Steam isn’t accepting bitcoin anymore
First introduced as a payment option in April 2016, bitcoin transactions are now no longer supported on Steam because of “high fees and volatility” of the cryptocurrency’s value, Valve announced last...
View Article“Valve’s going to start shipping games again” says Gabe Newell
The last time Valve released a proper game was four years ago. Left 4 Dead: Survivors found its way onto arcade cabinets in Japan and was a remastered and reskinned Left 4 Dead 2 made to appeal to...
View ArticleRazer’s Game Store opens for business
Razer has launched their own premium store for gamers who want to buy games from their favourite peripherals manufacturer. If you’re a Razer fan, this announcement should not surprise you – Razer has...
View ArticleSteam Link for mobile will now stream your games over WiFi
Valve is set to release a slew of updates to their software offerings on Android and iOS, which include the brand new Steam Link app and Steam Video. While Steam Video is still several weeks out from...
View ArticleValve closes off Steam support for Windows XP and Vista for good
As support for Windows XP and Vista ended in the last decade, many companies pledged their support for both platforms which still commanded a sizeable market share. Windows XP was still close to 30% of...
View ArticlePSA: The Steam Summer/Winter Sale starts today
Starting today, wallets around the world will be made far thinner thanks to Valve engaging in a global program to recycle money to save the planet. The Steam Summer/Winter sale should open at 19:00...
View ArticleValve disables Steam Market trading for CS:GO and DOTA2 in the Netherlands to...
In April 2018, the Dutch Gaming Commission ruled that several games contained loot box systems that could be considered gambling, and that the companies making these items available to minors and...
View ArticlePUBG drives increased adoption of Windows 7 in Chinese territories
By now, you’ve no doubt heard of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the first game to ever topple Dota 2 in Steam’s concurrent player rankings in over five years. PUBG has been a driving force in the...
View ArticleSteam isn’t accepting bitcoin anymore
First introduced as a payment option in April 2016, bitcoin transactions are now no longer supported on Steam because of “high fees and volatility” of the cryptocurrency’s value, Valve announced last...
View Article“Valve’s going to start shipping games again” says Gabe Newell
The last time Valve released a proper game was four years ago. Left 4 Dead: Survivors found its way onto arcade cabinets in Japan and was a remastered and reskinned Left 4 Dead 2 made to appeal to...
View ArticleRazer’s Game Store opens for business
Razer has launched their own premium store for gamers who want to buy games from their favourite peripherals manufacturer. If you’re a Razer fan, this announcement should not surprise you – Razer has...
View ArticleSteam Link for mobile will now stream your games over WiFi
Valve is set to release a slew of updates to their software offerings on Android and iOS, which include the brand new Steam Link app and Steam Video. While Steam Video is still several weeks out from...
View ArticleValve bans almost 90 000 accounts over two days, and no, it’s not negotiable
Valve Anti-Cheat, an automated software system (dare I say… AI?) which identifies and auto-bans accounts it finds cheating on Steam, went on a veritable spree last week. Between Wednesday, 18 July and...
View ArticlePSA: Steam Chat doesn’t look like a 90s AIM client anymore
If for some reason you haven’t had your Steam client open today, now would be a good time to start it up and accept the latest client update that just landed. In this update, Steam Chat gets a major...
View ArticleValve might be improving cross-platform game support with Steam Play
Valve’s initiative to have games on Steam available and supported across multiple operating systems has been quite successful. There’s a ton of games available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, and some...
View ArticleSteam’s Popular Upcoming list exploited by delinquent devs
Mike Rose, founder of No More Robots, recently took to Twitter to express his disappointment with Steam’s Popular Upcoming games list and how easy it is to manipulate for nefarious gain. The Popular...
View ArticleSteam will not support Ubuntu in the future
Steam is dropping support for Ubuntu from version 19.10 because Canonical is dropping support for 32-bit packages and libraries. These are the things that let 32-bit software run on 64-bit systems, so...
View ArticleUbuntu does an about-face on that whole 32-bit thing
Valve recently announced that Steam would not support Ubuntu beyond version 19.10 due to it dropping 32-bit packages and libraries, which would create a compatibility headache for the gaming giant....
View ArticleNew Steam feature introduces local multiplayer, but online
Before LANs and the internet and creepy unsolicited photos of KillaHitmanSnipez69’s junk, kids used to hang out and play video games on the same screen. But local multiplayer modes like this have...
View ArticleSteam is hoping you’ll reconsider your snap judgements with revised reviews
Some games have a troubled past, but they’ve gotten help, cleaned themselves up, and deserve to make new friends who won’t judge them for past mistakes. Maybe you knew them from the beginning and said...
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