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Updates to Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:


Updated with other Orange Box client/server fixes

Despite its crass and often offensive tone, Saints Row: The Third was quite well done, and turned the well-traveled sandbox urban action genre on its head a few times. Don't believe us? This weekend is your chance to find out for free, as the game is free-to-play until Sunday over on Steam. For the cost of your bandwidth and an hour or so of downloading, you can take a trip to Steelport, and be both disgusted and thrilled at the same time.

And if you like the game as much as we did, you can buy it on Steam for just $13.59, 66% off of the standard price. This one's not for the kids, but it is as much fun as you'll have flying around in a hovercraft all year long.

An Update to Cubemen has been released. To celebrate, 3 Sprockets is offering 60% off Cubemen until September 28th at 10Am Pacific Time.

The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

The major changes include:

• Level Editor including level creation, sharing & favourites - Yes Finally!
  
• Soon to be hundreds or thousands of user levels to play
  
• Brand new music tracks with custom music theme selection options per game mode
  
• Local Mayhem games versus Bots (no need for online connectivity at all)
  
• Random tower placement option in defense (unlocked per level by getting platinum)
  
• Reverse tower placement in Skirmish mode (local and online games)
  
• Brand new music tracks with custom music theme selection options per game mode
  
• New volume controls for Music and SFX in game options and in game
  
• Level Theme skinning gallery
  

This weekend only, save 66% off Killing Floor, Red Orchestra 2 and the newly available Tripwire Interactive Bundle!

Killing Floor Workshop
Plus, the Killing Floor Steam Workshop is now available! Create and discover new mods and maps!
Here you will find new maps, mods, weapon, monsters and more! Want to try your hand at modding or want to upload your mod to Steam?

Red Orchestra 2 Workshop Coming Soon
The Red Orchestra 2 Steam Workshop Will be available later this year with New Battlefields to explore!
Here you will find new maps, mods, and more! Want to try your hand at modding or want to upload your mod to Steam for everyone to see?

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:


Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Fixed a client crash bug caused by overflow of the audio cache
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed server browser network activity to continue after choosing a server
  

Team Fortress 2

• Added new promo items
  
• Unlocked the "What's in the Sandvich Box?"
  
• Unlocked the "What's in the Companion Square Box?"
  
• Fixed a server crash related to Demoman bot AI
  
• Updated the Tin Pot to use the correct skin for each style
  
• Fixed seeing the fire texture on Gold Botkiller items in DirectX 8
  
• Updated the localization files
  
• Updated Mann vs. Machine
  • Matchmaking search criteria supports selecting multiple missions
    
  • Mann Up servers will retry notification of mission victory to game coordinator, to ensure loot is eventually granted in the case of service disruption
    
  • Matchmaking will prevent late joining into the a server near the end of the last wave
    
  • Added a new currency UI element to indicate money that is active in the world
    
  • Added the tour number to the information on the scoreboard
    
  • Fixed the Medigun overheal duration attribute causing the overheal effect to decay faster, rather than slower
    
  • Added the ability to buy projectile penetration for the Crusader's Crossbow
    
  • Fixed a false positive for the achievement "Clockwork Carnage"
    
  • Added a new command "bot_hurt"
    • Parameters -name [bot name], -team [red/blue/all], -damage [amount]
  • Fixed the Demoman shields not saving their upgrades upon round reset
• Updated koth_king
  • Reflections fixed for the floors and some glass windows
    
  • Modified model file for the sign 6 through 9 to avoid Red signs on Blu side of the map
    
  • Modified light pole to merge bulb and pole into a single model for perf
    
  • Fixed location where mini-sentries can shoot through a bush without being seen
    
  • Clipping pass
    
  • Added glass on footbridge roof and lights nearby
    
  • Prop reduction for perf
    
  • Some props changed to non-solid for player mobility
    
  • Adjusted health and ammo in various spots
• Community requests:
  • Add a new server ConVar "tf_avoidteammates_pushaway" to control whether or not teammates push each other away when occupying the same space
    
  • Add a new server ConVar "tf_arena_override_team_size" to allow server owners to set the maximum team size in arena mode

During a panel pitching Steam and Greenlight to indies at Fantastic Arcade, Valve presented some numbers representing the usage of the service.

