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Speedball 2 - Tournament update released
Updates to Speedball 2 - Tournament have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Speedball 2 - Tournament

• Added a camera to present the two teams at the beginning of the match
  
• Celebration and Replay can now be skipped with keyboard when playing online
  
• Goal keeper now stops the ball when jumping aside in online game
  
• Fixed other minor problems
  

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare update released
Updates to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

• Fixed server browser not showing all of the servers
  
• The "hold [ ] to steady" sniper scope hint will only appear if you can use it
  
• Fixed game not recognizing IWDs existing if they are all in fs_basepath and none are in the main/ folder
  
• Made mod scripts able to change stats
  
• Allow developer_script for mulitiplayer modding
  
• Fixed map rotation errors with usermaps
  
• Fixed minimap not showing up in the menu for usermaps
  
• Mod tools will now work with other languages
  

Special Offer - Save on Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Now through Monday, February 4th, you'll save on Sherlock Holmes - The Awakened.

This point & click adventure game lets you play the parts of Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend Doctor Watson. Real time 3D environments, fascinating ambiances and a gripping story immerse you in a thrilling investigative adventure in the purest style of a Conan Doyle novel.

Valve Unveils Steamworks
Complete Suite of Publishing Tools Available Free of Charge

January 29, 2008 – Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announce Steamworks, a complete suite of publishing and development tools – ranging from copy protection to social networking services to server browsing – is now available free of charge to developers and publishers worldwide.

Steamworks, the same suite of tools used in best-selling PC titles Half-Life 2 and The Orange Box, is available for all PC games distributed via retail and leading online platforms such as Steam. The services included in Steamworks may be used a la carte or in any combination.

Specifically, Steamworks offers:

• Real-time stats on sales, gameplay, and product activation: Know exactly how well your title is selling before the charts are released. Find out how much of your game is being played. Login into your Steamworks account pages and view up to the hour information regarding worldwide product activations and player data.
• State of the art encryption system: Stop paying to have your game pirated before it’s released. Steamworks takes anti-piracy to a new level with strong encryption that keeps your game locked until the moment it is released.
• Territory/version control: The key-based authentication provided in Steamworks also provides territory/version controls to help curb gray market importing and deliver territory-specific content to any given country or region.
• Auto updating: Ensures all customers are playing the latest and greatest version of your games.
• Voice chat: Available for use both in and out of game.
• Multiplayer matchmaking: Steamworks offers you all the multiplayer backend and matchmaking services that have been created to support Counter-Strike and Team Fortress 2, the most played action games in the world.
• Social networking services: With support for achievements, leaderboards, and avatars, Steamworks allows you to give your gamers as many rewards as you would like, plus support for tracking the world’s best professional and amateur players of your game.
• Development tools: Steamworks allows you to administer private betas which can be updated multiple times each day. Also includes data collection tools for QA, play testing, and usability studies.

“Developers and publishers are spending more and more time and money cobbling together all the tools and backend systems needed to build and launch a successful title in today’s market,” said Gabe Newell, president of Valve. “Steamworks puts all those tools and systems together in one free package, liberating publishers and developers to concentrate on the game instead of the plumbing.”
“As more developers and publishers have embraced Steam as a leading digital distribution channel, we’ve heard a growing number of inquiries regarding the availability of the platform’s services and tools,” said Jason Holtman, director business development at Valve. “Offering Steamworks is part of our ongoing efforts to support the needs of game developers and our publishing partners.”

Steam is a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games and digital content. With over 13 million active accounts and more than 250 games, plus hundreds of movie files and game demos available, Steam has become a frequent destination for millions of gamers around the world.

Click here for more information regarding Steamworks. To find out about more about Steamworks contact jasonh@valvesoftware.com

Garry's Mod Update Released
Updates to Garry's Mod have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Garry's Mod

• Fixed NPCs doing no damage to each other
  
• Fixed rare crash when seeing another player exit a vehicle
  
• Fixed loading screen file countdown not working on non Lua files
  
• Minimized the amount of duplicate models in modelprecache string table
  
• Fixed crash when starting map c0a0
  
• Fixed crash on d1_trainstation_04 in multiplayer
  
• Fixed crash when typing in Japanese
  
• Fixed rare server physgun crash
  
• Model browser is now threaded, tree more accurate
  
• Fixed crash when generating spawnicons on some models
  
• Fixed slightly broken reload logic (exposed in the CS pump shotgun)
  
• Fixed ammo displaying wrong when weapons first given
  
• Fixed gauss gun dissapearing when duplicating Jeep
  
• Added "Garry's Mod" root folder to model browser