Counter-Strike - News Overview

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June
June 23rd, 2010
Counter-Strike: Source Update Released Just as we posted earlier - the update we predicted would be released today has gone live! The update is rather large (752MB) so get started on the update by restarting Steam. Counter-Strike Source Changes 144 achievements added New lifetime player stats and summary.. Read More · Comments		Big Update for Counter-Strike: Source Coming If you have been somewhere else (a cave?) you would have otherwise known Counter-Strike: Source Beta has been in limited testing phase since the beginning of May, or about 2 months ago. The update is schedule to go "public" perhaps some time today (June 23rd).. CS:.. Read More · Comments
May
May 15th, 2010
Free Portal HL 2 Game Starting today, VALVe is offering everyone the opportunity to get Portal for free! To get the game for free, simply login to your Steam account, search for Portal and add it to your game, or you can click here to access the Steam page directly. After you add the game it.. Read More · Comments		Steam Client Update An update to the Steam Client has been released.. Changes with this update: Steam Client Win32 side support for Steam Play / Steam Cloud integration with upcoming Mac titles Fix a regression causing Steam to fail if installed in a path with non-ascii characters Fix to.. Read More · Comments
Source SDK Update Updates to the Source SDK have been released. Those that have the SDK installed should restart Steam to get the updates. Source SDK The Source SDK was updated today to fix tool problems for some games and mods. We are sorry for the disruption to your work that the SDK.. Read More · Comments		New Steam Update Released Updates to the Steam Client (v3.0) have been released. Plenty of fixes and various optimization with this update so, it's suggested you update your Steam client as soon as possible. To get the updates below, simply restart your Steam client. Steam Client Change.. Read More · Comments
April
April 28th, 2010
New Steam 3.0 Client After nearly 7 years since the last Steam make-over (back in 2003) VALVe has officially released the new v3.0 of the Steam Client. Among some of the changes (besides the obvious improved GUI - Graphic User Interface) are a bunch of features and optimization to the.. Read More · Comments		Steam Update for 2010 First update of the year has been release :) To update Steam click "Check for Steam Client Updates...". on the File menu within the Steam window. Changes in this update: Improved caching of images/icons fetched over HTTP and used inside client UI (avatars, achievement.. Read More · Comments
December
December 11th, 2009
Steam Client Update Updates to the Steam client have been released. This is a mandatory update and Steam must be restarted for changes to take effect. Fix for a case where games get stuck with "Download starting..." Improved the Windows 7 Jump List. Added more MRU apps, added a link for.. Read More · Comments		Left 4 Dead: 2 Demo Released The much anticipated L4D2 (Demo) has been released. Maybe VALVe will finally lower the price of the first Left For Dead series which has been seriously overpriced for about a year now -- considering its been selling at Walmart and Target for under 30 bucks for the last.. Read More · Comments
October
October 31st, 2009
Steam Update Another update to the Steam client has been released.. In addition, Left 4 Dead 2 demo will be released on Tuesday, November 3rd. It will be availble to everyone so preload now and be ready when the demo is released! Restart Steam to get the update. Improve the steam.. Read More · Comments		Steam Client Update Updates to the Steam client have been released. Get your client updated by restarting Steam. Changes in this release: Fixed voice chat in Left 4 Dead lobbies Improved overlay screen size detection for D3D9 games with multiple swap chains with different size back.. Read More · Comments
Steam Update Released Steam update has been released. Like usual, restart Steam to get the update. Changes: Fixed a crash in the chat introduction dialog Add SSE 3 and SSE 4 detection support to the hardware survey Overlay work to support upcoming games Steamworks API.. Read More · Comments		Vote Gordon Freeman It's your chance to vote for the greatest game hero of all time. Gordon is in need of your help: We come to you today with a humble plea. We consider Steam to be the true home of Half-Life games, so we're coming to you in hopes that you will help us make Half-Life's hero,.. Read More · Comments
September
September 29th, 2009
