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Mars: War Logs is Now Available on Steam.

Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.

Full Metal Rocket, all new content for Painkiller Hell & Damnation is Now Available on Steam!

Full Metal Rocket adds three classic multiplayer maps, a new Survival Mode, two multiplayer skins, a new multiplayer weapon, and a number of other goodies to increase your carnage!

Resident Evil 6 : Siege Mode, all new content for Resident Evil 6 / Biohazard 6 is Now Available on Steam.

Adds the Siege game mode to the Extra Content menu of Resident Evil 6! Protect the innocent civilians from the creatures until the rescue effort arrives. Players can choose to be an agent helping the civilians, or a creature hunting them down in this multiplayer mode that supports up to 6 players!

GAMEPLAY
- Enabled Drow and Tusk in Captain's Mode (Tournament Version)
- Enabled Bristleback, Slark and Skywrath Mage in Captain's Mode (Latest Version)
- Brewmaster: Fixed primal splits not always starting with the correct unit selected.
- Skywrath Mage: Fixed hitbox being too small.
- Slark: Fixed Shadow Dance giving Slark flying vision.
- Slark: Fixed Shadow Dance granting passive bonuses to Slark illusions.
- Slark: Fixed an issue causing Shadow Dance's passive modifier to not update in the UI, despite being active.
- Slark: Fixed Dark Pact continuing while Slark is dead.
- Slark: Essence Shift counters on both Slark and enemy heroes will show the total duration ( i.e. the time that the most recent stack will expire.)
- Slark: Fixed a number of incorrect spell interactions with Dark Pact.
- Slark: Fixed a number of horizontal movement ability interactions with Pounce.
- Troll Warlord: Fixed Berserker's Rage bonus damage not being applied as base damage.
- Tusk: Fixed Frozen Sigil not affecting magic immune units.

ECONOMY
- All Defense 2 War Dogs are now Vintage quality.
- Dota 2 Vintage quality items can now be traded on the Steam Community Marketplace.

WORKSHOP

- Added HUD Skins to the Workshop Importer.

PERFORMANCE
- Reduced CPU usage for rendering

INSURGENCY Early Access is Now Available on Steam.

INSURGENCY is a first-person team-based shooter for up to 32 players designed for Windows PC and Mac OS X (and in the future, Linux), using Valves Source Engine. INSURGENCY is based on the popular total conversion for Half-Life 2 Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat that saw more than a million free downloads and was awarded the ModDB Players Choice Mod of the Year in 2007. It is a highly intense, realistic experience. This means no cross-hairs, realistic weapon damage, and careful maneuvering.

Cry of Fear is Now Available on Steam for Free!

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness. With a strong emphasis on cinematic experience, immersion and lateral thinking, players will be taken on a nightmare rollercoaster-ride through the grim streets of Fäversholm and beyond. Not everything is as it seems...

Cry of Fear originally started out as a Half-Life 1 modification, set in the same vein as the classic survival horror games of old. 4 years in the making and picking up several modding awards on the way, it is now a free, standalone game for anyone to enjoy. Beware though, it's not for the faint of heart.

Day 1 of the Rockstar Publisher Weekend has kicked off today. The Daily Deal for today is L.A. Noire at 75% off! Be sure to check back each day for new deals.

During the weekend, titles in the Rockstar catalog are on sale for 50% to 67% off. Plus, check out the Rockstar Hit Collection, which contains a selection of Rockstar's greatest hits!

Save 50% on Brutal Legend as part of the Weekend Deal*!

Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, Brutal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral combat with open-world freedom and features a talented voice cast including Jack Black, Lemmy Kilmister, Rob Halford, and more!

*Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

Save 75% on Defense Grid: The Awakening as part of this week's Weekend Deal*!

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base. Beautiful environments, spectacular effects, and a dynamic, engaging soundtrack bring the world to life. The controls are intuitive and the gameplay is deep — the special attacks and properties of each tower work together to provide many ways to succeed.

*Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

Today's Deal: Save 75% on Amnesia: The Dark Descent!

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Darkfall Unholy Wars is Now Available on Steam


Darkfall Unholy Wars is an innovative, Real-Time, fast-paced, PvP, Sandbox MMORPG. Players are called to form clans and battle for dominance across the seamless, zoneless, uninstanced open fantasy world of Agon.


