* As an experimental change for a few days, All Pick will now have 25 heroes randomly removed from the hero pool at the start of the draft before the ban phase. This change only affects Ranked Matchmaking.


* In today ™s update we are changing how commands are processed in Dota to address some user input contention and improve responsiveness. Previously if you cast a spell and before it finished casting, you cast two spells afterwards, only the last spell would be cast. The order queue was only 1 deep effectively. This usually has no practical impact, except for things with really fast/instant cast time done in sequence. Here are a few examples of how the behavior would be different:



Example 1:
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Axe casts battle hunger. While the cast animation is playing, Axe quickly uses a Blink Dagger and then Berserker ™s Call.

Old Rules: Only Berserker ™s Call is cast. The blink dagger order is ignored.
New Rules: Axe will use the Blink Dagger, then cast Berserker ™s Call.


Example 2:
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Puck casts Illusory Orb. Puck then casts Dream Coil. While the cast animation of Dream Coil is playing, Puck quickly casts Ethereal Jaunt and Waning Rift.

Old Rules: Only Waning Rift would have triggered and Puck would not have teleported with Ethereal Jaunt.
New Rules: Puck teleports with Ethereal Jaunt and then casts Waning Rift in the new location.


This change applies generally to all orders that are issued when your hero is in another action (like during a cast animation or while stunned), and the order needs to enter the queue. Issuing a movement command or stop will still empty the queue same as before, if you decide you no longer want to issue the orders in the queue.

Call of Duty ®: Black Ops III Multiplayer DLC Trial Pack is Now Available on Steam!

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Multiplayer DLC Trial Pack for PC, a 30-day free trial that will give players access to all of the multiplayer goodness found in all four Downloadable Content packs. Furthermore, all of the MP maps will be added to all of the playlists. If you already own the DLC that you ™re playing, you ™ll get a 2XP reward. The deal is even sweeter for Season Pass owners, who will receive 2XP on all multiplayer maps. And those offers last through the duration of the 30-day trial.

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2.

- Fixed a potential remote code execution exploit.

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead.

- Fixed a potential remote code execution exploit.

7.06c:
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* Blademail: Damage return is no longer increased by Spell Amplification
* Solar Crest: Evasion reduced from 25% to 20%
* Solar Crest: Chance for true strike mechanic is now renamed to Accuracy
* Solar Crest: Accuracy increased from 25% to 35%
* Ancient Apparition: Cold Feet stun duration rescaled from 1.25/2/2.75/3.5 to 2/2.5/3/3.5
* Bloodseeker: Base damage increased by 4
* Clinkz: Skeleton Walk movement speed increased from 11/22/33/44 to 15/25/35/45%
* Clinkz: Death Pact health gain increased from 50/65/80% to 50/70/90%
* Clinkz: Death Pact damage gain increased from 5/6.5/8% to 5/7/9%
* Crystal Maiden: Base movement speed reduced from 280 to 275
* Doom: Infernal Blade stun duration increased from 0.4 to 0.6
* Ember Spirit: Level 10 Spell Amplification reduced from 10% to 8%
* Ember Spirit: Level 10 Attack Damage increased from +25 to +30
* Gyrocopter: Flak Cannon radius increased from 1000 to 1250
* Gyrocopter: Homing Missile stun duration from 2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8 to 2.25/2.5/2.75/3.0
* Io: Overcharge Health/Mana drain from 4.5% to 6%
* Lich: Sacrifice cooldown reduced from 60/48/36/24 to 60/46/32/18
* Lone Druid: Spirit Bear base attack time improved from 1.75/1.65/1.55/1.45 to 1.65/1.55/1.45/1.35
* Mirana: Leap movement speed from 4/8/12/16% to 8/12/16/20%
* Monkey King: Tree Dance cooldown reduced from 1.4 to 1.2
* Monkey King: Base HP regen increased from 0.75 to 1.5
* Monkey King: Level 10 Talent from +5 Armor to +10% Evasion
* Necrophos: Ghost Shroud AoE increased from 600 to 750
* Nyx Assassin: Impale cooldown increased from 13 to 14 (Scepter is unaffected, still 7)
* Oracle: False Promise duration increased from 7/8/9 to 8/9/10
* Pugna: Life Drain break range from 900 to 1000
* Pugna: Level 20 Talent from +0.5 Netherward Damage to +0.75
* Shadow Demon: Level 10 Talent from +10 MS to +20
* Shadow Demon: Level 10 Talent from +6 Strength to +10
* Shadow Demon: Level 15 Talent from +6% Spell Amp to +8%
* Shadow Demon: Level 20 Talent from +10% Magic Resistance to +15%
* Shadow Demon: Shadow Poison cast point improved from 0.3 to 0.25
* Skywrath Mage: Arcane Bolt cast range increased from 800 to 875
* Skywrath Mage: Level 20 Talent from +20 Movement Speed to +40
* Skywrath Mage: Level 20 Talent from +15% Magic Resistance to +20%
* Treant Protector: Movement Speed reduced from 290 to 280
* Troll Warlord: Battle Trance cooldown increased from 30 to 35
* Underlord: Firestorm Max Health damage from 0.75/1.5/2.25/3% to 0.8/1.6/2.4/3.2%
* Venomancer: Poison Sting damage per second increased from 6/12/18/24 to 6/14/22/30
* Venomancer: Agility gain increased from 2.6 to 2.8
* Viper: Level 15 Talent from +10 Strength to +15
* Warlock: Chaotic Offering manacost increased from 250/350/450 to 250/375/500
* Warlock: Chaotic Offering cooldown increased from 165 to 170
* Winter Wyvern: Arctic Burn flight duration from 6 to 8 seconds
* Zeus: Movement Speed increased from 295 to 300

* Updated cursor images to better support high resolution displays.
* Improved the accuracy of the preview of wards blocking spawn boxes.
* Fixed the caption on Io's first talent.
* Fixed the interaction of Rubick's Spell Steal and Io's Spirits.
* Fixed a bug with Monkey King's Primal Spring and Ironwood Branches.

* Fixed a recent bug that caused armor to reduce slightly more physical damage than intended

7.06b:
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* Sven: God's Strength bonus strength reduced from 16/28/40 to 12/24/36
* Sven: Base Attack Time increased from 1.7 to 1.8
* Troll Warlord: Agility gain reduced from 2.75 to 2.5
* Broodmother: Spin Web HP Regeneration increased from 2/4/6/8 to 3/5/7/9
* Monkey King: Wukong's Command attack cooldown improved from 1.7 to 1.6

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:

• Added the Rainy Day Cosmetic Case and Rainy Day Cosmetic Key
  • New community cosmetics case with 19 items
• Added the Snack's Summery Ultiduo Siesta tournament medals
  
• Fixed the vote menu erroneously hiding itself when the main menu is opened
  
• Updated localization files
  

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2.

- Fixed the Steam Controller sometimes failing to switch to the menu control set.