Map and File Submission Delay We've had some problems with the file server that is responsible for queuing the files that are uploaded. Apparently there was a file system permission issue that kept the queue from synchronizing with the hard drive that distributes the files to everyone. It appears no.. Read More · Comments		Steam Client Updated An update to the Steam client has been released. Changes in this release: Added contact email account verification by request and on new account creation Improved account security with verified contact email to prevent phishing Added mod support for Killing Floor Fixed.. Read More · Comments
August
August 26th, 2009
CS: Source and Steam Engine Update For those that weren't aware, a Steam update for CS: Source has been released. This update is mostly security updates and fixes.. Engine Fixed an exploit that allowed files to be uploaded to the server at arbitrary locations in the file system Fixed a server crash.. Read More · Comments		Steam Update Released New updates for Steam have been released. Mostly bug fixes and the usual.. Restart Steam to apply the updates. Changes in this update: Made connections to misbehaving content servers timeout and retry a new server correctly Fixed the client sometimes forgetting a game.. Read More · Comments
Scheduled Steam Downtime Steam will be offline for maintenance today August 6th, 2009 between 6PM and 9PM PST. Here is the announcement posted earlier: Beginning at 6:00 pm Pacific time Thursday August 6th, we will be performing software maintenance on some Steam servers. We expect the resulting.. Read More · Comments		Counter-Strike 1.6 Update A small update for CS 1.6 has been released. To get the update simply restart your Steam Client or click File on the Steam menu then select "Check for Steam client updates.." Half-Life Engine Added -sys_ticrate command line option to allowed forced override of.. Read More · Comments
July
July 1st, 2009
Source SDK Hammer update An update for Source SDK Hammer editor has been released. Restart the Steam client to get your SDK updated. Fixed bug in which the model browser can become unresponsive Game overlay no longer attaches to Hammer which fixes incorrect 3D camera position bugs Google.. Read More · Comments		Steam Update Released A new Steam update has been released. This update has some bug fixes and some more improvements on the speed at which Steam launches. To get the update click the file menu on the My Steam window then select "Check for Steam Client Updates..." and restart when.. Read More · Comments
June
June 22nd, 2009
Source and Half-Life Game Server Browser A little tool that was submitted to query Source and HL1 servers: I wrote a piece of software that allows software developers and website owners to query any game based on Valve's Source and Half-Life protocol. Currently there is very little to no DLL/class library out.. Read More · Comments		Steam Client Update New updates for Steam have been released. If your client doesn't automatically update: Select File on the main Steam window then select Check for Steam Client Updates... Finally restart when prompted. Changes include: Changed the Steam service to warn users when it's.. Read More · Comments
Valve Announces Left 4 Dead 2 June 1, 2009 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2), the sequel to the best-selling and critically-acclaimed co-operative multiplayer.. Read More · Comments		Downloading Cheats Unsafe There are numerous malicious applications that claim to give you cheats for Counter-Strike. Be prepared to have adware and malicious software installed on to your computer if you download or visit any of these sites claiming to offer CS Cheats. This is a warning to all.. Read More · Comments
May
May 20th, 2009
CS 1.6 Update Released New updates for Counter-Strike 1.6 have been released. Valve has removed the silent-walking fix they previously implemented due to adverse side-affects. A new implementation should soon follow.. For now, restart Steam to receive this new update. Counter-Strike 1.6.. Read More · Comments		New Steam Update Released Its been a while since the last Steam update, So start the week off with a new steamn update! Most of the changes seem to be with chat-stuff so don't expect like nuclear weapons or drastic change with this update.. Restart Steam for the updates. To apply the update,.. Read More · Comments
CS 1.6 vs CS Source Some news bits that were submitted.. Some seem interested enough in comparing counter-strike 1.6 with cs source.. Counter-Strike 1.6 and source have been out for a while, and it's time there be a proper comparison between the two games. You may not agree with the.. Read More · Comments		Maps, maps and more maps The mapping community is cranking out tons of maps and it's great to see them coming in. We know there was a delay in maps being added but that was mostly my fault, sorry 'bout that. Lately we have been accepting maps that normally aren't under our guidelines, so please.. Read More · Comments