Dec 16, 2022
Steam Client Update - December 16th
Steam News - mikela
Note: This update was re-released Jan 26 to fix redeeming purchased game content.

New Big Picture Mode
  • Fixed gamepad focus issues in Steam store
  • Fixed footer buttons sometimes not appearing in Steam store
Dec 16, 2022
Steam Client Update Released
Client Update - Valve
Note: This update was re-released Jan 26 to fix redeeming purchased game content.

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

New Big Picture Mode
  • Fixed gamepad focus issues in Steam store
  • Fixed footer buttons sometimes not appearing in Steam store
Dec 15, 2022
‘Tis the Season for the Steam Winter Sale!
Steam News - kaci


There’s a feeling of holiday magic in the air—specifically the kind of holiday magic that translates to massive savings on thousands of games during the Steam Winter Sale, December 22nd at 10am PST through January 5, 2023 at 10am PST.

We promise no one will be following you around this store asking "CAN I HELP YOU FIND ANYTHING?” while you browse. And boy do we have fun things to browse. Beyond checking out discounted games, you can also hit up the Points Shop to claim free stickers throughout the sale, or look for deals on additional winter goodies.

While you’re visiting our magical “town” of deals, don't forget to cast your vote in the 2022 Steam Awards! Beginning Friday December 16 at 10am PST, we'll be announcing your nominations in each category, based on your votes during the Steam Autumn Sale. Voting for the winners will begin when the Winter Sale officially launches on December 22nd at 10am PST.

The sale will be live at https://store.steampowered.com/

See you soon, and Happy Holidays!
Dec 14, 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 Particulate Protector not using the BLU team skin
  • Fixed Huntsman registering headshots when arrows go through other entities
  • Fixed Oktoberfester's third style using the smoke effect
  • Fixed missing smoke effect for The Salty Dog's second style
  • Updated Tainted Frost unusual effect to fix a problem with the material
  • Updated Colonel Kringle to fix some clipping and alignment issues
  • Updated Taunt: Tailored Terminal to fix a problem with the briefcase materials
  • Updated Taunt: Russian Rubdown to fix some sounds being clipped
  • Updated Taunt: Roasty Toasty
    • Fixed some sounds clipping the Pyro's lines
    • Fixed some missing particles
    • Fixed a stutter in the animation loop
  • Updated pl_rumford_event
    • Fixed missing materials/models
    • Fixed duplicate lights on the rope entities
  • Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy
    • Fixed a client crash caused by failing to decode MP3 files
    • Fixed snow displacements poking through the roof
    • Fixed bullet holes poking through soft snow
    • Fixed snowman bombs not respawning properly
    • Minor clipping improvements
    • Removed the Observer
Dec 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 a server crash related to the Spy sapping buildings
  • Fixed the Battle Bear not using the correct skin for team BLU
  • Fixed a materials problem with the Taunt: Tailored Terminal
  • Fixed missing sounds and smoothed the loop point for the Taunt: Roasty Toasty
  • Updated ctf_frosty to fix various exploits
  • Updated pl_rumford_event to fix missing models/materials
  • Updated pl_frostcliff
    • Fixed sticky bombs from getting attached to the front of the payload cart
    • Fixed some window props from hovering
    • Fixed displacement crack in uphill near A
    • Fixed few misaligned textures
    • Fixed players from staying stuck few seconds in old respawn after spawns change
    • Fixed players from getting stuck between cart and geometry near last pit
    • Increased RED team spawn time slightly after BLU captures 2nd point
    • Decreased doorway size near BLU 2nd spawn area
    • Improved lighting in doorway near capture point D
    • Improved clipping within map
  • Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy
    • Improved clipping
    • Added missing color correction data
    • Adjusted BLU spawn to light better and tweak some clipping
    • Adjusted intensity and hue of lighting in various places for better readability
    • Fixed soundscape transition bugs
    • Reduced temperature by 3 degrees
  • Updated VScript
    • Updated HLTV placeholder player to not be a valid script entity. This fixes some scripts failing on dedicated servers because the HLTV placeholder player isn't accounted for.
Dec 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:

  • Updated the Festive Rack to fix missing paintable attribute
  • Updated Musical Maelstrom, Verdant Virtuoso, and Silver Serenade effects to fix max particle count
  • Updated pl_rumford_event to fix missing materials/models
  • Updated cp_frostwatch
    • Fixed being able to build on one of the roofs in stage 2
    • Fixed a door going through the floor in stage 3
  • Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy
    • Improved clipping
    • Fixed various perch spots
    • Decreased fog intensity
    • Removed unused particle system entities
    • Fixed a few floating trees
    • Adjusted vertical positions of snowman bombs
    • Adjusted lighting on metal sheets in blue spawn
    • Fireplaces will now light arrows
    • Added more func_dustmotes
    • Fixed some visible z-fighting
    • Minor detailing additions and adjustments
  • VScript support changes
    • Fixed lag compensation when friendly fire is enabled
    • Added better support for meshing player upgrades
      • Added GrantOrRemoveAllUpgrades method
      • Exposed currency UI when upgrades are enabled
      • Exposed upgrade history on the player when playing without a population manager
Dec 6, 2022
Now Available on Steam - Kynseed, 10% off!
Kynseed - Valve
Kynseed is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off!*

A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG. Raise a family, farm the land, run a business, cook, craft and build an everlasting legacy in a vast world filled with adventure, creativity and meaningful choices.

