3DMark Vantage - Valve
3DMark Vantage v1.1.2

This update adds Windows 8 compatibility and fixes a few bugs. Benchmark scores are not affected by this update.

Compatibility
- Fixed Windows 8 compatibility issues with online result service connection.
- SystemInfo updated to version 4.17 to improve compatibility with latest hardware.
- Updated PhysX software to version 9.12.1031.

Bug fixes
- Fixed various GUI bugs.
- Updated exporter.dll to fix problem loading saved results.

3DMark 11 - Valve
3DMark 11 v1.0.5

This version fixes a few minor issues. Benchmark scores are not affected by this update.

Compatibility
- SystemInfo updated to version 4.17 to improve compatibility with latest hardware.

Bug fixes
- Fixed display mode identification for systems with a very large number of supported display modes.

Assassin’s Creed® III - Valve
SINGLE-PLAYER
•Added support for DLC “The Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption.”
•Guards will no longer be equipped with Washington’s sword.
•”Tyranny of King Washington” intro videos now pause if controller is unplugged.
•Fixed incorrectly displayed stealth icon sometimes appearing when leaving Wolf Cloak.
•Increased Wolf Pack effectiveness versus firing lines.
•Wolf Pack no longer interrupts counter-kills.
•Eagle Flight will no longer generate reactions when taking-off/landing in “The Betrayal.”
•Fixed remaining known issues (lockpicking, Memory Fragments, locked items) in “The Betrayal.”

MULTIPLAYER
ABILITIES

•Boost Cooldown now works as intended.


MODE SPECIFIC

•The Artifact is no longer reset to its base while carried by a player under certain circumstances.


PC SPECIFIC

•Anti-cheating measures against specific techniques have been put into place.
•Issues that could lead the Abstergo Store to become unavailable have been fixed.
Steam Blog - Valve
We're excited to announce the sixth set of games and software titles to advance through Steam Greenlight, and be offered worldwide distribution via Steam. With weeks of busy voters and exciting new games hitting Greenlight, this batch is comprised of 20 items in total--18 games and two software titles--bringing the total to over 90 titles Greenlit since Steam Greenlight launched in August of last year.

The latest software titles:
  • PlayClaw - This game recorder got votes for its gaming optimization and utilization of multi-core processors for HD video capture.

  • GamePlan - This real-time strategy software caught the attention of strategy gamers as a way to help plan strategy and tactics for their favorite team-based online games.

The latest games:
  • Agarest: Generations of War - This Japanese role-playing strategy game quickly shot up the charts and will now add to the small but growing number of Japanese RPGs on Steam.

  • Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures - Angry Video Game Nerd has built up a huge following on YouTube. That popularity appears to have translated into raging success in Greenlight with the game that bears his name rocketing to the top in only 9 days.

  • Battle Worlds: Kronos - This richly-colored turn-based strategy game blew through its Kickstarter goal and jumped quickly up the Greenlight charts with votes of excited strategy fans.

  • City of Steam - This free-to-play action RPG received a lot of visibility and votes from their beta at the beginning of the year, and now look forward to running another beta soon.

  • Cradle - This first-person adventure game caught the attention of Greenlight voters with its beautiful graphics, unique atmosphere, and compelling soundtrack.

  • Dead State - In less than a month, this survival RPG has jumped up the charts with enthusiastic support. Plus, the game blew past their Kickstarter goal in the summer of last year, securing an incredible 10,096 backers.

  • Dead Trigger - This popular free-to-play zombie survival game found great success on android, and has since seen updated graphics as the developers set their sights on Steam for PC and Mac.

  • Death Inc. - This beautiful and elegant strategy game has garnered a lot of positive press and votes with its unique art style and innovative gameplay.

  • Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey - The community clearly wants more from the popular Dreamfall series and quickly up-voted this game.

  • Elsword - This free-to-play, action RPG uses classic side-scrolling beat ‘em up gameplay mechanics and has captured the votes of existing fans and potential new customers alike.

  • Faceless - This cooperative and non-violent free-to-play survival horror mod for Half-Life 2 received overwhelming support from the community.

  • Frozen Endzone - The developers of Frozen Synapse bring the strategic depth of their first game into a new, original and innovative tactical future sports game, capturing the votes of fans and potential customers along the way.

  • Hammerwatch - This pixely hack-and-slash adventure game caught the attention of voters with their cooperative gameplay, character building, and modding support.

  • Legend of Dungeon - This colorful dungeon crawler has gained a lot of votes as well as critical acclaim from the gaming press.

  • Pinball Arcade - Fans of Pinball Arcade have been enthusiastic and vocal, leading to a solid base of support and interest from the community.

  • Planet Explorers - Currently in alpha, this ambitious open world RPG caught the attention of voters with its ability for users create new content and change the terrain.

  • Rush Bros. - This competitive platforming game caught the attention of voters and the gaming press with its innovative premise and integration with users' music library.

  • Shovel Knight - This action adventure game has been sweeping the Greenlight charts with a style reminiscent of platformer adventure classics. After blowing through their ambitious Kickstarter goal, the developers set higher and higher stretch goals, securing an incredible 14,749 backers.

As with past batches, these titles will be released independently in the months ahead, as they complete development and integrate with any of the Steamworks features they are interested in utilizing. Some will undoubtedly launch with Steam Early Access, while others are ready to launch in full soon.

