Steam Updates and Releases 01 June 2011
A nice big set of updates over at Steam including some older stuff packaged up, new releases like the Sanctum of Slime Challenge Pack and Magicka: Nippon and some updates to games 
like Section 8 Prejudice.
Now Available - Still Life series, 20% Off!
Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:57 AM PDT
The Still Life series is now available on Steam!
Follow Victoria McPherson, a brilliant young FBI agent, as she investigates and solves serial murder cases.
For a limited time, save 20% off Still Life and Still Life 2! Offer ends June 8th at 10AM Pacific Time.
Follow Victoria McPherson, a brilliant young FBI agent, as she investigates and solves serial murder cases.
For a limited time, save 20% off Still Life and Still Life 2! Offer ends June 8th at 10AM Pacific Time.
New Release - Ghostbusters Sanctum of Slime Challenge Pack
Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:10 AM PDT
Ghostbusters Sanctum of Slime Challenge Pack is now available for Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime on Steam!
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Challenge Pack brings hours of a new single player experience to this ghost-hunting adventure and has 2 new modes! Lonely Hero allows you to play through any unlocked level without the help of others and Arcade Mode limits the number of lives to see how you skills line up on a distinct Global Leaderboard.
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Challenge Pack brings hours of a new single player experience to this ghost-hunting adventure and has 2 new modes! Lonely Hero allows you to play through any unlocked level without the help of others and Arcade Mode limits the number of lives to see how you skills line up on a distinct Global Leaderboard.
Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:01 AM PDT
Today’s Deal: Save 50% off VVVVVV!
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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!
Section 8: Prejudice Update Released
Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:32 AM PDT
Updates to Section 8: Prejudice have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
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- Fixed a crash that could occur when retrying to join a match after losing connection to LIVE
- Fixed a crash that could occur when accepting an invite while a disconnection error message was displayed
- Fixed a rare Lock-On crash that could occur during gameplay
- Fixed a rare issue where player’s controls could become unresponsive after performing a fatality
- Fixed an issue with not being able to see some servers in Custom Match
- Changed the Server Clan search to only list servers running the specified game mode
- Fixed an issue with Server Clan search not listing SOD servers
- Fixed an issue where Quick Match would sometimes join an empty SOD server when there were populated servers available
- Changed Quick Match to prefer joining an empty SOD server of the same region/language before a populated server of a different region/language
- Changed Custom Match to hide empty SOD servers when Hide Empty is selected
- Fixed an issue with binding Shift as the Use key
- Fixed an issue where the bot icon would be missing under System Link
- Fixed an issue where the hintbar could disappear after disconnecting from the server
- Fixed an issue where players would be unable to free spawn after cancelling a squad spawn
- Improved the ability for the tank to fire over a slope
- Added the ability for some Prejudice Online tweaks to be available when not connected to LIVE or Prejudice Online
- Changed Autobalance to more aggressively place you with Friends
- Changed Private servers to force Autobalance off
- Changed Ranked servers to allow Autobalance off
- Changed Autobalance to allow a team size discrepancy of 2 (to facilitate getting Friends on the same team)
- Changed the Friendly Fire to penalize napalm damage less than regular damage
- Changed Overtime to constantly increase both team VP at the same rate (10% of maximum VP per minute)
- Fixed an issue where the tank would fire an extra shot after exiting the driver seat
- Fixed the Ball Hog achievement (Assault) to count CPs captured because of implicit turn end due to all defenders being killed
- Changed Swarm to implicitly be Ranked for PC Listen servers (provided difficulty is at least Medium)
- Changed Badges to only allow earning each 2 times per match
- Changed Repair and Auto Repair ScoreEvents to have a maximum per match (200)
- Changed Repair Feat to have a maximum per match (66)
- Changed Ranked Swarm to only require two human players
- Fixed an issue where players could host a Ranked Swarm match on Trivial Difficulty (Medium is the minimum requirement)
- Fixed an issue where the user configs would not work if there were trailing spaces on lines
- Fixed an issue where SOD servers were not able to host certain game modes after rotating
- Fixed some crashes related to hosting service server queries
- Fixed an issue where the hosting service server query would return the incorrect max players for SOD servers
- Fixed an issue starting SOD servers on virtual machines
- Fixed an issue where SOD servers would become unplayable after being idle for more than a day
Posted: 31 May 2011 06:05 PM PDT
The Nippon DLC for Magicka is now available on Steam!
Until June 5th, Paradox Interactive will donate 50% of revenue from Magicka: Nippon to the Japan Relief Support program. Additionally, all purchases before June 5th will receive The Conjurer’s Cowl for the Demoman in Team Fortress 2!
Until June 5th, Paradox Interactive will donate 50% of revenue from Magicka: Nippon to the Japan Relief Support program. Additionally, all purchases before June 5th will receive The Conjurer’s Cowl for the Demoman in Team Fortress 2!
Midweek Madness - Thief: Deadly Shadows 75% off
Posted: 31 May 2011 05:45 PM PDT
Act now and take advantage of huge savings! Thief: Deadly Shadows is available at 75% off during the Midweek Madness sale.
Offer ends Thursday at 4pm Pacific Time.
Offer ends Thursday at 4pm Pacific Time.
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Posted: 31 May 2011 05:27 PM PDT
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2
- Added the Magicka promotional item
- Fixed the targetID panel not drawing in first-person spectator mode
- Fixed the main menu showing through the shopping cart menu when running at 2500x1600
- Updated some of the tips that are displayed while the server is changing maps
- Updated the webapi output to include the names of the attached particles
- Updated the gamehaptics.txt file
New Release - Cities in Motion: Tokyo
Posted: 31 May 2011 03:15 PM PDT
Tokyo, the latest expansion for Cities in Motion, is now available on Steam!
Japan’s largest city awaits your transit guidance and expertise. This expansion introduces 7 new vehicles, including the new Monorail transportation type.
Now through June 5th, Paradox Interactive will donate 50% of revenue from Cities in Motion: Tokyo to the Japan Relief Support program!
Japan’s largest city awaits your transit guidance and expertise. This expansion introduces 7 new vehicles, including the new Monorail transportation type.
Now through June 5th, Paradox Interactive will donate 50% of revenue from Cities in Motion: Tokyo to the Japan Relief Support program!
