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A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the Steam menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

- Fixed a P2P messaging issue when large packets were sent, preventing some multiplayer games from working

Survival:
- Added a new survival level. Freeway Survival which is 7 blocks long.
- Added a survival bonus zombie. Surround the bonus zombie to get bonus points.

Controls:
- Right click will deselect zombies and clear any item loaded.
- Fixed some issues with not deselecting zombies when clicking in open space.
- Can now click on crates and objects in the world with a tile selected. The tile will be deselected but the crate, etc will be interacted with.
- Fixed a bug where you could only drag out items during the final boss fight.

Main Menu:
- Added some "How to Play" screens in the main menu.
- Added sound volume option in the main menu options screen.
- Added click/drag control selection in main menu.

General:
- Most animations re-exported with new animation events added to fix a lot of bugs where events wouldn't always happen.
- Updated some mip data for the characters.
- Fix VC Redist trying to install every time game loads.

- Fixed bug that could result in invalid particle effects.
- Fixed Warlock Golem being able to buy and use items.

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Critical fixes:
+ Fixed a new core bug that was leading to AI expansion, design and
fleet composition issues.
+ Fixed a crash that might occur if a homeworld was eliminated.
+ Fixed an admiral and Suul'ka related crash.

Other fixes:
+ Fixed a rendering error that was causing particle effects to LOD out early.
+ Fixed a bug that was allowing players to see enemy systems if they
had naval stations.
+ Fixed hiver gate, badge icon, naval icon and homeworld effect
persistence upon re-entering the star map.
+ It is now possible to build stations in independent systems.
+ Fixed a case where a player could attempt to send two colonization
missions to a system with one habitable planet.
+ Fixed an issue that was preventing the star system tool tip from
appearing in the first few turns.
+ Fixed an issue that was making clicking to zoom in on a fleet tricky.
+ Fleets no longer disband automatically when relocated unless there
is not enough support capacity available.
+ Fixed an issue that was causing Suul'ka to bore node lines.
+ Station retrofit now has a scrollbar for weapon lists.
+ Fixed the issue that was preventing freighters from moving in combat.
+ Recent survey effects are now excluded from your own systems.
+ AI now retires obsolete designs.

Farming Classics Pack 4 DLC is Now Available on Steam!

Farming Classics takes your virtual farm back to a simpler time! With 20 items ranging from harvesters to loaders, you can enjoy hours of farming pleasure with Farming Simulator 2011 Classics.

Developments in technology and safety have changed the face of farming forever. Modern tractors have huge turbocharged engines, 4-wheel drive and air-conditioned cabs. However it was not always the way, and decades ago farming machinery was much simpler and involved a great deal more hard work! Now you can revisit those times with this superb pack of classic farm tractors and machinery. This expansion pack includes 8 classic tractors from manufacturers such as Hatz, Guldner and Bucher, and a range of classic equipment including a Fahr harvester, a Hassia seed drill and a wooden slurry tanker plus much more.

Updates to Warlock - Master of the Arcane have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:


- Fixed the bug with enchantments staying on an enemy Great Mage upon his/her defeat.
- Dragon Farm now has the correct model.
- The attack of capital cities was improved - damage was increased, attack now have elemental magic damage, and becomes aoe from certain level of a city.
- The attack strength of defence towers was improved.
- The resistances of several units were slightly decreased.
- Appeared the option to switch off the intro movies.

The Ubisoft Publisher Weekend begins today with 33% off the Ubisoft Catalog*! Additionally, each day will bring a new Daily Deal with even deeper discounts!

Today only, save 50% off From Dust, Rayman Origins and Shoot Many Robots!

Plus, this weekend only, Pre-Purchase the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™ Deluxe Edition for the Standard Edition price. Pre-Purchase also includes Ghost Recon Future Soldier inspired items to use in Team Fortress 2!

Be sure to check back each day, now through Sunday, for more great deals!

*Discount does not apply to the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™ Pre-Purchase.

Alien Shooter 2: Conscription is Now Available on Steam and 20% off until 10AM PST Thursday, May 25th.

Alien Shooter 2 - Conscription is the continuation of cult Alien Shooter 2, which is a unique blend of two game genres - Action and RPG.

The Great War has begun! The world population capable of functioning is mobilized to serve in the army. Hordes of monsters are destroying the cities and capturing new territories. The situation on the battlefront reached the critical emergency point and there's nobody to help. Try to fight with the aliens as a private soldier from the regular army, which happens to be in the center of the action. The outcome depends on you!

