Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® Chaos Rising Now Available in Australia and New Zealand!
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® Chaos Rising is now available in Australia and New Zealand!
In Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising you will take command of the Blood Ravens and defend the sector against the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion. Purge the chaos filth and hold the chapter together as traitorous forces work from within to try bring down the Blood Ravens.
Also now available in the Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® Gold Edition which contain the original game plus Chaos Rising. Already own Dawn of War II? Gift the extra copy to a friend!
Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition Update Released
Updates to Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Version 1. 2 Information:
- General performance increase on all supported configurations.
- DMM performance increase.
- Added Version number update in launcher.
- Rogue Jedi’s tunic is now visible during gameplay.
- Emperor’s arms are now visible during gameplay.
- Fixed parts of the “Dark Lord’s Armor” from continually bouncing
Dragon Age: Origins Update Released
Updates to Dragon Age: Origins have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.
Dragon Age: Origins
- Various changes have been made to code and resources to support the Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening expansion pack. Most of these changes do not affect Origins itself
- Some players were experiencing increasingly long load times. A major cause of this problem has been fixed
- At higher levels, non-player characters now receive a bonus to armor penetration. This mitigates an unintentional imbalance with well-armored high-level characters, since armor penetration previously did not scale as aggressively as armor itself did
- Elite-rank enemies (lieutenants) can no longer be shattered. This preserves the intended tactical design of many combat encounters
- Portraits for summoned creatures (like a ranger’s wolf) were displaying improperly while in the party camp. This no longer occurs
SQUARE ENIX, Eidos Interactive Publisher Week - Day 2
Another set of deep discounts on two series from SQUARE ENIX and Eidos Interactive have begun!
50% off the following games:
Order of War
Battlestations: Midway
Battlestations: Pacific
60% off the following collections:
66% off the following bundles:
Supreme Commander 2 Update Released
Updates to Supreme Commander 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Bug Fixes and Improvements
- Improved path-finding and performance for larger games
- Navigation fixes for Cybran Protobrain and UEF experimental Transport
- Range rings for Illuminate Space Temple
- Rare Desync fix
- Improved Eyefinity support
- Victory message for Players in MP game
- Game type indicator on in-game scoreboard
- Dead player indication on in-game scoreboard
- Passworded games for your friends will now show up in the friends tab (see related known issues below)
- Setting Exclusions in skirmish lobby will no longer reset player choices (color, team etc)
- New Multiplayer Leaderboards
- Also added message to players when they leave the chat on Summary screen and on Skirmish
- Added [TEAM] tag to the messages that are sent to team only
- Highlight on top scores in summary screen
- MP UI polish - Multiple fixes and polish throughout the MP menus
Balance and Tuning
- Proto Brain vision radius increased to 32. Was 10
- Soul Ripper, Darkenoid, Mega-Fortress and Star King Extreme crash damage set to 5000
- AC-1000 crash damage increased to 1500
- Fixed Cybran Gunship strategic icon
- Space Temple now shows its max range
- Proto Brain and Star King Extreme navigation radius fixed
- UEF Gunship RP cost increased to 5. Was 3
- AC-1000 RP cost decreased to 5. Was 6
- Wilfindja movement speed increased to 3.6. Was 3
- Gantry cost reduced to 400m/1300e. Was 450. Build Time reduced to 120. Was 150
- Decreased UEF Transport AA by 50%
- Fixed Illuminate Land Radar boost description
- Reduced Research Station mass cost to 375
- Megalith Energy cost reduced to 2300. Was 2650
- Cybranasaurus Energy cost reduced to 4900. Was 5250
- Urchinow Energy cost reduced to 2100. Was 2550
- Fatboy Energy cost reduced to 2350. Was 2690
Known issues
- Joining passworded games via the “Friends” list still not functioning to spec. Joining via standard game list fully functional
- Default games list is currently limited to games hosted in your current Global Steam region. We will be adding a “Show All Regions” button in the next patch. There is currently no limitation on inviting Friends from any region via Steam, however
Coming Soon
- Ranked 1v1 matches. Currently targeting the end of March. We’ll have more info soon
Nation Red Update Released
Updates to Nation Red have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.
New Features
- Steam Cloud! Your profiles, mission data and custom settings are now all saved to Cloud
- Added newly requested achievements
- Removed ‘Unlock Weapons’ perk, instead weapons are now classed from melee, handguns, SMG, etc. to Heavy Weapons. Each class will unlock automatically after a set timeframe with a small amount of random unlocking
- Further balanced the score system; you’ll be able to score higher with more XP per kill but this is counter-balanced by an increase in Xp needed to level up every time. Seems to work well and you will easily be able to shake up the leaderboards
- Melee weapon attacks are faster (so it feels like less lag between your mouse action and the on-screen result)
- Portuguese version added
- Fixed graphic glitch in Mission 4
- Fixed freezing after selecting 10 perks in Strategic Mode
- More bosses appear later on in Free Play games
- Fixed ‘Heavy Weapon’ perk issue with one particular weapon
- Remove all Sentry-Gun and Ghost related perks when Lone Wolf Perk is selected
- Bind Mission Stars to profiles
- Fixed bug where difficulty slider doesn’t show up. This allows you to play for Mission Stars in easy/hard mode instead of the current ‘default mode’
- Crawling zombies will appear in Free Play
Assassin’s Creed 2 Now Available in Europe, Asia, Australia
Assassin’s Creed 2 is now available in Europe, Asia, and Australia. The highly anticipated title features a new hero, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a young Italian noble, and a new era, the Renaissance.
Assassin’s Creed 2 will be available for customers in North, Central, and South America on March 9th.
Weekend Deal: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising 75% Off!
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is available for 75% off until Monday!
Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic Now Available
Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic is now available on Steam!
Step behind the periscope of a German U-boat and take on the Allied Forces in famous battles across the vast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
The best-selling submarine series of all time continues with the highly anticipated Silent Hunter: Battle of the Atlantic. For the first time, you can live the life of a submarine captain from a first-person view as you lead your crew in a truly dynamic campaign.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition Now Available in parts of Europe!
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition is now available in parts of Europe!
The Limited Edition includes six multiplayer unlocks and is only available until March 16th at 12:01 AM PST! Battlefield: Bad Company 2™ brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected “Battlefield moments.”
The rest of the world will receive Battlefield: Bad Company 2 tomorrow at 4 PM PST.