Darkfall Unholy Wars is also the first game in Steam's history to offer subscription billing directly through the Steam client. Enter the world of Agon now!

New Service Gives Gamers Flexibility and Control of Subscription-Based Games

April 25, 2013 -- Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Dota 2 and Half-Life) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source,) today announced the addition of Subscription Plans to its offering of services.

With Subscription Plans, Steam offers gamers the ability to sign up and manage payments for subscription-based games on Steam. The launch title for the new service is Darkfall Unholy Wars, with additional subscription-based games to follow.

Steam customers may now sign-up for, manage, cancel or renew game Subscription Plans at any time, online directly through Steam.

Visit Steam Support for more information about Steam Subscription Plans.

Play Dino D-Day free until Sunday, April 28th at 1:00PM PDT. During the free weekend Dino D-Day is 75% off the regular price through Monday, April 29th at 8:00AM PDT.

Dino D-Day is a frantic, action-packed multiplayer game that transports you to a World War II that should have been. You and your friends can battle online choosing to serve the cause of the Allied nations or the Nazis.

If you already have Steam installed, click here to install or play Dino D-Day. If you don't have Steam, you can download it here.

The 39 Steps is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off!

Prepare to experience the original man-on-the-run thriller in a completely new way. This is a digital adaptation of John Buchan's incredible book (inspiration to Ian Fleming's James Bond!). Be transported back to 1914 London, where Richard Hannay finds himself framed for a murder he didn't commit. Now he must escape the Capital and stay alive long enough to solve the riddle of The Thirty-Nine Steps. There are secrets to be discovered, locations to be explored and - above all - an incredible tale to be told in this ground-breaking interactive novel.

*Offer ends May 2nd at 10AM Pacific Time

Had enough of the real world and its boring, bland visuals? Enjoy some hyperreality, some surreality, some ... whatever you want to call it, some flashing color blasts in space tubes on your PC, with the release of Dyad.

The former PS3 exclusive is out today on Steam and GOG. It's still available for $13.49, a discount of 10 percent, through May 1. We spent some time in developer Shawn McGrath's abstract universe upon its original release, and we liked what we saw. Did we understand it? Maybe. But we liked it.

Pre-Purchase Remember Me now and receive the Combo Lab Pack for Free!

Neo-paris. 2084.

Personal memories can now be digitised, bought, sold and traded. The last remnants of privacy and intimacy have been swept away in what appears to be a logical progression of the explosive growth of social networks at the beginning of the 21st century. The citizens themselves have accepted this surveillance society in exchange for the comfort only smart technology can provide. This memory economy gives immense power over society to just a handful of people.

Remember Me™ is a 3rd person action adventure where players take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into peoples minds and steal or even alter their memories. The authorities, fearful of her knowledge and capabilities arrested Nilin and wiped her memory clean. After her escape from prison, Nilin sets out on a mission to recover her identity, helped by her last and only friend. This search for her past leads to her being hunted by the very people that created this surveillance society.

Highborn - Chapter 2, all new content for Highborn is Now Available on Steam and is 25% off!

Join in the fun of Highborn Chapter 2! Make new friends and battle new enemies as you explore the mysteries of the Frobozz Inter-Dimensional Portal Controller. Help Archie and the gang chase down Floyd and stop his evil plans to activate the "Master Monolith."

In Highborn, players are offered two strategy games that combine an intelligent and tactical experience without the frenetic play of a traditional RTS. Players move forces around an overhead map to secure spells and combat support, then dive into combat to deploy those advantages against an unsuspecting enemy. All the fun and fighting is set against an irreverent tale, filled with wacky heroes, witty dialogue, and wild assumptions.

*Offer ends May 1st at 10AM Pacific Time

Monaco is out now. It's a co-op heist game. It's great ...so far! I'm halfway through it. You should get it now on PC (or later on Xbox Live Arcade.) Not sure? Then watch this video. I'll play the game for you. Ok? If you have questions, fire away. I'll answer as many as I can below.

Wargame: Airland Battle is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam!

Pre-Purchase now and receive access to the beta! Users that own Wargame: European Escalation receive 25% off the Pre-Purchase of Wargame: Airland Battle as well.

