Product Release - Valve
Two new packs, the Steam Starter Pack and the Warfare Soldier Pack, are now available for Alliance of Valiant Arms on Steam! Additionally, the Warfare Soldier Pack is currently available for 30% off*!

The Starter Pack will give you the chance to try out exclusive weapons with each classes: Pointman, Rifleman and Sniper. Try them out, tweak them, make some kills and decide what kind of soldier you really are!

With the Warfare Soldier Pack, you'll be sure to enter the field well-armed by receiving some of the best items of the game!! This pack includes permanent versions of the FR-F2 and Kriss Super V, along with a Full Equipment Set for 30 days!

*Offer ends February 25th at 10AM Pacific time



The Testament of Sherlock Holmes - Valve
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Feb 16, 2013
Towns - Valve
Version v10b

Change: Purged human remains can be used to create graves and tombs
Fix: Crash loading a save that contains "destroy flour" tasks
Fix: Issue with buildings under construction after the load of a saved game

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Version v10a

Add: Samurai helmet
Change: Removed the maxAge from the wild wheat, wild sugar canes and wild bamboo. This way wild plants will not disappear
Change: Golden haste helmet is now considered a special armor instead of a golden one
Change: Market roof now uses animal hides to be built (instead of the old blue color)
Change: Iron bars now allow fluids
Change: Flood gates now has a glue tag and can also serve as a floor flood door
Fix: Position of some items in the stock panel
Fix: Crash when a citizen decides to drop an item when he just died

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Version v10

Add: Fluid blocking, fluid elevator and fluid allowed items
Add: Evaporation of fluids
Add: Wind effect to plants
Add: Citizens sleeping under a roof will sleep "faster" and they will endure more time during their day
Add: Town coins on the top
Add: Flower gathering on the production menu
Add: New stockpile and container management panel
Add: New effect applied to food that gives a boost to the citizens' happiness
Add: New items: Floodgate, fluids elevator, bamboo items, sugarcane items, sugar and cake
Add: New helmets: Straw hat, wooden mask, golden mask, mayan mask, samurai mask and kerchiefs
Add: New walls: 3 new stone walls, a new log wall, a wheat wall and a bamboo wall
Add: New mountains map
Change: Improved way of droping items to avoid large paths on some cases
Change: Saved game is stored in a temporary file until the game is completelly saved. This avoids the loss of your progress if the save fails
Change: Little rest bonus for townies sleeping underground
Change: Flour burner removed from the menu
Change: Linux launcher on Steam warns you if the game can't find Java (thanks to Vince D. for testing)
Change: Brownie village are now can be tilled
Change: Unifallow feed food changed to cactus fruits
Change: Human remains will stop ghost spawning after 3 day
Change: Autoequip now randomise the item to be equipped in order to avoid mass movement to the same item
Typo: "Wild kootenbeeten" instead of "Wild skootenbeeten"
Type: "green hat" instead of "Green hat"
Fix: Main menu issue when the size of the saved games is equals to the game window height
Fix: Random freeze if the market zone contain walls and a coming caravan decide to move over a wall
Fix: Underground terrain glitches when loading a saved game
Fix: Citizens won't skip the chopping tasks when a tree keeper is attacked
Fix: Falling items won't destroy the ground ones
Fix: Townies now take into account items in containers when you order them to build an already built item

Modders: New tag on items.xml. It allows true/false values. Default is false. (Used on the floodgate item and some walls)
Modders: New tag on items.xml. It allows true/false values. Default is false. (Used on the 2 stone arcs)
Modders: New tag on items.xml. It allows true/false values. Default is false. (Used on the fluids elevator item)
Modders: New tag on items.xml. It allows true/false values. Default is false. (Used on the bamboo cans)
Modders: New tag on items.xml. It allows a numerical value. (Used on the bamboo cans)
Modders: New tag on effects.xml. It allows a number or a dice (IE. 1d8). (Used on teh cake item)
Sine Mora - Valve
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Tribes: Ascend - Valve
Tribes: Ascend - Game of the Year Edition, all new content for Tribes: Ascend is Now Available on Steam and is 25% off!

