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Steam 2010 User Interface Beta Now Live

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  • 24-02-2010 1:35am
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    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,500 CMod ✭✭✭✭


    This is the biggie. After months and months of work, its finally about to go live in the next while.
    A Brand New Steam.


    Valve Press Release:
    Steam Update Announced - Public Beta Open Now
    New Features Advance Leading Gaming Platform
    February 23, 2010 -- Valve announces a new version of Steam which is immediately available in public beta.

    In the last 12 months, Steam has grown 200%. There are now 25 million users, 1000+ games, 12 billion player minutes per month, and 75 billion Steam client minutes per month. To accommodate this growth, a new Steam client has been created.

    This opt-in beta is available immediately to all Steam users. If users already have Steam installed on their computer, they can [URL="steam://open/settings"]take part in the beta by clicking this link[/URL] (steam://open/settings) and then selecting "UI Update" under Beta Participation. If they don't have Steam installed, they can download it here (http://store.steampowered.com/). To preview the new Steam client without taking part in the beta, a complete rundown of the new features is available here (http://store.steampowered.com/uiupdate/).

    Increasingly the most effective way of reaching new gamers is through the existing players of a game. With the new Steam release, gamers will now be able to see which games their friends have purchased directly within the Steam storefront. 25 million gamers create a highly effective and knowledgeable source of purchase suggestions.

    News outlets now have the ability to reach the Steam community through the new client's News aggregator functionality. Those organizations interested can contact Doug Lombardi at lombardi@valvesoftware.com.
    With users purchasing more and more games through Steam, new methods of library management were needed. The new client introduces library customization tools to help gamers sort, group, and find games in libraries which for some hardcore players contain hundreds of titles. In addition to having lots of games, gamers needed methods of tracking all of their achievements in a standardized cross-game fashion, which is now possible with the new release.

    "We made hundreds of changes to the Steam client as a result of customer feedback on the interface, performance, and functionality," said John Cook, Director of Steam Development at Valve. "For example, we swapped out the Internet Explorer rendering engine with WebKit, which gives us a bunch of size, stability and performance benefits. This release of Steam leaves us well prepared for another year of strong growth."

    About Steam

    The leading online platform for PC games and digital entertainment, Steam delivers new releases and online services to over 25 million PC users around the world. For more information, please visit steamgames.com.


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    #2
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,500 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Should be going live right about . . . now.:)


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    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    looks good but
    - its freezing randomly on downloading games
    - its redownloading games i already have downloaded :mad:
    - it seems VERY sluggish in comparison to the other steam

    dunno, maybe its just me.


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    Kinetic^
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    Looks nice, will get a proper look in the morning.


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    dreamers75
    Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    cherryghost wrote: »
    looks good but
    - its freezing randomly on downloading games
    - its redownloading games i already have downloaded :mad:
    - it seems VERY sluggish in comparison to the other steam

    dunno, maybe its just me.

    fairly sure thats the normal steam.


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    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    ah ffs... modern warfare 2 install is borked. :mad:


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    wyrn
    Registered Users Posts: 6,978 ✭✭✭wyrn


    Does it need to redownload all your games?!
    If that's the case I might give it a miss. It was bad enough a few weeks ago after I reformatted. Cannot go through the agony again.

    Can't wait to see it though.


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    balkieb2002
    Registered Users Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭balkieb2002


    cherryghost wrote: »
    ah ffs... modern warfare 2 install is borked. :mad:

    Same thing happend for me too.

    Got it working again though by opting back out of the beta and reinstalled it from a disc (thankfully had backup iso's on external).

    When i installed the beta it deleted 7gb from my call of duty folder!!


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    L31mr0d
    Registered Users Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    looking good. Although they've removed the ability to minimize down the size of the library (previously games) window. I used to like the option of only seeing the title of the games I have installed in a tiny window. :(


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    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    wyrn wrote: »
    Does it need to redownload all your games?!
    If that's the case I might give it a miss. It was bad enough a few weeks ago after I reformatted. Cannot go through the agony again.

    Can't wait to see it though.

    no just a few... its a bug:(


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