Steam News - Erik.P

Lace up those gloves and pick up some skull-crackin' deals on the best fighting games on Steam, on now until November 16th at 10am Pacific! From 2D and 3D Fighters to Party Brawlers and Beat ‘em ups, the Fighting Game Sale comes in like a spinning piledriver with discounts on games like:

TEKKEN 7
Street Fighter V
Mortal Kombat 11
Injustice 2
GUILTY GEAR xrd -REVELATOR-
Streets of Rage 4
Castle Crashers
SOULCALIBUR VI
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION
Slap City
BlazBlue Centralfiction

...and so much more!

So what are you waiting for, Fighting Game Fans? Dropkick on in here:
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/FightingGameSale
Dreadlands - Valve
Dreadlands is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off!*

Welcome to Dreadlands! A perilous landscape brimming with potential in the form of Glow. Command one of 3 unique factions in this turn-based tactical RPG and play through their campaigns, be it solo or Co-Op, or battle it out in PvP. So far no one has tamed the Dreadlands. Will you be the first?

*Offer ends November 16 at 10AM Pacific Time
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Mannpower update
    • Dominant players are now marked for death only when carrying a powerup
    • Shield charge meter passive refill rate reduced. Reduction is greater when carrying a powerup
    • Items or actions that add to the shield charge meter now add less when carrying a powerup
    • Carried buildings now deploy faster than default, but not instant
    • Decapitating swords no longer get the base melee damage boost other melee weapons get in Mannpower
    • Strength powerup no longer multiplies critical damage
    • Medic
      • Powered up medics with unpowered up targets get a less reduced heal rate (50% -> 75% of default rate)
      • Reduced ubercharge gain on Ubersaw hit in Mannpower. 40% of regular rate if not powered up, 20% of regular rate if powered up
Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2.

- Fixed a regression that caused map exploit fixes to appear in co-op modes again.
Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2.

- Fixed The Last Stand's Village Scavenge map not having any weapons.
- Recompiled common infected materials to fix visual errors on Linux.
- Removed alarm glass from a non-alarm car.
- Fixed Special Infected being able to trigger the helicopter flyover when leaving the bumper car building on Dark Carnival Barns.
- c7m1 and c12m5: Fixed a few nav issues that caused tanks to get stuck.
- c1m1: Marked all areas outside of building on ground as not allowing any spawns.
- c11m5: Marked a few areas near the plane crash fire as no-threat to prevent tanks from spawning too close to the fire.
Client Update - Valve
A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Steam Library
  • Fixed custom logo position and size not working on first game page load.


Steam Overlay
  • Fixed overlay performance issue with certain framerate/vsync combinations.


SteamNetworkingSockets
  • Fix bug causing some Windows laptops to fail to connect with certificate errors.

Steam News - Casscolors
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Updated item schema with community fixes from Andrés S. (rabscootle)
  • Updated/Added some tournament medals
  • Updated the localization files
  • Updated pl_bloodwater
    • Fixed a Minify spell exploit at point A
    • Removed the Horseless Headless Horsemann from the map
    • Updated the underworld to give a rare spell when escaping
Steam News - andrewl


Another month of Steam releases is in the books, so with this post we're excited to announce the Top Releases of September. As with past months, this list highlights the top 20 products released in September, measured by revenue generated during the first two weeks following release. We’re also showcasing the top 5 free-to-play products, measured by unique player count following release.

More fun with friends

Steam's Top Release lists are typically full of multiplayer games, but September's list stood out for the co-op variety in particular. With most of the games this month offering multiplayer support, 13 of them include co-op specific modes. Now more than ever, players appreciate the ability to connect with friends to share in their favorite games together. From jumping online for quick round of PES 2021 or Unrailed!, to assembling friends for a weekend-long gaming marathon with Marvel's Avengers, September's list features co-op experiences of all sizes and varieties. Perhaps the most essential co-op experience comes with September's runaway horror hit, Phasmophobia, where having a friend to share in the frightening experience is practically a necessity. If you and your friends are looking for more unique co-op experiences, check out September's full list below, along with the massive list of games in Steam's Co-op Hub.

