Empire Interactive announce that it has signed a digital distribution agreement with Valve to offer three of its titles, Flat Out II, Vegas Tycoon, and Ghost Master, via Steam.

In remembrance of the infamous Pearl Harbor attack, Valve kicks off a World War II week today on Steam with a Call of Duty bundle, a Red Orchestra Free Weekend (Dec. 7 - 10), and limited-time discounts on the leading WWII action games offered via Steam.

After the demise of the Triton digital distribution system, Take 2/3D Realms announced it would be looking into alternatives, and they seem to has found one. Valve announced today that Prey will be available Thursday, November 30 on Steam for $49.95. Previous purchasers of the retail or downloaded editions of Prey can activate a copy on Steam at no cost by using their existing product key.

Good news for gamers without credit cards: Steam now offers support for PayPal as an alternate payment method. Every title available via Steam, including the recently released Medieval II and Dark Messiah, may be purchased with PayPal or any of the existing payment methods.

It seems that Blizzard isn't the only one who drops the ban hammer, as Valve's new Anti-Cheat technology caught a few people cheating in Counter-Strike: Source and other games this week – over 10,000. VAC detects anyone using cheat software and permanently bans his or her Steam account. Valve expects to see a surge of forum posts laying blame squarely at the feet of "my little brother."

SimBin and Valve today announced an agreement to deliver RACE: The Official WTCC Game to consumers around the world via Steam. In addition, all retail copies of RACE in North America will include Steam functionality for auto-updating, matchmaking, and anti-piracy encryption.

Valve signed an online distribution deal with SEGA to bring Medieval 2: Total War to Steam on Nov 15, and it is now available for pre-load. Set in the most turbulent and bloody era in European history, Medieval 2: Total War will allow gamers to lead their armies across the battlefields of Europe and the Holy Land before discovering the Americas and doing battle with the fearsome Aztecs.

Valve announced it has signed an online distribution agreement with GSC World offering its RTS/RPG hybrid Heroes of Annihilated Empires on Steam later this month. HoAE challenges gamers to create a powerful leader and a dominant military force through battle, diplomacy and treachery in a rich fantasy world.

In Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, players will be introduced to the world of Ashan, a dark and unforgiving world, scarred by a bloody history and threatened by an apocalyptic prophecy: the Dark Messiah. A multiplayer patch for Dark Messiah is available through Steam, just restart your client and your game will update automatically. Read more for detailed fix list ...

The Ship is a thriller set onboard a 1920's luxury liner where Mr X, the Ship's owner, has "invited" you to a mysterious game of hunt and hunted, as players must secretly track and extinguish specified passengers while avoiding similar fate. You now get the chance to try out the full game for free starting Thursday, November 2 at 1 pm PDT through Sunday, November 5 at the same time, available on on Steam.

2K and Valve today announced an agreement to bring a collection of 2K PC games to Steam, starting with Civ III, Civ IV, Shattered Union and Sid Meier's Pirates.

Activision and Valve today announced an agreement to distribute four of Activision's PC games (Call of Duty 2, Gun, Call of Duty and United Offensive expansion) using Steam.

Majesco announced that DoubleFine's action/adventure game Psychonauts is now available through Valve's digital delivery service Steam, for $19.99.

Naked Sky Entertainment announced today that its Unreal Engine 3 powered game RoboBlitz is coming to Valve's online distribution delivery system Steam, in the coming weeks.

Majesco and Valve announced an agreement to deliver Majesco's PC games via Steam. Beginning today, BloodRayne 1 & 2 and Advent Rising are available for download, while Psychonauts will be offered in early October.

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.

Valve announced that it is bringing Arkane Studios' action RPG Dark Messiah of Might & Magic to the Steam online distribution service in October 2006, while Ubisoft itself revealed details on the limited edition, which will include the game on DVD, unique in-game content, making of movies, soundtrack on CD and 12 collective cards.

Valve and Darwnia developers Introversion today announced an agreement to deliver its online strategy game DEFCON, via Steam this coming September.

Valve revealed that it is working on several a few updates, the first coming in about 2 weeks, to move the core Counter-Strike gameplay forward. First off, the classic Train map is getting a HDR makeover, some minor layout changes, and a number of small bugfixes. The radar is getting reworked which will result in gameplay adjustments such as when you look at an enemy for a certain amount of time his name will become visible to you, and the rest of your team.

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.

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.

505 Gamestreet announced today that it will bring IREM's non-linear role-playing adventure game Steambot Chronicles to Europe. Offering players a unique and exciting virtual world full of possibilities, Steambot Chronicles is a world where you decide just what type of gameplay you experience, how the plot unfolds and even who the main hero turns out to be.

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.

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.

Tripwire Interactive is pleased to announce that the next patch for Red Orchestra is now available through Steam, adding new weapons, file reductions to speed up loadtime, numerous map changes, and the usual game tweaks, item balancing, crash and bug fixes. Read more for details ...