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US Cities, new content for Cities in Motion, is now available on Steam for both Mac and PC!

This expansion brings you two new cities, San Francisco and New York. New vehicle types and large populations set in beautiful metropolises will keep your creativity flowing! Try the trolley buses in New York or build a cable car network in sunny San Francisco, but remember to keep your passengers happy!

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™ is now available for pre-purchase! You can also check out the newly released demo right now!

The minds of New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead designer Ken Rolston have combined to create this new role-playing game set in a world worth saving. Build the character youve always wanted and continuously evolve it to your style of play with the revolutionary Destiny system. Choose your path and battle through a master-crafted universe featuring some of the most intense, responsive, and customizable RPG combat ever.

Additionally, pre-purchase on Steam before the release date and receive three exclusive items (Warsworn Helmet, Bolgan Helmet, and Bolgan Family Crest) in Team Fortress 2!

Dustforce is Now Available on Steam and 10% off until Tuesday January 24th 10AM PST.

Clean up the world with style! As an acrobatic janitor, you are an adept force against dust and disorder. Leap and dash off walls and ceilings, and deftly traverse precarious environments. Cleanse each level swiftly and thoroughly to achieve mastery in this 2D sweep-'em-up platformer.

Today's Deal: Save 75% off Painkiller series

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Save 50% on Flatout Franchise during this week's Midweek Madness!

Feel the adrenaline pulse through your veins as you barrel through insane race tracks against monster trucks, race cars, off road vehicles and much more.

Offer expires on Thursday, January 19th at 4PM Pacific Time.

Beyond being a game we're quite fond of, Q.U.B.E. is also profitable as of right now. Well, okay, a little bit before now, as the folks who funded the project -- the major league indies who comprise the "Indie Fund" -- have already recouped their expenses, according to a recent blog post at their official site.

"We are happy to announce that Q.U.B.E., the first Indie Fund-ed game to market, took only four days on Steam to generate enough revenue for Toxic Games to repay the full investment amount of $90k," the post reads. The project was originally supposed to cost just $42K, but the eventual budget ballooned to $90K, paid out in several big chunks. Thankfully, that investment paid off with 12K sold copies since the game launched last week.

The post also notes that Toxic Games is already discussing the possibility of moving Q.U.B.E. "beyond PC," though it's unclear whether that just means "to OS X" or to somewhere even more enticing (XBLA/PSN, perhaps?). We've asked Toxic Games for more info, naturally.

Beyond being a game we're quite fond of, Q.U.B.E. is also profitable as of right now. Well, okay, a little bit before now, as the folks who funded the project -- the major league indies who comprise the "Indie Fund" -- have already recouped their expenses, according to a recent blog post at their official site.

"We are happy to announce that Q.U.B.E., the first Indie Fund-ed game to market, took only four days on Steam to generate enough revenue for Toxic Games to repay the full investment amount of $90k," the post reads. The project was originally supposed to cost just $42K, but the eventual budget ballooned to $90K, paid out in several big chunks. Thankfully, that investment paid off with 12K sold copies since the game launched last week.

The post also notes that Toxic Games is already discussing the possibility of moving Q.U.B.E. "beyond PC," though it's unclear whether that just means "to OS X" or to somewhere even more enticing (XBLA/PSN, perhaps?). We've asked Toxic Games for more info, naturally.

#qube How much does it take to make an indie game? How long until one makes a profit? The metrics on this kind of thing are always mysterious but a new post on Indie Fund's official website gives some enlightening information with regard to the first game funded by the small-developer investment collective to see release. More »

Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Fall of the Samurai is now available for pre-purchase on Steam! Pre-Purchase now and receive the Steam exclusive Tsu Faction Pack.

Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.

Mass Effect 3 is yet another entry in EA's stable of PC games that can't be purchased via Steam. At least "initially," that is, according to BioWare community manager Chris Priestly, who posted a variety of FAQ answers on the EA division's forums late last week. "During initial release, Mass Effect 3 will be available on Origin and a number of other 3rd party digital retailers, but not on Steam at this time," he said.

Unsurprisingly, this also means that all PC versions of Mass Effect 3 will also require EA's Origin service to launch the game -- regardless of where you buy it -- just like Battlefield 3 before it. And despite EA's wording, which implies the game may end up on Steam at some point after launch, we're doubtful that'll be anytime soon.

Alongside the confirmation that ME3 won't end up on Steam, Priestly goes on to list the issues his company sees with launching on Steam ("restrictive terms of service," BioWare claims). Given Steam's ubiquity across the PC gaming landscape, not to mention the vast majority of its clients not complaining about said terms of service, we're gonna go ahead and wager that the terms aren't changing anytime soon.

