Oct 7, 2022
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
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:

  • Fixed Crasher's contract objective pointing to the wrong map
  • Fixed the Escape Hell contract objective not triggering on some maps
  • Fixed a materials problem with the More Gun Marshal
  • Fixed a materials problem with the Ghoul Blaster war paint
  • Fixed overlapping character audio during some of the new taunts
  • Updated ctf_crasher
    • Fixed some instances of the announcer being interrupted by casual mode lines
    • Cleaned up some logic safeguards that have proven unnecessary post-release
    • Fixed giant deaths despawning pumpkin bombs
    • Fixed nag lines not properly disabling on first flag pickup
    • Extended non-buildable area around flag to prevent blocking giants
  • Updated koth_sawmill_event
    • Fixed a bug where players could be stuck with low-gravity
    • Fixed a bug where players could hit their head on the kill trigger for catapulted enemies appearing from the underworlds deathpit
Oct 6, 2022
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
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:

  • Fixed missing model for the More Gun Marshal
  • Fixed broken material for the Dustbowl Devil
  • Fixed missing style strings for Halloween cosmetic items
  • Fixed style for Beaten and Bruised cosmetic not hiding the hat/headphones
  • Fixed missing image for the Strange Filter: Bonesaw (Community)
  • Fixed Alcoholic Automaton equip_region conflicting with the Pocket Yeti
  • Fixed rigging issue with the Horror Shawl
  • Fixed scaling issues with the Malevolent Monoculi and Haunted Forever particle effects
  • Fixed material transparency issue with the Pungent Poison particle effect
  • Fixed missing Halloween 2022 Case image on the Soul Gargoyle's collections
  • Fixed incorrect descriptions for new community map stamps
  • Fixed equip_regions for The Turncoat and Safety Stripes
  • Added missing No Headphones style for The Masked Fiend
  • Updated Taunt: Drunk Mann's Cannon
    • Fixed taunt sounds not always playing
    • Fixed incorrect delays between flair opportunities
  • Updated koth_sawmill_event
    • Fixed players sometimes spawning inside each other
  • Updated plr_hacksaw_event
    • Fixed not being able to push the Red cart
    • Fixed missing materials in resupply closets
    • Fixed Horseless Headless Horsemann not being visible
Oct 6, 2022
Steam Client Update, October 6
Steam News - joe
This update was re-released at 5:10pm Pacific to address an issue that was preventing some users from signing in.

Sign In UI
  • Updated sign in UI look and feel

Games to Play Together
  • Allow friend search by nickname or persona name
  • Include free to play games that have been played by the friend in Games to Play Together filters
  • Fixed issue with “Find Games to Play with Friends” showing games that your friend is sharing with you

Library
  • Fixed text display cropping issue with library filter tags

Steam Cloud
  • Fixed showing “Cloud Sync Failure” dialog on game launch when in Offline mode

In-Game Overlay
  • Improve overlay responsiveness in some edge cases for users with large friends lists or large numbers of incoming friends requests.

Remote Play
  • Fixed rare cases of keyboard input arriving out of order
Oct 6, 2022
Steam Client Update Released
Client Update - Valve
A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Sign In UI
  • Updated sign in UI look and feel

Games to Play Together
  • Allow friend search by nickname or persona name
  • Include free to play games that have been played by the friend in Games to Play Together filters
  • Fixed issue with “Find Games to Play with Friends” showing games that your friend is sharing with you

Library
  • Fixed text display cropping issue with library filter tags

Steam Cloud
  • Fixed showing “Cloud Sync Failure” dialog on game launch when in Offline mode

In-Game Overlay
  • Improve overlay responsiveness in some edge cases for users with large friends lists or large numbers of incoming friends requests.

Remote Play
  • Fixed rare cases of keyboard input arriving out of order
Oct 5, 2022
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
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:



Scream Fortress XIV has arrived!
  • Featuring 6 new community maps: Soul-Mill, Helltrain, Bonesaw, Crasher, Ghoulpit, and Spookeyridge
  • Added the Ghoulish Gains Case
    • Contains 22 new community-created cosmetic items that make up the Ghoulish Gains Collection
    • Has a chance to give one of 5 new community-created Halloween-restricted items as a bonus item
    • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
  • Added 5 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
    • Taunt: The Scaredy-cat!
    • Taunt: Texas Twirl 'Em
    • Taunt: The Travel Agent
    • Taunt: Drunk Mann's Cannon
    • Taunt: Shanty Shipmate
  • Added 25 new community-created Unusual effects
    • 12 new effects for Unusual hats
    • 13 new effects for Unusual taunts
  • Added the Scream Fortress XIV War Paint Case
    • Contains 11 new community-created War Paints that make-up the Scream Fortress XIV War Paint Collection
    • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
  • All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
    • Grants access to Merasmissions and Halloween item transmutations
    • Tracks Merasmissions completed and souls collected
  • All Halloween Contracts have been reset, allowing them to be completed again
  • Added new Contracts for this year's featured community maps
  • Completing a Halloween Contract will give players a classic Halloween item and the chance for a Ghoulish Gains Case or Scream Fortress XIV War Paint Case
  • Continue last year's event by collecting the souls of dead players for your Soul Gargoyle by killing enemies, doing map objectives, or collecting the Soul Gargoyles that spawn in the maps
  • All cosmetic and taunt Cases will grant Halloween 2022 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include Crates.
  • Join Halloween matches by using the Special Events category in Casual
  • Scream Fortress XIV runs through November 7th, 2022
General
  • Updated several maps to fix localization issues
  • Updated cp_snakewater_final1
    • Fixed walkable ledge near mid
    • Fixed match summary screen for competitive mode
    • Created some space between spawn points and door trigger in first forward spawn
    • Minor visual fixes
Oct 3, 2022
Steam Next Fest is on NOW, Featuring Hundreds of Free Demos
Steam News - jennyj


Check out Steam Next Fest

Steam Next Fest is back! The October Edition is officially upon us, with a full week celebrating upcoming games. Play What's Next from first-time and veteran developers alike; and wishlist your favorites to be notified when they officially launch on Steam!

