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Features
- New map: Paritan Rumble, 2v2 deathmatch - Advanced map with low visibility and lots of obstacles
- additional achievements for all classes
- level cap raised to 13
- new elite costumes, hats, and goggles for achievement unlocks
- Skyrider costume for Adventure Mode kickstarter backers

Balance
- Incendiary Rounds modifiers changed to +25% chance of fire (up from 10%) and -35% projectile speed (down from -50%)
- Dragon Tongue Light Flamethrower: increased chance to add fire charge to 20% per particle (up from 15%)
- Banshee Rocket Carousel: increased fire charge chances to 35% chance of 1 charge on direct hit, 22% chance of 2 charges in explosion area (from 12% for 2 and 30% for 1)

Fixes and Optimization
- Fixed a shader bug that could cause pixelated artifacts in rainy levels on some cards
- Maintain correct gun rotation when first getting on a gun

Server stability fixes (includes hotfixes made to 1.2):
- Changes to match list distribution to support a larger number of users and matches effectively
- Fixed several memory leaks
- Fixed a rare case where object destruction messages would not be sent
- Improved performance of networking subsystem
- Improved ability of networking and chat to use multiple cores
- Fixed a bug that could cause time in a match to run faster than intended

Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition takes control of the PC and Mac realms on June 18 via Steam. Huzzah! It comes in a standard version for $10 or the Digital Deluxe Edition for $15. Standard pre-orders include 800 pieces of in-game gold and the original soundtrack, and the deluxe edition gets a special character, a farm location, a sci-fi bedroom pack and 800 gold pieces.

From Behold Studios and published by Paradox Interactive, Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition is an RPG about playing an RPG, classic-style on a tabletop, with dice and surrounded by friends. It is, of course, actually on a screen, and you'll probably play by yourself, with a mouse and keyboard. At least you'll still have a tabletop.

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It's not that there are too many indie games; it's that there aren't enough hours in a day to play all of them. The Joystiq Indie Pitch curates the best indies to play now and watch out for in the future. What's your game called and what's it about?

The game is called Papers, Please and it follows the daily grind of an immigration inspector working in a fictional communist country in the early 1980s. The gameplay is based around detecting discrepancies in the documents provided by entrants. Using the limited resources provided by the Ministry of Admission, you have to sort spies, terrorists, smugglers and criminals from the flow of hopeful immigrants.

What inspired you to make Papers, Please?

I was inspired originally by my trips through airport immigration in the last few years. In general I try to keep an eye out for new game ideas and figured that whatever rigamarole the immigration inspector was doing behind their desk might be fun. Once that idea started to grow, I noticed other aspects of the concept that could be fun. Instead of playing the cool spy protagonist that slips through a checkpoint unsuspected, you can be the hard-ass inspector that casts their skeptical eye at every grandmother trodding through. That sort of role reversal sounded fun to me and I thought others might like it, too.

Independent Games Festival Nuovo award finalist 7 Grand Steps is now available for PC and Mac through both Steam and the developer's official website. Purchasing the game through Steam will net you a sweet 10-percent discount off the game's full price of $14.99 (provided you buy before June 14), whereas buying directly from Mousechief gets you a free digital copy of 7 Grand Steps' soundtrack.

A free demo is also available, should the prospect of a multi-generational, lineage-based strategy game not instantly sound like the coolest.

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Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing v1.1.05

Known issues:
The multiplayer game still has some issues. Please play it with a character created for the multiplayer only because data loss may occur sometimes.


Balance changes:
- Will-o-Wisps and Ornithopters are slightly nerfed.
- Monsters on the roof maps are slightly stronger.
- The Marquis of Soot is stronger and got some new friends.
- Igors range of the mine laying ability reduced.
- Some new chests added to the Industrial Port.
- Damage of Traps is scaled to Difficulty, the number of players and also as the story progresses.
- Losing Generator Capacity after a failed Siege may result in traps being destroyed randomly.
- Levels of Quests give appropriate Item rewards.
- "Point of no return" is removed from the game. You can go back to the first chapter after getting to Borgova.
- You can no longer farm for Ability Points through special conversation rewards like the Gluttoner Idol or Saffi's magic potion if you play in the Multiplayer game of someone else. You will receive such rewards only once.
- The inherent Magic Item Find bonus in Hardcore reduced.

