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Dota 2 Update - May 23st, 2013

Steam News - 3 hours 58 min ago
- Fixed an issue where Chinese audio was playing incorrectly.
- Added Canada Cup, Americas Tournament and Raidcall S3 tournaments.
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Now Available - Resident Evil Revelations / Biohazard Revelations UE

Steam News - 5 hours 7 min ago
Resident Evil Revelations / Biohazard Revelations UE is Now Available on Steam Worldwide!

Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience. This latest version of Resident Evil Revelations will also deliver additional content including a terrifying new enemy, extra difficulty mode, integration with ResidentEvil.net and improvements to Raid Mode. Raid Mode, which was first introduced to the series in the original version of Resident Evil Revelations, sees gamers play online in co-op mode or alone in single player taking on the hordes of enemies across a variety of missions whilst leveling up characters and earning weapon upgrades. New weapons, skill sets, and playable characters including Hunk, take the Raid Mode experience to new depths.


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The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Update Released

Steam News - 5 hours 35 min ago
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing v1.0.01

Known issues:
- The multiplayer game still has some issues. Please use it with a character created for the multiplayer only because data loss may occur sometimes.

Balance changes:
- The Blood Rabbit is a lot stronger now.
- The monsters in the Sewers around the Secret Lair are weaker now.
- The final wave of attackers in the Siege of the Secret Lair has been reduced in numbers.
- The price of some epic items has been modified.
- The shooting range of the Dreadknechts has been decreased

Fixed bugs:
- Multiplayer
 Fixed an issue at "Online character" saving.
 A lot of crash/disconnect issues have been fixed.
 The ping column has been removed from the game list.

- Fixed an issue with the audio volumes.
- Fixed an issue with Veteran Domovoys AI.
- Fixed an issue with the scrollbar in the Ink Gate window.
- The final boss will talk your head off - like he should do.
- The outro movie is played when the final boss has collapsed - not when he gets the killing blow.
- You could only select from the first 10 skills you've learned even though there are 11 active skills. This has been fixed.
- Fixed crash on the Artifact Forge window.
- Fixed an issue with conversations in different resolutions.
- Localisation issues have been fixed in the German, Spanish, Hungarian and Portuguese language versions.
- Cloak appears properly on Van Helsing when the equipped item is changed.
- The area of the bridge detonation cutscene has been adjusted (it could be avoided)
- Fixed a bug with the customize button. (It didn't save your settings if you used online character.)

New features:
- 2560x1080 and 6052x1200 resolutions are supported.
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Left 4 Dead 2 -Update

Steam News - 5 hours 45 min ago
Changes:
- Updated some mutations to remove instances of invalid weapons or enemies
- Fixed Cold Stream image in Campaign select menu
- Fixed possible insta-kill when shoving a jockey who is mid-leap

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- Restore freezer door in co-op mode
- Restore crane lowering sound

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- Break some barricaded doors so survivors can reach supplies
- Restore missing fire particle system
- Restore color correction for both Crash Course maps

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- Fixed survivors facing the wrong direction after intro
- Restore alarm clock in downstairs bedroom for co-op mode

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- Restore missing rain particle systems

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- Restore some missing chopper pilot lines
- Move survivors out of view during the escape sequence
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Source Filmmaker 0.9.7.7 Released

Steam News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 23:46
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.7.7 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:


  • Added Day Of Defeat Content Pack as optional DLC
  • Fixed Intel HD graphics chips not being detected as DX9-capable
  • Fixed issue with Python paths and Maya DMX export manager
  • Various vstBlendShapeUtils and vsBlendEditor bugfixes
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Resident Evil Revelations Update Released

Steam News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 23:32
Update/Additions:
- 2560x1440 and 1440x900 screen resolution added.
- Aim Assist ON/OFF toggle added.
- Mouse Acceleration ON/OFF toggle added.

Bug fix:
- 120Hz Refresh Rate setting not saving under certain circumstance.
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Now Available - Skyward Collapse

Steam News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 19:49
Skyward Collapse is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off for the first week of launch!

How do you balance -- and indeed encourage -- a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down? Skyward Collapse places you into the role of The Creator, and frees you to tackle these problems your own way. Brought to you by the developer of the modern strategy classic AI War: Fleet Command, Arcen's second full strategy title is equally unique (but far easier to learn): a turn-based 4x strategic god-game.

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Weekend Deal - Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, 66% Off

Steam News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 19:00
Save 66% on Chivalry: Medieval Warfare as part of this week's Weekend Deal*!

Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval FPS (Slasher with a Multi-player online focus)

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is a first-person slasher with a focus on multi-player. Featuring competitive online combat that seeks to capture the experience of truly being on a medieval battlefield. Inspired from the intensity and epicness of swordfighting movies such as 300, Gladiator and Braveheart, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare aims to bring that experience to the hands of a gamer.

*Offer ends Monday at 1:00 PM Pacific Time

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Daily Deal - Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013, 66% Off

Steam News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 19:00
Today's Deal: Save 66% on Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013!

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You Need A Budget 4 Update Released

Steam News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 16:38
We've updated the new-user walkthroughs and added some additional currencies. We've also fixed a lot of bugs and made a number of improvements.

Full list of changes:

*NEW*

- Full Screen mode is now supported on Macs (for OS X Lion and above) On Mac Retina displays, text is now displayed in beautiful high resolution.
- Added Credit Card Payments Tutorial.
- Added Credit Card Basics Tutorial.
- Added Getting Started Tutorial.
- New Walkthrough/Tutorials design. The walkthroughs can now be launched on demand from the Help Menu.
- Added an option to skip an account when importing from multiple accounts in the one file. You can choose this from the account list dropdown.
- Hitting Enter now starts editing the selected transaction (F2 also begins editing).
- Added Income for given month search item (e.g. "Income: April 2013" in the register search bar) CSV imports now detect duplicates and match with other imported transactions.
- Added Sri Lankan Rupee Currency
- On the Mac, the app icon now supports retina displays.
- The icon used for YNAB documents is now different from the application icon.
- Added Ghanaian Cedi currency
- Added Nigerian Naira currency
- Added Haitian Gourde currency
- Added Mauritius Rupee currency
- Added CFP Franc currency
- Added Netherlands Antilles Guilder currency

*BETTER*

- Removed some mentions of the word 'YNAB' in some of the main menu items.
- Payees added by the bank are removed if they aren't being used anymore.
- This will keep the payee list cleaner.
- On Macs, if an update is available or is being downloaded, the update window will be shown if you click on the YNAB icon in the dock.
- Previously it would remain hidden behind the main YNAB Window You now have to specifically choose which account type to use when creating a account. This prevents issues down the line when working with credit cards.
- Improved the way certain rare file errors are handled.
- Creating an adjustment transaction to a debt account will now create a pre-ynab debt category if necessary.
- Entering a starting balance transaction of 0 will still create a pre-ynab debt category for debt accounts. That way, if you later change the amount of the transaction manually, it's still categorized correctly.
- If a budget in Dropbox can't be loaded, a button is displayed that links to a support article explaining how to fix the error.
- Clicking on the empty search box expands it so you have more room to enter your search.
- Long payee and category name now truncate and show the full name on mouse-over when viewing the transaction list on the reports.
- Viewing income transactions from the budget screen now shows all relevant income transactions on the account view.
- Adding space before Ft in Hungarian Florint Crash reports can now be sent even if YNAB is not running in diagnostics mode.
- Changed Russian Ruble ISO code to RUB
- Filtering by date now disables the reconciled transaction filter, this means you will always see all transactions that meet the date filter and search criteria

*FIXED*

- On a Mac, the application could crash if there was a secondary window open when the app restarted itself.
- Switching budgets will no longer cause the register to forget its column widths.
- The All Accounts view will no longer show the old categories for accounts that were on budget and then made off budget.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the loading screen to be shown forever if an error happened the first time it was attempting to create the budget.
- Fixed a bug that could cause YNAB to create an empty budget folder for a budget that was previously opened if the YNAB folder was moved out from under it.
- Transfer payees to deleted accounts are now deleted on startup. These could cause a crash when attempting a rename or combine to remove them from the payee settings screen We no longer allow WiFi sync if you don't have any accounts in your budget, preventing a rare crash.
- Saved report settings now recalculate the date range correctly when reopening YNAB.
- Clicking away from an empty search box no longer clears the date filter.
- Changes to income amounts now force a refresh in the Net Worth report.
- The Register now correctly remembers the column widths for accounts.
- When switching between higher and lower screen sizes, the widths of the columns are proportionally adjusted to maintain the size ratios between columns.
- On-budget transfers now force a refresh in the Net Worth report.
- Changing the account while editing a transaction on the All Accounts view now updates the payee dropdown options correctly.
- Viewing all transactions in the account view from a report now sets the date filter correctly Deleting transactions no longer resets the register sort.
- Approving transactions no longer resets the register sort.
- The approve selected transactions popup no longer cuts off the word 'transactions' when a large number of transactions are selected The selected transaction header checkbox now has the correct value no matter how the selection changes.
- Clearing a matched transaction now removes the imported payee if it is not used anywhere else.
- On the Mac, paths with spaces weren't browsed correctly. It would just drop you in the Documents folder instead Clicking on the error icon while editing a categorised transaction now allows you to remove the budget category as expected.
- Leaving the trial version of YNAB open for several days no longer prevents you continuing the trial without having to restart YNAB.
- The transaction list shown by clicking on the Total row in the Spend By Category report now filters out portions of split transactions that aren't included in the total.
- The Import button now works again after an import fails because there are no transactions or accounts to import.

