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Dreadlands is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off!* Welcome to Dreadlands! A perilous landscape brimming with potential in the form of Glow. Command one of 3 unique factions in this turn-based tactical RPG and play through their campaigns, be it solo or Co-Op, or battle it out in PvP. So far no one has tamed the Dreadlands. Will you be the first? *Offer ends November 16 at 10AM Pacific Time via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/3eGGFjf"

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Mannpower update Dominant players are now marked for death only when carrying a powerup Shield charge meter passive refill rate reduced. Reduction is greater when carrying a powerup Items or actions that add to the shield charge meter now add less when carrying a powerup Carried buildings now deploy faster than default, but not instant Decapitating swords no longer get the base melee damage boost other melee weapons get in Mannpower Strength powerup no longer multiplies critical damage Medic Powered up medics with unpowered up targets get a less reduced heal rate (50% -> 75% of default rate) Reduced ubercharge gain on Ubersaw hit in Mannpower. 40% of regular rate if not powered up, 20% of regular rate if powered up via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/3eBDCsH"

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed a regression that caused map exploit fixes to appear in co-op modes again. via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/3jWpAmv"

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed The Last Stand's Village Scavenge map not having any weapons. - Recompiled common infected materials to fix visual errors on Linux. - Removed alarm glass from a non-alarm car. - Fixed Special Infected being able to trigger the helicopter flyover when leaving the bumper car building on Dark Carnival Barns. - c7m1 and c12m5: Fixed a few nav issues that caused tanks to get stuck. - c1m1: Marked all areas outside of building on ground as not allowing any spawns. - c11m5: Marked a few areas near the plane crash fire as no-threat to prevent tanks from spawning too close to the fire. via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/2HYTAAT"

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded. Steam Library Fixed custom logo position and size not working on first game page load. Steam Overlay Fixed overlay performance issue with certain framerate/vsync combinations. SteamNetworkingSockets Fix bug causing some Windows laptops to fail to connect with certificate errors. via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/3mOg9aO"

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Updated item schema with community fixes from Andrés S. (rabscootle) Updated/Added some tournament medals Updated the localization files Updated pl_bloodwater Fixed a Minify spell exploit at point A Removed the Horseless Headless Horsemann from the map Updated the underworld to give a rare spell when escaping via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/3jFGk1g"

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded. General Fixed remote code exploit in Chromium Embedded Framework freetype library (CVE-2020-15999) Remote Play Together Fixed inviting more than one player to a game Steam Input Improved support for games using Windows raw input APIs Unity games using the Rewired plugin should upgrade to the latest release, version 1.1.36.1. Linux Fixed Proton 5.13 on systems that do not define XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (steam-runtime#284) Fixed Proton 5.13 'Force Exit' Fixed Proton 5.13 sub-dependencies download bug happening on first install soldier runtime 0.20201022.0: Fixed libtheora performance problem (misconfiguration) libcapsule: fixed start failures caused by leftover NVIDIA driver pieces (steam-runtime#282 steam-runtime#275) steam-runtime-tools: pick the correct DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY, fixes Gnome+Wayland and related problems (steam-runtime#283) scout runtime 0.20201022.1 via Steam R...

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed a long-standing ragdoll crash, caused by stale bone data after toggling addons that override common infected models. via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/3ol1llA"

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed a crash when decoding bones. - Fixed a mesh error when drawing the crosshair with colorblind mode active. - Fixed a double-add of the client shadow manager restore function. - Fixed mode-only addons sometimes getting removed on map load. - Fixed some military sniper activity names. - Changed crowbar and pitchfork to slash damage only. - "AllowFallenSurvivorItem" can be called outside of mutations. - Talker and survival updates. via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/3kiFNnb"

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded. General Fix videos failing to switch to fullscreen on Windows after a monitor connection/disconnection macOS Fix Steam overlay causing crash at startup of certain OpenGL games SteamNetworkingSockets Fixed bug causing SteamNetworkingMessages() to always return NULL Fix bug causing some Windows laptops to fail to connect with certificate errors. via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/3dIHIP6"

Kine is Now Available on Steam and is 34% off!* A quirky 3D puzzle game about three musicians forming a band and trying to score their breakout hit. *Offer ends October 26 at 10AM Pacific Time via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/35b087z"

