Click here to watch the new trailer for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. To celebrate the new CS: GO trailer, the Counter-Strike franchise is 75% off this weekend!

"Counter-Strike took the gaming industry by surprise when the unlikely MOD became the most played online PC action game in the world almost immediately after its release in August 1999," said Doug Lombard, VP of Marketing at Valve. "For the past 12 years, it has continued to be one of the most-played games in the world, headlin... [read more]

It's easy to forget how unforgiving Counter-Strike can be. Valve's competitive online shooter truly rewards the skilled and stomps all over the newcomers. There are no Call of Duty-style kill streaks, no artillery barrages to call in or packs of dogs to let loose. It's just you, your guns, a few grenade types and your ability to react. Map knowledge, teamwork and quick reflexes are the only things that matter...
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Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)
Fixed a client crash during demo playback
Fixed a SourceTV crash
Dedicated servers can now have both SourceTV and Replay enabled at once
"replay [config file]" and "+tv_enable 1" should be used to launch the server

Team Fortress 2
Added TF birthday replacement models for health kits and ammo packs
Added TF birthday Party Hat and Noisemaker
Fixed The Short Circuit attacking friendly projectiles
Fixed The Sho... [read more]

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)
Added libgcc_s.so.1 to supply dependency for some Linux distributions that do not come with this file

Team Fortress 2
Added the Deus Ex promo items
Added a bell when the Sniper Rifle is fully charged
Toggled in the Adv. Options dialog
Fixed disguised Spies showing their critboost status
Fixed a replay render bug where .wav files did not get written for raw TGA/WAV export
Updated the localization files
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Patch 1.13
Addressed a crash for players with more than 250 Friends
Fixed several map exploits
Various stability improvements
MODS: Server Browser now truncates modded game types that are longer than four characters in the MODE column
Server: addressed an issue in which some playlist settings could be ignored if sv_maprotation is too long
Mod tools
Improved AMD/ATI graphics card support in Effects Editor
Addressed an issue with saving an EFX in Effects Editor
Convert All now works correctly
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Release Notes:
Fixed Blood Harvest Finale scoring.
Fixed missing skybox in Blood Harvest with low shader settings.
Fixed campaign search filter dropdown missing Dead Air, Blood Harvest, and Cold Stream.
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The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns on November 8th with this epic sequel to the multiple Game of the Year award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2.
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Notch, the creator of Minecraft, announced a challenge to Bethesda this morning to settle the dispute over the name Scrolls once and for all...
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Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Left 4 Dead 2
Encore Mutation: Healing Gnome
Blood Harvest Beta Campaign
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Valve today announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, an updated title due out early next year for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, PC, and Mac...
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