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Steam Updates and Releases 24 April 2012
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Free Weekend Coming, Pre-load Now!
Activision will be hosting a Free Weekend for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3! Pre-load the 
game now and be ready to play when the free weekend starts on Thursday, April 26th at 10am Pacific Time.
Click here to start pre-loading, or visit www.steamgames.com/about to install Steam.
The Free Weekend of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will let you play the multiplayer portion of the base game.
Pre-Purchase Now: Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones is now available for pre-purchase on Steam! Pre-Purchase and receive the Prima Official eGuide for free!
Experience an amazing adventure in one of the most complete and fascinating universes in medieval-fantasy literature. Game of Thrones is a great Role Playing Game that puts you at the core of a thrilling plot, where your fate will be guided by vengeance, allegiance and honor.
Now Available - A Valley Without Wind, 10% off!
A Valley Without Wind is now available on Steam and is 10% off until May 1st at 10AM Pacific!
A 2D sidescroller without a linear path. An action game with tactical combat and strategic planning. An adventure game that lets you free-roam a vast, procedurally-generated world. A Valley Without Wind defies genre stereotypes. Unlike other procedurally-generated games, you also get a logical progression in difficulty, plus helpful tips and checklists to guide your travels (should you need them).
Midweek Madness - Dead Space Franchise
Save 75% off the Dead Space Franchise during this week�s Midweek Madness!
Only the Dead Survive!
Updates to Garry�s Mod have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
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Fixed rare(ish) crashes
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Made startup errors more helpful
Now Available - The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead is now available on Steam!
The Walking Dead is a five-part game series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkmans award-winning comic book series. Play as Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, who has been given a second chance at life in a world devastated by the undead. With corpses returning to life and survivors stopping at nothing to maintain their own safety, protecting an orphaned girl named Clementine may offer him redemption in a world gone to hell.
Daily Deal - Numen: Contest of Heroes, 75% off!
Today�s Deal: Save 75% off Numen: Contest of Heroes!
Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam.
Midweek Madness - Evochron Mercenary 50% off!
Save 50% off the Evochron Mercenary during this week�s Midweek Madness*!
In Evochron, you are free to seek your fortune as an independent mercenary in an adventure directed by your choices, abilities, and accomplishments. Each player can bring their unique skills and interests to the game, forming clans for cooperative goals or remaining solo to complete objectives on their own in true free form space-sim gameplay.
*Offer ends Thursday at 4pm Pacific.
New DLC Available - Defenders of Ardania: Battlemagic
Battlemagic, new content for Defenders of Ardania, is now available on Steam!
Battlemagic adds four new spells (Extort, Trap, Arise, and Frozen Shield) a new spell for each of the playable races as well as one new spell that will be available for all races.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Beta Update Released
Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are happy to announce the availability of Beta 2b (0.80) for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion today. Now available via the Steam client for all pre-order customers, this update contains a number of bug fixes, performance optimizations and balance adjustments.
Change Log:
[ Graphics ]
- Added correct icon for Mine Control ability.
- Updated some UI textures.
- Removed name from texture on TEC Corsev battlecruiser.
- Increased zoom-in distances for all ships/structures.
- Moved out build emitter point on Advent Titan Factory to prevent mesh clipping.
- Fixed various mesh point errors on Advent Discord battleship.
[ Gameplay ]
- Players are now limited to a total of four simultaneous superweapon structures. Based on feedback this amount may be increased, decreased or the weapon effects buffed, etc.
- Adjusted AI to allow AI players to make better use of their available Fleet Supply. This is one step in a multi-step process that will be continued in the next update.
- Autocast conditions added to most ultimate abilities; allowing the AI to use them.
- Replaced Advent refinery drone mesh/texture with trade drone mesh/texture.
- Updated game Victory/Loss strings.
- Fixed typo in Advent racial description.
- Reduced shield regeneration rate on all Envoy cruisers from 2.0 to 1.0.
- Artifact Planet players (Occupation Victory) will no longer be placed as random militia on maps.
- Replaced TEC Rebel corvettes at Pirate planet with Pirate Rogues.
- Fixed bug that allowed temporary or illusion ships to be cloned by abilities or research subjects.
- Updated Pirate Raid fleet compositions per level. Raids will now have a broader range of ship types and numbers. The max level raid is now particularly brutal, so you won�t want to be the target of that!
- Pirate Mission costs adjusted for new raid levels (based on average summoned fleet supply). Pirate Missions are now substantially more expensive to account for the greater difficulty.
- Reduced Pirate research upgrade costs for all subjects.
- Reduced number of research upgrades per raid from 2 to 1.
- Increased rate of points gain for Diplomatic Victory and decreased the number of points required to win. This should greatly speed up Diplomatic victories and make them a more viable option.
