Spellforce Games casts their magic on Steam
July 8, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Digital Distribution, Downloads, Full Client, Genre, Miscellaneous, Newsbits, RPG, Steam
Spellforce 2 - Shadow Wars and Spellforce 2 - Dragon Storm are the latest titles to ride the Steam train. Both titles are priced at $19.95. You have the option of saving $10 when you buy both them together for $29.99.
Spellforce 2- Shadow Wars:
The most beautiful, perfect and deadly of the Dark Races, the Dark Elves, in league with the mysterious Shadows are threatening to overrun the realm of men. Lead the Avatar and his band of heroes in forging new alliances to face the invasion and save the world of Eo! But soon the Avatar will discover even more sinister forces at work. Lead your armies in monumental battles and unravel the truth behind this epic story. The burden of ancient blood is heavy; it has fallen on you to carry it…
Team Fortress 2 - Pyro Unlocks/Update Released
June 19, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Digital Distribution, Downloads, First Person Shooter, Genre, Miscellaneous, Newsbits, Patches, Steam
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The pyro update is finally here! Alongside 2 user created maps and a bucketload of tweaks:
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
- Added 2 community maps: cp_fastlane and ctf_turbine
Pyro
- Added alt-fire compression blast to the basic flamethrower
- Added The Axtinguisher, The Backburner, and The Flare Gun
- Hadouken taunt now kills people it hits
- Tuned the flamethrower hit detection to improve detection versus retreating opponents
- Removed Flamethrower’s damage falloff (was falling off to 25% by the end)
cp_well
- Added a route from the forward central foyer up to the battlements
- Redistributed health and ammunition throughout the bases
ctf_well
- Added a route from the forward central foyer up to the battlements
- Removed central building, reduced overall map length
- Redistributed health and ammunition throughout the bases
Other Notes
- Removed Soldier’s 40% damage reduction from his own rockets. Does not affect rocket jumps
- In-game avatar images will now have a badge around them if the player is your friend
- Fixed bug that allowed players to move around in a reference pose
- Added custom death icons for unlockable weapons
- The player join team message now specifies whether the player used the auto team option
- Payload maps now support four control points per stage
- Achievement dialog will stay open when you’re moving in & out of the game and the main menu
- Added full Russian localization, with both fonts & speech
- Returned the “Report a Bug” option to the main menu
Grab the update from Steam. NOW!