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Updated the Jupiter Jetpack to not hide the Pyro grenades Updated The Great Deflate achievement to include the Balloonicorpse Updated pl_hasslecastle Fixed more out-of-bounds exploits Improved clipping General improvements Updated koth_undergrove_event 3v3 participants will now be healed and extinguished upon entering a 3v3 portal, in addition to when the 3v3 begins and ends Reduced the delay after winning a 3v3 before players are teleported back to the overworld Fixed Wrap Assassin/Pomson 6000 projectiles not firing correctly in the indoor areas Polished clipping around the capture point Polished some textures on RED's side Fixed several console errors that appeared upon map load Minor lighting fixes via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/31aHCuW"

Noita is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off!* Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself. *Offer ends October 22 at 10AM Pacific Time via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/3kesPXe"

- Fixed a bug that could cause cast-attack spells to malfunction (like Silencer’s Glaives of Wisdom) - Fixed the limit behavior of Templar Assassin’s traps. There was a short period where a triggered trap continued to count against the trap limit. via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/314aaG7"

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Fixed players not being able to rocket jump or stickybomb jump during a truce Fixed missing War Paint icons in the Steam Community Market Updated the Impish Ears to add a missing style Updated the equip_region for the Gourd Grin Updated The Ghoul Box to fix an issue with the materials Updated pl_hasslecastle Added occluders to improve optimization Added a spell book near the first RED spawn and the first BLU spawn Brightened up some areas Fixed some texture misalignments Reduced the saturation of purple spell book patches Changed the ending when BLU wins Fixed the arrow signs not changing near the first RED spawn Fixed an out-of-bounds exploit near the first point Fixed an out-of-bounds exploit in the second BLU spawn Fixed an out-of-bounds exploit near the cliff at the second-to-last point Changed the doors in the sec...

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded. General Fixed the Steam Client window starting minimized when the client is run after first install on a Windows machine Library Improved the alignment of controls in the play bar on game pages Fixed one instance where achievement unlock percentage was not shown on game pages Added Edit Review button to personal review on game pages Changed the context menu when viewing screenshots to browse to file if the screenshot exists locally Chat Filtering Steam and games which leverage the Steam Text Filtering API now filter strong profanity and slurs shared by users you don't know, replacing them with hearts and asterisks. You can enable their display in the Community Content Preferences , where you can also customize what words are filtered, and whether to filter messages from Steam Friends. For more background on these features, read our blog post . Downloads Changed download throttling s...

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Updated the Handsome Devil to fix an issue with the model via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/30we1eV"

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Updated the timing of the Static Shock and Veno Shock unusual effects Updated the Seared Sorcerer to add a missing style Updated the Eye-See-You to add a missing style Updated the Handsome Devil to fix an issue with the materials Updated/Added some tournament medals Updated the localization files Updated koth_megalo Fixed minor out of bounds teleporter exploit Added pumpkin bombs Updated pl_bloodwater Fixed misaligned textures Sealed displacement hole to the skybox near BLU spawn Brightened up point A Brightened up ambient lighting Fixed pumpkin bombs not spawning at point C and D Brightened up lighting behind point B via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/36scTNd"

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed "New Haircut" achievement to not allow club-type melee weapons. - Additional prevention of getting disconnected when spamming the scroll wheel. - In Survival mode, if a special infected reports as stuck for more than two minutes it will suicide. - Compiled captions and subtitles from dlc1. - Fixed a couple instances where tank could spawn outside the warp check zone (but was intended to be warped) - Added nav in ground in outer areas so that throwing a bile out there doesn't cause infected to just stand around. - Blood Harvest 2 Warehouse Survival: shortened a nav blocker next to some stairs. - Check for Realism in addition to Coop base mode for all exploit fixes to prevent some shortcut fixes from spawning in Realism Coop. - Moved 64 exploit blocks to Versus-only, most notably Dark Carnival 3 Coaster, Parish 5 Bridge and Dead Air 2 Crane. Rocket Dude: - removed PlayerUnderWater() - added Speedrunner st...

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Scream Fortress XII has arrived! Featuring 4 new community maps: Megalo, Bloodwater, Hassle Castle, and Moldergrove Added the Wicked Windfall Case Contains 22 new community-created cosmetic items that make up the Wicked Windfall Collection Has a chance to give one of 6 new community-created Halloween-restricted items as a bonus item Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item Added 19 new community-created Unusual effects 8 new effects for Unusual hats 11 new effects for Unusual taunts Added the Scream Fortress XII War Paint Case Contains 15 new community-created War Paints that make-up the Scream Fortress XII War Paint Collection Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one Grants access to M...