*Offer ends December 13 at 10AM Pacific Time
Dec 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:



Happy Smissmas 2022!
  • All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
  • Featuring 5 new community maps: Frostwatch, Frostcliff, Rumford, Frosty, and Coal Pit
  • Added the Winter 2022 Cosmetic Case
    • Contains 23 new community-contributed items
    • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
  • Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
    • Taunt: Russian Rubdown
    • Taunt: Tailored Terminal
    • Taunt: Roasty Toasty
  • Added 17 new community-created Unusual effects
    • 8 new effects for Unusual hats
    • 9 new effects for Unusual taunts
  • All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2022 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.
  • Mann Co. Store winter sale!
  • Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2023
General
  • Fixed some point_camera visibility issues
  • Fixed some UGC medals using the wrong skin for team RED
  • Updated backpack images for some older cosmetic cases
  • Updated winter cosmetic cases to use a winterized sound when opening
  • Updated several maps to fix localization issues
  • Updated cp_snakewater_final1
    • Fixed missing cubemaps
    • Improved blockbullets
    • Visual fixes
Dec 1, 2022
Steam Client Update - December 1st
Steam News - TomB (Valve)
General
  • Fixed display of the Update News and other popup dialogs w/ GPU accelerated rendering disabled
  • Fixed size of content in Update news dialog when running with Windows text scaling >100%

Steam Input
  • Change the "add command" and "add subcommand" options to take you directly to the binding screen
  • Fixed an issue introduced in a recent update to the old Big Picture configurator causing the names of new virtual menu bindings to be displayed incorrectly
  • Fixed controllers being treated as Xbox One controllers by default when defining their layout
  • Fixed the L3/R3 buttons not being detected for some third party PS3 controllers
  • Added Left and Right Stick Deflection as an option for Gyro Activation Buttons. Stick deflection is no longer considered a part of "Touch" (Cap Sense) on SteamDeck.
  • Fixed rumble for Switch Pro Controllers attached over USB

New Big Picture Mode
  • Fixed display of the new Big Picture Mode window with w/ GPU accelerated rendering disabled
  • Added confirmation dialogs for the power menu options to restart and shutdown your PC
  • Fixed a case where switching Virtual Menus w/ an action set, layer, or modeshift could cause them to stop working in the new Big Picture Mode overlay
  • Fixed crash when touching gift or new inventory item notification
  • Fixed "show password" toggle to show/hide the password
  • Fixed On Screen Keyboard no longer showing when requested by the game or Proton
  • Fixed an issue where context menus would not properly highlight focused items
  • Fixed crash when exiting a 1-on-1 voice chat
  • Fixed an issue where notification toasts would fail to appear

Remote Play
  • Fixed getting the wrong personalization (colors, etc.) for streaming PS4 controllers
  • Fixed streaming Bluetooth controllers not turning off

Linux
  • Fixed overlay causing crashes on some native games (Borderlands 2)
Dec 1, 2022
Steam Client Update Released
Client Update - Valve
A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General
  • Fixed display of the Update News and other popup dialogs w/ GPU accelerated rendering disabled
  • Fixed size of content in Update news dialog when running with Windows text scaling >100%

Steam Input
  • Change the "add command" and "add subcommand" options to take you directly to the binding screen
  • Fixed an issue introduced in a recent update to the old Big Picture configurator causing the names of new virtual menu bindings to be displayed incorrectly
  • Fixed controllers being treated as Xbox One controllers by default when defining their layout
  • Fixed the L3/R3 buttons not being detected for some third party PS3 controllers
  • Added Left and Right Stick Deflection as an option for Gyro Activation Buttons. Stick deflection is no longer considered a part of "Touch" (Cap Sense) on SteamDeck.
  • Fixed rumble for Switch Pro Controllers attached over USB

New Big Picture Mode
  • Fixed display of the new Big Picture Mode window with w/ GPU accelerated rendering disabled
  • Added confirmation dialogs for the power menu options to restart and shutdown your PC
  • Fixed a case where switching Virtual Menus w/ an action set, layer, or modeshift could cause them to stop working in the new Big Picture Mode overlay
  • Fixed crash when touching gift or new inventory item notification
  • Fixed "show password" toggle to show/hide the password
  • Fixed On Screen Keyboard no longer showing when requested by the game or Proton
  • Fixed an issue where context menus would not properly highlight focused items
  • Fixed crash when exiting a 1-on-1 voice chat
  • Fixed an issue where notification toasts would fail to appear

Remote Play
  • Fixed getting the wrong personalization (colors, etc.) for streaming PS4 controllers
  • Fixed streaming Bluetooth controllers not turning off

Linux
  • Fixed overlay causing crashes on some native games (Borderlands 2)
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