Breathtaking combat arts and sophisticated spells are waiting to be learned in Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, now available worldwide on Steam for $49.99.
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The Left 4 Dead demo goes public tomorrow, Tuesday, November 11 for the PC and Xbox 360. The demo concludes on November 18, when Left 4 Dead will be made available at retail outlets across North America and worldwide via Steam.
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On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two, the second installment in the RPG-adventure game series based on the web comic Penny Arcade, is now available on Steam worldwide for $14.99.
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Updates to Bullet Candy have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Bullet Candy

• Added achievements
• Updated menus and menu graphics
• Added local high score saving support
• Game now saves player names
• Various graphics refinements
• Improved compatibility in some cases
• Official Intel Mac support
• Various bug Fixes

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Silent Hill® Homecoming, the latest iteration in Konami’s classic horror series, is now available via Steam in North, Central and South America. PC gamers may now enjoy the next chapter of the series – no console required. In addition, PC fans will receive a 10 percent discount for the first 5 days when they purchase Silent Hill Homecoming on Steampowered.com.

Silent Hill: Homecoming takes players deeper into the tormented history of Silent Hill and reveals the evil that surrounds Toluca Lake. The story follows Alex Shepherd, who returns to his hometown of Shepherd’s Glen to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his brother. On his quest, Alex discovers eerie occurrences taking place, and investigates the mystery behind his nightmares. As he struggles to maintain his grip on reality, Alex unravels a tale that takes him from his childhood home to the fog-shrouded streets of Silent Hill. In the end, Alex must face the darkest horrors of his soul to confront the evil that has taken his brother.
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November 6, 2008 – Early access to the Left 4 Dead demo begins today on both the PC and Xbox 360.

This promotion is being offered in addition to the 10% savings for those who pre-order and applies to all Steam PC pre-orders and all PC and Xbox 360 pre-orders from GameStop and EB Games in North America.

On November 11 the demo will be made available to all PC and Xbox 360 gamers worldwide, with no obligation to purchase. The demo concludes on November 18, when Left 4 Dead will be made available at retail outlets across North America and worldwide via Steam.
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Updates to Left 4 Dead Demo have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Left 4 Dead Demo

• Fixed several issues with matchmaking and password protected servers
• Tuned matchmaking to provide better search results
• Fixed bug where servers could stay reserved by matchmaking forever
• Performance optimizations and fixes to networking layer
• Fixed issue where game could cause Steam executable to use too much CPU
• Fixed music resetting when changing video settings
• Fixed some issues with not being able to chat and/or connect to other users

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Updates to Space Trader have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Space Trader

• Users with foreign characters in their Windows username can now load the game
• “CL_ParseGamestate: bad command byte” error is now fixed
• Nose geometry on ‘Hala Couzens’ fixed
• Tritex Water Facility quest in Chapter 5 can now be completed
• Characters no longer get stuck in walls, boxes in Chapter 4
• Multiplayer hostname option no longer visible
• ‘Thug’ animations in hubs now working correctly
• Incorrect character models fixed

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Updates to The Ship have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

The Ship

• Changed default setting for normal game modes to use old method with non-constant Quarry updates and no Quarry compass arrow
• Set default setting for World Leader game modes to use constant Quarry updates and show the Quarry compass arrow
• Added convars for Quarry updates and the Quarry compass arrow to allow server admins to set up their servers as they wish
• Fixed lag compensation issue with players being moved incorrectly while using weapons
• Fixed changelevel bug which resulted in the command being issued multiple timee

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Updates to Far Cry 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Far Cry 2

• Fixed Dolby 5.1 support for most sound cards
• Fixed mission objectives marker after a loading a save game
• Fixed for difficulty level not changing health when updated
• Fixed Jackal Tapes and Partner Tapes pages
• Fixed Field Manuals not unlocking after game mode change
• Fixed glider key remapping
• Fixed keyboard controls remapping in single mode that didn’t carry into multiplayer mode
• Prevent a buddy from getting stuck when healing him while receiving damages
• Fixed stats of favorite weapon not properly reset between loaded save games
• Fixed the mortar moving the player through wall
• When creating a dedicated server with PunkBuster enabled then close it to create another but this time with PunkBuster disabled, PunkBuster will still be considered ON, on this new server
• Display server’s IP address in lobby, beside the match’s name (for direct IP join to work)
• Fixed a problem where a player could get stuck (and couldn’t get killed) after pressing the interaction key while wounded and getting rescued by a teammate at the same time
• Fixed vehicles not being respawned if they were never used
• A ranked match that is already started will not be listed in the match list
• Fixed users not being able to see a match if the host switched match mode after a rank. Prevent the host from changing the server setting in a Ranked Match through the console
• Fixed a glitch that could make a player invisible to another
• Improved match start conditions. Ranked games can now also start if the player max is attained and everybody but the host is ready
• Fixed if a user has too many user maps and tries to enter the map rotation menu in a Player or Ranked match, he would get disconnected
• Fixed incorrect check for negative values when adjusting diamond count
• Fixed a problem where a player would render through objects if healing a wounded playing while being wounded at the same time
• Fixed players with same name by using identifiers instead of names
• Always validate the diamond pool after class upgrades, reset or rank up to avoid getting more diamonds than the player is supposed to for his rank
• Fixed reload not being interrupted on the host when a client picks a weapon while reloading
• Fixed crash when creating a LAN game without a network cable
• Fixed a random crash when joining a game
• Fixed to make sure game is minimized in order to show the website when clicking on ubi.com
• Fixed crash in editor when deleting many objects in very rapid succession
• Fixed crash in editor during parsing of the map headers
• Fixed a random crash that could happen when pressing ESC to cancel a Benchmark run
• Added CPU Intensive benchmark test run
• Allow launching the Dedicated Server Launcher in command line