According to the slide, 949,156 users have participated, casting 9,998,476 votes toward getting games onto Steam. 3,195 games have been posted to Greenlight for consideration, of which 1,110 got banned so far, for various reasons ranging from content considered inappropriate to just being a joke.

Finally, there are around 800 "Legitimate, Publicly Visible Items" on the service. And of those, of course, ten have been officially "greenlit."

9/19/12
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Added Meepo!
- Added Meepo!
- Added Meepo!
- Added Meepo!
- Added Meepo!
- In the Test client, heroes will now randomly equip cosmetic items every time they spawn.

GAMEPLAY
- Pugna: Fixed Nether Ward briefly registering the incorrect team right after casting.
- Wisp: Fixed being able to Teleport a Tethered creep to the enemy base.
- Lich: Fixed Chain Frost being dodge-able.

UI
- The buyback button is no longer shown when the hero is reincarnating.
- Shift clicking a recipe now puts it in quickbuy.
- Fixed misaligned tooltips in the combine tree.
- Pennants now work for any game that's part of a tournament.
- New broadcaster select dialog.
- Added animated Firstblood, killstreaks and multikills notifications.
- Reduced opposing-team pause resume time down to 5 seconds (from 30 seconds). It remains 30 seconds if a player is disconnected.
- The top bar healthbars now show up any time a player is spectating.
- Fixed issues with the featured hero in the profile not showing the right hero, or not animating after toggling the dashboard.
- Stackable items now have their sellback time expired when they are stacked by a movement inside the inventory.
- The suggested items tab is now reloaded after a player swaps heroes with someone else.
- Added hero filter to live games list.

VISUALS
- Added a effect that plays the whole time Keeper's Mana Leak is active on a target, not just when the target moves.
- Player's chosen team pennant will display in the fountain area.

DOTA 2 BOTS
- Added Lich bot.
- Added Death Prophet bot.
- Added Viper bot.
- Bots will now select heroes their teammates have suggested in the hero picker.
- Increased the radius and strength of fountain avoidance.
- Tuned the strength of bots desire to place a ward, they should be somewhat more cautious about it now.
- Bots now wait 15 seconds after hero-picking to spring into action. This gives players the opportunity to buy their own couriers, if they want.
- Bots will no longer try to TP out of a fight if they're currently visible to the enemy team.
- Bots now try to path through FoWed areas when retreating.
- Bots now pay attention to multiple pings, and will use them to strengthen their desire to attack a hero, defend a lane, or push a lane.
- Bots that are disabled due to missing players on the opposing team are now also invulnerable so they cannot be farmed.
- Supports will now defer last-hitting to non-supports in their lane.
- Bots on easier difficulty levels will now be worse at retreating out of a gank.
- Fixed bug with the avoidance of Dark Seer's wall (only half the wall was being avoided).
- Slightly increased sticktoitiveness of bots overall, but moreso for medium and easy bots.
- Made Tiny bot less likely to Avalanche when retreating (so it's harder to harass him into using all his mana).

Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers is now available on Steam!

True heroes know no bounds!

Experience top combat action in this brand new arcade flight sim and become immersed in the exploits of famous aircraft carriers. Choose the side you want to play on: the US Navy or the Imperial Japanese Navy. Climb into the cockpit and re-live the most famous battles of the War in the Pacific. Equip your aircraft with realistic weapons, and take to the air with your squadron.

Get ready for breathtaking air battles over the Pacific!

The Din's Curse: Demon War, all new content for Din's Curse, is now available on Steam and 10% off until September 28th at 10 AM Pacific Time.

Din's Curse: Demon War is the first expansion for the unique action RPG Din's Curse. Din's Curse is a single player and co-op multiplayer action RPG for Windows and Mac PCs with 141 class combinations (196 with the expansion), infinite number of dynamically generated towns, real consequences, and a dynamic, evolving world.

Anna is now available on Steam and is 10% off until October 5th at 10AM Pacific Time!

Anna is a first-person horror adventure that explores the darkest depths of the human psyche. Set in an abandoned sawmill nestled high in the mountains, Anna challenges you to uncover horrific clues and use them to solve puzzles related to your characters dark past. As you play, Anna will unlock locations and unveil new secrets. The way you play will not only determine the mental health of your main character, but will also lead to one of three possible endings.

