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  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Cuts Back on Nuke Fog (October 17, 2013)

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 10-17-2013, 10:03 PM
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  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Cuts Back on Nuke Fog (October 17, 2013)

  The October 17,. 2013 update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive includes a number of improvements to the UI and GOTV. Most apparent is change made to the fog on de_nuke.
  
  Changelog for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for October 17, 2013
  
  

  MAPS
  - de_nuke: Decreased fog
  
  UI - Added Streams tab to Watch menu. - Friends rich presence now also includes the map if they are reviewing a match from their Match History. - Fixed being able to invite and message yours

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  Valve Gives a Video Demonstration of the Steam Controller

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 10-11-2013, 01:30 PM
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  Valve Gives a Video Demonstration of the Steam Controller

  Valve is offering up gamers a quick look at a variety of games being played with the Steam Controller prototype. This is the same prototype design that will ship to the 300 lucky Steam users later this year.
  
  

  Here's a quick look at some games being played with the prototype version of the Steam Controller -- the same version that we'll be shipping to 300 Steam users later this year. We'll post more demonstrations like this soon, including footage of some other game developers

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  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Fixes Grenade Physics and Adds Live Spectator Mode - October 10, 2013

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  • Published: 10-10-2013, 09:08 PM
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  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Fixes Grenade Physics and Adds Live Spectator Mode - October 10, 2013

  Tonight's update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive addresses a few fairly significant issues. First up is a fix for how grenade physics interactions are handled when they hit players. The other is an improved bomb planting animation. In addition to these fixes, the CS:GO team added a Watch menu that lets you spectate live matches, similar to what is done with Dota 2!
  

  GAMEPLAY - Improved grenade physics interaction with player models. Grenades bounce off player hitboxes instead of th

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  Fall 2013 Keys Released for Your Team Fortress 2 Nuts and Gourds - Update for October 10, 2013

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  • Published: 10-10-2013, 06:03 PM
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  Fall 2013 Keys Released for Your Team Fortress 2 Nuts and Gourds - Update for October 10, 2013

  An update was just released for Team Fortress 2 that adds in Fall 2013 keys for the Acorn Crate and the Gourd Crate.
  
  Changelog for Team Fortress 2 for October 10, 2013
  
  

  - Added the Fall 2013 Acorns Crate Key - Added the Fall 2013 Gourd Crate Key - Automated craft bots can no longer craft high-value items (i.e., hats) - Fixed Nessie's Nine Iron missing gameplay description - Fixed exploit that allowed dead players to attack living players - Fixed disguised Blue team Spies showing blue

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  Valve Announces Steam Dev Days Conference

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  • Published: 10-10-2013, 03:43 PM
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  Valve Announces Steam Dev Days Conference

  In January 2014, Valve is going to hold a Steam Dev Days conference in Seattle, Washington. This two-day long conference is for videogame professionals to meet up in a "relaxed, off the record environment to share design and industry expertise."
  
  Entry fee is $95 per person but a couple of the hotels around the area are offering up discounts for the event.
  

  Steam Dev Days is a by invitation, two-day conference where video game professionals can meet in a relaxed, off

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  Steam Client Update Released (October 7, 2013)

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  • Published: 10-07-2013, 06:38 PM
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  Steam Client Update Released (October 7, 2013)

  An update has come out today for the Steam client. It includes some performance improvements and more.
  
  Changelog for Steam client for October 7, 2013
  
  

  Steam - Improve connection ping for selecting Steam servers to connect to on logon - Improved performance when updating lots of games metadata on startup - Added "My Games" library filter in desktop UI in case games from other uses are visible - Fixed game “Purchase” button to open the game store page - Fixed

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  European Half-Life 3 Trademark is Allegedly Fake

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  • Published: 10-04-2013, 08:44 PM
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  European Half-Life 3 Trademark is Allegedly Fake

  The news we recently had up (well, we did prior to the script kiddie shenanigans) about the trademark filing for Half-Life 3 is allegedly not true. Valvetime discovered that the trademark that was filed with the Trademarks and Design Registration Office of the European Union (OHIM) has been removed.
  
  It was listed for only about a week before being removed. However, the weird thing now is that a listing for Portal 3 has gone up just two days ago on October 2. Granted, this filing...

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  Valve Releases Details on Steam Machine Prototype Hardware

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  • Published: 10-04-2013, 02:12 PM
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  Valve Releases Details on Steam Machine Prototype Hardware

  If you're one of the lucky 300 who will get to test drive the Steam Machine prototypes, Valve has just revealed what hardware you should expect to see.
  

  So for our own first prototype Steam Machine ( the one we're shipping to 300 Steam users ), we've chosen to build something special. The prototype machine is a high-end, high-performance box, built out of off-the-shelf PC parts. It is also fully upgradable, allowing any user to swap out the GPU, hard drive, CPU, even the motherboard if you

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  Team Fortress 2 Update Includes Two New Fall Crates (October 2, 2013)

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  • Published: 10-02-2013, 03:48 PM
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  Team Fortress 2 Update Includes Two New Fall Crates (October 2, 2013)

  An update was just released for Team Fortress 2. Included in the update are two new Fall crates and a new promotional item, The Grandmaster.
  
  Changelog for Team Fortress 2 for October 2, 2013
  
  

  - Added the Fall 2013 Acorns Crate #72 - Added the Fall 2013 Gourd Crate #73 - Added a new promo item: The Grandmaster - Fixed several bugs that would cause inconsistent behavior when switching between or modifying loadout presets - Fixed a bug that would cause modifying (i.e., painting, renami

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  Valve Files for Half-Life 3 Trademark as Private Tracker Reveals 46 Developers Assigned to Half-Life 3 Development

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  • Published: 10-01-2013, 06:33 PM
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  Valve Files for Half-Life 3 Trademark as Private Tracker Reveals 46 Developers Assigned to Half-Life 3 Development

  Earlier today, it was noticed by those at NeoGAF that Valve has indeed filed for a trademark on Half-Life 3.
  
  
  In addition, a tool used by Valve to show which staff are assigned to which project was discovered as being public just about an hour ago. The tool showed that 46 developers are assigned to Half-Life 3 with 71 developers assigned to Left 4 Dead 3.
  
  
  Things are getting exciting now!...

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