- Increased roll rate of all Titans from 0.65 to 1.65.
- TEC Loyalists:
- Inspire and Impair (Ankylon Titan ability) updated to include AlliedOrEnemy and NoOwner planet types.
- AntiFighter Frigate balance adjustment: MaxHP reduced from 900 to 765; MaxShields reduced from 450 to 405; DamagePerBank reduced from 17.25 to 14.6625.
- Loyalist Corvette balance adjustment:
- Cost increased from 100/10/5 to 190/20/10.
- Fleet Supply increased from 2 to 3.
- XP increased from 4 to 8.
- Laser damage per bank increased from 30 to 33.
- AutoCannon damage per bank increased from 15.5 to 20.
- Missile damage per bank decreased from 25.5 to 25.
- TEC Rebels:
- AntiFighter Frigate balance adjustment: MaxHP reduced from 900 to 765; MaxShields reduced from 450 to 405; DamagePerBank reduced from 17.25 to 14.6625.
- Rebel Corvette balance adjustment:
- Cost increased from 100/10/5 to 190/20/10.
- Fleet Supply increased from 2 to 3.
- XP increased from 4 to 8.
- Laser damage per bank increased from 30 to 33.
- AutoCannon damage per bank increased from 15.5 to 20.
- Missile damage per bank decreased from 25.5 to 25.
- Pirate Mercenaries balance adjustments:
- Fleet Supply summoned range changed from 45-60 to 75-100.
- Weights now favor Pirate Cutthroat, Pirate Corsair, Pirate Rogue, Pirate Reaper, Pirate Pillager.
- Cost per use changed from 2500/150/500 to 6000 credits.
- Advent Loyalists:
- Subjugating Assault (Coronata Titan ability): Increased Cooldown from 2 to 20 seconds; reduced Weapon Damage modifier penalty from 40%/35%/30%/25% to 25%/20%/15%/10%; Antimatter cost per shot reduced from 6/5/4/3 to 5/4/3/2; removed PointDefenseLaser from ability; autocast defaulted to off while we create a better aiUseTime.
- Unity Mass (Coronata Titan ability) target constraint added to prevent it from being used against invulnerable targets.
- Assimilated Populace buff increased from 1200 to 5000.
- Fixed bug with Global Unity that caused players to gain culture at gravity wells they didn�t own.
- Adjusted autocast on Repossession ability (Coronata titan) to cast only during planetary bombardment (when no other threats are present).
- AntiFighter Frigate balance adjustment: MaxHP reduced from 650 to 552.5; MaxShields reduced from 620 to 558; DamagePerBank reduced from 22.5 to 19.125.
- Domina Subjugator Perseverance ability no longer needs to face its target.
- Domina Subjugator Suppression ability no longer needs to face its target.
- Loyalist Corvette balance adjustment:
- Cost increased from 100/10/5 to 175/15/15.
- Fleet Supply increased from 2 to 3.
- XP increased from 4 to 8.
- Laser damage per bank increased from 25 to 30.
- PDL damage per bank increased from 23 to 25.
- Advent Rebels:
- AntiFighter Frigate balance adjustment: MaxHP reduced from 650 to 552.5; MaxShields reduced from 620 to 558; DamagePerBank reduced from 22.5 to 19.125.
[ Sound ]
- Fixed incorrect sound effect for planet bomb muzzle on Advent Loyalist Titan.
[ Misc. ]
- Optimized speed of quitting a game so there shouldn�t be nearly as much of a delay on the Stats screen as before. If people still run into long delays, please zip up your autosave that repros this and send it to us at rebellionbeta@stardock.com.
- Optimized a variety of systems that are dependent on getting targets in range. This should resolve one of the biggest causes of slowdowns in large games.
- Optimized AverageCulturePercFromAllConnections, which was causing major slowdowns, especially in terms of targeting.
- Optimized pathfinding within the same orbit body for improved performance.
- Optimized threat detection system for performance.
- Optimized order system cleanup for performance.
- Fixed bug with Logitech G-series keyboard display that allowed players to see unexplored planet information.
Now Available - Darwinia & DEFCON Soundtracks
The Darwinia Soundtrack and DEFCON Soundtrack are Now Available on Steam.
The Darwinia Soundtrack features original music by DMA-SC and Trash80. The DEFCON Soundtrack was remixed from the original in-game music that resulted in DEFCON receiving a choice award nomination for Best Audio in 2008. Alistair Lindsey creates a stunning collection of ambient and soothing soundscapes that are truly breathtaking.
New Release - Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles is Now Available on Steam!
Help Sherlock Holmes, the famed detective, investigate the legend of a supernatural hound on the fog-shrouded moorland in England of the 19th century. Immerse yourself into the dangerous world of diabolical curse and discover the truth of the monstrous creature.
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