JUDGE, JURY and EXECUTIONER. Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death is now on Steam available worldwide.
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The next-gen RTS, Stormrise is now available on Steam for customers in North America and coming later this week to the rest of the world.

Experience the rush of battle in ways no other real-time strategy game has ever offered. Stormrise is the first truly 3D, next-gen RTS that, via the 3rd person camera perspective, puts you directly in the action.
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Pre-purchase the new full game and save 10%.

Following the acclaim of the previously awarded prototype for And Yet It Moves, Indie developer Broken Rules has just completed the full game which contains three exciting and beautiful environments with lots of new challenges.

There is also a new demo that you can play for free.
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Suite of Services Expands With Customer Executable Generation (CEG), Support for DLC, Matchmaking, and More

March 24, 2009 – Valve today announced a new set of advanced features delivered in Steamworks, a complete suite of publishing and development tools that are available free of charge to developers and publishers worldwide.

Headlining the new feature set is the Custom Executable Generation (CEG) technology that compliments the already existing anti-piracy solution offered in Steamworks. A customer friendly approach to anti-piracy, CEG makes unique copies of games for each user allowing them to access the application on multiple machines without install limits and without having to install root kits on their PC.

The new features also include support for in-game downloadable content (DLC) and matchmaking. The in-game DLC support allows developers to deliver new content as they choose (paid or free) from inside the game itself, allowing users to make immediate purchases and experience the new content in the same game session. The Steamworks matchmaking now includes the robust lobby system shipped and tested in Left 4 Dead.

“Delivering this extension of services on Steamworks first anniversary, demonstrates our commitment to continually develop the platform to better serve the community working with these tools,” said Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve. “As we roll out these features, we continue to look for new ways make PC games easier to create and better for customers to experience.”

Steamworks was launched in early 2008 and has already shipped in products distributed at retail and electronically with major PC releases such as Empire: Total War, Dawn of War II, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, and Football Manager 2009.

The Steamworks services are offered free of charge to developers and publishers around the world. In addition to the services added in this spring’s extension, Steamworks offers support for Steam Achievements, Steam Community, Auto Updating, Statistics, Steam Cloud and more.

Steamworks is fully integrated with the Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games that has grown to reach 20 million accounts throughout the world, up from 15 million accounts just one year ago. Steam now offers over 500 applications to gamers in every country of the world.

For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com
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Capcom’s Flock! is now available for pre-purchase on Steam worldwide.

Join the herd! Play the demo and pre-purchase today.
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Updates to Merchants of Brooklyn have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

NOTE This patch WILL break your saved games. To avoid this, see http://www.paleoent.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=114&sid=aa5d81b0d1a3e453c9243f0ae66e093b

Single-Player

• Cheats are now enabled in single player
• Fixed a bug where too many flames would appear when you blow up enemies with a fire weapon
• Fixed a bug where flames would appear in the wrong situation when blowing up enemies
• Fixed some issues with the final boss
• Optimized some particle effects, which should give a slight increase in performance
• Added first- and third-person charge animations for Split Shot
• Fixed ocean rendering in security room of Bottom Dweller
• Patched some holes in Shanty Town that let players go places where they shouldn’t be able to
• Changed Shafter to use a burst shot for the charged fire instead of a shotgun
• When going from the Prison to Slums, the Split Shot will no longer be taken away
• Fixed some dialog issues in the Bottom Dweller
• Fixed some problems with the geometry in the Prison walls
• Fixed a lot of issues with sounds playing when you’re too far away to hear them

Multi-player

• Added a dedicated server
• Added a name display to multiplayer so you can see who you’re shooting
• Decreased the number of rockets the Split Shot shoots when fully charged
• Added many more pickable objects to Undercity Casino multiplayer level
• Fixed multiple bugs with picking up/charging objects in multiplayer
• It is now much less likely that you will charge an object and kill yourself throwing it
• Multiplayer games now show the correct number of players in the server browser
• Fixed multiple issues with projectiles showing up in multiplayer games
• The scoreboard in team games now shows deaths correctly

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Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures‘ first episode, Fright of the Bumblebees is now available.

Enter the colorful world of West Wallaby Street in a series of four comedy games brought to you by Aardman Animations, the creators of the Wallace & Gromit animated films, and Telltale, the award-winning studio behind Sam & Max and Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People.

Get the first episode now and each of the next three in May, June and July. But buy within the week and save 14% on the series. Crackin’ fun times Gromit!
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Using interesting points from the comic and the movie, the game Wanted: Weapons of Fate moves the plot forward from where the film left off. Bend bullets.
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Save 75% on Oddworld games. Get Abe’s Oddysee and Abe’s Exoddus at a 75% discount or buy them together and save even more! Add a little more odd to your world this weekend.
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Meridian 4 has gone above and beyond with a 20% discount on all 8 of their indie games available on Steam. Including their very latest releases Obulis and Larva Mortus.

Buy now through Sunday, March 29th. For more information on Steam’s Indie Game Sale, please visit store.steampowered.com/promotion/indie.
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Now thru Sunday, March 29th Steam is running a special promotion on all independent games offered via Steam. Every Steam indie is marked down at least 10%, and all the top-rated Steam indie games are on sale for 33% off their regular price. For more information, please visit store.steampowered.com/promotion/indie.
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ACE Team Software’s Indy Source Title Preps For April 21 Launch

March 19, 2008 – ACE Team Software today announced a special pre-purchase promotion for its upcoming action fighter, Zeno Clash. Now through Friday, March 20th at 8 pm GMT, Zeno Clash will be available for 50% off its regular price for those who pre-purchase the game via Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games with over 20 million accounts worldwide, as well as retail outlets around the world.

ACE Team’s debut title, Zeno Clash is an action/fighting game set in a punk fantasy world. The game blends first person action with up close and brutal combat made popular in third person console classics. The game’s art style pushes the boundaries of the Source engine features (the same used to create Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2, etc) and represent a departure from the visuals seen in any of today’s games.

“ACE Team’s focus on melee and fighting in a first-person game was a somewhat risky move, but having played the demo of Zeno Clash it appears that their work has really paid off.” said Robin Walker, co-creator of Team Fortress and game designer at Valve. “The art in the game is also an incredible part of the experience — they’ve really achieved something innovative with this title. I look forward to playing the full the game, and whatever they create next.”

Zeno Clash features Steamworks integration for copy protection, player statistics and Steam Achievements. “Using Steamworks and Source has allowed us to create a game that has captured the attention of the independent gaming competition judges and soon launch to millions of gamers around the world,” said Andres Bordeu, co-founder at ACE Team. “As independent game developers having tools that help streamline the development costs and resources, such as those offered in Steamworks and the Source, are incredibly important.”

After the initial 24-hour sale, from March 20 through launch on April 21st, the punk-fantasy themed action fighter will be available for pre-purchase via Steam for 25% off the regular price.
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Far Cry 2: Fortunes Pack, new downloadable content for Far Cry 2 is now available worldwide on Steam.

This pack includes three brand new weapons, two new vehicles, and five new Multiplayer maps.
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