Świąteczna wyprzedaż na Steamie - dzień 13.


Rozpoczął się przedostatni dzień świątecznej wyprzedaży na Steamie. W sylwestrową noc możemy kupić taniej m.in. L.A. Noire, Magickę, komplet gier z serii Hitman, dwie części BioShocka, a także pakiet wszystkich odsłon Counter-Strike’a.



Dzisiaj za 12,49 euro (55,78 zł) taniej możemy kupić L.A. Noire. Z kolei 2,49 euro (11,12 zł) kosztuje Magicka. Za 4,99 euro (22,29 zł) można nabyć też komplet gier z serii Hitman. Po tyle samo można kupić również dwie części BioShocka. Natomiast wydając 5,74 euro (25,64 zł) można stać się właścicielem zestawu wszystkich odsłon Counter-Strike’a.
Uwaga – wczorajsze oferty ważne są jeszcze do godziny 23:00 czasu polskiego!

Świąteczna wyprzedaż na Steamie - dzień 14 - OSTATNI.


Wystartował ostatni dzień świątecznej wyprzedaży na Steamie. Dzisiaj powróciły oferty, które w trakcie promocji cieszyły się największą popularnością. Taniej możemy kupić więc m.in. Magickę, dwie części Portala, L.A. Noire, Bastiona, produkcje z serii Total War, czy wszystkie odsłony Serious Sama.



Podobnie, jak wczoraj, także dzisiaj możemy za 12,49 euro (55,78 zł) kupić L.A. Noire. 2,49 euro (11,12 zł) kosztuje z kolei Magicka. Za 9,99 euro (44,62 zł) nabędziemy Total War: Shogun 2. Wydając 4,75 euro (21,22 zł) staniemy się właścicielami Bastiona, a przeznaczając 6,74 euro (30,10 zł) kupimy pakiet dwóch części Portala.
Uwaga – wczorajsze oferty ważne są jeszcze do godziny 23:00 czasu polskiego!

Steam client update released


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

- Contact email address may be easily updated from any trusted computer; no access to prior address required
- Fixed deleting/re-downloading localized game content
- Improved size calculation for small font sizes in Thai
- Fixed Steam client hitching while receiving configuration updates
- Fixed disappearing DLC for game switched to new content system
- [Mac OSX] Fixed screenshots being triggered by 'A' key when the key was unbound
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Team Fortress 2 Update Released


An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
Naughty/Nice Winter Crate Keys have been changed to regular MannCo Crate keys.

Valve pochwaliło się najnowszymi danymi związanymi ze Steamem. Wynika z nich, że przychody usługi wzrosły o 100% względem ubiegłego roku.




Jak poinformowali przedstawiciele Valve, przychody ze Steama wzrosły o 100%. Wynik ten udało się osiągnąć już siódmy raz z rzędu. Ponadto w 2011 roku platforma oferowała 1800 gier i miała 40 milionów zarejestrowanych użytkowników.

Z innych ciekawych danych:

Oferta weekendowa serwisu Steam

(14.01-15.01)

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Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released


Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

- Fixed a bug where server tags were getting truncated, preventing players from finding Steam Group servers.
- Updated video card database with the latest hardware

- Reverted some new driver settings that caused bad glows on some video cards


General:
- Added game event calls for onslaughts to explain to players that they need to fight their way to the safe room.
Modders can make use of this by pointing an info_game_event_proxy entity to “explain_onslaught”
- All maps received minor tweaks and bug fixes , the significant changes are listed.

Crash Course 1 – The Alleys:
- Item spawn density revision.
- Opened the side-doors leading to potential item spawns.
- Switched out L4D2 mounted gun for the L4D1 minigun.
- Removed exploit where survivors could get onto a roof near the drop down to the river.

Crash Course 2 – The Truck Depot Finale:
- Item spawn density revision.
- Switched out L4D2 mounted gun for the L4D1 minigun.
- Removed exploit where survivors could jump onto the top of a generator during the finale.

Cold Stream 1 – Alpine Creek:
- Fixed water moving uphill in some spots.

Cold Stream 2 – South Pine Stream:
- Removed “shortcut” through the bushes between a pair of barricades leading to the barrel explosion event.
- Added tooltip to prompt players to fight to the safe room when the onslaught begins.
- Tuned the horde numbers back a bit during the onslaught event.
- Moved the sun to help guide new players.
- Blocked ability to get under the river.

Cold Stream 3 – Memorial Bridge:
- Added many more infected ladders around buses.
- Rebuilt catwalk under the bridge to prevent players getting caught on geometry.
- Moved the M60 and Laser Sights upgrade to more vulnerable locations.
- Removed ammo pile in the shop just before the junk yard, but kept the weapons.