Updates to The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:


- Fixed the display of inter-chapter movies in aspect ratios other than 16:9.
- Fixed bugs causing the application to close while opening the credits.
- Relevant Aspect Ratio options are shown in the Configurator.exe if nVidia Surround is supported.
- Game saves from Act 2 created on older versions of the game are now compatible with the Enhanced Edition, which fixes the dwarven mechanism in Vergen.
- Added a fix for .NET Framework 4-related issues for the Steam users.

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Critical fixes:
+ Fixed a turn processing crash related to updating morale.
+ Fixed an MP crash that could occur when clients joined a game while
the host was in combat.
+ Fixed an AI processing crash related to Leviathan research.
+ Fixed a hang in combat related to positioning ships.
+ Fixed an issue where in a multi-player game would hang if the client
was in the first player slot.
+ Fixed a multi-player crash that could occur is the host was not in
the first player slot.
+ Fixed a system-killer related turn update crash.
+ Fixed the empty treaty crash.
+ Fixed a turn update crash related to patrol missions.
+ Fixed an upgrade mission UI crash.
+ Fixed a potential crash that could occur when using the battle
manager where neutral zones existed.
+ Fixed a crash that could occur when interception targets left sensor range.
+ Fixed a star map re-entry crash that could occur when resuming a
game after returning to the main menu.
+ Fixed a rare crash that could occur when joining a game in progress.


Other fixes:
+ Support missions now work in the same system.
+ SUpport missions no longer take an extra turn when in the same system.
+ Research estimates are more accurate.
+ Boarding pods no longer attack grand menace or random encounter entities.
+ Fixed issues related to station targeting with non-tracking weapons.
+ Fixed an issue with Suul'ka showing up in the design screen.
+ Fixed some localization issues in the intel results dialog.
+ Fixed scaling issue on Protean tentacles.
+ Fixed known issues with the Fear psi power.
+ Fixed an issue where psionic UI overlays could persist after combat.
+ Fixed issues with disruptor effects.
+ VN Berserkers now retreat correctly.
+ Fixed Hiver carrier recovery animations.
+ Default target filter and firing mode settings are now carried into
combat from designs.
+ Swarmers no longer generate multiple queens while others are in transit.
+ Textures have been optimized.
+ Colony faction morale now displays correctly.
+ Fixed an issue where the design screen was not displaying the
effects of ship design options.
+ The login dialog is now displayed when re-entering the server browser.
+ Fixed an issue where asteroid monitors and Morrigi relics would show
up in combat as enemies after they had been neutralized.
+ Fixed an issue where player-built asteroid monitors had some
unresponsive turrets.
+ Fixed an issue that was incorrectly revealing star map details to players.
+ Fixed an issue that was allowing players to abandon enemy colonies.
+ Corrected the order of ship section names displayed in the build
screen preview.
+ Fixed an issue that was allowing the display of information for
enemy fleets out of range.
+ Favorite invoices now use the newest available retrofit for each ship design.
+ Fixed missing Phaser weapon icon.
+ Fixed issues where player ship designs were not being assigned roles.
+ Biome colonizers now show up in colonizer lists.
+ Fixed an infinite repair point issue with stations.
+ Fixed the black-sensor-view display bug.
+ The build screen no longer reverts back to cruisers after invoice submission.
+ Fleet lists no longer display irrelevant command points in the
battle rider manager.
+ Salvage projects now have 100% feasibility.
+ Fixed an issue that was causing the AI to continually redesign thee
same ship role turn after turn.
+ It is no longer possible to rename ships in retrofit orders.
+ Fleet items in the admiral manager now display the correct empire color.
+ Fixed a networking issue that was causing the game host to continue
attempting to send game information to disconnected clients.
+ Addressed a network issue where client connections were not being
correctly terminated on timeouts.
+ Fixed a display bug where the station retrofit list was not being cleared.
+ Fixed the ship design generational mk. naming scheme.
+ Addressed a handful of missing or broken text strings.


Additions:
+ Implemented the last of the admiral traits Implemented admiral
+ survival and capture mechanics Allies now share sensor data.
+ Colony and trade values now display in red/green.
+ Added a weapon range tooltip in combat. Hovering mouse over weapon
icon will reveal max range circle for that weapon.
+ Reserve fleets can now be filtered out of fleet summaries.
+ Human factions can now use Node Maws.
+ Double-clicking a battle rider in the battle rider manager is now a
short-cut for adding them to the ship.
+ It is now possible to build naval and science stations in neutral systems.
+ Added an incoming fleet news event.
+ Energy Cannons recieved balance pass.

