Source: Steam
These changes are for the better advancement of Steam. I look forward to being able to use Steam at LAN parties now. I know this has been a dilemma in the past. This is why Steam did not update last week.

There will be a number of significant Steam events in the coming days.

The first will be a long-awaited Steam client release. The highlights from this release will be:

• Offline Play


• Account validation (via e-mail)


• A new Half-Life 2 hardware survey


• Support for purchasing games through Steam

There are a number of other small changes along with the ones listed above, as well as a number of changes planned out past the launch of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.