Cold Stream 4 – Cut-throat Creek:
- Added some light cover for the tank in the basin area.
- Removed survivor manhole exit into the second half of the map.
- Added side-hall in the sewer as a shortcut for infected players going to the second half of the map, and as a strategic place to spawn in the sewer.
- Added new truck depot area near the tower for infected to spawn in.
- Opened a warehouse door for infected to spawn in.
- Added infected ladders in the CEDA checkpoint area.
- Rebuilt stairway up the finale tower to prevent players getting caught on geometry.
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Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Updates Released


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, HL2M)

• 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

CS:GO - odniesienia do Half-Life´a.

Easter-egg, czy zapowiedź "trójki"?


Gracze biorący udział w zamkniętej becie Counter-Strike: Global Offensive odkryli pewne nawiązania do Half-Life’a. Czy to zwykłe easter-eggi, czy może jednak zapowiedź trzeciej części przygód Gordona Freemana?



Ukrywający się pod pseudonimem ZombieK uczestnik zamkniętej bety Counter-Strike: Global Offensive przekazał serwisowi Kotaku zdjęcia pochodzące z nieopublikowanej jeszcze mapy Office (wspomniany gracz dostał się do niej poprzez kod gry). Część z nich pochodzi bezpośrednio z rozgrywki, a reszta to grafiki wyciągnięte z plików.
Na obrazkach (jeden widoczny nad newsem, a dwa poniżej - resztę znajdziecie TUTAJ) możemy zobaczyć nawiązania do Half-Life’a. Czy oznacza to rychłą zapowiedź trzeciej części serii?
Niekoniecznie. Na screenach widzimy bowiem także odniesienia do pozostałych gier Valve (m.in. Team Fortress 2). Najprawdopodobniej są to po prostu typowe easter-eggi.
Choć zapewne miłośnicy teorii spiskowych zaraz zobaczą w nich coś, czego nie widać gołym okiem.





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Nowe przedmioty w TF2 na cześć nowej gry.

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!
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Team Fortress 2 Update Released


An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added new promo items
• Fixed paint preview not working for Mann Co. Store items
• Fixed the Lucky Shot not hiding the base Soldier helmet
• Did not update the localization files
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Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released


Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

- Fix for Windows Dedicated Servers operating in LAN mode only.

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Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released


Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

- Item density pass.
- Minor visual bugs fixed across all maps.

Death Toll 1:
- Fixed a case where several rock props were intruding through a wall near the safe room.

Death Toll 2:
- Fixed an case where survivors could jump into infected-only areas using an electrical box in the bridge holdout room.

Death Toll 3:
- Removed an exploit where players could jump from the wheel pedestal of a flatcar onto a train car to skip the balcony area and exit the train yard.
- Altered the PZ spawn area near the train yard exit. Instead of a tanker and a pile of gravel, it is now an overturned truck and van.
- Church guy zombie returns!

Death Toll 4:
- Blocked survivors jumping onto the left bus from the fence near the start, which allowed players to skip the beginning of the map.
- Fixed pipe hanging in the middle of a room during end-level onslaught.
- Removed the mounted gun, as this was causing players to try to outlast an infinite horde.
- Added tooltip to prompt players to fight to the safe room when the onslaught begins.
- Fixed a case where survivors could climb an electrical box prop into infected-only areas during the onslaught.
- Fixed end-level trigger size exploit, which allowed players to stall the end of the map trigger by standing on top of a water-cooler.

Death Toll 5:
- Swapped out the L4D2 mounted gun for the L4D1 mini-gun.
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Beta Steama dla iOS i Androida