GAMEPLAY
- Enabled Treant Protector!
- Ancient Apparition: Fixed Ethereal and Guardian Angel blocking Ice Blast's shatter.
- Batrider: Fixed bug with refreshing old stacks of Napalm after upgrading the ability.
- Beastmaster: Fixed Inner Beast not affecting siege units.
- Chen: Fixed Holy Persuasion working on Spirit Bear.
- Dazzle: Fixed Shadow Wave not doing its damage around the aoe of the last target.
- Doom: Fixed Sphere working under Doom (Sphere will still block Doom).
- Drow: Fixed Trueshot Aura not affecting siege units.
- Lich: Fixed timing on Chain Frost ministun.
- Lone Druid: Fixed Entangle affecting wards.
- Lone Druid: Fixed Battle Cry not affecting other units he owns.
- Outworld Destroyer: Fixed Arcane Orb against wards.
- Puck: Fixed being able to cast Phase Shift while rooted.
- Pudge: Fixed Meat Hook interrupting channeling spells if the target is magic immune.
- Riki: Fixed being unable to cast for a brief moment after using Blink Strike.
- Spirit Breaker: Fixed Charge of Darkness not getting interrupted by ensnares.
- Fixed all heroes having 1 armor more than intended.
- Fixed Medallion of Courage interaction with Magic Immune units.
- Fixed denying an allied Necronomicon unit causing Last Will to hurt you.
- Fixed dying to Neutrals ending your kill streak counter.

UI
- You can now ping runes to let your teammates know which type of rune it is.
- Tranquil boots now update movement speed and armor on the HUD when broken.
- You can now click on player names in the waiting for players dialog to go to their Steam or Dota 2 profiles.
- For units with lifetime (wards, illusions), the XP bar is now used to show lifetime remaining.

VISUALS
- Added a new player-only aegis post-death effect.
- Fixed some spells not obeying the "no screen shake" setting.
- Added healing overhead messages for Mek, Chen, Lifestealer, Necrolyte, and Witch Doctor.
- Added bonus damage overhead message for Lifestealer's Feast.
- Gave Death Prophet's spirits a unique attack effect when hitting buildings.

SOUND
- Added additional dialog for Earthshaker, Pudge, Storm Spirit, Shadow Fiend, and Doombringer.

BOTS
- Bots on medium difficulty or below will no longer try to interrupt channels.
- When doing Rosh, bots will no longer wait for their optimal tank. Now they'll start attacking when more than one hero has arrived, and will use the best tank of the heroes present.
- Bots will no longer consider damage from passives as an indication that a human is intending to attack-to-kill.
- Fixed bug where bots wouldn't use the courier if their stash was empty (even if they had items on the courier).
- Bots will be slightly more aggressive about using couriers that are carrying their items.

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the Steam menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

- Fixed overlay for games using older versions of DirectX
- Fixed startup failure on Windows XP SP1 ("unable to load library steamUI.dll")

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)

• Fatal engine errors are now written to the server log file
  
• Added sv_lowedict_threshold and sv_lowedict_action which allow the engine to take action before running out of free edicts
  • Possible values for sv_lowedict_action are: 0 - no action, 1 - warn to log file, 2 - attempt to restart the game, if applicable, 3 - restart the map, 4 - go to the next map in the map cycle

Team Fortress 2

• Added The Sneaky Spats of Sneaking
  
• Added new promotional items
  
• Added koth_badlands to eligible quickplay maps
  
• Added changelevel_next server command which changes to the next map in the map cycle
  
• Added mp_restartgame_immediate ConVar which has the same effect as mp_restartgame without a delay
  
• Fixed The Manmelter using the wrong muzzle flash effect
  
• Fixed The Frying Pan not being positioned correctly for some classes
  

The Ubisoft Publisher Weekend begins today with 33% off the Ubisoft Catalog*! Additionally, each day will bring a new Daily Deal with even deeper discounts!

Today only, save 75% off the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Franchise*!

Plus, this weekend only, Pre-Purchase the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™ Deluxe Edition for the Standard Edition price. Pre-Purchase also includes Ghost Recon Future Soldier inspired items to use in Team Fortress 2!

Be sure to check back each day, now through Sunday, for more great deals!

*Discount does not apply to the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™ Pre-Purchase.

Today's Deal: Save 75% off Take On Helicopters!

Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are.

Gratuitous Tank Battles is Now Available on Steam and 10% off until 10AM PST Thursday, May 24th.

Gratuitous Tank Battles is a unique hybrid of tower-defense, strategy, simulation and RTS. Set in an alternate history timeline where World War I never ends, you are the commander of allied forces fighting right up to the year 2114, where Mechs and lasers are used alongside tanks and rifles. The war continues across Europe, with the allied commanders still locked into the optimistic patriotism of the 1900s.

