A mandatory update for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, as well as the Source SDK Base 2013 beta branch has been made available. The patch notes are below.
• Fixed a security issue related to the file system (thanks to Simon Pinfold for this re
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Update Out for CS: Source, DoD: Source, HLDM: Source, HL2: DM, and Source SDK 2013 Dedicated Server
A big update came out tonight for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Source SDK 2013 Dedicated Server.
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ESL Pro League Bumps Up 2016 Counter-Strike Prize Pool to $1.5 Million
ESL Pro League is bumping up the prize pool for their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league by a factor of 50%! That means the 2016 season will include a hefty prize pool sitting at $1.5 million (USD). Not only that, but they are looking to show tournaments on television, not just online.
Vice-President of Pro Gaming, Ulrich Schulze, issued a short statement on the upcoming season.
"The ESL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pro League is levelling up this year: we'll... -
Prospekt - Fan Made Sequel to Half-Life: Opposing Force Coming Next Month
Prospekt is a fan made sequel to Half-Life: Opposing Force that Valve is allowing to be distributed through Steam. Priced at $10 (USD), the release is set for February 11 and will return players to City 17 from Half-Life 2.
You can actually pre-order it right now for a 10% discount.
Prospekt begins in the Nova Prospekt prison in the Half-Life universe. Gordon Freeman is slowly being overrun by soldiers in the prison, however unknown to him his Vortigaunt allies manage to find... -
Sven Co-op 5.0 - New Trailer and Upcoming Stand-Alone Free Release on Steam
A new trailer for Seven Co-op's 5.0 update was released today. The trailer shows off the new features coming in the update along with news that the game will soon have a stand-alone release on Steam!
The stand-alone release will not require users to own the original Half-Life as previous versions before it used to require. For those unaware, Sven Co-op was a way to cooperatively play through Half-Life. Since its initial release in 1999, the mod has seen tremendous growth... -
Valve Accidentally Posts Steam Winter Sale Recap to the Public
Earlier today, a member of SteamDB noticed that Valve mistakenly posted what should have been a private recap of the Steam Winter Sale to the general public. Below is a pasting of that recap. It even includes a "tl;dr" at the very top for those with the shortest of attention spans.
In short: More customers bought more games across more of the Steam catalog....
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Half-Life Writer Marc Laidlaw Departs from Valve
Marc Laidlaw, the man that helped to bring the entire Half-Life and Portal universes to life, has retired from Valve. The confirmation came after a Reddit user in the Half-Life subreddit decided to contact Laidlaw about just what was going on with Half-Life 3.
Laidlaw said that he has retired, a decision that comes after 18 years with Valve. His writing credits include the original Half-Life, all of Half-Life 2 including the episodes, Left 4 Dead, Dota 2, and Portal. Laidlaw... -
New Hand Models Included in Surprise CS:GO Visual Upgrade Update
Specifically, Valve gave every hand in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive a new look. Tonight's update includes new visual upgrades for all first-person arms, hands, and glove models in the game. You can see those above.
There were some additional changes made in tonight's update.
Changelog for CS:GO for July 7, 2016GRAPHICS...
– Visually upgraded all first-person arm, hands and glove models.
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CS:GO - A Follow Up to Integrity and Fair Play
Today, Valve posted a new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive blog entry that talks about "Integrity and Fair Play." This blog entry talks about professional Counter-Strike gameplay and how they are still working constantly to ensure a fair and cheat-free playing field especially in the world of CS:GO eSports. They also reiterate how some of their previous bans continue to be active and will continue to be active for the foreseeable future.
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Valve Confirms Holiday Sale ARG is Not About Half-Life 3
This past week, fans have been eagerly hanging on to every word and clue revealed in an apparent Valve ARG born from the Steam Holiday Sale 2015. There was even an apparent lambda symbol found!
Well, it seems it's all for not. Someone received an email response from Valve's Marc Laidlaw, who made sure to crush everyone's hopes and dreams of this being anything related to Half-Life 3.
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Lambda Symbol Possibly Revealed in Apparent Valve Winter Sale ARG
Valve might have hidden a bunch of secret clues in this latest Winter Sale of theirs. To make a super long story short, a bunch of people have been finding clues in backgrounds, web pages, and more during this latest Steam Winter Sale for 2015.
In fact, they have gone so far as to unlock a special badge (seen below), which you can earn yourself (at least at the time of this posting). All you need to do is open up this Steam store link in Chrome, type in (without clicking anything... -
Valve Issues Apology to Steam Users Following Christmas Day Security Leaks
On Christmas day, a severe security issue allowed Steam users to view the private account information for other Steam users. This information included, but was not necessarily limited to, full names, full addresses, and full phone numbers. It also included partial credit card numbers (only the last two digits), purchase history, and wish list items. Valve had released a short statement on the matter, but o nly to outlets that contacted them for a statement. No mailings were sent out to... -
Valve Claims 'No Unauthorized Actions' Took Place During Today's Steam Security Issue
Earlier today, Steam went a little nuts. Since the initial story broke, it seems as though Valve has fixed the issue that exposed full names, addresses, and phone numbers of Steam users. The issue in question was merely "caching issue" that allowed Steam users to view the account details of other Steam users.
Valve issued a brief statement on what happened to Kotaku.
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[UPDATED] Steam Security Issue Allows Users to View Private Account Details, Possibly Make Purchases, and More
Update (6:03PM ET): It looks as though the issue is resolved with the Store. After a lengthy period of being offline completely, the Store pages returned and seem to be in working order.
Of course, the extent of the damages from this afternoon's security breach are not yet known. We'll have more details are they are made available.
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If you've been on Steam today, chances are you've already experienced this issue. If you log into Steam, you may see t... -
Black Mesa Updated with Crossfire and More
The Crossfire multiplayer map from the crazy days of Half-Life Deathmatch has been rebuilt and added to Black Mesa. Today's udpate not only introduces the fan-favorite multiplayer map but it also adds in God rays, new animations, Steam Controller support, and much more.
Below is an overview of the changes. The full list of changes are on the Black Mesa forums.
- Added Crossfire! - Added 'God Rays' - Multiplayer animation system has been overhauled and rebuilt. -... -
Team Fortress 2 "Tough Break" Update is Coming
Valve just announced the "Tough Break" update coming soon for Team Fortress 2. This update promises 26 new contracts, four new weapon collections, a new cosmetic case, four new community maps, three new taunts, gameplay tweaks, and more.
The new maps include: Snowycoast (Payload), Vanguard (Control Point), Highpass (King of the Hill), and Landfall (Capture the Flag). The gameplay changes can be found below, while the rest of the update can be viewed at the Team Fortress 2...
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