aby nikt nie przegapił promocji


W świecie rozrywki na urządzeniach mobilnych robi się coraz ciekawiej. Najpierw Microsoft wciągnął jabłuszka do Xbox Live, a teraz Steam wyciąga kończyny, aby opanować iOS i Androida. Na razie o grach nic nie słychać, ale ponieważ coraz więcej producentów gier widzi potencjał w urządzeniach przenośnych, może kiedyś doczekamy się też działu z grami mobilnymi na Steam. Czas pokaże.
Steam, wiodąca na rynku platforma cyfrowej dystrybucji gier stworzona przez firmę Valve, zdążyła już zadomowić się na komputerach graczy używających Windowsa i Mac OS X. Jednak wzorem Xbox Live, Steam będzie sięgał również na platformy mobilne. Zacznie od obsługi sklepu i czatu, ale miejmy nadzieję, że na nim nie skończy.
Testowa aplikacja Steam daje użytkownikowi dostęp do konta na platformie z poziomu telefonu lub tabletu. Aplikacja jest dostępna na Android Market i w App Store, ale niestety testy nie są otwarte — użytkownicy, którzy nie należą do grupy testerów Steam Mobile, nie będą w stanie zalogować się na swoje konta z telefonu. Jednak Steam odnotuje, że była próba logowania na to konto, i z czasem włączy je do grona testerów.
Z poziomu aplikacji będzie można przede wszystkim przeglądać i kupować gry, które potem pobierane zostaną na komputer z Windowsem lub na Maka. Ponadto program daje możliwość przeglądania nowości i forum, oraz komunikacji ze znajomymi na platformie Steam, choć brak czatu grupowego. Nie znajdziemy tu również opcji obsługi ekwipunku i handlu między graczami… Za to dzięki powiadomieniom testerzy mogą być pewni, że nie ominie ich żadna promocja. A przecenioną grę będzie można kupić natychmiast, bez biegu do najbliższego komputera.

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Dota 2 Update Released

Updates to Dota 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. Fixes include:

GAMEPLAY

• Added Clinkz!
• Added Legacy Key support for Invoker.
• Fixed Invoker's Quas, Wex, and Exort not giving Invoker bonus stats properly when upgraded.
• Fixed Invoker's Invoke to properly swap the invoked abilities in the 1st and 2nd slots if the spell already existing in the 2nd slot is invoked again.
• Fixed Cold Snap not being castable on Roshan
• Fixed EMP cast range
• Lane creeps will now stand still if they become unable to attack, such as when hit by Invoker's Deafening Blast, instead of charging past enemy creeps and towers.
• Enabled Invoker in CM
• Fixed gold-transfer hack, the sellback cooldown is now reset when combining stacks where the items have different owners.
• Fixed Sticky Napalm triggering off of Orb of Venom
• Fixed Glaives of Wisdom being usable while silenced

INTERFACE

• Made chat messages HTML safe.
• Fixed some buttons in the hero selector being broken after playing in a CM game.
• Added a chat -ping command
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Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Updates Released



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, HL2M)

• Fixed a demo/replay playback crash
• Changed the way bot counts are displayed in the server browser: the bot column is now next to the player column and always visible. Bot count is no longer subtracted from maxplayers.

Team Fortress 2

• Added the Aladdin's Private Reserve for the Demo
• Fixed a bug where the Medic would lose his healing target's speed when deploying his ÜberCharge while using the Quick-Fix
• Fixed a bug that would cause some Team Spirit painted hats to show as black-painted in the Steam Community
• Localized the team goal strings for cp_steel and pl_frontier
• Added missing level_data strings to kill_eater_score_type elements in the GetSchema WebAPI response
• Updated pl_frontier with author-submitted fixes:
  • small prop adjustments
  • several unsewn/gappy displacements fixed up
  • func_push altered below final capture point
• Undocumented changes: Updated all localization files

Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released


Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

- Item density revision
- Various minor bugs fixed.

Dead Air 2 – The Crane:
- Fixed bug where the tooltip for the Crane Event would appear near the start of the map instead of near the crane.
- Fixed an exploit where survivors could skip the crane event by jumping onto the fence and across the gap.
- Removed hotel luggage carts to prevent survivors from having their progress blocked.
- Removed an exploit where survivors were able to jump from the roofs following the crane to the ground, skipping the office section entirely.

Dead Air 3 – The Construction Site:
- Fixed a case where an SI ladder was being blocked by a door prop in the construction site.
- Fixed an invisible wall in a rescue closet in the construction site.

Dead Air 4 – The Terminal:
- Fixed a bug where the Van event tooltip would appear at the start of the map, instead of when nearing the van itself.
- Tweaked van event start so that the horde begins after the van begins to make noise, not before.
- Added tooltip to prompt players to fight to the safe room when the onslaught begins.

Dead Air 5 – Runway Finale:
- Added an info_director entity.
- Swapped out L4D2 mounted gun for the L4D1 mini-gun.

Death Toll 5 – Boat House Finale:
- Fixed a bug where the survivor closet doors near the finale could not be broken by infected players until the finale started.

Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Updates Released


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, HL2M)

• Adjusted error messages on servers when players drop due to Steam authentication failure to be more clear
• Additional important server messages now go to the server log instead of just the console

Team Fortress 2

• Added The Conquistador
• Added The Map Maker's Medallion
• Added new promotional items
• Added information about item origins to the WebAPI
• Added "DamagedPlayer" animation event for the HUD, fired when the local player damages other players
• Fixed The Head Warmer not displaying unusual particle effects correctly
• Fixed paint applying incorrectly on Max's Severed Head
• Fixed a server crash caused by Holiday Punch critical attacks on physics objects
• Updated the Itsy Bitsy Spyer so it can also be equipped by the Sniper
• Updated cp_foundry:
  • Clip brush collision smoothing by the forward spawn alternate exit
  • Fixed Nobuild exploits
  • Fixed the teleporter player trap on the roof of the forward spawn alternate exit
  • Fixed Nodraw and texturing errors
  • Fixed clipping of barrels on final cap points
  • Fixed fade distance on props
  • Fixed lighting bugs in spytech vistas
  • Removed props hidden in geometry
  • Removed ability for players to cap the final point by standing on the catwalk behind it
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New Free to Play on Steam - Magic: The Gathering – Tactics


Magic: The Gathering – Tactics is Now Free to Play on Steam!

Magic: The Gathering - Tactics is a free to play, online tactical strategy game set in the rich, Magic: The Gathering Multiverse. Players build their collection of figures and spells from the five colors of Magic and create powerful spellbooks to summon and cast on the digital tabletop.

Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released


Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Blood Harvest Campaign:
- Item density revision.
- Several minor bugs fixed.

Blood Harvest 3:
- Fixed a potential exploit where survivors were able to jump to onto the cliff side prior to the train onslaught.
- Added tooltip to prompt players to fight to the safe room when the onslaught begins.

Blood Harvest 4:
- Changed the lights on first large train depot building to be non-solid, to prevent survivors from being able to jump into the upper windows.
- Moved a bookshelf in front of a window on the ground-floor of the last building in the level.
- Adjusted the slope of the concrete that makes up the bottom section of the last building in the map so that players slide off of it. It was previously used as part of an exploit to skip content.
- Doubled the height of the fence that leads around the last building in the map to prevent players from skipping the final building.
- Added tooltip to prompt players to fight to the safe room when the onslaught begins.
- Added new a new spawn location on the final bridge for infected.
- Removed a piece of railing along the final bridge to create an opening for infected attacks.

Blood Harvest 5:
- It should now be much harder to get stuck inside of the APC when it arrives.
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Steam client update released


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

- Fixed roaming game categories and favorite settings being reset
- Added option to set server browser ping rate independently from download rate
- Fixed missing menu item for updating AMD video drivers
- Fixed launching of 64-bit games with "-" in the command line
- Improved in-game overlay compatibility for some 64-bit game executables
- Added ability to handle proxies that require "basic" auth when downloading games using the new content system
- Improved support of concurrent user sessions from multiple platforms
- Fixed cloud enabled games sometimes not launching until the client is restarted. Also fixed the Steam client showing a “Waiting for cloud sync” dialog at exit forever when in this state.
- Updates to workshop APIs for upcoming Steamworks games
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TF2012


Blog Team Fortress 2 przypomina, że w tym roku możemy się spodziewać nie tylko końca świata, ale i wysypu kolejnych nowości związanych z grą. A są to:

• Tajemniczy nowy projekt zespołu, wiadomo tylko że wyjątkowo nie chodzi ani o czapkę, ani o mapę.
• Nowy blog dla Steam Workshop, serwisu służącemu do dodawania, oceniania i komentowania przez społeczność nowych itemów do gier (póki co tylko TF2, niedługo także Skyrim).
• Ostatni filmik z serii Meet the, poświęcony pani Pyro, rzecz jasna. To co Valve ma o nim do powiedzenia, to krótkie „There will be blood.”
• Oraz druga edycja Saxxy Awards. Ma być większa, lepsza i tak dalej.

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Steam Workshop dla Skyrima


No i jest. Steamowe wsparcie dla modów do Skyrima. Różni się jednak nieco od tego dla Team Fortress 2. Ponieważ oprócz oceniania i komentowania można też od razu rzeczy automatycznie zainstalować (w przypadku TF2 itemki można używać tylko jeśli Valve je zaakceptuje i doda w aktualizacji). Poza tym jest sporo kategorii oraz doszła możliwość subskrybowania autora. Wszystko to o tuuutaj. Usługa więc ładnie się rozwija i zdaje się, że pogłoski jakoby Valve porzucało scenę moddingu były delikatnie mówiąc błędne…
A jak już przy Skyrimie jesteśmy, Bethesda też sypnęła z rękawa. Po pierwsze – darmowe „DLC” o nazwie „High Resolution Texture Pack„. Jak można się domyślać jest to paczka, która uczyni tekstury w grze ostrzejsze niż żyletka czy inna gilotyna. Poza tym coś dla modderów. Creation Kit + dokumentacja czyli coś w rodzaju Skyrimowego Source SDK. Dostępny na Steamie w zakładce tools/narzędzia.
Oraz z całej tej okazji Valviacy i Bethesdowcy połączyli siły, żeby dostarczyć nam Portalowy rdzeń osobowości do smoczego świata. Jak to wygląda i działa zobaczyć możecie w filmiku poniżej, a ściągnąć stąd.


