Half-Life 2 & Episodes 1/2 Main

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 & 2, and Portal have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Team Fortress 2, Episode 1 & 2, and Portal


Added support for the Novint Falcon


General

Added an option to the advanced multiplayer menu to select left or right handed view models

Fixed a bug where a spectator's wearable items could be seen floating around the player they were spectating

Fixed a bug where a fake Spy hand would appear on the screen of other players

Custom death animations now only play 25% of the time

Fixed teleporters not being build-able in some places where they should be (such as within the pit at the end of Badwater Basin)

Fixed rare client crash on connection and level change

Removed refract from water ripples caused by bullet impacts for performance reasons

Added log entries for player extinguished events using the medigun, jarate, flamethrower and dispenser

Started tracking localization settings to help make decisions regarding localization in the future

Fixed the blank progress bar in the upper-left of the screen when the client scheme is reloaded


Mapmaker requests

Added spawn flag to func_respawnroomvisualizer that allows it be non-solid to players

Added SetSolid input to func_respawnroomvisualizer to change solidity to players dynamically

Added OnWonByTeam1 and OnWonByTeam2 outputs to the TFGamerulesProxy


Sniper

Fixed a bad detection case in the "Friendship is Golden" achievement

Changed the description of the "Triple Prey" achievement so it better describes how to get it

Critical arrows now have a trail and correctly deal enhanced damage

The Huntsman now defaults to be right handed

Friendly arrows will no longer trigger the near miss sound on you

Fixed several sources of floating arrows


Spy

Fixed disguised Spies occasionally looking like they have invulnerability, instead of the correct fake Spy mask

Disguised spies will no longer lose their disguise weapon when they interact with a weapon locker

Fixed a bug where the spy's watch would randomly change models during play

Fixed uncloaked spies flickering in and out of the cloak effect when taking damage

The Cloak and Dagger now always regenerates at its intended rate. Previously it only regenerated at the correct rate when the spy was cloaked

Increased the Cloak and Dagger regeneration rate slightly

Capped the rate of energy loss from moving faster than run speed (falling / air toss) while cloaked with the Cloak and Dagger

The Dead Ringer's cloak consume rate has been slightly reduced, giving about an extra second of cloak time on a full meter

Emerging from the Dead Ringer's cloak now drains up to 40% of the cloak meter instead of 100%. This drain only happens if the meter is at least 60% full

The Dead Ringer's cloak meter can now be regenerated from ammo sources

The Ambassador now only crits when fully accurate and no longer penetrates enemies

The Spy can no longer change weapons from the knife while shocked by the Razorback

Force-A-Nature & Flamethrower air blast knockback effects no longer work on disguised spies

Fixed disguised Spies showing the wrong teleporter effects when using an enemy teleporter

A new update (number 46) has arrived for Garry's Mod that makes the following changes:

Garry's Mod Update 46
# Sped up startup times (by up to 15 seconds)
# Slightly reduced 'sandbox' loadtimes
# Reverted to older version of 'FindInSphere' function
# Reverted gravgun hold to pre-orange box style
# Fixed 'PrintMessage' not working on dedicated server
# Fixed cs_fix.mdl server crashing exploit
# Fixed exploit in RunConsoleCommand allowing any console command to be run

The update post over on the Garry's Mod website comes with a note of advice that if you experience problems with the spawn menu it's probably because the server you have joined is not yet updated. There's also a link in the post to help with refreshing your installation of the mod.

What appears to be the first Concept Art on the much awaited Half-Life 2: Episode 3 has surfaced.

Drawn by artists Ted Backman, Jeremy Bennett, Tristan Reidford and listed for the PC, XBOX 360 and PS3. The picture shows what appears to be Freeman in the distance with a Combine Adviser in the middle of a large Citadel.

While Valve has not shown or mentioned anything of EP3 at E3 and has been mum on it ever since the release of EP2 last year one has to wonder if this is the real deal and if it is when is it coming?

See the picture here:
http://www.absolutegamenetwork.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1527