Fixed bugs:
Multiplayer:
- Fixed a bug with the bossfight when the master died and respawned in town.
- Fixed some bugs with the game list window.
- Fixed bugs with the effects
- Made some improvements with the scripts.
- Made some optimizations in the network code.
- The amount of the XP received by killing a monster is individually calculated for each player. (I.e. killing a lower level monster with a higher level character can give XP for a lower level character on the same map.)
- The XP range has been removed. You receive the XP from the monster even if you are far away as long as you are on the same map.
- Made some countermeasures against the "file too old" bug. Backup creating checks if the previous save was correct and if it wasn't, it does not overwrite the proper game save with a broken one.
- Fixed a bug with the "Werewolf on the run" quest.
- When synchronizing with the Steam Cloud, if no appropriate save has found on the Cloud, the local version is moved to the Backup\Cloud folder.
- Synchronizing with the Steam Cloud is much safer.
- Fixed a random bug with the Multiplayer game list not showing any games even though there are available games.

General:
- Fixed a bug where the "Find the Engineer" quest got stuck.
- Fixed an issue with the experimental gate in the Abandoned Research Station.
- Spells reapply correctly when changing maps.
- Fixed a bug with the "Kill Fulmigati's General" quest.
- Fixed the spiders in the Worm's cave in the Orichalcum Mines scenario.
- Fixed a display inconsistency with Skill resets.
- Fixed an issue that caused monsters to attack during a cutscene.
- Fixed another issue where items could be dropped inside terrain objects.
- Fixed a recent bug with the one liners of the final boss.
- Fixed an issue with the Merchant in Croakwood.
- Fixed some localization issues with the Scenario mode.
- Fixed the Obsessed Alchemist hidden achievement.
- Fixed an issue with the Forge: you can no longer forge Trophies with more than 5 enchants.
- Fixed some consistency issues with the different Scenarios.
- Improved the AI of the Dreadknechts and the rats with rifles.
- Behemoths can no longer be knocked down.
- The chests give loot based on their own level.
- Fixed the 3% Life Steal for the 50 Mastery bonuses on the Occult Hunter tree.
- Fixed a missing localization string for the poodle of goo in the Rookery.
- Fixed an issue with the calculation of Mana Steal on the Character Sheet.
- Fixed a crash in the Forge window.
- Fixed the missing icon in the Achievement window for the Treasure Hunter DLC bonus.
- Fixed an issue with skill respec.
- Fixed an issue with the Ray of Destruction and switching skill sets.
- Fixed the additional levels of the Elemental Damage Skill.
- Fixed the progress window when you are invited to a bossfight in different resolutions.
- Fixed an item duplication bug with the Laboratory.
- Fixed an issue with the activation of the Mentor Perk.
- The Explosive Rounds powerup of Shoot no longer causes friendly fire.
- Some skill descriptions have been changed for better reflecting their actual effects.
- Rats in the Lair for the Clear the Tunnels quest fixed.
- The lag when changing to the Excalibur fixed.
- Fixed certain minor bonuses you could receive through conversations.
- When you leave the Secret Laboratory with the help of the Inventor the nighttime version of the Industrial Port becomes unavailable. At this point you will automatically fail "The orichalcum shipment" quest, if you haven't finished it yet.
- Fixed some issues with equipment models.

New features:
- Some new resolutions supported: 2048x1152, 2880x1620, 3200x1800 and 3840x2160.

Gunpoint update released

New features:

• Added a more visible and obvious way to abort a mission and change your screen settings if they turn out to look weird.
  
• The first time you play after this patch, you'll be asked to choose your resolution. This is a one-time thing for the benefit of anyone who's stuck in one that doesn't work.
  
• Added a 'Safe mode' resolution that should work for everyone, and which you can get to using only the keyboard if necessary (in case the current setting is so bad you can't even click on the right buttons).
  