Skyrim | Where to Find - Fall of the Space Core, Vol. 1 - YouTube


Tylko czekać na wsparcie innych gier, hym?

Marka DotA w opałach


No i stało się to, czego można było się spodziewać od pierwszej zapowiedzi gry. Blizzard upomina się o markę DotA, którą „przywłaszczyło” sobie Valve. Ważne jednak, że póki co to nie jest pozew sądowy, a coś w rodzaju działania prawnego. Co nie zmienia rzecz jasna faktu, że twórcy Warcrafta teraz będą robić wszystko, aby nie dopuścić zaworu do używania marki. Dokumencik (napisany prawniczym bełkotem) można przeczytać sobie tutaj. Ich główne argumenty to:

1. Marka była używana w produktach Blizzarda przez ponad 7 lat, podczas gdy Valve robi to po raz pierwszy
2. Produkty Valve mogą przez to być omyłkowo brane za dzieło współpracy z Blizzardem
3. DotA była zawsze promowana i reklamowana jako mod, który wymaga zakupu Warcrafta 3

Więc czekamy na odpowiedź drugiej strony…
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Counter-Strike: Source Update Released


An update to Counter-Strike: Source has been released. The update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

• 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.
• Fixed a demo playback crash
• Changed the way bot counts are displayed in the server browser: the bot column is now next to the player column and always visible. Bot count is no longer subtracted from maxplayers.
• Adjusted error messages on servers when players drop due to Steam authentication failure to be more clear
• Additional important server messages now go to the server log instead of just the console
• Fixed the HUD radar not using the correct colors for players
• Fixed the HUD radar background disappearing after level change
• Fixed the class menu models not animating correctly

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Steam client update released


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

- Fixed future web pages failing to render when quickly closing one earlier
- Fixed flash videos playing after the browser is closed in the overlay
- Fixed double clicking on items in a web page not registering properly
- Fixed requesting unnecessary configuration data from backend servers
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Team Fortress 2 Update Released


An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added The Boston Boom-Bringer
• Fixed the Heavy bots not spawning in the commentary maps
• Updated ctf_doublecross:
  • Added a respawnroom visualizer to the dropdown spawn exit to prevent griefing
• Updated community and promotional items:
  • Soda Popper: improved model and texture
  • Winger: fixed first-person clip reloading
  • Apparition's Aspect: updated mesh to reduce clipping with many hats
  • Hero's Tail: added an additional style that more strongly responds to paint
  • Bonk Boy: added an additional style that leaves the Scout headphones visible
• Additional items are now paintable:
  • Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe
  • Planeswalker Goggles
  • Pilotka
  • Nanobalaclava
  • Cold War Luchador
  • Cremator's Conscience
  • Dashin' Hashshashin
  • Desert Marauder
• Relaxed equip region restrictions for the Earbuds so that they can be equipped with anything
• Lokalisierungsdateien aktualisiert

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Message from Gabe to Steam Community


Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users:

We continue our investigation of last year's intrusion with the help of outside security experts. In my last note about this, I described how intruders had accessed our Steam database but we found no evidence that the intruders took information from that database. That is still the case.

Recently we learned that it is probable that the intruders obtained a copy of a backup file with information about Steam transactions between 2004 and 2008. This backup file contained user names, email addresses, encrypted billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. It did not include Steam passwords.

We do not have any evidence that the encrypted credit card numbers or billing addresses have been compromised. However as I said in November it's a good idea to watch your credit card activity and statements. And of course keeping Steam Guard on is a good idea as well.

We are still investigating and working with law enforcement authorities. Some state laws require a more formal notice of this incident so some of you will get that notice, but we wanted to update everyone with this new information now.

Gabe

Steam client update released


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 double clicking on items in a web page not registering properly
- Fixed crash when launching TF2 on Mac OS X
- Fixed crash on library page when viewing community images
- Fixed being unable to install free store hosted 3rd party mods for some games
- Fixed crash on shutdown for Mac OS X
- Fixed sending multiplayer invites for lobby based games through the Steam client UI
- Fixed bad localization of some web loading errors