Today's Deal: Save 75% off The Tiny Bang Story

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Today's Deal: Save 66% off Sniper: Ghost Warrior

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#masseffect3 In today's edition of, "News You Saw Coming a Mile Away", BioWare's Community Coordinator, Chris Priestly, has told Mass Effect fans that Commander Shepard's epic quest to save Earth from the Reapers will not take place on Steam due to the set of "restrictive terms of service" which also led to EA pulling titles like Crysis 2 and Dragon Age 2 from Steam last year. More »

Today's Deal: Save 50% off EDGE

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If someone had told me I'd be spending a peaceful night this week in a stark white room playing with bright blocks, I'd have run before they could wrap the straightjacket around my shoulders and throw me into the back of a windowless van. Instead, I spent a few hours positioning primary-colored cubes around a vast test chamber from the comfort of my own home -- with full mobility of all my extremities -- and I enjoyed my time immensely. Toxic Games' Q.U.B.E. (Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion) joins other puzzlers as the crossword of the plugged-in generation, stimulating spatial, physics and reasoning skills in a direct way that shooters can't touch (or shoot).

The Blackwell Bundle is Now Available on Steam and are 25% off until Friday January 20th 10AM PST.

In a city so full of life, who has time for the dead?

When Rosa Blackwells only relative dies after twenty years in a coma, she thinks the worst is over. This all changes when Joey Mallone, a sardonic ghost from the 1930s, blows into her life and tells her that she is a medium. Whether they like it or not, it is up to them to cure the supernatural ills of New York in this critically-acclaimed series of point-and-click adventure games.

Limbo is now available on Mac! Buy it once. Play it on both Mac & PC!

LIMBO is the winner of more than 90 awards, including GameInformers Best Downloadable, GameSpots Best Puzzle Game, Kotakus The Best Indie Game, GameReactors Digital Game of the Year, Spike TVs Best Independent Game, X-Play's Best Downloadable Game and IGNs Best Horror Game.

Today's Deal: Save 66% off Front Mission Evolved

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Steam has taken the ol' plasma cutter to the price of the Dead Space series, offering one monster of a deal. This weekend you can pick up -- using telekinesis, preferably -- the original Dead Space or Dead Space 2 for five bucks each. You can use the money you've saved for some fresh underpants. You'll need them.

This weekend only, save 75% on the Dead Space series!

Join Isaac Clarke as he fights to survive multiple nightmarish outbreaks of Necromorphs to work toward an answer he hopes will end all the chaos.

Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time.

Today's Deal: Save 66% off PT Boats Gold

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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)

• Limit the effective FOV of players using wide-screen resolutions with aspect ratios wider than 1.85:1. The sv_restrict_aspect_ratio_fov ConVar can be changed to remove the restriction or make the restriction also apply to full-screen players.
  

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed Cp_Foundry not ending the map in the middle of a round when mp_timelimit is hit
  
• Fixed the Spy saying 'Prego' for one of his 'Thanks!' lines
  
• Fixed incorrect player animations for the Buff Banner and the Battalion's Backup
  
• Fixed some cases where strange Ullapool Cabers and wrenches would fail to correctly count kills
  
• Improvements for client stability
  
• Updated the localization files
  
• Crafting changes:
  • Added crafting recipes for weapons introduced during the holiday update
    
  • When selecting items for use in crafting, the items selected will show their quality in addition to the item name
    
  • Ellis's Cap can now be used as a crafting reagent
• Item changes
  • Added The Lucky Shot helmet
    
  • Added The Killer Exclusive to the Mann Co. store
    
  • Added Mask of the Shaman to the item drop list
    
  • Fixed particle display problems for items with multiple effects
    
  • Fixed the Dr. Whoa paint not drawing correctly for the Blue team
    
  • Updated the Desert Marauder and the Villain's Veil so they can be equipped together
    
  • Updated the Fancy Dress Uniform and the Kringle Collection so they can be equipped together
    
  • The Bombinomicon no longer shakes the screen and has a delay before the explosion so that Snipers, Spies, and others can get better feedback on the actual cause of death
    
  • The Bazaar Bargain functionality has changed: only one stored head is lost on a miss or a bodyshot and no heads are gained when missing while crit-boosted

About the Game
PoxNora is a collectible, turn-based, tactical, online fantasy game. Players command armies of fantastic creatures, cast spells of devastating power, and summon relics and equipment of ancient renown in order to defeat their opponents.

Key Features:
• Delve into classic turn-based strategy gaming with elements of table top miniatures, chess and TCG style gameplay all wrapped into one
• Choose a side of good, evil, or a little of both through full or split faction play
• Build your collection of runes over time and customize your decks through the rune manager
• Trade any or all of your runes with the entire community
• Battle and wage war against opponents through exciting player vs. player gameplay
• Join in draft tournaments to win prizes
• Earn experience for your champions through single player or pvp gameplay
• Save up and spend gold that you earn after every match to get your hands on runes through the Player Rewards store
• Free to play; optional content (including Wild Alliance Legends release) available for purchase

Wild Alliance Legends:
PoxNoras Wild Alliance Legends, released in January 2012, will once again unleash the power of wizards and warlocks upon the world of Poxanthuru. Fight for good (protectorate) or evil (wrath) and unleash the power of these unique characters on your opponent in tournaments, single player and pvp play. Heres a taste of some of the new abilities available in this purchase:
• Cast: Antimagic Field - For 6 turns, all spell damage is prevented.*
• Swarm: Arctic Beast - When this champion destroys a champion on a basic attack, a Level 1 Arctic Beast champion is spawned under your control in the location the destroyed champion occupied.*
*Abilities are subject to change

System Requirements
• Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista
• 500 MHz
• 512mb of RAM
• Java 1.5 or Higher click to download
• Nvidia or ATi Video Card with 64mb (minimum), 128mb (preferred) VRAM with current video drivers.
• 220MB of Hard drive space
• 56k Modem or better

PoxNora © 2011 Sony Online Entertainment LLC. SOE, the SOE logo and PoxNora are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. All rights reserved.