1985. After several months of tension between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, an incident in the North Sea suddenly sets the world on fire, starting an all-out war.
Command the entire military resources of the period, and plunge into the heart of a new dynamic campaign! With the arrival of air forces, select from a phenomenal array of 750 units (including tanks, planes, helicopters, and infantry) to build your army. Engage in spectacular battles with unmatched strategic depth, on huge battlefields as large as 150km², powered by a new graphics engine.

Today's Deal: Save 75% on Fable III!

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Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is Now Available on Steam!

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist. Play with up to four people online or on the same screen. Compete with others via daily leaderboards. Find out why it won the 2010 IGF and has been described by Rev3Games's Anthony Carboni as "quite possibly the best co-op ever."

A new Poker Night means a new group of familiar faces to read. GLaDOS is dealing in Sam, Ash, Claptrap, and Brock starting today on XBLA. The card game makes a split for Steam on April 26, and PSN on April 30.

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.

Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game. Developed by Richard Perrin the creator of the white chamber with music by Wounds (Bartosz Szturgiewicz).

Phil Fish, the main guy behind indie platformer Fez, isn't exactly the most popular figure among online gaming communities. Whether it be the way he was portrayed in documentary Indie Game: The Movie or stuff like his comments on Japanese gaming, whenever his name comes up - or even mention of Fez - out come the haters, criticising him personally and saying stuff like how they never bought Fez because they thought he was an asshole. The latest example is this thread over on the Steam forums. Fez, out soon on PC, is doing very well, leading Fish to comment: ...it's #1 on steam right now and it's not even out yet. you should boycott harder, nerds... Cue the outrage. The calls from people to - irony - boycott a successful indie platform game as though he was EA, or a convicted criminal, or some terrorist state. There is a chance that those calling Fish an asshole are right. Maybe he is! I've never met him. But that's not the point. The point here is...does it matter? Do comments left on a forum change in any way the design or experience of Fez? Come on. He's revelling in the fact a vocal segment of people who don't like him seem to have had little effect on sales. Circling his wagons. Could have done it with a little more tact, perhaps, but that's the gist of it. Video games need more people like Phil Fish, not less. This is a medium/industry that is dreadfully boring. Every word coming out of gaming's most creative minds is massaged (or strangled) by PR, nearly every executive or representative a clean-cut drone that, like a well-dressed Wreck-Gar, speaks only in pre-recorded marketing messages. Hearing somebody speak like a human, one who gets angry, who gets frustrated, who isn't afraid to take a swing at people who don't like him or his work, I think we need - with extreme exceptions - more of it. People like Fish, or people like his Indie Game: The Movie co-star Jon Blow, who upset a lot of folks last year when he said most big games were simply trying to be "shitty action movies". Agree or not, that's not something you'd ever hear from a developer at EA, Activision or Ubisoft, so at the bare minimum it's useful as a means of prompting discussion. To step away from games, and get some perspective, let's look at a guy like Harvey Weinstein. Who at times I am convinced hates the entire human race. Does that stop people admiring and respecting his body of work? Find me someone who has yet to watch Shakespeare in Love - for which he won an Academy Award - because they don't like how Weinstein behaves in interviews. Music is the same. If you swore off listening to an album recorded by someone who has been a jerk in interviews, or hostile to fans at a show, you probably haven't read enough interviews with musicians, and don't go to enough shows. Sure, this kind of behaviour is confronting. It can even be seen as rude. And let me say this again, I'm making a very clear distinction here between people who act (or are seen by some) to act as jerks and those who have said or done some truly reprehensible shit (see: Roman Polanski). But at least being seen by some (I found Fish's latest comments funny) to be a mere jerk is interesting, and unlike most PR-massaged comments, at least we know he really means it. Plus, Fez is great. If you won't play it because you think Phil Fish isn't a nice person, well, you're missing out. You're also being a little unfair on Fez considering you probably don't know many/any other developers personally. For all you know, Miyamoto could be a total dick! Would that stop you playing Mario?