Hundreds of Free Demos
Today through October 10th at 10am PDT (UTC-7), we're showcasing hundreds of demos for the newest upcoming games across every genre from teams all over the world! You'll have the opportunity to try these unreleased games for free throughout Next Fest—no expo halls, no queues.

Discover Demos, Get A Badge
New for this edition of Next Fest: a Steam badge that levels up as you explore games in the newly revamped Discovery Queue. If you're not yet familiar with the new Discovery Queue, you can learn more about it here.

Official Livestream Kickoff
Day 1 includes our own live show (starting at 11am PDT) to kick off a full week of developer livestreams and chats! Check out the schedule on the front page to find more to enjoy.

Explore and Discover
With so many amazing games to choose from, it can be hard to know where to start. We've got your back, with lots of easy ways to explore Next Fest!
  • Browse by category, or a game’s primary tags, to find demos in your favorite genre; you can even search by sub-genres or specific features.
  • Check out the Event Schedule for developer-hosted livestreams and chats to see who you might like to connect with.

Check out Steam Next Fest

#SteamNextFest
Sep 28, 2022
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
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:

  • Reverted the +quickswitch bug fix while we evaluate
Sep 28, 2022
Top Releases of August 2022
Steam News - andrewl624


Returning to our monthly series, we're excited to announce Steam's Top Releases for the month of August. As always, we look at every game released during the month, highlighting the Top 20 games and Top 5 DLC releases based on their first two weeks of revenue. We also highlight the top 5 free-to-play games, ranked by the number of unique players they acquired after launch.

The Top Releases of August 2022

New home
Last week we launched a completely overhauled Steam Charts overview page, which will now host these Monthly Top Release lists. The Charts page also includes a ton of other interesting information, including player stats, real-time top sellers, historical charts, and more. You can read all about it here.

Summer blockbusters
Summer is the perfect venue for a blockbuster, and August fit the bill with a number of headliners rising to the Top Release marquee. As one of the most beloved superheroes of the past 60 years, expectations were massive for the PC debut of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered. Insomniac Games and Nixxes Software delivered in a big way, letting players take full advantage of modern hardware, all while raising the bar for what Steam players can expect from an experience built for the PC. On top of that, it's great on the Steam Deck! August also included the massively-multiplayer Steam debut of Guild Wars 2. Its arrival on Steam coincides with recent in-game festivities and player celebration of a 10 year journey with this award-winning MMO classic.

Funny business
Creating a Top Release is no laughing matter for developers, with plenty of hard work, careful planning, and creative spark going into each and every game that makes it to the top. While creating one of these is no joke, August's Top Releases brought plenty of laughs to Steam libraries. For Cult of the Lamb and Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed, players are encouraged to push the boundaries of dark humor as they explore familiar archetypes with morbidly unique twists. For a more light-hearted sense of humor, players can check out PlateUp! and Two Point Campus, each with a generous helping of strategy and comic relief. Finally, we can't talk comedy without mentioning that Dead by Daylight now boasts a laugh-out-loud spinoff that needs no explanation - Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™.   

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If you're curious about previous months, head over to the brand-new Steam Charts overview page.
Sep 26, 2022
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
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:

  • Fixed being unable to equip certain valid cosmetic combinations
Sep 26, 2022
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
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:

  • Fixed some stability issues
  • Fixed being able to equip conflicting cosmetic items using +quickswitch
  • Fixed precached particles not being deleted across map changes
  • Fixed some hats with drop_type "drop" not being dropped in the world
  • Fixed headshot animations sometimes playing at map origin
  • Fixed missing polygon on Pyro's finger
  • Fixed clipped text in the Mann vs. Machine loot list screen
  • Fixed missing BLU skin for The Sydney Sleeper
  • Fixed some attribute descriptions being cut off in the Item Pickup dialog
  • Fixed duplicate reload sound entries in the tf_weapon_flaregun_revenge weapon script
  • Fixed players not igniting after being shot when the map has applied the TF_COND_GAS condition
  • Fixed not preserving the player's current angles when the map has applied the TF_COND_HALLOWEEN_KART condition
  • Fixed missing variables in the Canteen Crasher tournament medals. This does not affect previous versions of those medals.
  • Updated func_nobuild entity with a new setting to support destroying buildings within its perimeter when activated
  • Updated player entity with SetCustomModelWithClassAnimations input to set a custom player model that uses the class animations
  • Updated the tf_logic_cp_timer entity so it can also be used for team RED
  • Updated/Added some tournament medals
  • Updated the localization files
  • Updated the Hazard Headgear
    • Fixed using the wrong lightwarp
    • Updated the backpack image to match the item
  • Updated the Fizzy Pharmacist
    • Moved the soda bottle to the other side of the Medic to fix clipping problems
    • Fixed the second style not hiding the bottle
  • Updated pl_upward
    • Fixed exploit that allowed buildings to be built in an area that is later shut off from both teams
  • Updated cp_snakewater_final1
    • Minor visual, clipping/blockbullet, and detailing fixes
    • Fixed alignment issues
    • Fixed some mirroring issues
    • Updated mid slightly to make it more mirrored
    • Increased wall heights on mid to allow more jumps
    • Updated last spawn room to reduce the randomness of spawnpoints
    • Slightly increased cap time on last to account for longer travel time to the point
    • Speculative changes to fix some "wallbug" issues
    • Added Competitive mode stage
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