From now until September 28th at 10AM Pacific Time, save 75% off Bunch of Heroes on Steam!

Bunch of Heroes features stylized artwork, funky rock and roll music, cutting edge technology, great humor and cooperative gameplay to inspire zombie killers and E.T. haters alike all over the globe! Become a Hero; Earth needs a bunch of them at least!

Guns of Icarus Online, also known as That Video Game Where You Shoot Things From A Steampunk Dirigible, launches on October 29 and is available now for pre-order on Steam, for PC and Mac.

Guns of Icarus Online is on sale during the pre-order frenzy, selling at 25 percent off for the standard edition, at $15. The Collectors Edition is 24 percent off, for $25, and includes the Captain's Costume Pack and the soundtrack. A Collectors Edition four-pack is also 24 percent off, for $35. Since Guns of Icarus Online is a team-based multiplayer game (on steampunk dirigibles, did we mention?), the four-pack is good for bullying friends into playing with you.

All pre-orders provide instant access to the beta. Get flying, folks.

Prepare the battering ram - Castle Crashers is making its way to Steam for PC and Mac on September 26.

The Behemoth announced in August that Castle Crashers would be coming to Steam, with a playable version at Gamescom and PAX. The Steam version supports gamepads, Steam Cloud and online multiplayer.

The Castle Crashers leaderboards boast more than 3 million players, after launching on XBLA in 2008 and PSN in 2010. It has sold more than 2 million copies on XBLA alone and remains a top-seller.

Castle Crashers' Steam page is live now.

Train Simulator 2013 is Now Available on Steam!

The best just got even better! RailSimulator.com pushes the boundaries of simulation once again with Train Simulator 2013, the latest addition to the multi-award winning series. Feel the power as you drive some of the worlds mightiest machines on railroads across the globe. Master these heavy duty trains as you complete missions and face fearsome challenges, build your career or simply drive for pleasure. Use the built-in tools to create new railroads, or add to your collection from our huge range of DLC locos and routes.

Train Simulator 2013 also now includes a Steam Workshop. Now you can easily find, download and rate Train Simulator 2013 scenarios directly through Steam.

- Stunningly accurate locomotives with realistic sounds, controls and physics including ES44AC, SW10, SD70, SD40-2, Electrostar, AEM-7, Class 483 and 0-4-0 Saddle Tank.
- Fantastic routes including the fabulous Sherman Hill, London to Brighton, Northeast Corridor and Isle of Wight.
- Drive with Xbox 360 controller, keyboard or mouse
- And more!

This weekend only, play Saints Row: The Third for FREE until Sunday at 1pm Pacific Time. Plus, save 66% off during the Weekend Deal*!

The Third Street Saints have evolved from street gang to household brand name and their celebrity status has not gone unnoticed. The Syndicate, a legendary criminal fraternity with pawns in play all over the globe, has turned its eye on the Saints and demands tribute. Refusing to kneel to the Syndicate, you take the fight to Steelport, a once-proud metropolis reduced to a struggling city of sin under Syndicate control.

Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios as take on the Syndicate!

*Discount ends Monday at 10am Pacific Time.

Today's Deal: Save 75% off X-Blades!

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Pre-Purchase Company of Heroes 2 now and get Beta access when it is available on Steam as well as the German Rotbraun and Russian Leningrad Pattern Bundle. In addition, help unlock additional rewards as more Steam users pre-purchase. Possible rewards include Exclusive Company of Heroes 2 TF2 Items, A Free copy of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution, and the Company of Heroes 2 Commissar Chest! Check out the store page for more details.

In the worlds darkest hour you are a commander of the Soviet Red Army, entrenched in brutal frontline warfare to free Mother Russia from the Nazi invaders.

It is 1941 and the beginning of what will become the bloodiest conflict of World War II resulting in more than 14 million military casualties.

Witness the struggles of the Red Army from near defeat through their incredible triumph over Germany in the most challenging and costly theatre of the war, the Eastern Front.

Your military tactics hold the power to tip the very balance of this conflict. Engage in tactical combat that will define you as a military leader and wield the might of the Soviet Empire as you smash your way to Berlin.

The Motherland is Calling!

