Day of Defeat: Source Update Brings Achievements, Steam Player Statistics, More

Valve has released a new update for Day of Defeat: Source (PC), offering a new map, achievements and more for the company's multiplayer World War II shooter. To commemorate the new content, the company announced that Day of Defeat: Source will be free to play this holiday weekend for all Steam users.

Originally introduced last month as a beta update, the patch brings a set of 51 achievements to the game via Valve's Steamworks development suite, as well as the nemesis and revenge freeze cams as seen in Valve's Team Fortress 2 (PC).

Detailed player statistics are now reflected in Steam's community features, breaking down kills and other information in a team- and class-based format. Also included is the new map Palermo, a new remixed version of the title's popular community-created map dod_salerno.

Available free of charge, the update will download automatically upon restarting the Steam client. Complete details of the update are viewable below.

From the Palermo update page:

• Palermo

  Introducing Palermo, a new Day of Defeat: Source map from Magnar

  "insta" Jenssen. This map's design was inspired by the Italian port city of the

  same name and was also based in part on "Salerno", a popular community map.

  Palermo features five capture points, four of which often flip back and forth between

  teams during play. The central plaza's two-person capture point is the map's key strategic

  area.

• Steam Community Integration

  Steam Community avatars will now appear next to each player name in the scoreboard, on the

  end-of-round panel, and as part of the newly-added freeze cam. Also, when you have friends

  playing with you in the game you'll be able to spot them using the new Friend icon next to

  their avatar on the scoreboard.

• Achievements

  There are now 51 unique achievements that you can earn for your play in-game. We've

  designed them to cover a variety of different play styles and specializations, and to

  recognize some of the rare and amazing feats people pull off while playing. For example, Jack

  of All Trades rewards players for earning a kill with a Machine Gun, Sniper Rifle,

  Rifle, Sub-Machine Gun, and a Grenade all in a single life.

• Player Statistics

  Day of Defeat: Source players can now show off their own stats and achievement progress in

  the Steam Community, using a method similar to

  href="http://steamcommunity.com/id/mugsy/stats/TF2" class="textLink">Team Fortress 2's

  gameplay stats. Detailed statistics including usage of each weapon and class will be

  gathered displayed, giving players an at-a-glance view of each other's specific strengths.

• Freeze Cam

  Tired of getting killed by snipers without being able to tell where the fire is coming

  from? Day of Defeat: Source now has a freeze camera of your attacker, which will let you

  know where they are (or where they were when they shot you) and also allows you to take a

  screenshot for posterity. Also, if you score three consecutive kills against another

  individual player, you will be called out as "dominating" them.