• Added a 'Native mode' resolution option that'll detect and match your screen's native res. Be aware, though, that anything over 1920x1200 is always going to look odd, because Gunpoint's levels don't actually *have* that many pixels. Something around 1280x720 usually looks better and runs smoother.
  

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a thing the resolution menu was doing when switching between two non-native resolutions that I thought was clever but then turned out not to be clever and, in fact, confusing and annoying for all.
  
• Tweaked the way manual savegames work to prevent a) loading savegames from older versions and causing a crash (my fault), and b) accidentally loading a savegame from several missions ago and regretting it (your fault, but I wasn't helping).
  
• An achievement misconfiguration caused the game to believe all players had found all laptops and defeated the final enemy in all possible ways. Understandably impressed, the game unlocked these achievements for almost everyone. Since it no longer knows your real laptop/takedown counts, I think we'll just call this part of Conway's backstory and remove those achievements. Each way of dealing with the final enemy still has its own achievement.
  

Version 1.0.1
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BUG FIXES
- Fixed the D3D9 issue

General stability improvements

7 Grand Steps is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off


Family. Generations. The rise of western civilization. Survival means victory. The journey crafts your story.

7 Grand Steps is an abstract telling of the lives of our ancestors. Part board game, part machine, part nod to computer games of yore, it begins with a simple mechanic. Spend tokens to traverse the wheel of life. Earn tokens by tempting the jaws of death. Then, like layers upon a pearl, game play expands, allowing fresh tactics and strategies which, turn by turn, drive a sophisticated, emergent narrative. How you play defines the lives of one family's generations through the changing ages.


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Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off

Penny Arcades On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 concludes the saga of Tycho Brahe, Scion of The Long Project, and his almost certainly human partner Jonathan Gabriel. The new game expands considerably on its predecessor in size, scope and gameplay. The world has been destroyed, but existence extends beyond this mortal plane in the gruesome Underhell! Create the ultimate fighting force by recruiting bizarre, occasionally disgusting monsters and teaming them up with the best trainer for the job!

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Pro Cycling Manager 2013 is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and is 10% off during Pre-Purchase!

Become manager of one of 80 professional teams! Plunge into a 2013 season full of new features, and participate in over 180 competitions all around the world, including the spectacular 100th edition of the Tour de France.

Manage all the aspects of a pro teams life: recruitment, riders management, contracts, equipment, finances, registration to competitions, new management of sponsors and objectives… and demonstrate all your tactical skills during the real time races!

Agricultural Simulator 2013 Steam Edition is Now Available on Steam and 20% of until June 13th.

An idyllic farming environment surrounded by inviting & untilled mountain panoramas set in the beautiful landscapes of Tuscany, The Alps and USA await all fans of the Agricultural Simulator series.

At their own farm hobby-farmers undertake the daily tasks and challenges of a professional: The production of food, sustainable resources and delivery of eco products all have to be managed. Fields have to be worked and farm animals cared for. The dynamics of the farm make the whole game more realistic!

The new edition add Steam achievements so start tilling those fields and let's see how good a farmer you are!

Civilization 5 and Saints Row: The Third are free to play on Steam, starting now and concluding on Sunday, June 9 at 1 p.m. PT. Both games are on sale for 75 percent off, bringing Saints Row: The Third to $10 and Civilization 5 to $7.50. All accompanying DLC is also on sale.

Civilization 5, which launched in 2010, is set to receive the Brave New World expansion in July, introducing new civilizations and mechanics to Firaxis' flagship series. Saints Row 4, meanwhile, is due on August 20 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. An elaborate special edition, which includes a dubstep gun, was announced yesterday.

Steam has a pretty sweet deal for pre-orders of Saints Row 4: Commit to the game early and get the Commander in Chief Edition and three weapons skins inspired by Team Fortess 2, the Rainblower, the Flamethrower and the Rocket Launcher. Also, anyone who already owns Saints Row: The Third on Steam gets 10 percent off Saints Row 4 - and bonus, The Third is on sale for 75 percent off right now through June 10.

