As promised, a new Team Fortress 2 update is now available through Steam.

The update offers a number of bug and exploit fixes. Among the changes: fixed damage dealing for the Heavy's Natascha unlockable, updated AutoTeam balancing logic, and players no longer getting stuck in the "prepare to respawn..." countdown. Some of the exploit fixes also apply to Day of Defeat: Source.

Full change notes follow

Team Fortress 2

• Added percentage to UberCharge HUD panel for the Medic
• Added upgrade progress and levels to Engineer HUD panel for all buildings
• Added mp_tournament_allow_non_admin_restart server ConVar to allow server admin to toggle whether non-admin players can issue the mp_tournament_restart ConCommand on the server. Default is 1 (current behavior)
• Added flag to the gamerules entity... Read 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... Read more

A beta update for Valve's mod-turned-retail title Day of Defeat: Source (PC) has been announced, bringing a number of new additions to the World War II multiplayer shooter.

Included in the update are 51 achievements, player avatar support and detailed player statistics, along with a Team Fortress 2-style nemesis-revenge freeze cam and new particle effects that came out of TF2's development.

The update also brings with it a new map, dod_Palermo, said to be "a remix of the most popular community map, dod_salerno."

The beta client is currently available to Day of Defeat owners via Valve's online delivery platform Steam.

As noted on the Steam website, new updates for Day of Defeat: Source, the Source Engine and Source TV are now available. Except for DOD:S getting improved hitbox detection, all the changes are exploit and bug fixes.

In case you weren't aware, you are able to play Day of Defeat: Source for free this weekend. The game was recently updated with a new gameplay mode and two new maps.

The Steam website notes that preloading for a second Day of Defeat: Source Free Weekend is now underway. If you have Steam installed you can click this link to start preloading the new data added by the recently released Summer Update patch.

Valve sends along another movie from the imminent Day of Defeat: Source update, this time showing the new map Colmar. Look for the update to be released on Steam today.

And related to the item below, Valve sends along a gameplay trailer from the upcoming Day of Defeat: Source update. The clip shows off the map Jagd.

GameSpot, Techgage, FiringSquad and GameHelper all have hands-on previews of the new Day of Defeat: Source update that's coming out tomorrow. It will contain a new Detonation gameplay mode and two maps.

Valve sent out an email announcing that a Day of Defeat: Source update is coming June 28. The Map Pack update will add the maps Jagd and Colmar to the game, which you'll be able to play in the new Detonation mode. The update will also offer spawn clip adjustments, improved hit location detection, and weapon balancing.

If you've wanted to try Day of Defeat: Source, you will be able to this weekend as Valve let us know that starting at 2PM CST on Friday you can try the game for free. The game can be pre-loaded in advance.

As expected, a new Day of Defeat: Source update is now available upon restarting Steam. The update adds dod_kalt and fixes a problem where players would get stuck on models.

GameHelper has taken a look at the new Day of Defeat: Source updates coming later this week. The article offers impressions of the new map Kalt along with some screenshots.

The Steam Powered website notes that a new update is now available for Day of Defeat: Source. The update fixes a number of bugs in the game.

As noted here, an update for Day of Defeat: Source is now available through Steam. There are various bug fixes, network optimizations, and weapon accuracy adjustements.

According to the Steam news page, an update is now available for Day of Defeat: Source and the Source Engine. The update fixes a few (crash) bugs while also improving performance for videocards which were accidently set to use DX9 when they should've used DX8.

bit-tech.net is the latest site to preview Day of Defeat: Source before it unlocks on Steam this afternoon. The article offers impressions and comparison screenshots.

GameCloud is the latest site with a Day of Defeat: Source preview, checking out Valve's WW2 action game before its release tomorrow.

GameSpot has a final Day of Defeat: Source preview, taking in all the action unlocking for gamers everywhere Monday afternoon on Steam.

New at GameCloud today is this Day of Defeat: Source Q&A with Valve's John Morello II. Questions are about bringing over the old content to the Source engine, historical research, the four included maps, new and returning weapons, gameplay tweaks and a few other things.