Half-Life 2: Episode One, the first in series of episodic games from Valve, is now available for pre-purchase and pre-load via Steam. Those who pre-order the game before it is made available on June 1st will save 10% off the $19.95 price. For more information, visit www.steampowered.com.

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The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

• Fixed dedicated servers defaulting to LAN instead of Internetv
  
• Fixed chat text disappearing when the player respawns


• Fixed longjump not working properly


• Fixed incorrect explosive weapons damage (hand grenades, rockets and mp5 grenades)


• Fixed tripmines sticking out a few units away from the wall


• Fixed players sometimes being invisible after respawn


• Camera now follows your ragdoll when you die

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Updates to the Steam Client have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

• Added 'My media' tab to the main steam window


• Fixed 'delete local content' not working for SiN1


• Separated the notion of 'updating' and 'downloading' in the games list status column


• Changed selecting a new steam skin to prompt for a restart


• Updated internet connection speeds list in the settings dialog


• Added download time estimation to install dialog


• Added Metascore column to games list