Today's Deal: Save 66% off Ignite

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The third Deck Pack for Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 is now available on Steam!

This Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 deck pack includes two brand-new decks for Campaign and Multiplayer play. Beknighted is a white deck that relies on coordination and martial dominance to control the battlefield. Trinity of Elements is a blue, red, and green deck that features the haste ability to keep your opponent off-balance and the tempo in your favor.

The Fourth Toki Tori 2 Development Build!

- Fire it up! It's got too much new stuff to list here!

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http://twotribes.com/message/toki-tori-2-update-12/

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Updates to Nation Red have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

- A new Bridge Barricade map has been added to the on-line coop and local coop maps
- Players can now join on-line games already in progress (Drop-In). You can also start a multiplayer game by yourself and let other players join. Works both with Public and Friends-only games.
- Added a new Stats section, visible when pausing or at the end of a game. Quickly visualize the number of kills/boss kills each player has, most-used weapons, current maximum killstreak, unpicked perk bonuses, etc. In on-line coop, the host can pause the game to compare player stats.
- Now supports up to 3 seperate Auto-Perk lists. For example use List #1 for Barricade games, List #2 for Free Play and List #3 for achievement hunting, etc.
- Now supports unlimited blood. To enable, set the 'number of blood patches' slider in the game options to 'unlimited'. Can be used to cover the entire arena in blood.
- Dynamite powerup now has a much larger damage radius and deals damage to up to 5x more zombies compared to regular grenades.
- Added perk icons (beta). Perks are divided into 7 icon categories: Armor-related perks, Health, Powerup, Scoring, Targeting, Dexterity and Offense perks.
- Moved achievement-tracking display. To track an achievement, go to the in-game achievement list and mouse click on any achievement.
- Player indicator circle now shows health status, ranging from green->yellow->red
- Grenade icon added next to the player grenade indicator
- Now supports loading all game assets from zip files for faster game startup
- Ghost perks in Auto Perk mode now stack quicker.
- Auto Experience perk now gives 2x more Xp
- Added new achievements:
- Pinpoint: In a single Free Play game, survive for 5 minutes without your accuracy dropping below 50% in the new stats section.
- Killstreak One, Two and Three: Reach a killstreak of 1000, 2000 and 3000 (refer to the new stats section). A Killstreak is obtained by zombie kills without receiving any damage.
- Increased visibility of crosshairs. Added a console option 'cursor2' to change crosshairs to a different type.
- Snare now operates more smoothly in multiplayer games
- Firestarter now gives Xp when the perk alone kills a zombie
- Several small bug fixes

General
- Settings menu bug fixes (e.g. Changing Vsync setting now requires a restart)
- Switching roles/teams while in a tank should now work properly
- Melee hit detection improvements. For example, it is now possible to hit a prone player with a bayonet while standing.
- The commanders order marker will now disappear properly when aimed at the sky instead of getting stuck at some location in the map
- Countdown maps will no longer show the improper amount of manpower when a new player joins during a match in progress

Performance / Stability
- Crash fixes based on .dmp files provided by players
- Fixed occasional freezing when spawning
- Updated Punkbuster to address framerate spike
- Overall performance optimization

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SDK: How to use redirects to download custom maps (Modders)
- Publish your custom map using the publish button in the editor. This will 'cook' twice because the server needs a different version.
- Grab the files from Published/CookedPCServer/ and give those to your server admins. Remember to clearly label these as server files.
- Grab the files from Published/CookedPC/ and give those to your server admins clearly labelled as client files. You must rename the published map files from .roe to .upk.

SDK: How to use redirects to download custom maps (Server Admins)
- Place the server content into ROGame/CookedPCServer
- Place the client content, removing any sub directories, at an http address. If the client content contains any .roe map they must be renamed to .upk.
- Add the following to ROEngine.ini:

[IpDrv.HTTPDownload]
RedirectToURL=http://pathtoyourredirect/

- Clients will now automatically download the custom content when connecting to your server

#dustforce What if Mario were a janitor instead of a plumber? Find out January 17, when Hitbox Games' 2D sweep-em-up Dustforce hits Steam. More »

The PC version of Dustforce, the sweeping side-scroller from indie studio Hitbox Team, is set to launch January 17 for $9.99 on Steam, with a Mac update to follow soon after. Dustforce has more than 50 disgusting levels for your janitor to spruce up, and will have an online leaderboard, 4-player local multiplayer modes and a soothing original soundtrack.

Dustforce received an honorable mention from the IGF for Excellence in Visual Art, so even if cleaning isn't your thing, we bet you can still enjoy some pretty, stylized gameplay.