There will be an update to Steam this Wednesday beginning at approxamately 6:00am PST. Steam will be unavailable for the duration of the update, which is expected to last three hours.

This update will include the changes previously mentioned:

• Offline Play


• Account validation (via e-mail)


• A new Half-Life 2 hardware survey


• Support for purchasing games through Steam

The Steampowered.com website will be avilable during the downtime window, and will be updated as status changes.