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November 5, 2008 – Early access to the Left 4 Dead demo begins Thursday, November 6 on both the PC and Xbox 360. The early demo access is scheduled to begin around 2 am PST on the Xbox 360 and 7 am PST on the PC.

This promotion is being offered in addition to the 10% savings for those who pre-order and applies to all Steam PC pre-orders and all PC and Xbox 360 pre-orders from GameStop and EB Games in North America.

On November 11 the demo will be made available to all PC and Xbox 360 gamers worldwide, with no obligation to purchase. The demo concludes on November 18, when Left 4 Dead will be made available at retail outlets across North America and worldwide via Steam.
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All Ubisoft games on Steam are now available in South and Central America. This includes hits such as Far Cry 2, Assassin’s Creed, Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Silent Hunter III, Beyond Good & Evil, and dozens more.

For the full list of games, check out the Ubisoft catalog page.
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Updates to Dawn of War: Soulstorm have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Dawn of War: Soulstorm
Fixes

• Fixed Sisters of Battle Holy Icon resource bug.
• Fixed Dark Eldar Observer Soul Powers bug.
• Fixed Eldar Harlequin’s Dance of Death ability that reset the player’s resources.
• The Illusory Monolith will no longer become real if there are Flayed Ones inside.
• Addressed an issue with trainers working in multiplayer games.
• Observers can no longer use Dark Eldar soul powers.
• Fixed Sisters of Battle holy icon resource exploit.
• Dias of Destruction Dark Scythe ability will no longer be fired multiple times in a single use of the ability.
• Sisters of Battle Mine Fields no longer leave their flame effect if they are destroyed before being fully constructed.
• The Daemon Prince healing in combat modifier will no longer apply repeatedly as the player issues attack orders against enemy heroes.
• Sisters of Battle Thermal Plasma Generator armor type changed to building medium.
• Furious Charge will now properly affect Cultist Aspiring Champions.
• Warp Spiders will now properly prioritize infantry targets over vehicles when automatically attacking.
• Seraphim Veteran Superiors will now benefit from Zealot Charge.
• Dark Reaper Exarchs now benefit from optics upgrades.
• Tau Listening Post Rail Guns now improve the weapons DPS against all target types.
• Tau Broadside Battlesuits will now animate properly.
• The Hellion Squad Succubus’s melee weapon will now properly increase in damage when Power Blades is researched.
• The Tower of Carnage add-on will now give the same resource bonus as the other races listening post add-ons.
• Torture Amp hotkey changed to M.
• Righteous Fever on Repentia squads will no longer turn off when the squad “leader” dies.
• Missionary Lay of Hands hotkey changed to Y.
• Battle Sister squads with heavy bolters using an attack move command will now properly attack at their max range of 40 meters.
• Smite can now target commander units.
• Entangle will no longer be unavailable on Guardian squads when a Farseer is attached.
• Tankbusta rockets can no longer attack ground.
• Tactical Missile Launchers can no longer attack ground.
• The Celestian Veteran Superior now benefits from Blessed Armor research.
• Skyray Gunships now have a fire on the move penalty.
• Archon special attacks now do damage at the appropriate time during the animation.
• IG Heavily Fortified Listening post upgrade now properly increases the damage of the listening post.
• The Penitent Engine’s Flamers fire on the move penalty has been increased to be in line with other walkers.
• The Eldar AI will no longer build a Support Portal before the requirements are met.
• The Raven’s Short Circuit can now target vehicle high.
• Immortals reassembly radius reduced to 20.
• Targeting Optics now properly increases the sight and weapon range of the Firewarrior squad leader.
• Targeting optics now properly increases the sight range of the Stealth Suit squad leader.
• The Honor Guard Kasrkin Sergeant now affected by Kasarkin Armor research.
• Abilities that disable combat on vehicles will now properly disable special attacks as well.
• The Ork forces in the campaign will now always use the proper colour scheme.
• Hellion Honor Guard jump ability will now properly recharge.
• Space Marine Storm Bolter accuracy on the move penalty reduced to be in line with other units.
• Grey Knights now take up only slot in a transport.
