Counter-Strike NZ (thanks Gameplanet and Frans) has a post up describing Valve's plans to release a new Half-Life update via the Steam system sometime today. The update will include a new version 1.1.2.0 of Half-Life, Counter-Strike version 1.6, and a new version of TeamFortress Classic. Here's a bit: "This update won't be a required update initially; there will be a grace period where both CS 1.5 on old servers and CS 1.6 on new Steam servers will be playable online, before the old version will stop working. "In a couple of weeks we will make this update mandatory," said Alfred Reynolds from Valve Software. Players should beware you will require a valid Half-Life or Half-Life: Counter-Strike CD Key in order to install the update. All players will be assigned new 'Steam IDs' and the WONID system will slowly be phased out."