Grand Theft Auto IV - Now Available For Pre-Purchase (2)
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Grand Theft Auto IV is now available for pre-purchase on Steam. Pre-purchase now and get a free copy of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to play right now.
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This plus Sam and Max Season One is 50% off this weekend. Too... Many... Games...
Half-Life is 10 Today (1)
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Valve is now offering Half-Life for just 98¢ in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the company's debut title. Launched 10 years ago today, Half-Life was greeted with overwhelming review scores (Metacritic of 96%), earned over 50 Game of the Year Awards, and birthed a franchise with over 20 million units sold to date. The special 10 year anniversary price is available via Steam until 12:01 pm PST on November 21. For more information or ...
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Valve is now offering Half-Life for just 98¢ in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the company's debut title. Launched 10 years ago today, Half-Life was greeted with overwhelming review scores (Metacritic of 96%), earned over 50 Game of the Year Awards, and birthed a franchise with over 20 million units sold to date. The special 10 year anniversary price is available via Steam until 12:01 pm PST on November 21. For more information or ...
Left 4 Dead is live on Steam (1)
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As of midnight EST, the PC version of Left 4 Dead, Valve's zombie thriller, is now available via Steam to gamers around the globe. The title will be available for the PC and Xbox 360 at retail stores on Tuesday, November 18 in North America, and worldwide on Friday, November 21.
Left 4 Dead Demo Update Released (1)
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Updates to Left 4 Dead Demo have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:Left 4 Dead DemoFixed problem where the group browser was showing servers for groups you were not a member ofFixed problem with split packet/reassembly on level transition. This would cause the game to feel laggy for some period after a level transitionFixed a crash when connecting to a dedicated server
Left 4 Dead Demo Update Released (1)
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Updates to Left 4 Dead Demo have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:Left 4 Dead DemoFixed problem with users not being able to connect to dedicated serversFix a bug with the group browser not always showing the list of group serversFixed a bug with the rcon command
Left 4 Dead Gold, Pre-Loading Now (1)
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The Infection Begins Next WeekNovember 13, 2008 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (Steam and Source), today announced its upcoming zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead, has gone gold and is now pre-loading to those who pre-purchased the game via Steam. Left 4 Dead is the new survival action game from Valve for the PC and Xbox 360 that blends the social entertainment experience of multiplayer ...
L4D Art Direction, Part 1: Filmic Effects (1)
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One of the goals of Left 4 Dead's art direction was to capture the tone and feel of being right in the middle of a horror movie. This meant making the environments look scary in a specifically cinematic way. To achieve this, we adopted four distinct "filmic" effects for our art direction: color correction, film grain, vignette and local contrast. We'll walk you through all four techniques, with examples, below. If you wish to watch ...
Left 4 Dead Demo Update Released (2)
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Updates to Left 4 Dead Demo have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:Left 4 Dead DemoTuned matchmaking to provide better search resultsAdded UI to host a game on a local serverImprovements and performance optimizations to network layerImproved handling of unsupported graphics hardwareFixed a rare crash when kicking people from lobbyFixes for demo exploitsLocalization fixesIncrease automatic port range when running a Linux dedicated server ...
Left 4 Dead Early Demo Access Tomorrow (1)
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November 5, 2008 - Early access to the Left 4 Dead demo begins Thursday, November 6 on both the PC and Xbox 360. The early demo access is scheduled to begin around 2 am PST on the Xbox 360 and 7 am PST on the PC.This promotion is being offered in addition to the 10% savings for those who pre-order and applies to all Steam PC pre-orders and all PC and Xbox 360 pre-orders from ...
Left 4 Dead Demo Update Released (2)
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Updates to Left 4 Dead Demo have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:Left 4 Dead DemoFixed several issues with matchmaking and password protected serversTuned matchmaking to provide better search resultsFixed bug where servers could stay reserved by matchmaking foreverPerformance optimizations and fixes to networking layerFixed issue where game could cause Steam executable to use too much CPUFixed music resetting when changing video settingsFixed ...
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Left 4 Dead Early Demo Access Now (2)
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November 6, 2008 - Early access to the Left 4 Dead demo begins today on both the PC and Xbox 360.This promotion is being offered in addition to the 10% savings for those who pre-order and applies to all Steam PC pre-orders and all PC and Xbox 360 pre-orders from GameStop and EB Games in North America.On November 11 the demo will be made available to all PC and Xbox 360 gamers worldwide, with no ...
Steam client update released (2)
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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:Steam ClientAdded shopping cart, recommendations & purchasing directly on the webAdded backend support for Left 4 Dead matchmakingAdded backend support for Steam CloudUpdated localization for various languagesFixed Steam re-applying command line parameters (like -install) across 'change user' or 'change language' restartsFixed Steam refreshing the games list, ...
Ubisoft Expands Steam Catalog Into South and Central America (1)
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All Ubisoft games on Steam are now available in South and Central America. This includes hits such as Far Cry 2, Assassin's Creed, Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Silent Hunter III, Beyond Good & Evil, and dozens more.For the full list of games, check out the Ubisoft catalog page.
Steam Cloud Rolling in This Week (4)
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Leading Online Platform for PC Games Extends Portability November 3, 2008 - Valve, creators of best-selling entertainment products and advanced technologies, today announced the roll out of Steam Cloud, a set of services for Steam that stores application data online and allows user experiences to be consistent from any PC. Steam Cloud is a free extension to Steam, a leading a platform for PC games with over 15 million accounts worldwide.Steam Cloud support will ship ...
Mount & Blade - Now on Steam (1)
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Left 4 Dead Intro Sequence Now on Steam (2)
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The intro sequence for Left 4 Dead, Valve's upcoming zombie thriller, is now available on Steam in 5 different languages. English, French, German, Spanish and Russian.In addition, iPod versions and iPhone versions of the English intro sequence are available here.
Fallout 3 Available Via Steam Internationally (2)
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Fallout 3 is now available throughout most of the world. The hit title from Bethesda, will be available in France and Germany on Friday, November 14.
