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Valve Software has detailed compellingnew features that will soon be added to Steam -
driverauto-updating, a system requirements-checker, new community calendarfunctions, "official" communities, localized pricing (i.e. not justUSD), recommendations, a shopping cart and more payment methods.
Thecompany announced at a Thursday press event Steam Cloud, a feature thatwill let Steam users access not only their Steam games from anycomputer (that feature is already available), but also "game-generateddata" such as save games and configurations.
Steam Cloud willbe rolled out first in existing Valve titles Half-Life and Half-Life 2.Counter-Strike will soon support the feature, and the upcomingLeft4Dead will ship with it.
All of the data will be transferred to Steam's back-end once users connect to the Service.
Other game-generated data that Valve intends to store includes deathcamscreenshots for Team Fortress 2 and recordings of games.
Half-Life and Half-Life 2 will be the firstgames to support the service. User key mappings will also be saved in Counter-Strike, and Left 4 Dead will ship with thefeature.
If players are offline, the service will store the data and then add it to the networkon the next connection. According to Valve, saved games and configurations will be storedforever.
Valve further noted that the service will be freely available to developers, and is setto launch in the "near future."
The company also detailed plans for several new Steam systems, including a driverauto-updater and calendar functionality.
Another feature in development is a system-requirement checker. The program will analyzeyour hardware and compare it to multiple games, estimating your performance andrecommending upgrades.
Valve is also considering storing replay videos and kill-cam screens from games such asTeam Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source.
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Other"near-future" Steam additions that Valve revealed today include driverauto-updating, a system requirements-checker, new community calendarfunctions, "official" communities, localized pricing (i.e. not justUSD), recommendations, a shopping cart and more payment methods.
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