Dear Esther, the atmospheric indie title from thechineseroom, has sold more than 100,000 copies, shortly following the title's launch for Mac on Steam. Developer Robert Briscoe shared the news on Dear Esther's official site:

"I have to admit I was a little unsure as to what to expect from sales of Dear Esther once we went to retail, we all were - there was no real benchmark to go by at the time, so I'm extremely pleased to see so many people enjoying the game, and most importantly, proving that gamers are open and eager to new ideas and experiences outside of the boundaries of 'traditional' gameplay. Thanks to everyone who has supported us through this journey, and who will hopefully continue to support us in the future!"
Dear Esther is half off through Thursday, May 17 in Steam's Midweek Madness sale, running just $5.

#steam Previously in beta, Valve has now properly launched a feature on Steam that lets users remotely download games. More »

GAMEPLAY
- Enabled Treant Protector!
- Ancient Apparition: Fixed Ethereal and Guardian Angel blocking Ice Blast's shatter
- Batrider: Fixed bug with refreshing old stacks of Napalm after upgrading the ability.
- Beastmaster: Fixed Inner Beast not affecting siege units.
- Chen: Fixed Holy Persuasion working on Spirit Bear.
- Dazzle: Fixed Shadow Wave not doing its damage around the aoe of the last target.
- Doom: Fixed Sphere working under Doom (Sphere will still block Doom).
- Drow: Fixed Trueshot Aura not affecting siege units.
- Lich: Fixed timing on Chain Frost ministun.
- Lone Druid: Fixed Entangle affecting wards.
- Lone Druid: Fixed Battle Cry not affecting other units he owns.
- Outworld Destroyer: Fixed Arcane Orb against wards.
- Puck: Fixed being able to cast Phase Shift while rooted.
- Pudge: Fixed Meat Hook interrupting channeling spells if the target is magic immune
- Riki: Fixed being unable to cast for a brief moment after using Blink Strike.
- Spirit Breaker: Fixed Charge of Darkness not getting interrupted by ensnares.
- Fixed all heroes having 1 armor more than inteded.
- Fixed Medallion of Courage interaction with Magic Immune units.
- Fixed denying an allied Necronomicon unit causing Last Will to hurt you.
- Fixed dying to Neutrals ending your kill streak counter.

UI
- You can now ping runes to let your teammates know which type it is.
- Tranquil boots now update movement speed and armor on the HUD when broken.
- You can now click on player names in the waiting for players dialog to go to their Steam or Dota 2 profiles.
- For units with lifetime (wards, illusions), the XP bar is now used to show lifetime remaining.

VISUALS
- Added a new player-only aegis post-death effect.
- Fixed some spells not obeying the "no screen shake" setting.
- Added healing overhead messages for Mek, Chen, Lifestealer, Necrolyte, and Witch Doctor.
- Added bonus damage overhead message for Lifestealer's Feast.
- Gave Death Prophet's spirits a unique attack effect when hitting buildings.

SOUND
- Added additional dialog for Earthshaker, Pudge, Storm Spirit, Shadow Fiend, and Doombringer.

BOTS
- Bots on medium difficulty or below will no longer try to interrupt channels.
- When doing Rosh, bots will no longer wait for their optimal tank. Now they'll start attacking when more than one hero has arrived, and will use the best tank of the heroes present.
- Bots will no longer consider damage from passives as an indication that a human is intending to attack-to-kill.
- Fixed bug where bots wouldn't use the courier if all their stash was empty (even if they had items on the courier).
- Bots will be slightly more aggressive about using couriers that are carrying their items.

It's now even easier to buy too many games from Steam. Valve has implemented remote downloading, allowing you to manage your PC's Steam collection remotely, from anywhere you can access the website or mobile app.

Remote downloading lets you start a download on your computer from any of these other sources, and have them "installed and ready to play on your arrival." In other words, you can buy a game from the mobile app and have it download automatically to your home PC, or reinstall something else from your Steam collection remotely.

The Store will even ask you upon purchase if you'd like to remotely install your new game, if it notices you're shopping from away from your computer.

Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen is Now Available on Steam!

Enter the Cursed Tomb of the Lost Queen! Egyptologists and archaeologists are abuzz about recent discoveries by a university dig team, but suspicious accidents left the group isolated and leaderless. Is a curse burying their progress or is someone sabotaging their success? Find out as you assume the role of Nancy Drew and uncover the lost secrets buried within the Tomb of the Lost Queen!

