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Epic is Not Just Against Steam - 30% is the Industry Standard
IGN conducted an analysis which shows that Steam's 30% revenue share does not differ from the industry standards. Only a few other distributors apply different rules - including, of course, Epic Games Store, which often accuses Valve of engaging in shameful practices.
video games
Bart Swiatek
October 8, 2019
Half-Life 2 Characters Can Finally Blink Again
Valve has finally fixed a bug introduced five years ago that made it impossible for characters in games like Half-Life, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, or Half-Life: Source to blink their eyes.
video games
Adrian Werner
September 29, 2019
Valve vs. French Court - an Appeal is Underway
Valve does not agree with the decision of the Paris Supreme Court that Steam users residing in the European Union are fully entitled to resell the titles purchased through the platform. There's gonna be an appeal.
video games
Barth Faryna
September 23, 2019
Steam Labs - Interactive Advisor and New Recommendation Systems
Steam developers have announced further experiments that are being conducted under the Steam Labs programme. The entry published on the blog concerns an intelligent Steam advisor, as well as a new way of recommending games based on user reviews. There was also an interesting idea of an in-depth analysis system.
video games
Bart Swiatek
September 20, 2019
French Judge: Resale of Steam Games is Legal Under EU Law
According to the judgment of the French court, which invokes European Union directives, resale of games from Steam is perfectly legal. Valve has a month to change the rules and inform users about it.
video games
Paul Wozniak
September 19, 2019
Golden Glow for Rare Achievements in New Steam Library
The new design of Steam library offers an interesting feature. All the in-game achievements that were unlocked by less than 10% of their owners, were spectacularly highlighted.
video games
Milosz Szubert
September 19, 2019
Open Beta of New Steam Library Launches
The beta version of the new Steam Library, which we have heard about since March this year, is now available to all interested parties. Valve Software not only refreshed its appearance, but also added a number of new functionalities.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
September 17, 2019
Steam Update Improves Video Game Recommendations
Steam has received an update today that improves the game recommendation system. Changes made by developers should make it easier for players to find titles that are actually of interest to them.
video games
Bart Swiatek
September 13, 2019
Everspace 2 Devs: We Wouldn't Exist Without Steam and Our Game is Modern Freelancer
Although Everspace 2 will use Unreal Engine technology, Rockfish Games has decided not to make this project exclusive to the Epic Games Store and release it on Steam. The reason for this is that the band owes its existence to Steam.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
September 10, 2019
AMD Gains in August Steam Survey
Valve has published the results of its August hardware survey on Steam. In the past month, AMD increased its market share both in the CPU market and in the graphics cards segment.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
September 6, 2019
Tool Enables You to Easily Import EGS Games to Steam
One of Steam's users created a useful tool that needs only one click to import games from most other launchers to Valve's client. This enables us to take advantage of many useful features such as Steam Overlay, home streaming and Big Picture mode. And we've got everything in one place.
video games
Bart Swiatek
September 6, 2019
New Beta of Steam Library Goes Live This Month
Valve is preparing to introduce a beta version of the changed appearance of the Steam Library. New features were presented at last week's conference in Seattle and users will be able to try them out later this month.
video games
Barth Faryna
September 5, 2019
Nutaku, adult game platform expects competition from Steam and EGS
A platform dedicated entirely to adult games, Nutaku, would like the most popular websites, such as Steam or Epic Game Store, to be more open to erotic games. Thanks to this, Nutaku would gain competition, which would contribute to the development of the industry.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 22, 2019
Chinese Gamers to Disappear from Steam? Steam China Revealed
Perfect World, a company cooperating with Valve, shared the first details about the official Chinese version of the Steam platform. Soon the players from China will be „almost completely independent” from the rest of the world.
hardware & software
Christian Pieniazek
August 21, 2019
Two Erotic Games in Steam Top Games for July
Steam's approach to erotic content has changed significantly in recent years. Currently we can find there many titles for adult players, some of which are even at the top of the July list.
video games
Barth Faryna
August 21, 2019
Valve Takes Control of Steam's Release Date Changes; No More Abuse?
Valve decided to crack down on the abuse of Steam release date changes, which caused the games of some devs appear in the „Upcoming” tab for long periods of time. From now on, in order to change the release date, you will need to contact Valve directly and give a specific reason.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 7, 2019
Top 10 Games From Steam Wishlists
We would like to introduce you to a selection of the most popular games on Steam wishlists.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 5, 2019
Success of Steam's Interactive Recommender
Interactive game recommendations on Steam turned out to be a great success and resulted in a very positive response from the community. Valve follows through and introduces new features that will allow players to search for new titles in more detail.
video games
Barth Faryna
August 1, 2019
Epic Games Store Rejects Game Whose Devs Didn't Want to Leave Steam
Epic Games Store is committed to exclusive titles, as we've all known for a long time. However, gamers still feel offended by the fact that more titles are rejected by the platform because their creators do not want to offer exclusivity. Recently, SkateBIRD met wich such a fate.
video games
Barth Faryna
July 31, 2019
Steam Labs Launches; Offers AI Game Recommendations
Valve has released Steam Labs, thanks to which we can test, among others, the system of automatic game recommendation, based on the analysis of our preferences.
video games
Adrian Werner
July 12, 2019