Left 4 Dead 2 adds Helm's Deep Reborn to official servers list

David Hinkle — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:30:00 EST

The fanmade map Helm's Deep - wherein Left 4 Dead 2 players attempt to defend the iconic Lord of the Rings castle fortress from relentless hordes of the undead - is now an officially supported map.

It's part of the latest update to Left 4 Dead 2, which addresses consistency issues when playing on dedicated servers - Valve also decided to add Helm's Deep to the official servers list. If you want to add the map to your game, all you have to do is head to the Steam Workshop page for Helm's Deep Reborn and click to subscribe to download the map.

The Steam beta version of Left 4 Dead 2 recently added an Extended Mutation system, where players could tweak existing game types and maps or come up with entirely new ones of their own design. To date, the Left 4 Dead series has sold more than 12 million copies.

Left 4 Dead 2 adds Helm's Deep Reborn to official servers list originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Steam UI update beta now live; Half-Life 2 achievements spotted

David Hinkle — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:00:00 EST

Click image to take a tour of the new Steam.

Active Steam users will likely find the first half of this post to be a bit on the old hat side, but we soldier on: Valve's flipped the switch on a new and improved beta version of Steam. If you've already got a Steam account, you can download the new version by hitting up this page. The beta adds all kinds of nifty stuff, like accessible lists of what games your friends have downloaded (along with their personal stats for each title) and some new ways for you to sort and organize game libraries. There's also cross-game achievement tracking -- and Valve's finally done away with Internet Explorer rendering, swapping it out for the friendlier open-source WebKit engine.

But, that's not all! Our sister site Big Download was cruising around the new achievements interface and noticed that Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One now have achievements listed under them. As you know, Half-Life 2 released right around the time achievements were finalized, so it never arrived on Steam with them. Sadly, there's no news other than the icons -- which look a lot like those found in the Orange Box on Xbox 360. We'll be sure to keep you posted.

Gallery: New Steam Update (Beta)

Source - Half-Life 2 achievements spotted
Source - Steam beta update news

Steam UI update beta now live; Half-Life 2 achievements spotted originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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