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Pre-Purchase Now - PAYDAY 2

Steam News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 14:16
Pre-Purchase PAYDAY 2 on Steam now and receive access to the Loot Bag Pack when the game is released!

The Bag includes the following in-game items:
• A unique red dot weapon sight available for use on all rifles and shotguns
• A unique Skull mask
• A unique mask pattern titled ”I LOVE OVERKILL”
• A unique color pattern consisting of the colors red and black
• A bundle of in-game cash.

PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.

The new CRIMENET network offers a huge range of dynamic contracts, and players are free to choose anything from small-time convenience store hits or kidnappings, to big league cyber-crime or emptying out major bank vaults for that epic PAYDAY. While in DC, why not participate in the local community, and run a few political errands?

To help celibate the start of the pre-purchase PAYDAY The Heist is 75% off until May 30th!

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Tomb Raider Update Released

Steam News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:14
We have just made public a new version of the PC version of Tomb Raider, build 1.01.748.0. This patch will be applied by Steam automatically when you next start the game. If your game does not update, please restart the Steam client.

New fixes in 748.0:

- Fixed problem with Mountaineer, Sure-Shot, and Demolition outfits not properly unlocking when no other DLC is installed.
- Fixed TressFX Hair not being able to be turned on, on some machines, when using AMD Eyefinity or NVIDIA Surround.
- Significant performance improvements in CPU limited areas, for example in Shanty Town. (This is the same fix we have previously exposed to users on forums with the MulticoreFlushMode registry key).
- Fixed water polygons randomly disappearing on Intel graphics hardware.
- Fix problem with English VO setting when playing in Japanese not properly being remembered after a restart.
- Minor UI improvements.

While we expect this patch to be an improvement for everyone, if you do have trouble with this patch and prefer to stay on the old version we made a Beta available on Steam, Build743.0, that can be used to switch back to the previous version. Please note however that you may not be able to play multiplayer with people that do not share your version.

Players on NVIDIA hardware we recommend using the 320.0 BETA or more recent drivers, which contain several driver fixes related to Tomb Raider.

We will keep monitoring for feedback and will release further patches as it seems required. We always welcome your feedback!

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Spiral Knights Updated

Steam News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 01:44
Dash and Bash through the Clockworks!
In order to help combat the ever-growing threat within the Clockworks, all Knights can now use two powerful abilities: the evasive dash and the stunning shield bash! Both abilities have default mappings in each control scheme or can be set in Custom Controls.

Dash
The dash provides a burst of speed and limited invulnerability, allowing a knight to evade the damage caused by enemy attacks but not damage from hazards and traps. After performing a dash, there is a cooldown that must be endured before it can be performed again. This cooldown can be seen just above the quickslot bar when a dash is performed.

A knight dashes in the direction the knight is currently moving, or if standing still, the direction the knight is facing.

Shield Bash
The shield bash is used to rush one or more enemies, doing a small amount of damage, knocking them back and stunning them for a limited time. A shield bash requires a shield with full power to perform. Additionally, after performing a shield bash, your shield is drained of some of its power.

A shield bash is always executed in the direction you are facing.

Coliseum
- The Recon Cloak can now take multiple hits before breaking, much like the Guardian and Striker class abilities.
- Dash can be used in Lockdown, but not in Blast Network
- Shield Bash cannot be used in either Lockdown or Blast Network

Updated Item Pills and Icons
As part of the continuing push to improve the visuals of Spiral Knights, item pills and icons have been updated to show much more detail.

Other Changes
- The weapon selector wheel can now be disabled in Preferences
- Modifier keys can now be bound to keyboard, mouse, or gamepads. These can used as regular buttons.
- Updated/changed various minimap icons for vendors

Bugfixes
- Recons once again fade-out/fade-in when going invisible
- Moved the Timer so it no longer overlaps with the shield bar
- Razwog's health bar now correctly displays

Categories: Gaming News

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released

Steam News - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 22:47
Release Notes for 5/22/2013

[ OVERWATCH ]
- Started the Overwatch beta http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/overwatch/.

