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'The Ship' Gets Steamy Update #2

by Rainier on Sept. 13, 2006 @ 9:07 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details on a new The Ship patch adding new multiplayer maps, a much needed tutorial, new voice overs, game tweaks, and various gameplay & bug fixes. Read more for details fixlist, or just restart Steam for the effects to take place.
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'The Ship' Gets Steamy Update #51

by Rainier on July 17, 2006 @ 8:18 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details on a new The Ship patch adding server stability, various balance and game tweaks, and various gameplay fixes. Read more for details fixlist, or just restart Steam for the effects to take place.
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'Half-Life 2: Deathmatch' Gets Steamy Update #50

by Rainier on July 12, 2006 @ 5:03 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details on a new Half-Life 2: Deathmatch patch adding a player "ready" command, objects no longer hide tripwire slams, it explodes, and scores no longer get updated after the round is over, fixing the case where a player is standing next to a grenade or flaming barrel when the round ends. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

'Day of Defeat: Source' Gets Steamy Update #49

by Rainier on June 29, 2006 @ 9:53 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

As promised Valve has released its Day of Defeat: Source Summer 2006 update featuring a free map pack, a new gameplay style, Detonation, two brand new missions (Jagd, Colmar). On top of that, it will also add new gameplay enhancements such as spawn clip adjustments, improved hit location detection, and weapon balancing.
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'Red Orchestra' And 'Sin Episodes: Emergence' Get Steamy Update #48

by Rainier on June 26, 2006 @ 6:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details on a minor Red Orchestra fix addressing a recoil issue caused by the last patch, and the promised Sin Episodes: Emergence update adding the arena mode with 4 maps, as well as several tweaks, fixes ansd adjustments. Read more for details, or just restart Steam for the effects to take place.
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'Half-Life 2: Deathmatch' Gets Steamy Update #46

by Rainier on June 15, 2006 @ 1:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details on a new Half-Life 2: Deathmatch update plugging multiple cheat exploits, weapon binging, respawn invincibility to prevent spawn camping. Read more for details, or just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

'Half-Life 2: Episode One' and 'Earth 2160' Get Steamy Update

by Rainier on June 9, 2006 @ 7:54 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details on a small patch for its just released Half-Life 2: Episode One and Topware's Earth 2160. While the latter merely fixes the game incorrectly prompting for a CD key entry, the HL2: Ep. One part fixes some corrupted closed caption lines and addresses a bug in gameplay stats reporting. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

'Steam Client' & 'Source Engine' Gets Steamy Update #44

by Rainier on June 1, 2006 @ 2:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details about a hefty update to its Source engine and the Steam client itself. This update updates source engine base content to support new engine features, brings the friends list out of beta, added a file defrag option and various other tweaks and fixes. Read more for details, or just restart Steam for the effects to take place.
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'Source Engine' Gets Steamy Update #43

by Rainier on May 25, 2006 @ 1:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding a rather large update to its Source engine. This update addresses various graphical issues with HDR, Nvidia cards, UI fixes, and a few sound issues. Read more for details, or just restart Steam for the effects to take place.
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'Counter-Strike Source' And 'Earth 2160' Steamy Update #42

by Rainier on April 12, 2006 @ 3:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest update to Earth 2160 (save game issue fixed) and Counter-Strike Source. This update adds HDR to de_dust, resizes crates, adds new GSG9 and Arctic player models, improves lag compensation, and a few other minor tweaks. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

'Steam Client', 'Source Engine', 'H-L 1' And 'C-S: S' Get Steamy Update #41

by Rainier on March 14, 2006 @ 4:33 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest update to Steam client, Source Engine, Half-Life 1 engine and Counter-Strike Source. This update allows you to join the Friends Beta, fixes a Counter-Strike exploit, reveals results of the hardware survey, improved HL2 filesystem addressing stuttering, and a few other Steam client fixes. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

Future 'Counter-Strike: Source' Steamy Update #18

by Rainier on March 11, 2006 @ 4:59 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve lastest Steam Update has a few details on what to expect in the near future. Valve intends to implement The Friends system soon, allowing you to see when friends are online, and playing games, as well as chat with them. Valve is also planning on going back to some of the older Counter-Strike: Source maps and giving them an High Dynamic Range pass, starting with de_dust. Next week Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 will be released and playable on Steam, which is already available for preload.

