Dec 12, 2012

Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Updates Released

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 hang on start-up with non-scalable bitmap fonts
Fixed crash on start-up when joysticks are attached

Team Fortress 2

Added a prompt to turn on controller mode when using Big Picture
Increased console font size for the Linux version
Fixed some problems caused by disabling controller mode
Fixed missing HUD sounds for Engineer building status panel
Fixed the Spy version of the tf_zombie entity not using the correct skin
Fixed international keyboard chat and console input for the Linux version

Dec 12, 2012

Steam Community Market Now In Beta

Press Release - Valve

Service Expansion Allows Players to Buy and Sell In-Game Items Via Steam

December 12, 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 introduced the Steam Community Market, now in Beta with Team Fortress 2.

The Community Market is designed to expand the Steam Economy beyond trading. Players are now enabled to buy and sell in-game items with other players for Steam Wallet funds.
"With over a half million trades made every week, the trading system has been very successful," said Tony Paloma of Valve. "Extending game economies beyond trades and giving players a way to turn gameplay into funds for new items and games is a key component for moving that success forward."

The Steam Community Market, now in beta with Valve's Team Fortress 2, will be available to other titles on Steam in the New Year. Games that participate enable users to show off their items on the Steam Community and sell or trade their items to others.

Items purchased are subject to transaction fees, please see FAQ for more http://www.steamcommunity.com/market/faq

Dec 12, 2012

Now Available - Ace of Spades

Ace of Spades: Battle Builder - Valve

Ace of Spades is Now Available on Steam!

Say hello to the creative shooter. Ace of Spades is the first-person shooter that lets you create your battleground, destroy it, then create it again. Up to 32 players choose from 4 unique classes and jump into team-based, multiplayer mayhem across an endlessly evolving battlefield, to construct, destruct and take out the opposition. It’s like war, only better.

Dec 12, 2012

Iron Front: Liberation 1944 Update Released

Iron Front: Digital War Edition - Valve

Version 1.05 Changelog
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*New: New and fixed sounds for all the weapons
*New: Tiger 1 E (late version) added as a Christmass present.

*Fixed: StuG 40 was not carrying infantry
*Fixed: Errors of armor damage systems
*Fixed: Errors with the mines
*Fixed: Crews were undead if there was no infantry on map
*Fixed: Maxim machine-gun fire rate.
*Fixed: Infantry errors with equipment.
*Fixed: Errors with Sdkfz 7
*Fixed: Russians and germans were screaming pain on english

Dec 11, 2012

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

Changes:
- Added Language support for the Daisy Wheel control under Mac OS X
- Changed Big Picture hotkey to Command+'/' under Mac OS X
- Delete old temporary folders created by CEF left around due to previous crashes
- Fixed Back behavior in several pieces of the UI
- Fixed Big Picture displaying only a blank screen after startup if the intro movie was cancelled quickly
- Friends sounds are now muted when running Big Picture and you choose mute in the audio settings
- Fixed URLs in the Web Browser showing the end, not the start, of the current URL
- Fixed Big Picture login screen not using your chosen UI language
- Fixed activation fail sounds playing when clicking on some areas of a html page
- Fixed password field in login UI not drawing entered characters properly under Mac OS X
- Fixed right stick zoom in the html control jumping on zoom commit
- Fixed scroll bars on HTML pages not updating when dragged via the mouse
- Fixed some friends list font clipping due to small line heights
- Removed default bind for Big Picture text console as it is no longer needed
- Fixed crash on exit when doing a forced shutdown of the client

Dec 11, 2012

Now Available on Mac - Hero Academy

Hero Academy - Valve

Hero Academy is now available on the Mac!

Test your skills in this light-hearted battle between friends! Heroic teams have gathered to engage in friendly contests on the Academy playfields. Will your team emerge triumphant?

Dec 11, 2012

Now Available - Nickelback Songs for Rocksmith

Rocksmith™ - Valve

Three new songs are Now Available for Rocksmith!

Play "How You Remind Me", "Rockstar", and "Bottoms Up" by Nickelback on any electric guitar or bass. Each song includes a new authentic tone accessible in AMP mode.

Dec 11, 2012

New DLC Available - Assassin’s Creed® III – The Hidden Secrets Pack

Assassin’s Creed® III - Valve

Assassin’s Creed® III – The Hidden Secrets Pack, all new content for Assassin’s Creed® III is Now Available on Steam!

The Hidden Secrets Pack adds three extra missions, taking you from the Lost Mayan Ruins to the high seas. Every success is rewarded with an in-game weapon! You'll also receive two single-player skins including the original uniform of the Captain of the Aquila and the traditional Colonial Assassin, along with two multiplayer characters including the fearsome Redcoat and the deadly Sharpshooter.