The bug fixing continued this week for some of top titles on Steam.
Team Fortress 2
- Reduced
Medic’s unlockable requirements to match that of the Pyro’s. Medic
players now meeting the requirements will receive their unlockables
shortly after joining a server
- Fixed Spy sapper viewmodel animation popping
- Fixed another issue with the Hot on your Heels achievement
- Incorporated
the new Russian fonts into the base Team Fortress 2 fonts. Fixes the
missing fonts problem when running in Russian with English VO
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Fixed an exploit that allowed players to access certain console dvars during multi-player matches
- Fixed a crash that could occur when a Chinatown Sabotage match would go into over-time
- Fixed a bug where the MP icons (Bomb, Defend, Capture, etc) were always showing up as English regardless of the install language
Audiosurf
- Added special track conditions for upcoming radio songs
- Restored normal Mono scoring
- Enabled Pointman to throw blocks into lane four on 4-lane songs
Time for a catch up. These games were released on Steam in the past week.
Pacific Storm ($15.99)
Happy Tree Friends False Alarm ($23.99)
RACE 07 Addon: Andy Priaulx Crowne Plaza Raceway (Free)
It’s been a bit crazy at Steam Report HQ the last few days - John and I have been consolidating our abode (that’s moving in to a new house together for those of us who talk normally), and the house looks like a bomb site.
While we’ve been doing this, a coupld of games have been released - Crazy Machines 2 a strategy game that looks a bit like the calssic Incredible Machine (trailer available) and Out of the Park Baseball. Not much else to say about them except that if you’re interested, check them out for $19.99 and $39.99 respectively.
In addition to the recent Pyro (and other) updates for TF2, Valve have just launched a brand new Team Fortress 2 Blog. While it is still in the very early stages of it’s launch (no RSS, no Favicon!?), it looks like Valve have some big plans for continuing to expand the world of Team Fortress 2.
Since there’s no RSS, for now, we’ll be posting any updates here so that you can get them all in your reader without having to keep visiting the site! Aren’t we nice 
Two highly addictive games have received updates today. I might have some spare time soon to go back to CivIV - it’s a very slippery slope.
Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
- Added option to disable espionage
- Cavalry and Cuirassiers can Flank attack Cannons and all earlier siege weapons
- Gunships can Flank Attack Cannons, Artilley, Mobile Artillery
- Flanking damage now depends on strength of defending unit, not on strength of siege weapon
- Flank attack now has a maximum number of siege units it can affect
- Horse archers no longer receive attack bonus against Trebuchets
- Destroyer: no longer upgrades to anything
- Stealth Destroyer: lower cost, 2 first strikes, no bombard, no interception
- Attack Submarine: Increased cost
- Airship no longer gets bonus attacking ships
- Fixed bug with building culture bonus mouseover
- Fixed multiplayer hang when loading a game without all human players present
- Fixed reload crash
- Fixed info screen demographics Import/Export rank reversal
Day of Defeat: Source Beta
- Updates to official maps to improve lighting and fix exploits
- Fixed 4 grenade kill achievement being awarded with less than 4 kills
- Adjusted grenade trail particle effect
- Fixed achievement particle effect
- Changes to smoke grenade particle effect to increase perf
- Increased screen fade radius of smoke grenade
- Snipers can no longer sprint while zooming their sniper rifle
- Steam community avatar image now includes friend status
If you are interesting seeing what Telltale worked on before the recent rejuvenation of Sam and Max then Bone might be worth checking out. Episodes 1 & 2 have been put on Steam today for $8.99 each or $14.99 for the pair.
Speaking of pairs Telltale’s Texas Hold’em is also available today for $8.99.
It hasn’t been long since the medic update but Valve have already made it official - the Pyro update for Team Fortress 2 will hit Steam this Thursday. Included in the update,
- 35 new achievements
- 3 new unlockable Pyro weapons
- 2 user created maps
For those who still haven’t bought TF2 (any of you?), Valve will once again be hosting a free weekend of play beginning on Friday where you can test out this new content.
Ubisoft decided to push out an interesting selection of titles today. They fall into two very different categories - hardcore sim or uber casual. Either way these are more games that you can’t buy outside of North America. The wait continues.
Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific
Silent Hunter III
Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific U-Boat Missions
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Petz Catz 2
Petz Dogz 2
Petz Horsez 2
