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Penguins Arena: Sedna's World Now Available for Pre-purchase

December 16, 2008, 8:30 am - Alden Kroll - Product Release

Join the snowball battle and drive the other penguin tribes into the sea with Penguins Arena, a thrilling and innovative First Penguin Shooter. Pre-purchase today and save 20%. Available for play on Thursday, Dec 18.

Aquaria Swims Onto Steam

December 15, 2008, 3:43 pm - Alden Kroll - Product Release

The award-winning indie game Aquaria is now available on Steam. Join Naija, a lone underwater adventurer, as she travels from hidden caves shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases in search of her past. She'll uncover hidden treasures, explore uncharted waters, and do battle with massive underwater beasts to learn the truth about her family and reveal the secret of Aquaria.

More Crazy Machines on Steam

December 12, 2008, 3:45 pm - Alden Kroll - Product Release

A new add-on for Crazy Machines 2, the wacky contraptions game from Viva Media, is now available. The original version of Crazy Machines and Crazy Machines 1.5 are now available via Steam as well.

Buy any of these packages before the end of the year and save up to 50% off.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

December 11, 2008, 5:11 pm - Jason Ruymen - Product Release

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

Team Fortress 2

  • The Engineer's teleporters can now be upgraded to level three. It will recharge faster the higher level it is
  • The Engineer's dispensers can now be upgraded to level three. It will give out metal and heal faster as it is upgraded
  • Spies will be able to recharge their cloaking ability by picking up ammo off of the ground or from health cabinets
  • Some changes to the second part of the first stage of Goldrush to give the attackers more of an advantage
  • Any weapons that fire bullets (shotguns, sniper's machine gun, heavy's minigun, etc.) can now break apart the Demoman's stickybombs
  • The icon on the HUD for a person calling for Medic will now give more information to the medic (if the target is low on health, on fire, etc.)
  • Added an achievement tracker that will allow people to choose specific achievements that they are trying to get
  • There is now a custom icon for death messages when the player was killed from a critical hit
  • Added a new particle effect for when a player enters the water
  • Added smoke to the feet of a rocket jumping soldier
  • Players will now have some particles swirling around them so other players can see when they are overhealed

World of Goo - Now Available Worldwide

December 11, 2008, 3:30 pm - Alden Kroll - Product Release

The popular indie game World of Goo is now available for customers worldwide. Drag and drop living, squirming, talking, globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins, and giant tongues.

Prince of Persia Now Available

December 10, 2008, 7:34 am - Alden Kroll - Product Release

The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia franchise returns with an all-new epic journey. With a whole new Prince, storyline, open world environments, combat style, signature illustrative graphical style and the addition of Elika, a deadly new ally, Prince of Persia brings the franchise to new heights of deadly acrobatic artistry.

Prince of Persia is now available on Steam for customers in North, Central, and South America.

Defense Grid: The Awakening Now Available

December 8, 2008, 1:11 pm - Alden Kroll - Product Release

Defense Grid: The Awakening is now available on Steam for $19.99 worldwide. Defend your base from the hordes of invading enemies by strategically building fortification towers in this new 'tower defense' game from indie developer Hidden Path Entertainment.

Buccaneer Sails Onto Steam

December 5, 2008, 3:59 pm - Alden Kroll - Product Release

Will you become the world's greatest and most feared pirate captain, or will you let your infamy ebb away and risk mutiny at the hands of your bloodthirsty crew? Try your hand as a captain on the Caribbean with Buccaneer. Now available worldwide on Steam for just $19.99.

World in Conflict Available Now

December 4, 2008, 11:16 am - Alden Kroll - Product Release

The hit Real-Time Strategy game World in Conflict is now available for steam customers in North and South America for just $29.99. Save 10% when you buy before December 11.

Shaun White Snowboarding Available Now

December 3, 2008, 4:03 pm - Alden Kroll - Product Release

Shaun White Snowboarding is now available in North and South America for $29.99


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