#dynamitejack A little while back, I took a look at Dynamite Jack and really enjoyed the explodey stealth action provided by this indie game. More »

Today's Deal: Save 75% off CID the Dummy!

Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are.

Available immediately, users Steam library of games can now be managed remotely via the web. With an active Steam client running on the remote PC or Mac, users may log into the Steam web site or mobile app to access and manage their library of games, downloading pre-loads, new releases, or their latest purchases, as soon as theyre available. Head home to find your new downloads installed and ready to play upon arrival.

To kick off a remote download, simply visit your Games list on the Steam Community site, which can be accessed from your own profile using a web browser or the Steam mobile app on iOS or Android. If logged into the latest update of the Steam client on a PC or Mac, there youll see which games are currently installed, and have the ability to install others from your library. Or, seamlessly complete your online purchase with remote installation: When a remote session is detected, the Steam store will ask whether you'd like to download your new purchases immediately.

Now, what are you still doing here? Go give it a try!

Dead Hungry Diner is Now Available on Steam and 15% off!*

Dead Hungry Diner is all about big combos, spells, monsters fighting monsters and finding your flow within the monstrous mayhem!

Help Gabe and Gabby, patrons of The Dead Hungry Diner, as they feed the creatures of the night buckets and buckets of juicy Brain Berry goop!

(Well... thats the easy part!)

Do you know what happens when you place werewolves near vampires?

They fight!!! And you dont want fighting when you have so many other things to take care of...

*Offer valid until May 23rd at 10AM PST.

1.4 Patch Release Notes
- Added the Custom Map Exchange feature, allowing players to download missing maps in the lobby, from the host.
- Added the Archipelago map, previously available only during the Christmas event, in Skirmish mode (solo and multiplayer)
- Added features in the map editor:

o Help Files: Added tutorials in the Map Editor
o Initial Map Setup: Set a trigger to set up the initial structure allowing to save a map right after creation
o Unified Object Behavior: Implemented unified behavior for all affected objects (e.g.: object selection, scaling, rotation handling, etc.)
o Mini map: Removed the non-functional mini map from the Map Editor

Here is a first insight of the changes we are going to apply for the patch 1.5, focusing on the Game Balancing:

- Refitting of Core unit health and defense

o Stronger differentiation between might & magic defense of units according to their nature
o Reduction of power for Necropolis units
o Increase of power for Inferno units

- Tweaking of creature growth for some core and elite creatures

- Increase of power for Luck in general, by increasing creature luck values, especially for Inferno
- Increasing interest of abilities that affect might offense, might defense, luck and leadership

- Decrease of power of HEALING spells and abilities (HEAL, MASS HEAL,REGENERATION, MASS REGENERATION, RESURRECTION,LIFE DRAIN, MASS LIFE DRAIN)
- Refitting of healing powers of certain creatures (Haven SISTERS mainly)

- Increase of power for most DIRECT DAMAGE SPELLS, especially ZONE DAMAGE SPELLS (like FIREBALL)

- Increase of power for MASS STAND YOUR GROUND ability
- Increase of damage boost for MASS HEROISM ability
- Increase of power for ARCHERY I ability
- Decrease of the Enlightment ability to 20%

- Increase of power and cooldown time for POISON CLOUD spell
- Increase of power for MASS AGONY spell
- Increase of power for WEAKNESS spell

Dear Esther has finally wandered across the barren PC wasteland to end up on Mac as part of the larger Steam island system. Dear Esther, developed by current Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs team thechineseroom, now supports SteamPlay and is half off for Midweek Madness, through May 17.

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the Steam menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

- Remote management of your games library through the web or mobile device
- Added UI to redeem Steam wallet vouchers sold by GameStop
- Fixed download issues with new content system
- Fixed crashes related to Steam Workshop file management

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter - Legend of the Beast DLC is Now Available on Steam!

Grab a fistful of rockets and step into the bright red shoes of the legendary Sam "Serious" Stone as he reloads for an all-new battle against the nefarious minions of Lord Mental. Hunt down the mysterious ram-god of the Great Obelisk and unlock the secrets buried beneath the mystical temples dotting the sands of ancient Egypt. Then challenge your nerves with an intense new survival mode map or take aim in three brand new versus multiplayer maps.

To celebrate the launch of the new DLC, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter and the Serious Sam Complete Pack are 75% off until May 22nd at 10AM PST!

changelog:

- Better support for Xbox 360 controllers
- Added achievements to Community Maps
- Press CTRL-R to instantly restart a level when doing speedruns
- Various bug fixes and interface enhancements