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, 2012, 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 and to see all Greenlit titles, please visit http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine - Valve
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and is 10% off!

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist. Play with up to four people online or on the same screen. Compete with others via daily leaderboards. Find out why it won the 2010 IGF and has been described by Rev3Games's Anthony Carboni as "quite possibly the best co-op ever."

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit - Valve
Today's Deal: Save 75% on Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit!

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Apr 17, 2013
Towns - Valve
Version v12b

Add: New monster, the evil turtle
Add: New option to pause the game when a caravan comes
Change: Werepig graphics now are isometric
Change: Pathfinding now adds a bit more importance to the Z level
Change: Removing an item with the contextual menu now reveals the cell under
Change: Now the game doesn't crash if for some reason a saved game file is not found
Fix: Following livings glitches and starts to wander off screen
Fix: Mod loader issue when a mod adds new terrain types
Fix: Buried architect's tables and hanged lamps are not sold by the merchants anymore
Tomb Raider - Valve
We have just made public a new version of the PC version of Tomb Raider, build 1.01.743.0. This patch will be applied by Steam automatically when you next start the game. If your game does not update, please restart the Steam client.

This is primarily an update to fix a problem introduced in the previous patch, but it brings some other improvements as well.

New fixes in 743.0:

- Resolved a problem where mouse control in the basecamp upgrade screen would not work properly since build 742.0.
- Stereo3D parameters for strength and depth can now be modified in the registry beyond their normal in-game range again.
- GPU performance improvements, specifically at higher quality levels.

While we expect this patch to be an improvement for everyone, if you do have trouble with this patch and prefer to stay on the old version we made a Beta available on Steam, Build742.0, that can be used to switch back to the previous version. Please note however that you can only play multiplayer with people that share your version.

Unfortunately we do not yet have a resolution for the players that are experiencing crashes and major graphical corruption on NVIDIA hardware. Some progress has been made though, and we expect hope to have an update soon.

We will keep monitoring for feedback and will release further patches as it seems required. We always welcome your feedback!

Product Update - Valve
The update will be applied automatically when you start A.V.A.

NEW MAPS AVAILABLE:
• [Escort] White Out (Advance)
• [Annihilation] Stadium


NEW GUNS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE CAPSULE SHOP (EURO AND AP):
• EURO Capsule: Rx4 Raffin (For Rifleman Class)
• Pre-Release Capsule: ARX160 (For Rifleman Class)


NEW ITEMS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE IN-GAME SHOP (EURO AND AP):
• Character Vasily Zaytsev (For Sniper Class)
• Vasily Zaytsev Package
- Package Includes: Vasily Zaytsev (30d) + Mosin Nagant (Perm) + Desert Eagle (Perm) + Eva Doll Grenade (30d) + Magazine Upgrade A and B (30d) + full Iyan Armor Set (30d)
• MSG90A1 MOD0 (For Sniper Class)
• Extra Ammo (Add Item)


NEW FEATURES:
• Added Clan Championship System
- Introducing the feature with a one month Test Season.
• Added selectable Field of View options:
- The FOV can now be configured in the Option Menu for 90 and 85 degree
• Added In-game Network Status


GAMEPLAY CHANGES:
• Added female NPCs for AI Missions
- You can now fight with and against Lei and Ginny
• Improved gameplay for AI Missions
- Balanced the NPC boss' weapons for each side
- Removed the female NPC in Mercenary Mode
• Improved Mercenary AI Annihilation
- Increased HP of basic mercenaries from 90 to 1000
- Improved ability of Pointman and Rifleman mercenaries to +1 in all parts
- Character skinned Sniper mercenaries are nerfed (Shooting rate 0.4 sec -> 0.6 sec / ammo 20 -> 10)
- Nerfed Eva's Barrett ability
- Fixed M249 death icon
• Revised class acceleration time
- Changed acceleration for Sniper class from 1.6 to 1.45
- Changed acceleration for Rifleman class from 1.8 to 1.6
- No change in acceleration for Pointman class 2.0
- The acceleration times will be adjusted with further patches until the best balance is confirmed by the developer.
• Improved Co-op Gameplay
• Changed grenade and bullet traces to time based system
• Optimized bloodstain effects


SYSTEM CHANGES AND BUGFIXES:
• Optimized the CPU usage of the game to reduce frame lag
- Revised usage of multi core CPUs
• Changed count system for remaining Capsules
- Capsule amount will not be reset to default count after server maintenance
• Revised sounds for player upon death
- Improved sound volume when player is dead
- Heartbeat cannot be heard after player's death anymore
• Improved Weapon Swap System
• Improved Auto-Team Balancing
• Removed Valentine's Items
• Revised In-game Scripts

Sacred Citadel - Valve
Sacred Citadel is now available on Steam!

Sharpen your axe, string your bow, brew your potions! Ancaria needs heroes like you. Grab your friends to join the resistance!

The once peaceful land of Ancaria is in grave danger. The evil Ashen empire has enslaved its population and is using the orc-like Grimmoc to wipe out the Seraphim, who swore to protect it. In order to defeat the empire you will have to prove yourself as a warrior by riding terrifying mounts, acquiring earth shattering skills and looting powerful weapons and valuable treasures. Grab your friends and join the resistance!

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