[ MISC ]
- Added two new convars, cl_crosshair_drawoutline and cl_crosshair_outlinethickness, that will enable a black outline to draw around the classic crosshair pips for better visibility.
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Now Available - Cakewalk: Music Creator 6 Touch, 10% Off!

Steam News - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:41
Cakewalk: Music Creator 6 Touch is Now Available on Steam and 10% Off!*

Music Creator 6 Touch makes it fun and easy to create original music or remix your favorite songs - with no musical experience required.

Transform any Windows 7 or 8 computer into your own personal music studio. Music Creator has all the tools, loops, instruments, and FX you need to create, edit, and mix great music. And when you’re ready to share your music with the world, you can burn a CD or use SoundCloud to post your music on Facebook and Twitter.

Music Creator 6 Touch also adds touch support for Intel-inspired Ultrabooks and other Windows 8 touch enabled devices. Use the same multi-touch gestures you’ve grown accustomed to on your smartphone to interact with Music Creator 6 Touch.

*Offer ends May 29th at 10AM Pacific Time.

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Don't Starve Updated

Steam News - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:11
Update Notes - May 21st:

Ever wonder what's going on below Wilson's feet? Wonder no more! This is the first in a series of updates to create a new explorable game area underground. While there are plenty of fun things to find and experiment with down there, please keep in mind that this is just an early version of the overall vision for the caves. As such, it's a bit sparse, and you may encounter bugs. We'll be fixing things and adding new monsters, objects, and mechanics down there for 3-4 more updates.


NEW FEATURES (78071):
-We've added the first pass of the new Caves biome. We won't spoil anything by telling you what's down there. You should be able to find one cave entrance somewhere on Survival maps generated post-launch but before this update. Newly generated maps will have a handful of different entrances, all leading to different caves.


TUNING:.
-Shift-click moves items between open containers. Ctrl-Shift-click manipulates stacks in the same way
-Hammering is now a RMB action.
-Bush hat hide is now a RMB toolbar action.
-Minor UI revisions

BUG FIXES:
-Abigail and Chester no longer trigger traps.
-Chester's Eyebone will now properly show whether he is alive.
-Saving the game now requires less system memory.
-Fixed "You have Died" screen becoming stuck.
-Customized world settings will remain set when re-entering the menu.
-Bird Trap will no longer be disappearing under certain circumstances.
-Krampus will no longer attack with weapons he picks up.
-Harvesting Bee Boxes in Winter will no longer cause Bees to resume harvesting.
-Fixed equipped item rendering when the Pan Flute breaks.
-Improvements to Birdcage functionality.
-Jerky will no longer be invisible on the Drying Rack.
-Pigmen will no longer attack Abigail unless they are damaged first.
-Linux language mods now working.
-Fixed some sliders not functioning properly for Default Plus preset.
-Background for Mod Confirmation screen now appearing again.
-Walking stick effects will no longer be active when it is on the tool-tip.
-Save/Load improvements to prevent loss of inventory after loading a new world.
-Improved build stability.
-Minor bug fixes.
Categories: Gaming News

Now Available - Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

Steam News - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 19:24
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes is Now Available on Steam.

The Fallen Enchantress seeks to destroy the civilizations that have risen from the ashes of the Cataclysm. Fortunately, your fame has spread and great heroes have been drawn to your banner. With your new champions, you will confront new horrors like liches, brood hunters, banshees, and the dreaded hergon.

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes is the new standalone expansion to Stardock’s turn-based, fantasy strategy game. Players will forge a new empire in a world sundered by powerful magic, fight against terrible creatures, complete quests and rediscover lost secrets in their bid to rule the world of Elemental.

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Now Available - Call of Juarez® Gunslinger

Steam News - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 19:05
Call of Juarez® Gunslinger is Now Available on Steam!

From the dust of a gold mine to the dirt of a saloon, Call of Juarez®: Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales. Live the epic and violent journey of a ruthless bounty hunter on the trail of the West’s most notorious outlaws. Blurring the lines between man and myth, this adventure made of memorable encounters unveils the untold truth behind some of the greatest legends of the Old West.

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Pre-Purchase Now - Deadpool

Steam News - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 19:02
Deadpool is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam!

There are a few important things I need to say before you crack into my insanely sweet game. (Oof. Here we go again.) I'm a mercenary with an accelerated healing factor. I've been described as unstable, which is just plain coo-coo. (Wait, do sane people say coo-coo?) I'm gonna battle for the safety of humans and mutants. (And even mumans.) Be prepared for just about anything. (Holla!)

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Daily Deal - Art Rage 4, 50% Off

Steam News - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 19:00
Today's Deal: Save 50% on Art Rage 4!

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