Steam News - kaci


We're thrilled to announce Steam Replay, coming directly to all Steam users beginning today! What is Steam Replay? Watch the video above, or read on to find out.

Whether this was your best year yet or one you’d sooner forget, playing games was (hopefully!) a reliably fun escape. To celebrate, we’re introducing Steam Replay!

From your top games this year, to how and when you spent your most playtime, Steam Replay presents a wrap-up of your time on Steam in 2022.

Visit Steam to take a look at your very own Steam Replay starting today, and feel free to share with your friends via Steam and social media!
Steam News - jennyj


The Steam Winter Sale is LIVE! From now until January 5th at 10am PST, you'll find deals on thousands of games in our biggest sale of the year. Shop for yourself or your friends—you can gift specific games, or go the gift card route.

As for the Steam Awards, you've already nominated your favorite games from 2022, so now it's time to VOTE! Vote HERE across all 11 categories by January 3rd at 9am PST; we'll be announcing the winners just one hour later.

Here's how:

(youtube voting video)


Feeling like you deserve a little something yourself? Of COURSE you do! We have everything from free stickers to a new badge you can craft with Winter Sale trading cards, along with other winter goodies on sale in the Points Shop.

The Steam Winter Sale is on now through January 5 at 10am PST! See you there!


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 Taunt: The Boiling Point and Taunt: The Table Tantrum items to add missing voice lines when flipping the table
  • Updated the Taunt: Roasty Toasty to add missing marshmallow ignite sound
  • Updated pl_rumford_event
    • Adjusted occluders
    • Added some hints
    • Reduced unneeded props
    • Adjusted area portals
    • Minor deforestation
  • Updated cp_frostwatch
    • Stage 2
      • Added spawn camp prevention/covers (both A and B paths)
      • Added another Snowmann
      • Removed mine carts in A flank
      • Reduced length of metal gate in the middle court
      • Increased cap time from 16 to 20
    • Stage 3
      • Added spawn camp prevention/covers
      • Added another Snowmann
      • Enhanced the snow pile in the water trench
      • Added another way to get out of the trench
      • Increased Point 1 doorway length
      • Removed a sightline with RED spawn
Steam News - andrewl624 *****


The excitement of the Steam Winter Sale is almost upon us, but before we jump in we're happy to announce Steam's Top Releases of November. As always, we look at every release for the month, highlighting the Top 20 games and Top 5 DLC releases based on the 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 November 2022

Powerful Franchises
As fans celebrated the excitement of this year’s World Cup, Football Manager 2023 smashed its way onto November’s Top Release list. This franchise has steadily become a fixture on Steam with perennial appearances on our Top Release lists, so its comes as no surprise that football fans from around the world put it here once again.

Fatshark returns to the Top Release list with their brand new Warhammer 40,000 installment, Darktide. As they did for years with their Vermintide series, Fatshark showcases how appealing the Warhammer universe can be when combined with a well-designed product. No experience painting miniatures is required to enjoy all the visceral co-op action in this latest Warhammer hit.

Finally, we can’t mention franchises without giving a shout out to Spider-Man and Sonic. Both of these beloved heroes secured their place on this month's Top Release list, all while saving the world yet again.

Deep Stories
The gameplay of a polished Top Release can be so engaging that it’s easy to lose sight of the incredible stories that these games tell. November’s top releases are not only filled with stories that are worth highlighting, they demonstrate how narratives can be integrated with compelling gameplay in a variety of ways. Several of the games this month, including Pentiment and The Devil in Me, shape their narratives around the choices and decisions that players make. The Past Within takes it a step further with a fresh co-op experience that allows friends to experience two sides of the same story from entirely different perspectives.

New Devs
Finally, we'd like to congratulate the teams that are releasing a product on Steam for the very first time. A big welcome and congrats go out to these development teams on their successful Steam debuts.

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If you're curious about previous months, head over to our Steam Charts overview page.
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
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
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!
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
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.
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
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