Valve’s designing its own hardware. This has been known – in various forms – for quite some time. But, more and more, it sounds like Gabe Newell’s mighty lair in the (kinda occasionally) frigid wastes of Bellevue, Washington is converting into full-on Santa’s magical toy shop mode. Admittedly, wearable computing‘s still the stuff crazy future fever dreams are made of, but in the meantime, Valve’s churning out prototypes right and left. Its goal? “To make Steam games more fun to play in your living room.” And, according to a new report, a lucky few of us will get to continue Steam’s slow-but-sure conquest of our homes as soon as next year.

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Critical fixes:
- Fixed random CTD when entering combat or design screen
- Fixed crash when viewing Suulka admiral info (note: if obtained Suulka in old save, the screen will look blank)

Other fixes:
- Fixed bug causing Suulka admirals to not be assigned to the player
- Added tooltips to weapon fire mode and weapon filter mode
- Set default cloaking type in design screen for cloaked ships
- AI will now more intelligently respond to demand/request diplomacy actions.
- Fixed a bug causing demands for slaves to have no effect.

New Language Support:
-Waveform is now fully playable in German!

OSX Specific fixes:
-Fixed a bug with the distortion effect
-Fixed a crash that was occurring with Sandy Bridge
-Improved stability across the board for OSX machines

General fixes:
-Fixed occasional crash when selecting a profile
-Fixed a large number of minor aesthetic and audio bugs

Dream Pinball 3D is now available on Steam and is 10% off until September 26th at 10am Pacific Time!

No room for a pinball machine? So what! With DREAM PINBALL 3D you can transform your PC or console into 6 different, multilevel, 3D pinball machines! Clever gameplay, plus balls made of different materials and each material has special ballistic properties that affect how those balls roll!

#theybleedpixels The day Valve announced the availability of the television-friendly Big Picture Mode for Steam I hooked up my laptop to the PC, dug out my Bluetooth game controller, and began downloading Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. More »

Nine new DLCs are Now Available for Awesomenauts!

Pick them all up in the Awesomenauts - Costume Party Bundle

• Disco Voltar
  
• Grandmaster splash
  
• Lonestar - Officer Lonestar
  
• Kosmonaut Yuri
  
• Coco Hawaii
  
• Bumble Gnaw
  
• Hot Rod Derpl
  
• Musketeer Leon
  
• Expendable Clunk

Conflict spans the stars as huge robot armies are locked in an enduring stalemate. As the Awesomenauts, you must tip the balance to gain an advantage. Head out to the battlefields with your friends in this 3-on-3 action platformer.

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Expansion, new content for Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013, is now available on Steam!

In the Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Expansion, enjoy five new playable decks whose colors correspond to the guilds in Return to Ravnica, five new puzzling challenges, and ten new single-player campaign levels. Put your spell-slinging skills to the test and try to defeat the guilds and unlock their new decks!

Ahoy ye Pirates! This day's Deal: Save 75% off Tales of Monkey Island!

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Valve in-house hardware hacker Jeri Ellsworth told Engadget that she hopes to hold an external beta test, tied to Steam, for the company's first hardware product next year. Internal beta tests within Valve are already ongoing.

She wasn't clear on what the device would be, but the stated goal is "to make Steam games more fun to play in your living room." The new hardware is some kind of input method to improve playability of PC games using Big Picture Mode. It could be a controller, or it could be some kind of keyboard/mouse combination.

Or it could be maracas. Maracas have proven perfect for every game we've tried them with, including Samba De Amigo, and ...

#valve Valve's Jeri Ellsworth has told Engadget that the company has begun extensive internal beta testing of gaming hardware it's been working on, and that the public might be able to get their hands on the stuff as early as next year. More »

On October 15th, Valve will announce at least 10 of the next games that the community has voted up and will move them to the 'Greenlit' section of Steam Greenlight.

Steam Greenlight is a system that enlists the community's help in picking some of the next games to be released on Steam. Developers post information, screenshots, and videos for their game and seek a critical mass of community support in order to get selected for distribution. Steam Greenlight also helps developers get feedback from potential customers and start creating an active community around their game as early in the development process as they like.

Check out the Steam Greenlight blog for more details on today's announcement and recent updates.

Shatter is now available on Mac and 25% off!* Buy it once. Play it on both Mac & PC!

Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.

*Offer ends September 25th at 10am Pacific Time