Another new patch is available automatically through Steam to update Alien Swarm, the just-released freeware top-down shooter remake. Also, Slashdot points the way to an article on Thumb Culture explaining how to play the game from the first-person perspective. The patch notes from the new version follow.

• Matchmaking distinguishes between games in progress and games in the briefing
• Updated Hammer’s simple compile options
• Fixed fast reload sounds and incidental marine conversations