Steam Beta 2.0 begins today at 3 pm Pacific. The beta is open to the public, anyone can join by downloading and running the 4MB install applet. For the first few days, this beta will include the coming versions of Counter-Strike (1.6) and Team Fortress Classic. Further updates to these games, as well as additional content, will be made available to participants throughout the beta. Gamer's Hell Local Download:

Download Steam Client v.2.0 (4 MB)

Update: Valve sends word that the Steam Beta 2.0 Admission has been suspended. "The Counter-Strike and Team Fortress communities have maxed out the Steam 2.0 beta servers, resulting in the temporarily suspension of admission to the beta as more content servers are put online. The current Steam content servers offer over 500 megabits of bandwidth, all of which the community is consuming right now". Not really a good start for steam...maybe next time they will accept our offer to host the full cs v1.6 here at Gamer's Hell :)

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