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  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Updated - May 14, 2014

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-14-2014, 10:32 PM
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  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Updated - May 14, 2014

  An update was released tonight for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It has just five changes but we feel like it was important enough to post about.
  
  Changelog for CS:GO for May 14, 2014
  
  

  CSGO
  - The Trade Up Contract no longer restricts items to a single collection. In exchange for 10 items of identical quality, the Trade Up Contract provides one item of the next highest quality, from a collection of one of the items provided.
  
  MAPS - Agency -- Updated with bugfix

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  The International Compendium Sets New Records for Dota 2 and Valve

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  • Published: 05-12-2014, 03:08 PM
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  The International Compendium Sets New Records for Dota 2 and Valve

  Since the Dota 2 Compendium for The International went on sale, it has sold like gangbusters. Valve revealed today that contributions have already set new records compared to previous years.
  

  The International Compendium was launched Friday and, within 24 hours, eclipsed the total contribution of last year's debut effort. As a result, this year's total prize pool is already over $3.8 mil, up from $2.8 mil last year, with Compendium sales continuing for another two months. The

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  Half-Life 2 and Portal Now Available on Nvidia's Shield

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-12-2014, 02:43 PM
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  Half-Life 2 and Portal Now Available on Nvidia's Shield

  One of the handful of people that own an Nvidia Shield? You may be happy to hear that both Half-Life 2 and Portal have been ported over to the Shield platform. They are going for $9.99 (USD) each.
  
  As I understand it, these ports were done by Nvidia themselves. The Nvidia Shield retails for $199 and can either play games natively or you can stream games to the device from your PC using GeForce Experience. Meaning, you could have already been playing both Half-Life 2 and Porta...

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  The Compendium Returns for The International Dota 2 Championships

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  • Published: 05-10-2014, 02:19 PM
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  The Compendium Returns for The International Dota 2 Championships

  Just like last year, Valve is once again offering The Compendium for fans looking forward to The International Dota 2 Championships. Similar to last year's offering, for every Compendium purchased at $10 (USD), $2.50 of that will go towards increasing the prize pool for The International. Also just like last year, there are certain funding goals that players can strive for. Some of the bonuses already unlocked include a special edition HUD and battle point booster. Other incentives,...

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  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update for May 8, 2014

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  • Published: 05-07-2014, 11:05 PM
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  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update for May 8, 2014

  A rather small update was released tonight for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Let's take a look at those hot changelog items.
  
  Changelog for CS:GO for May 8, 2014
  
  

  MATCHMAKING
  - Fixed buytime ending as soon as all players join in QMM.
  - Increased warmuptime when all players are connected from 30 sec to 60 sec
  
  UI - Fixed the default radar scale and money position settings overlapping with the spectator UI in the most common resolutions. - Dropdown pa

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  Valve Offering Refunds on Earth: Year 2066

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-06-2014, 04:19 PM
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  Valve Offering Refunds on Earth: Year 2066

  Earth: Year 2066 was not a good game. Sure, it was still an Early Access release but it was disturbingly bad even for that stage of release. It didn't help that the developer constantly deleted threads and posts from the Steam Community section for the game.
  
  Chris, an employee at Valve, stepped in today to announce that they are issuing refunds to those who purchased the game and have pulled the game from Early Access.
  

  On Steam, developers make their own decisions about promotion,

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  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Adds Huntsman Case and Many UI Changes

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  • Published: 05-01-2014, 08:19 PM
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  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Adds Huntsman Case and Many UI Changes

  An update was just released tonight for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Included in this udpate is the Huntsman Case, a Community Sticker Capsule, multiple UI changes, and more.
  
  Changelog for CS:GO for May 1, 2014
  
  

  CSGO
  - Added the Huntsman Case.
  - Added the Bank Collection to the drop list.
  - Added Community Sticker Capsule One.
  
  UI - The bomb inventory icon in the UI now shows an arrow when you pick it up in a addition to the sound and cente

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  Team Fortress 2 Update Released - April 24, 2014

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  • Published: 04-24-2014, 04:39 PM
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  Team Fortress 2 Update Released - April 24, 2014

  A new update for Team Fortress 2 was just rolled out by Valve. This update seems to be mainly for bug fixing purposes with some map updates included for good measure.
  