Given that there are so, so many submissions to Valve's Steam Greenlight crowdsourcing approval system, it stands to reason that there will be some pretty goofy entries. And what do you know, that's totally the case! It's hard enough to keep tabs on all the new games on Greenlight, let alone keep up with all the questionable, funny games on Greenlight. Thankfully, the Twitter feed @GREENLIGHTGOLD has taken up the gauntlet. According to their mission statement, they share only "Completely unedited steam greenlight (main and concept) descriptions," as well as the occasional user comment. Excerpts include such gems as: At the beginning you can only jump, run and shoot — STEAM GREENLIGHT (@GREENLIGHTGOLD) April 23, 2013 It will be an action game, with top view and many, many shots of futuristic weapons. Futuristic weapons = many lighting effects. — STEAM GREENLIGHT (@GREENLIGHTGOLD) April 21, 2013 A heart-warming story told in over 20 cutscenes — STEAM GREENLIGHT (@GREENLIGHTGOLD) April 20, 2013 What happens when you mix a child's perspective and imagination, with the surreal nature of dreams? Quite a lot, I guess — STEAM GREENLIGHT (@GREENLIGHTGOLD) April 20, 2013 Locations: 1) Ladder 2) Warehouse 3) Grey corridor 4) Cave 5) Mine 6) Sewerage 7) Research complex entrance 8) Nightmare 9) Wood — STEAM GREENLIGHT (@GREENLIGHTGOLD) April 14, 2013 This game is like minecraft but much better. This has over 50+ different kinds of bows,shovels,pickaxes and more — STEAM GREENLIGHT (@GREENLIGHTGOLD) April 19, 2013 Most of the games themselves aren't named, and whoever's running the profile seems more interested in spreading goofy descriptions than in tearing down specific games. (And who knows, some of these games might be good! A great description doesn't make a great game, after all.) Regardless, it's nice to know that somewhere out there, someone dreams to make one of these games: a different specie in its genre. You will have to face a horde of Zombies — STEAM GREENLIGHT (@GREENLIGHTGOLD) April 19, 2013 In it you can fire bullets which bounce, and when they bounce, a specific glockenspiel note is played. — STEAM GREENLIGHT (@GREENLIGHTGOLD) April 17, 2013 -Collect all the crystals that levels offer, and then go to the next level and have fun. — STEAM GREENLIGHT (@GREENLIGHTGOLD) April 16, 2013 And of course, a game featuring… Snorms — STEAM GREENLIGHT (@GREENLIGHTGOLD) April 17, 2013

General
• Professions can have a Uniform assigned to them. If a Gnome is in a Squad, the Squad uniform is used instead
• A Uniform can be assigned as the Default Uniform for all Professions from the Population Overview menu. Professions can be assigned to use the Default, No Uniform or a specific Uniform
• Removed Militia Perk. All Squad members will perform jobs when not on duty
• Armor decreases the rate at which jobs complete. Metal slows down more than leather
• Gnomes not in a Squad will prioritize retreating to stop bleeding over staying and fighting
• Gnomes not in a Squad will always attempt to run from enemies. Previously they would fight unarmed goblins or potentially unarmored goblins with 1 weapon
• Added import and export options for Military settings
• Moved Professions import/export buttons to the Pause menu
• Windows will keep their size and position during a game session

Fixed
• Professions with a space in the name not importing correctly
• Sometimes not importing the last Profession
• Market Stall UI not correctly scrolling with the mouse wheel
• Fix crash when resizing Market Stall UI while a merchant is not present
• Gnomes sometimes falling asleep when digging down
• Mant spawns effectively being 1 tier above where they should have been, ie spawning as if you had iron when you had bronze

Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption, all new content for Assassins Creed III is Now Available on Steam.

Ratonhnhaktons journey concludes in the third and final episode, The Redemption. Arriving in New York, Ratonhnhakton will call upon all of the abilities tied to his native heritage in order to break into the monarch fortress and put an end to the tyranny of King Washington. Live history as it never happened and rise a new revolution.

Save 75% on the Dragon Age Franchise during this week's Midweek Madness*!

You are a Grey Warden, one of the last of this legendary order of guardians. With the return of mankind's ancient foe and the kingdom engulfed in civil war, you have been chosen by fate to unite the shattered lands and slay the archdemon once and for all. Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures.

*Offer ends Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time

Save 50% on Euro Truck Simulator 2 during this week's Midweek Madness*!

Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore from the UK, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and many more, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits. If youve got what it takes to be part of an elite trucking force, get behind the wheel and prove it!

*Offer ends Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time

Today's Deal: Save 66% on Deponia!

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