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- Play the latest Valve games (like Counter-Strike 1.6 beta!)
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Latest News
Game Maintenance Updates This Week
A few small updates to Steam games are being released this week.
Steam Update Released
An update to Steam has been released to fix a problem that a small number of users have experienced when attempting to launch.
Steam Startup Fix Released
After yesterday's release, Steam was crashing for some users on startup. A fix for this problem has just been released. When you restart Steam, you'll automatically download the fixed version.
A few small updates to Steam games are being released this week.
Steam Update Released
An update to Steam has been released to fix a problem that a small number of users have experienced when attempting to launch.
Steam Startup Fix Released
After yesterday's release, Steam was crashing for some users on startup. A fix for this problem has just been released. When you restart Steam, you'll automatically download the fixed version.
WHAT IS STEAM?
Steam is Valve's new way of getting games into your hands ASAP. Games like Half-Life, Counter-Strike, and Counter-Strike Condition Zero are all being made available through Steam.
Steam games are automatically kept up-to-date with the latest content and revisions. Steam also includes an instant-message client which even works while you're in-game.
At its core, Steam is a distributed file system and shared set of technology components that can be implemented into any software application.
With Steam, developers are given integrated tools for direct-content publishing, flexible billing, ensured-version control, anti-cheating, anti-piracy, and more.
Check out the full feature list, and install Steam today!
