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Age of Wonders 3 for Free on Steam
On the occasion of the upcoming launch of Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Triumph Studios and Paradox Interactive released their previous work, Age of Wonders III, for free. As it usually happens, we have a limited amount of time to add this production to our library.
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Christian Pieniazek
July 12, 2019
Black Mesa - Xen Chapters of Half Life Remake Available From August
The developers of the updated version of Half-Life have announced that two new chapters will be available in the beta from the beginning of August. In addition, we learned that the launch of the final levels of the adventure is only a matter of a few weeks.
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Paul Wozniak
July 8, 2019
Valve is Probably Working on Steam Controller 2
A patent registered by Valve introduces a new version of Steam Controller, featuring pressure-sensitibe buttons in the grip. The device also appears in the Steamworks Developer Toolkit files.
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Bart Swiatek
July 4, 2019
Windows 10 Gains in June Steam Survey
Steam shared the results of the June hardware survey, which is based on data provided by the users of the platform. Thanks to this, once again we have the opportunity to see which components reign among the owners of personal computers.
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Agnes Adamus
July 3, 2019
Steam Will Get A New Skin?
There are some photos on Steam Database Twitter showing possible new Steam interface. It is very possible that Valve's platform will soon undergo a gentle lifting, which will make it easier for users to use the application.
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Konrad Serafinski
June 10, 2019
Destiny 2 Switches to Free-to-play and Heads for Steam [Updated]
Bungie organized a special stream dedicated to the future of Destiny 2, in which they presented the upcoming Shadowkeep add-on and confirmed the switch of the basic edition of the title to a free-to-play model.
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June 7, 2019
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition with Cross-play Support
The updated version of the first part of Age of Empires will support cross-play between Steam and Microsoft Store. The information was provided by the official twitter account of the franchise.
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June 4, 2019
Gears 5 and Definitive Age of Empires Will Launch on Steam
Microsoft has announced that the upcoming Gears 5 and the refreshed first three parts of the Age of Empires series will be available for purchase on the PC via Valve's Steam platform.
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May 30, 2019
Darkest Dungeon-inspired Vambrace: Cold Soul Launches
Vambrace: Cold Soul, a roguelike heavily inspired by Darkest Dungeon, will be available today on Steam and GOG.com. Console owners will have to wait for the launch until September 2019.
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Konrad Serafinski
May 28, 2019
Valve Will Acknowledge ''Positive Review Bombing'' of AC Unity
Valve has announced that it will not alter the average score for Assassin's Creed: Unity on Steam. Making the title available for free on Uplay and Ubisoft's donation to rebuild the Notre-Dame Cathedral contributed to flooding the site with positive reviews, of which most also praised the game itself.
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Adrian Werner
May 22, 2019
Steam Summer Sale 2019 Dates Leaked
We know the likely start and end date of Steam Summer Sale 2019. The event will begin shortly and will last for two weeks.
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May 15, 2019
Stellaris - Special Offer and Free Weekend on Steam
Paradox Interactive has announced that it will be possible to play Stellaris, the grand space strategy, on Steam for free over the weekend. The action is linked to the third birthday of the title and is accompanied by major price reductions.
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Bart Swiatek
May 10, 2019
More Windows 7 Users Than Windows 10 On Steam
Steam has just published a traditional monthly hardware survey, this time summarizing the preferences of platform's users in April. Noteworthy is the increase in the number of PC owners with Windows 7.
hardware & software
May 3, 2019
Epic Takes over Rocket League Creators. Will the Game Disappear from Steam?
Psyonix Studio has been taken over by Epic Games. So far, Rocket League hasn't disappeared from the Steam. That didn't prevent players from flooding the site with negative reviews of the game, probably just in case.
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Adrian Werner
May 2, 2019
Official Presentation of Valve Index
Today, Valve announced Valve Index, the company's VR goggles. During the presentation, the price and detailed specification of the device were revealed. The equipment is to be delivered to the first customers on June 28 this year.
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Agnes Adamus
April 30, 2019
Steam Has More Than One Billion Users
The number of user accounts on the Steam platform has exceeded one billion. Although it doesn't show that so many players use Steam, other statistics reveal that despite the pressure from the competition, Valve's platform is still doing pretty well.
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Conrad Hazi
April 30, 2019
Tim Sweeney Challenges Valve to Reduce Its Revenue Share
Tim Sweeney – CEO of Epic Games – wrote on Twitter that his company is ready to give up acquiring exclusive titles, assuming Steam gives up 88% of sales revenue to the devs. The only condition being, that the solution would have to be implemented "without strings attached".
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Bart Swiatek
April 25, 2019
Randy Pitchford: "Steam Could be Dying in 5 to 10 years."
Randy Pitchford continues to battle opponents of the Epic Games Store. The CEO of Gearbox Software thinks Steam could be a dying store in a decade and will be replaced by another digital distribution platform.
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Konrad Serafinski
April 20, 2019
The Digital Distribution Platform War Continues
Since its debut, the Epic Games Store has been making a lot of waves. Buying exclusive titles has caused many releases to miss Steam. A dispute arose between supporters and opponents of this practice, fueled by Richard Geldreich, a former Valve employee,
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Agnes Adamus
April 9, 2019
Third-Party Stores Reduce Valve's Revenue
When we think of Steam sales, both developers and publishers must take Valve's 30% revenue share into account. As it turns out, though, in fact, Gabe Newell's company gets, on average, only as much as 20% of a sold game copy's price.
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Christian Pieniazek
April 5, 2019