Classic franchises

September’s list also includes several highly anticipated installments from fan-favorite franchises. With almost half of the games this month being sequels or remasters, it was fun to pause and look back at some of the originals. The innovative dynasty simulator Crusader Kings was ahead of its time in 2004, but if you ask us, the newest version is the best yet. Then there’s Spelunky, which launched in 2008, influencing an entire generation of roguelike platformers. And how could we forget Serious Sam, which first invaded LAN parties nearly two decades ago. Ok, now we feel old.

Early Access completed

We'd also like to congratulate the developers and communities of Hades, Squad and Unrailed!. All three of these games made their successful version 1.0 launches in September after plenty of hard work and updates throughout Early Access. Their development stories are unique, but the theme is the same: the Early Access model creates a mutually beneficial relationship between players ready to jump in-game and developers eager to get feedback. Look no further than these community hubs to see how the dedication from players and developers made these 1.0 releases truly something to be celebrated.

New developers

Finally, it wouldn't be a Top Release list without congratulating the teams that are releasing a product on Steam for the first time. We're happy to welcome these eight teams to Steam: Álvaro García (binarynonsense), Awe Interactive, BlitWorks, Indoor Astronaut, Kinetic Games, Kongregate, Inc., Lyrical Games & Rhino Games, Inc.

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September's Top Releases

Here's the list of September's top releases ordered by release date (we've organized this list on a sale page too):


Crusader Kings III
Paradox Development Studio (Sweden)


Craftopia
POCKET PAIR, Inc. (Japan)


Marvel's Avengers
Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal & Nixxes (USA, Canada & Netherlands)


NBA 2K21
Visual Concepts (USA)


Necromunda: Underhive Wars
Rogue Factor (Canada)


Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
KAIKO, Big Huge Games & 38 Studios (Germany, USA & USA)


BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE
Awe Interactive (UK)


eFootball PES 2021
Konami Digital Entertainment (Japan)


Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
Artefacts Studio (France)


Hades
Supergiant Games (USA)


Medieval Dynasty
Render Cube (Poland)


Phasmophobia
Kinetic Games (UK)


Squad
Offworld Industries (Canada)


Unrailed!
Indoor Astronaut (Switzerland)


Untitled Goose Game
House House (Australia)


Mafia: Definitive Edition
Hangar 13 (USA)


Serious Sam 4
Croteam (Croatia)


Port Royale 4
Gaming Minds (Germany)


Captain Tsubasa - Rise of New Champions
TAMSOFT CORPORATION (Japan)


Spelunky 2
Mossmouth & BlitWorks (USA & Spain)

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September's Top Free Releases


Here are the Top 5 free-to-play titles from September, ranked by total unique player count:


Surviv.io - 2D Battle Royale
Kongregate, Inc. (USA)


Mythgard
Rhino Games, Inc. (USA)


DPS IDLE
YDKR (Russia)


High Entropy: Challenges
Álvaro García (binarynonsense) (Spain)


Idle Expanse
Lyrical Games LLC (USA)

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If you're curious about previous months, here are more Top Release lists:

Client Update - Valve
A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General
  • Fixed remote code exploit in Chromium Embedded Framework freetype library (CVE-2020-15999)


Remote Play Together
  • Fixed inviting more than one player to a game


Steam Input
  • Improved support for games using Windows raw input APIs
    Unity games using the Rewired plugin should upgrade to the latest release, version 1.1.36.1.


Linux
  • Fixed Proton 5.13 on systems that do not define XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (steam-runtime#284)

  • Fixed Proton 5.13 'Force Exit'

  • Fixed Proton 5.13 sub-dependencies download bug happening on first install

  • soldier runtime 0.20201022.0:

  • Fixed libtheora performance problem (misconfiguration)

  • libcapsule: fixed start failures caused by leftover NVIDIA driver pieces (steam-runtime#282 steam-runtime#275)

  • steam-runtime-tools: pick the correct DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY, fixes Gnome+Wayland and related problems (steam-runtime#283)

  • scout runtime 0.20201022.1

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