“every Shooter Should Have Jetpacks!”

Tribes: Ascend is the world’s fastest shooter - an online multiplayer FPS with jetpacks, skiing, vehicles, and multiple classes.

With Tribes: Ascend - Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed multiplayer shooter of 2012 like never before. This edition packages weapon DLC from ten previous expansions as well new featured content.

Tribes: Ascend - Game of the Year unlocks all weapons and perks from: the Cloak & Dagger update, Raid & Pillage update, Tartarus update, Staying Alive update, Accelerate update, Stonehenge update, Twinfusor update, Bliz update, Marksman update, Revolution update, plus the new Shocklance.

For a single purchase you unlock ALL weapons in the game (over 110), all classes (9), all perks (21), and the new Shocklance weapon.

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Client Update - Valve
Changes:
- Fixed texture corruption when using the Game Overlay in OpenGL games
- Fixed failing to do HTTP downloads from hosts that started with a numeral
- Linux - Added X window manager name to system info dialog
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 material system client crash for the Linux version

Team Fortress 2
  • Added a new promo item
  • Fixed not seeing Medigun particle beams while healing players in DirectX 8
  • Fixed the Blue team Stickybomb Launcher using the Scottish Resistance material when dropped into the world
  • Fixed the Black Rose and the Botkiller Wrench using the Red team arms skin while on the Blue team
  • Updated the Faerie Solitaire Pin so it can be crafted, traded and gift-wrapped
SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny - Valve
SpellForce 2 - Faith in Destiny Scenario 3: The Last Stand, all new content for SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny is Now Available on Steam!

Professor Twiddle is on a mission of exploration in Dun Mora. When his journey becomes to dangerous, he brings the parts for the Twiddlium Compensator to Queen Sansha for safekeeping. To be absolutely sure, he also informs Professor Undergant and tells him of his plans. Play as Caine and help the elves and Queen Sansha to defend their land against the Nameless!

Announcement - Valve
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Dota 2 - Valve
- Added Tusk!

GAMEPLAY
- Lina: Fixed Dragon Slave hitting units behind you.
- Mirana: Fixed some backswing behaviors with her spells
- Templar Assassin: Fixed Meld not removing collision.
- Troll Warlord: Fixed a case where ranged Troll Warlord can bash when attacking while transforming.
- Troll Warlord: Added a "fast" attack animation that will only trigger when his attack speed is above 210
- Fixed Orchid disabling Dagger at the end of its duration even if it was doing no damage.
- Fixed a recent bug with Poor Man's Shield that could infrequently cause it to not block hero damage
- Fixed some wave speed issues with Crypt Swarm, Dual Breath, Breathe Fire, Dragon Slave, Illuminate, Sonic Wave and Shockwave.
- Enabled Silencer in Tournament lobbies.
- Team Matchmaking now uses the Tournament lobby rules.
- Two-player Mid Only games now automatically spawn a courier.
- Enabled Medusa in Captain's Mode for Latest Version (will be enabled in Tournament Version the following week).

UI
- Updated look of the combat log and added language localization.
- Fixed bug where players who'd set themselves as Offline in Steam would still report their Rich Presence status.
- Players no longer display what hero they're playing in their Rich Presnce if they're in a private no-spectating game.
- Added a "Add Self to Roster" button that shows up for Team Admins that aren't part of their Team's Roster.
- The Game End panel now shows team names for games with teams.

VISUALS
- If Keeper of the Light dies with Recall active, the visual effect is now removed.

BOTS
- Fixed PL not being considered a Hard Carry for lane-selection and last-hit-deferring purposes.
- Fixed VS bot not having a large enough item build list.
- Bots will no longer dust Doppelwalk because it's sneaky.
- Bots will no longer buy invisibility detection for an enemy's item until they see that item in an enemy's inventory.
- Made Zeus bot slightly more likely to use Wrath of the Thundergod.
- When a player connects, we now only disable/make invulnerable heroes on the opposing teams (not units with bots like the Warlock Golem).
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