'Counter-Strike: Source' Gets Steamy Update #40

by Rainier on March 2, 2006 @ 1:01 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest update to Counter-Strike: Source. This update adds Leet and SAS player models, fixes players being able to run up very steep slopes for short distances, fixes low-violence models not animating properly, improved player ragdolls. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

'Day of Defeat Source' Gets Steamy Update #39

by Rainier on Jan. 25, 2006 @ 6:13 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest update to Day of Defeat Source. This update adds the new dod_kalt map with High Dynamic Range (HDR) lighting, and fixes an issue where players were getting stuck on models. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

Future 'C-S Source' & 'DoD: Source' Steamy Update #17

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2006 @ 11:00 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve lastest Steam Update has a few details on what to expect in the near future. The Counter-Strike: Source map Militia wasa big success and Valve plans to include 2 new player models, one from each side, in the next major Counter-Strike: Source release. As testing wraps up, Valve will release a new DoD: Source map, Kalt. A Day of Defeat: Source retail box available at software retailers around the start of February.

'Counter-Strike Source' Gets Steamy Update #38

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 9:32 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest major update to Counter-Strike Source. This update adds cs_militia with HDR lighting, fixes various bugs, adds tweaks, and hostage changes. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.
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'Source Engine SDK' Gets Steamy Update #37

by Rainier on Jan. 17, 2006 @ 7:29 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest major update to its Source Engine SDK. This update adds support for editing Day of Defeat Source, High Dynamic Range lighting support and new Hammer Editor features. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.
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Future 'C-S Source' & 'DoD: Source' Steamy Update #16

by Rainier on Jan. 6, 2006 @ 7:47 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's latest Steam Update has a few details on what to expect in the near future. This month, new map releases for both DoD: Source and C-S: Source. For Day of Defeat. We'll also be releasing a completely rebuilt version of the classic map Kalt, which is set in the winter. There has even been some custom rendering work done in the Source engine to make the snow and ice look realistic. For Counter-Strike: Source, a new Militia will be released, reworked and, like the recently released Nuke, it will include HDR. A new Rag Doll Kung Fu demo is now also available.

'Day of Defeat Source' Gets Steamy Update #36

by Rainier on Dec. 23, 2005 @ 3:56 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest update for its online delivery system Steam. This update tweaks various weapons, lag compensation and other multiplayer adjustments, bug fixes, and plenty more. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.
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'Counter-Strike Source' Gets Steamy Update #35

by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 6:42 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest update for its online delivery system Steam. As promised this release add two new models (G.I.G.N and Guerilla), a nade exploit, bot fixes, and various other tweaks and fixes. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.
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Future 'C-S Source' & 'DoD: Source' Steamy Update #15

by Rainier on Dec. 17, 2005 @ 12:23 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve lastest Steam Update has a few details on what to expect before the end of 2005. Next week Valve will release two new player models, one for each team, released for Counter-Strike: Source, as well as an update to Day of Defeat: Source, which will include a number of small changes. Early next year we can expect a completely rebuilt version of cs_milita. There is also a mention of Introversion's strategy/adventure Darwinia's four IGF nominations.

'Counter-Strike Source' Gets Steamy Update #34

by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2005 @ 8:14 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest update for its online delivery system Steam. This release updates Counter-Strike Source with the previously announced new de_nuke with High Dynamic Range (HDR) lighting, as well as a slew of enhancements and bug fixes. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.
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'Day of Defeat Source' And 'Rag Doll Kung Fu' Get Steamy Update #33

by Rainier on Nov. 30, 2005 @ 6:21 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest update for its online delivery system Steam. This release updates the DoD:Source with the previously announced new map dod_argentan, and Rag Doll Kung Fu gets fixed up so you can now play past the second level transition. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

'Half-Life 1' and 'Day of Defeat Source' Get Steamy Update #32

by Rainier on Nov. 22, 2005 @ 7:24 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest update for its online delivery system Steam. This release updates the DoD:Source gameinfo.txt to support the Source SDK, and applies a few fixes to the Half-Life 1 engine, and a few tweaks to the H-L1 dedicated server. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.
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Future 'C-S Source' & 'DoD: Source' Steamy Update #14

by Rainier on Nov. 12, 2005 @ 2:06 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve lastest Steam Update has a few details on what to expect in the near future regarding C-S Source and DoD Source. Over the next few weeks Valve'll have updates coming for both aforementioned titles, starting with one new level for each. Last week it was announced that an updated de_nuke will be making its return to Counter-Strike, and this week Valve revealed a new DoD Source map, named Argentan. Valve also said a new game is coming to Steam, with an official announcement due soon.