The Commander in Chief Edition includes the 'Merica weapon, Screaming Eagle plane and Uncle Sam suit. Saints Row 4 is due out on August 20 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

New unlockable content, The Dwarven Caverns, has been added to to Trine 2!*

The Dwarven Caverns takes our three heroes, Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight and Zoya the Thief on a journey through deep and dark lava-filled tunnels resonating with ancient legends.

*Content only available with Goblin Menace DLC or Trine 2 Complete Story.

Remember Me is Now Available on Steam.

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.

Pre-Purchase Saints Row IV Now and get the Commander in Chief Edition, and three Steam exclusive Team Fortress 2 weapon skins to use in Saints Row IV: The Rainblower, the Flamethrower and the Rocket Launcher. In addition owners of Saints Row: The Third get 10% off!*

The US President must save the Earth from alien overlord Zinyak using an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons in the wildest open world game ever.

The epic conclusion to the game that changed all the rules! The Saints have gone from the crackhouse to the White House—but the Earth has been invaded and its up to you to free the world from Overlord Zinyak and his alien empire. With homies new and old by your side, and an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, you must save the world in the wildest open world game ever!

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Arcane Saga Online is Now Available on Steam and is Free to Play!

Arcane Saga is set on Prius, a planet cursed by Rashard, the king of all gods, for its creators defiance. Prius now awaits a foretold hero, the Xenor, to rise and free the world from Rashards grip. To become the Xenor, you will have to jump into the fight and prove yourselve worthy. Venture into Arcane Saga and experience MMOs the way they were meant to be! Encounter brutal, fast paced combat in an immersive game world. Obtain Anima, a spirit seeking the fabled Xenor, and grow together in power and fame.

Additionally, check out the just released Starter Packs to jump right into the action. Purchase before June 13th at 10AM Pacific time and save 40%!

Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and is 10% off!

Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World is the second expansion pack for Civilization V - the critically acclaimed 2010 PC Game of the Year. This new expansion provides enhanced depth and replayability through the introduction of international trade and a focus on culture and diplomacy. Your influence around the world will be impacted by creating Great Works, choosing an ideology for your people and proposing global resolutions in the World Congress. As you move through the ages of history you will make critical decisions that will impact your relationship with other civilizations.

Sid Meiers Civilization V: Brave New World also introduces nine new civilizations, eight new wonders, two new scenarios, four new gameplay systems and dozens of new units, buildings and improvements offering an expanded variety of ways to build the most powerful empire in the world.

Play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for FREE starting now through Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time. You can also pickup Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at 75% off the regular price*

Become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age: Wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies, go head-to-head with some of historys greatest leaders and build the most powerful empire the world has ever known.

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Play Saints Row: The Third for FREE starting now through Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time. You can also pickup Saints Row: The Third at 75% off the regular price!*

Years after taking Stilwater for their own, the Third Street Saints have evolved from street gang to household brand name, with Saints sneakers, Saints energy drinks and Johnny Gat bobble head dolls all available at a store near you.

The Saints are kings of Stilwater, but 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.

Take a tank skydiving, call in a satellite-targeted airstrike on a Mexican wrestling gang, and defend yourself against a highly-trained military force using only a sex toy in the most out- landish gameplay scenarios ever seen, igniting a city-wide war that will set Steelport on fire. Strap it on.

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Cubemen 2 is 50% off until June 13th at 10AM Pacific Time.

Cubemen 2 is a fast paced, action packed, original 3D Strategy game where you use your little Cubemen units to defend and attack enemies in a range of awesome game modes including CTF, Skirmish, Territory and more.

For the multi-player enthusiasts, you can compete in up to 6 player online Solo or Team battles against other humans or AI, for the top spot on the global rankings. Host your own online games or join other games in the easy to use game lobby.

For those that prefer the single-player experience, Cubemen 2 offers 2 unique single-player game modes plus a Campaign mode, all with online rankings so you can compete against the worlds best.

Cubemen 2 offers enough variety to satisfy everyones strategy gaming needs.

Play on an almost endless supply of new and exciting user generated levels, or launch the easy to use built in level editor and make and share your own. All levels are stored locally so you can play your favorites when offline.

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Substance Designer is Now Available on Steam. The standard license is 10% off, and the commercial license is 20% off.