• Space Marine research, Wargear: Power Fists can now be researched in the single player campaign.
• Honor Guard Cultist Squads now benefit from Unholy Sight research.
• Guardian Plasma Grenades will now damage Monster armor types.
• Techpriests now start on stand ground stance.
• Honor Guard Heavy Weapons Teams no longer use population cap.
• Macharian Cross now properly boosts the speed of all Command Squad members.
• The Hammerhead holographic clone armor type changed to vehicle medium.
• Honor Guard Broadside Battlesuits no longer use population cap.
• The Tortured Slave’s morale will now properly recover when it reaches its maximum.
• Honor Guard Reaver Jetbikes can now decapture points.
• Sluggaboyz ranged_attack_range affecting their AI behavior adjusted.
• Ogryns, Ogryn Bone’eads, Kasrkin Sergeants, the General, all Psykers and Priests now do morale damage.
• Guardsmen Sergeants morale damage increased.
• Hellhound’s Let It Burn ability now does morale damage.
• Added death explosions to Imperial Guard vehicles.
• The Broadside Railgun now has a piercing value against infantry low.
• Corrected tooltips on the Tau Commander stating that he didn’t have a melee attack.
• The Shas’Vre Fusion Blaster damage against infantry heavy high increased to match the other damage values.
• Drone Squad unburrowing now does morale damage.
• Kroot Shaper now has Feral Leap like other Kroot infantry.
• Fixed a bug with Tau’s Iridium Armor wargear not working properly.
• Tau vehicles now have death explosions.
• Barracuda’s Missile Pods now fire simultaneously.
• Barracuda’s Ion Cannon morale damage increased slightly.
• Crisis Suit Missile Pods can no longer attack ground.
• The Krootox now uses their own sound set instead of the Carnivores’.
• Enabled the Snare Trap’s sounds.
• Fixed an incorrect fire on the move penalty on Haemonculus’ Destructor and Splinter Cannons.
• Soul essence spawned by the Slave Chambers with Torture Pit Add-on can no longer spawn in inaccessible locations.
• Dark Eldar generators death explosions now have proper morale and damage values.
• Tahril no longer takes up population cap.
• Adjusted the min damage value of the Ravager’s right side Disintegrator.
• Archon Tahril now benefits from the Poisoned Blades upgrade.
• Fixed a bug with the Trophy Rack wargear not affecting Tahril’s melee weapons.
• Psyocculum now increases the range of Veteran Superior’s pistols to match the ranges of her squad members’ weapons.
• Adjusted the damage of the twin Penitent Engine melee weapon to match the main melee weapon.
• Added morale and physical damage to Sisters of Battle generator death explosions.
• Fixed a bug with the Sisters of Battle Emperor’s Blessing wargear that was causing infinite health degeneration.
• Added a death explosion to the Excorcist.
• Added hotkeys for the different Field Logistics upgrades and Mechanized Production Efficiency. >> Add the actual hotkeys.
• Enabled the Living Saint’s sync kills.
• Fixed Ecclesiarchal Servitor’s get up animation.
• Fixed Death-Cult Assasin’s get up animation.
• Fixed Missionary’s get up animation.

Chaos

• Reduced the maximium heavy weapons capacity of cultists to 2.
• Chaos Heavy Weapons research now increases Cultist max heavy weapons by 2.
• Hell Talon damage against vehicles and buildings reduced by 10%.

Dark Eldar

• Haemonculus Lab requisition cost increased to 200 requisition/50 power.
• Hall of Blood cost reduced to 225 requisition.
• Cruicible of Malediction duration reduced to 6 seconds.
• Scourages minimum broken time reduced to 5 seconds.

Eldar

• Call to War research time reduced to 45 seconds.
• Ranger damage reduced by 10%.
• Farseer cost reduced to 220 requisition/80 power.

IG

• Hellhound fire on the move penalty increased to 0.4.
• IG Listening Post addon cost increased to 100 requisition/60 power.
• Kasrkin Grenade cooldown increased to 60 seconds.

Necrons

• Necron global power upgrade cost reduced to 350 power.
• Necron global power upgrade 2 cost reduced to 550 power.

Orks

• Stormboy squad cost increased to 180 requisition.
• Grot infiltration cost increased to 50 requisition/20 power.
• Big Mek teleport cooldown time increased by 10 seconds.
• Nob squad building damage reduced by 10%.
• Trukk buildtime increased by 5 seconds.

Sisters of Battle

• Inferno Pistol research cost increased to 50 requisition/30 power.

Space Marines

• Smite cooldown increased by 15 seconds.

Tau

• Firewarrior commander damage decreased by 10%.
• Kroot shaper buildtime reduced to 20 seconds.
• Vespid jump starts half charged.
• EMP grenade duration time reduced by 5 seconds.

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