Däremot sa han att det definitivt blir mer Portal (banpaket eller uppföljare?) och att Valve har planer på att börja sälja film och musik. Slutligen medgav han, men med annat ordval, att det varit en korkad idé att låta kalla HL2:s expansioner för episoder med tanke på den utdragna utvecklingstiden, och att den tredje ”episoden” (som ursprungligen hade ett estimerat releasedatum satt till julen 2007…) inte kommer att stressas.

• Fixed downloads becoming paused
• Improved download speeds
• Decreased application launch time
• Fixed URL links in chats to not include trailing punctuation as part of the link
• Changed group event notifications to open at most 8 dialogs

Torsdagens TF2-uppdatering
• Fixed a performance regression

Onsdagens TF2-uppdatering
• Fixed crash when viewing some HTML MOTDs
• Fixed problems with 3d sound in surround mode for some Audigy X-Fi users
• Medigun no longer continues to heal enemy Spies who have lost their disguise
• Fixed a weapon switching exploit that allowed Snipers to fire slightly faster than intended
• Tweaked shadow filtering to make shadows look more smooth
• Fixed Server Plugin ”StartQueryCVarValue” falsely returning CvarNotFound for cvars that did exist
• Fixed crash in HTML control in IE7 on page load, most often seen in the server Message of the Day
• Fixed small memory leak in HTML controller
• Made HTML output more compatible with new XHTML document styles
• Fixed physics crash involving bad ragdoll friction values
• Fixed detail sprite fading
• Added anti-bunny hopping code

Onsdagens Steam-uppdatering
• Fixed case where the Team Fortress 2 statistics could become corrupted
• Improved network connectivity issues

Tisdagens Portal-uppdatering
• Optimized Portal demos to have fewer issues when going through actual Portals

Tisdagens Steam-uppdatering
• Fixed rare crash when viewing game info in the serverbrowser
• Fixed game server pings being -1 if you refreshed often

TF2-uppdateringen
• Improved compatibility for direct sound
• Deathcam screenshots now move the player id panel to the lower right, and hide other hud elements until the freezecam fades
• Improved autobalance calculation code when determining who to switch
• Improved networking compatibility for some routers
• Fixed a crash during level init related to model loading
• Fixed issues on Dustbowl and Hydro that could occur when a server emptied in the middle of a round
• Fixed a bug in the clientside player avoidance code, and smoothed it a little more
• Further crash fixes related to paged pool memory usage
• Fixed scoreboard team scores label getting cut off
• Engineer buildings now explode when the Engineer dies during sudden death
• Fixed a spy backstab exploit where you could stab a player who was not facing away from you
• Fixed flailing at the low end of the cloak meter when the player gets uncloaked automatically
• Fixed texture detail level setting ”Very high” not being preserved
• Improved various error messages, and added links to steampowered support pages
• Fixed scoring problem where destroying a buildable added a phantom point, not attributed to any scoring bucket but still included in total score
• Fixed honeypot server problems
• Fixed a rare crash caused by a medigun losing its owner
• Fixed an exploit that allowed disconnected medics to continue ubercharging their target until they timed out
• TeamMenu now disables the spectate button if mp_allowspectators is zero
• Added a missing ”cannot_be_spectator” localization string
• Re-added class count numbers above class buttons for non-zero classes, in addition to the class images
• Removed prefixes (tc_, ctf_, etc.) from map names in various places where they’re printed
• Fixed some edge cases where grenades could go through player or buildings
• Fixed rocket/grenade explosions being able to impart damage through thin ceilings
• The Engineer’s ”build X” commands will now behave properly when bound directly to keys

Steam-uppdateringen
• Fixed games sometimes getting minimized on the first friends message received or sent via the in-game overlay
• Fixed Server Browser hang on first refresh
• The in-game overlay now saves dialog positions on a per resolution basis
• Improved in-game overlay compatibility with some third party security applications (Tiny Personal Firewall among others)
• The in-game overlay is no longer required for Orange Box games and will respect the setting to disable it
• Fixed input issues with some non-Steam games when used with the in-game overlay (World in Conflict now works)
• Fixed individual voice chats not transitioning their call state correctly to the in-game overlay when launching a game while a voice chat is active
• Improved the look and feel for the games and mini-games lists
• Fixed various layout and color problems in all of the non-default skins
• Fixed a rare crash bug in the Server Browser
• Fix bug preventing non-ASCII characters at leading or trailing end of friends names
• Fixed Voice tab in settings dialog not always controlling correct sound card, if user had more than one sound capture card
• Fixed My Games list icons getting randomized

Onsdagens Steam-uppdatering
• Fixed case where localized content would not always be downloaded for a game
• Fixed the serverbrowser ”All” filter not always applying
• Added /me emote in Steam chats
• Fixed slow startup times due to corrupt WMI installs 

Tisdagens TF2-uppdatering
• Improved driver checks for various cards that can have problems with specific driver versions
• Various updates to Russian and Polish localization
• Fixed loading screen and intro movie showing up on Windows Vista with full screen AA
• Spies can no longer reload their revolver while cloaked
• Demomen grenades now collide with players and Engineer buildings after the first bounce, but still won’t explode on contact
• Improved startup network initialization to catch issues with server firewalls popping up in the background
• Fixed a sound corruption issue which could cause audio popping
• Fixed achievement storage issues that caused a problem with the Head of the Class achievement

Måndagens TF2-uppdatering
• Fixed Heavy minigun exploit
• Team Goals panels stop appearing after you’ve played a map several times
• At map time limit, Sudden Death now only kicks in if teams are drawn
• Sudden Death only starts in CTF mode if both flags are at home
• Team Fortress 2 stats are only gathered when playing a real game
• Added the player class counts in the class selection dialog
• Various fixes to localized text

Valve is pleased to announce the official ‘uncrating’ of The Orange Box, now available on Steam.

The Orange Box features three top-rated new games by Valve: Half-Life® 2: Episode Two, the second installment in the Half-Life 2 episodic trilogy; Team Fortress® 2, the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map; and Portal, the game that blends puzzles, first person action, and adventure gaming to produce an experience like no other.

To bring gamers up to date with the Half-Life 2 universe, The Orange Box also includes Half-Life 2, the best-selling and highest-rated action game series of all time, and the episodic debut Half-Life® 2: Episode One—together, more than 30 hours of award-winning gameplay. Purchasers of the PC version of The Orange Box who already own Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One can conveniently “gift” them to a friend from within Steam.

All games included in The Orange Box are available separately or as part of two exclusive Steam collections: The Source Premier Pack and The Valve Complete Pack.

• Fixed serverbrowser filters not correctly saving
• Fixed storefront reloading multiple times on launch
• Refresh the storefront on purchase, so the store page switches to the ”launch” button
• Fixed game overlay sometimes rendering transparent characters
• Fixed incorrect layout of group chats
• Fixed content server selection for clients in some locations