  Changelog for Team Fortress 2 for April 24, 2014
  
  

  - Fixed an issue where plugin_load may load a non-binary file type - Fixed an issue where decompressed file sizes were not being checked by the engine - Fixed a client crash related to Unusual items and the character loadout screen - Fixed an item exploit w

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  Garry's Mod LUA Exploit Leads to Spread of "Coughing Virus"

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  • Published: 04-19-2014, 01:22 PM
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  Garry's Mod LUA Exploit Leads to Spread of "Coughing Virus"

  Earlier today, some malicious code started to spread through many Garry's Mod servers. This code forced a server to push a .dll file to a user's computer. This would then spam the word "cough" to friends of the affected player and also through in-game chat. It would also change the affected user's name and also append exclamation points to the front of affected servers (so as to appear first on the server browser when sorting by name). This seems to have been the extent of the damages ca...

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  New Half-Life Segmented Speed Run Record Clocks in at Under 21 Minutes

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 04-13-2014, 02:31 PM
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  New Half-Life Segmented Speed Run Record Clocks in at Under 21 Minutes

  Previously, the record for a Half-Life segmented speed run was sitting at 29 minutes and 41 seconds. The newest record, uploaded just yesterday, sits at 20 minutes and 41 seconds. Shaving off nine minutes in a run like this is absolutely insane.
  
  

  Technical details: - This run sets the new world record for a segmented speedrun of Half-Life on Hard difficulty with an improvement of 9 minutes. (29:41 » 20:41). - Runners, in order of total amount of segments: quadrazid, CRASH FORT,

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  Rumor: Steam Controller Available in October or November

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  • Published: 04-11-2014, 05:05 PM
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  Rumor: Steam Controller Available in October or November

  A source close to PC Gamer has informed them that Valve's Steam Controller will be released in either October or November of 2014. This claim comes from a "trusted hardware source with knowledge of Valve's Steam Machines." Their source continued on to say that the completion of the controller would be the "final piece that would precede the availability of most Steam Machines." That seems to indicate that the Steam Machines themselves would then start to roll out at the end of 2014...

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  Team Fortress Classic Makes a Return in Team Fortress 2!

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  • Published: 04-02-2014, 09:34 PM
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  Team Fortress Classic Makes a Return in Team Fortress 2!

  You guys. YOU GUYS! Valve has released a new comic for Team Fortress 2. They're bringing back Team Fortress Classic characters as a new team (for Gray Mann) for Team Fortress 2. Oh my God! READ THIS!
  
  

  Gray Mann has taken control of Mann Co., the mercs have disbanded, and the Administrator has disappeared! Six months later, the Administrator has tasked her assistant Miss Pauling with getting the team back together for one last mysterious job. With Demo, Spy, Scout, Soldier

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  Team Fortress 2 Update Released - April 1, 2014

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  • Published: 04-01-2014, 07:53 PM
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  Team Fortress 2 Update Released - April 1, 2014

  Yes, this is a real update for Team Fortress 2. There's nothing terribly exciting here to make note of anyway.
  
  Changelog for Team Fortress 2 for April 1, 2014
  
  

  - Improved the Backpack UI -- Added page buttons for all pages -- Removed prev/next buttons -- Updated the drag/drop behavior to interact with the page buttons - Strange quality items can now be placed on the Steam Community Market - Added a "Show Untradable Items" checkbox to the recipe UI - Added

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  Tickets for The International 4 on Sale Friday April 4

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  • Published: 03-31-2014, 09:15 PM
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  Tickets for The International 4 on Sale Friday April 4

  This Friday, April 4, you will be able to begin purchasing your tickets for Valve's The International 4. Yes, The International Dota 2 Championship is fast approaching and this Friday is when you can first get tickets for the July 18 - July 21 event.
  

  The finals for this year's International will be held July 18th - 21st at the KeyArena in Seattle, WA. Four-day ticket prices are $99 for General Admission, $199 for Floor seating, and $499 for VIP level. The International was first h

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  Developer Says Steam Greenlight Going Away within a Year as Steam Becomes More Open

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-25-2014, 10:34 AM
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  Developer Says Steam Greenlight Going Away within a Year as Steam Becomes More Open

  According to Tweets (via CVG) made by Jonathan Biddle of Curve Studios, Valve may be getting rid of their Steam Greenlight service within the next 12 months.
  

  We met with Valve at GDC, and they say Greenlight will be gone within 12 months. They'll still offer curated space, but otherwise be open.

  This tends to go hand in hand with what Gabe Newell said a couple of months ago about wanting to make Greenlight go away as Steam evolves. This also ties in with how Valve is giving m...

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