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Half-Life 1 Engine Update Released

March 8, 2007, 7:20 pm - Jason Ruymen


Updates to the Half-Life 1 Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Half-Life 1 Engine

  • Fixed loading outdated client dlls

Full Pipe Update Released

March 6, 2007, 3:30 pm - Jason Ruymen


Updates to Full Pipe have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Full Pipe

  • Fixed fast/slow animation speed on notebooks
  • Fixed occasional game crashes
  • Added Alt+Enter to switch between full screen and windowed mode

Half-Life 1 Engine and Counter-Strike Update Released

March 5, 2007, 1:47 pm - Jason Ruymen


Updates to the Half-Life 1 Engine and Counter-Strike have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Half-Life 1 Engine

  • Allow screen resolutions up to 2560x1600
  • Fixed player names with really wide characters getting ellipses and being indistinguishable from one another scoreboard

Counter-Strike

  • Added in-game advertisements

Zen of Sudoku Update Released

March 1, 2007, 3:00 pm - Jason Ruymen


Updates to Zen of Sudoku have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Zen of Sudoku

  • Fixed bug that forced player to create new profile when starting the game if they had previously played v1.0
  • If you try to create a new profile with the same name as an existing one, the game will tell you so
  • Duplicate number hints are now more specific
  • Duplicate number and error hints can now be "explained" and are removed automatically with the Explain button
  • Made the x-wing, swordfish and jellyfish explanations clearer
  • Fixed problem with jellyfish hints that could have caused a crash
  • Fixed bug where if you clicked the mouse button repeatedly while the "explain" overlay was fading away, sometimes it would fade back in
  • Tweaked hint overlay fading speeds to make it a little faster

Bullet Candy Update Released

February 27, 2007, 6:00 pm - Jason Ruymen


Updates to Bullet Candy have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Bullet Candy

  • Added asteroids and survival mini games
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

Zen of Sudoku Update Released

February 27, 2007, 1:00 pm - Jason Ruymen


Updates to Zen of Sudoku have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Zen of Sudoku

  • Added Vista support and support for reduced access accounts
  • Fixed bug with custom games and made them easier to use
  • Improved hint system to always make sense
  • Added ability to remove all pencil marks with the DEL key
  • Number chooser now fades in smoothly
  • Player-completed tiles no longer show a stone background so you can see your progress
  • Miscellaneous graphic improvements to intro and credits

Steam client update released

February 26, 2007, 4:56 pm - Jason Ruymen


Updates to the Steam Client have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Steam Client

  • Updates to support Jade Empire

The Ship Update Released

February 26, 2007, 2:10 pm - Jason Ruymen


Updates to The Ship have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

The Ship

  • Fixed problem with Server Browser when running with a language that is not supported
  • Added some support for new languages (Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish), The Ship specific text will still be in English for these languages though
  • Fixed bug with some chat messages not appearing correctly for Russian and Polish languages
  • Localization fixes for French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish languages
  • Fixed possible crash bug when players try to pick up a wallet and purse at the same time
  • Improved stability for Linux Dedicated Servers

Dark Messiah Might and Magic Multi-Player Update Released

February 26, 2007, 2:08 pm - Jason Ruymen


Updates to Dark Messiah Might and Magic Multi-Player have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

Dark Messiah Might and Magic Multi-Player

  • Added new game mode - Colosseum. Colosseum mode is designed for multiple players to duel amongst themselves in a series of individual fights
  • Added new map - clsm_circus
  • Added new map - CTF_3
  • Added new map - CTF_MP4
  • Added new map - CTF_MP2
  • Added SDK map compile utilities and documentation
  • Archer Multi-Arrows (double, triple) now reduce stamina recharge when arrows drawn
  • Assassin Cloaking sound halved in volume / range
  • Mage Fire Orb damage now affected by elemental alignment (base fire orb damage reduced so full-fire alignment can't be insta kill)
  • Mage Lightning spells now fully damage Magic Shields
  • Priestess Soulmark ability increased duration

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Race - The WTCC Game Update Released

February 14, 2007, 4:03 pm - Jason Ruymen


Updates to Race - The WTCC Game have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Race - The WTCC Game

  • Optimized track reload
  • Added multiplayer race session replays



Steam update and other news!

Updated on March 11, 2007