the months ahead (as they are varying stages of completion).

“The Steam community rallied around these titles and made them the clear choice for the first set of titles to launch out of Greenlight,” said Anna Sweet of Valve. “Since launch, hundreds of titles have been submitted, with more coming in every day. We expect to be announcing more titles coming to Steam via Greenlight soon.”

The first 10 titles coming to Steam from Greenlight are:

Steam Greenlight is a new platform feature that enlists the community’s help in selecting some of the next games to be released on Steam. Launched on August 30, Greenlight allows developers and publishers to post information and media about their game in an effort to convince Community members that their game should be released on Steam.

For more information, please visit steamcommunity.com/greenlight/

Sep 11, 2012

Counter-Strike: Source Update Released

Counter-Strike: Source - Valve

An update to Counter-Strike: Source has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Counter-Strike: Source. The major changes include:

Added a new command "kickall" which kicks all connected clients except for HLTV and the listenserver host if applicable
Fixed a bug that allowed malicious servers to execute restricted console commands on players
Fixed a bug that allowed malicious servers to prevent players from executing console commands
Updated Steam binaries; fixes Linux crash on shutdown or restart
Performance improvements

Sep 11, 2012

Now Available - Critter Crunch

Critter Crunch - Valve

Critter Crunch is now available on Steam and is 10% off until September 18th at 10AM Pacific Time!

Critter Crunch is an award winning, arcade-style puzzle game, starring the loveable Biggs. Using his long, sticky tongue to grab critters from vines above, he feeds them to each other until they burst, dropping tasty jewels for him to gobble up.

Sep 11, 2012

Pre-Purchase Now: The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes - Valve

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes is now available for Pre-Purchase on Steam! Act now and receive a copy of Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper!

Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. You will find all the elements of a grand investigation: examine crime scenes, find the clues, follow the trails, interrogate suspects and unveil the mystery behind a great adventure, led by a breath-taking story full of twists!

Sep 11, 2012

Now Available - Transcripted, 10% off!

Transcripted - Valve

Transcripted is now available on Steam and is 10% off until September 18th at 10AM Pacific Time!

Transcripted is a mixture of two incredibly addictive and vastly popular casual gaming styles: the dual-stick shooter and the match three puzzle game. In Transcripted players take control of the Nano Probe, a microscopic apparatus used to combat disease. With the aid of a skill tree that improves ship equipment, health, shields and weapons, you must successfully navigate through hordes of deadly pathogens to destroy the disease’s pseudo-DNA as it twines perilously on its endless path to infection.

Sep 11, 2012

Midweek Madness - Red Faction Franchise 75% off!

Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition - Valve

Save 75% on the Red Faction Franchise during this week's Midweek Madness*!

Wreak havoc across the vast, open-world environment of Mars in the the critically acclaimed, best-selling Red Faction Franchise. Rebel against the Ultor Corporation, replace the dictator Sopot to restore peace, battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force (EDF) and finally save Mars from a long-dormant evil released from a mysterious shaft in an old Marauder temple.

*Offer ends Thursday at 4PM Pacific Time

Sep 11, 2012

Midweek Madness - Swedish Indie Pack!

Harvest: Massive Encounter - Valve

An awesome group of indie developers from Sweden have come together to create the Swedish Indie Pack for this week's Midweek Madness*!

This Pack includes:

*Offer ends Thursday at 4PM Pacific Time

Sep 11, 2012

New DLC Available - Transformers™: Fall of Cybertron™ - DINOBOT Destructor Pack

Product Release - Valve

Transformers™: Fall of Cybertron™ - DINOBOT Destructor Pack, new content for Transformers™: Fall of Cybertron™, is now available on Steam!

Download this pack to get 4 new characters (SWOOP, GRIMLOCK, SLUG and SNARL) and their associated parts for use in Multiplayer.