Substance Designer 3 is the tool of choice for every game developer and moder in need for textures. It is the industry-reference, next gen texture authoring and management tool, already chosen by numerous great studios over the world as a hub in their pipeline, and for good reasons.

Substance Designer is the only node-based, non-destructive and parametric texture creation tool out there. It includes a batching system, letting you reprocess plenty of textures and images at the same time, a live link with Adobe Photoshop, some powerful preset filters and more to speed up texture creation time. Developing textures has never been so easy and efficient, even for small teams.


Jump in and join the quickly growing community of Substance Designer users!

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- Fixed a bug with Broadcasters trying to select units
- Fixed a bug with Reaper's Scythe
- Stone Gaze effect improvements
- Mortal Strike sound added
- Fixed Stone Gaze sometimes lasting too long
- Fixed Thirst initial armor value being incorrect
- Updated CM pick/ban layout
- Fixed headless Luna
- Fixed Swap with All Random
- Fixed a crash when combining Skewer and Pounce

A new Steam Client update has been released and will be automatically downloaded. The specific changes are listed below.

General:

- Fixed a possible UI hang at startup
- Improved reliability for Steamworks P2P networking
- Added multi-pass retry logic for Steam client updating process
- Added the ability to temporarily override the download bandwidth limit when launching a game that needs updating
- Removed Approximate speed of your connection selector from Settings->Downloads. This was only used to set a default rate setting for some Valve and Source Engine games. The default rate value is correct for almost everyone and the value should be adjusted in each game if appropriate going forward .
- Fixed game update issue when an unexpected folder exists in the install directory and we need to replace it with a file
- Fixed restoring game backups for Half-Life and Half-Life 2 engine based games
- Fixed picking the wrong Steam Library folder for games with dependencies on already installed games
- Fixed a case where the toast from an incoming chat message would show an older message instead of the most recent
- Improved Time remaining calculation when downloading or updating games
- Fixed Half-Life mods running the incorrect binary on OSX/Linux
- Fixed desktop dialog layout when running an install script
- Increased the size of Big Picture and Steamworks API HTTP caches on disk, but also added a 10k file per cache upper limit on individual file count regardless of total disk space used
- Improved reliability of store/community web auto-login inside the client in some unusual HTTP proxy environments
- Linux: Fix shift and control key state sticking sometimes, such as during screenshot selection

Big Picture:

- Fixed a case where footer buttons could double activate and trigger the activation failure sound erroneously
- Added support for purchasing subscription based games
- Fixed a case where input focus could escape modal dialogs incorrectly
- Fixed a rare crash if running Big Picture and alt-tabbed to another non-Steam and non-game window while Steam is trying to show a notification
- OSX/Linux: Fix for re-sizing Big Picture after a game changes the screen resolution

Prime World: Defenders is Now Available on Steam.

Fight off hordes of monstrous mutants created from a strange cataclysmic event in the new tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders. Join a group of exile treasure hunters who have ventured into the capital of an ancient empire, vast with mystery and danger.

Prime World: Defenders merges classic tower defense gameplay with collectible card mechanic. Your towers, your spells, your traps - all are magic cards, that you can collect and upgrade. You'll have to develop your own strategy, because you'll get your random set of cards after each battle.

Freeze, burn, poison, explode and slash countless enemies that will try to stop you from gathering artifacts of old kingdom. Choose your cards carefully, play them strategically and expect some heavy resistance along the way from small and almost harmless mutated fungi to powerful giant goblins and nagas.

Did we mention? In addition to story-driven single-player campaign Prime World: Defenders has randomly generated missions!

Tryst: Survival DLC, all new content for Tryst is Now Available on Steam. To celebrate Blue Giant Interactive is offering 75% off Tryst and APOX!*

The Survival DLC adds the following to Tryst:

New Game Mode (Survival) - Team up with a friend and hold your own against regular waves of enemies on the new map - The Construct.
New Maps - Conquer two new maps: The Molten Passes and Obscurum. A 2v2 and a 3v3 map, respectively, they promote different styles of gameplay and come with their own set of quirks!

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