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Valve Index - Steam Creators Tease VR Goggles

Valve published a picture on Steam, presenting a VR device called Valve Index. This confirms earlier reports that the company is working on a new VR decide. More details coming this May.

hardware & software

Konrad Serafinski

March 31, 2019

Valve Index - Steam Creators Tease VR Goggles

Anno 1800 Only on Epic Games Store and Uplay

Ubisoft has announced that Anno 1800 will be an exclusive title on Epic Games Store and Uplay. This means that the game will disappear from Steam on the release day.

video games

Konrad Serafinski

March 30, 2019

Anno 1800 Only on Epic Games Store and Uplay

Doom Eternal and RAGE 2 Coming to Steam. So is Fallout 76.

Bethesda Softworks informed that the PC edition of RAGE 2 and Doom Eternal will be available on Steam. The same goes for the upcoming spin-offs to the Wolfenstein series, followed by Fallout 76.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

March 25, 2019

Doom Eternal and RAGE 2 Coming to Steam. So is Fallout 76.

Epic Games Reveals Digital Distribution Costs

Epic Games studio CEO revealed the costs of digital distribution. His calculations show that a 12% margin is enough to make big money, and the industry standard 30% is exaggerated.

video games

Adrian Werner

March 22, 2019

Epic Games Reveals Digital Distribution Costs

Steam Reveals New Layout and Functionalities

Among the highlights of Valve's panel during this years Game Developers Conference were the reworked layout of Steam library and developer events. The former can be examined up close, and some interesting details have been revealed concerning the latter.

video games

Christian Pieniazek

March 22, 2019

Steam Reveals New Layout and Functionalities

Valve Purges Steam of Homages to Christchurch Terrorist

Kotaku reports that Steam has been purged of over a hundred various material that approved of the Christchurch terrorist. Valve does not comment on the situation, but consequently removes all reported cases of rule abuse.

other

Conrad Hazi

March 18, 2019

Valve Purges Steam of Homages to Christchurch Terrorist

Valve Will Examine Copying of Steam Data by Epic Games Store

Valve has answered the controversies related to Epic Games Store client, which allegedly downloads sensitive user data related to their Steam account.

video games

Michael Kulakowski

March 17, 2019

Valve Will Examine Copying of Steam Data by Epic Games Store

Steam Promises to Eliminate Review Bombing

Valve announced that it will battle the occasional waves of negative reviews on Steam, so-called review bombing, issued for reasons completely unrelated to the game and aimed only at lowering the score of a specific title.

video games

Michael Kulakowski

March 16, 2019

Steam Promises to Eliminate Review Bombing

Valve Announces Steam Link Anywhere and a Web API for Developers

Valve decided to show how busy they are even before the GDC has started and revealed the Steam Link Anywhere service, enabling us to use Steam Link through the Internet, and shared the technology for free with all developers who might be interested.

hardware & software

Conrad Hazi

March 15, 2019

Valve Announces Steam Link Anywhere and a Web API for Developers

Valve Fires Employees

Valve has laid off 13 full-time employees last month. Some third-party contracts were also cancelled. The reason for the layoffs remains unknown.

video games

Bart Swiatek

March 8, 2019

Valve Fires Employees

Rape Day Removed from Steam

Valve took a lot of flak recently for allowing Rape Day, a controversial title that deals with violence against women, to be released on Steam. The company has decided to intervene and removed the game from Steam's offer.

video games

Agnes Adamus

March 7, 2019

Rape Day Removed from Steam

Here's How Devs Manipulate Release Dates on Steam

Mike Rose, the founder of No More Robots, has noticed a peculiar unfair practice adopted by some developers on Steam. Here's the trick - a fake release date is being set, and changed, to keep the title on top of the recommended upcoming titles list.

video games

Milosz Szubert

March 6, 2019

Here's How Devs Manipulate Release Dates on Steam

Last Two Shovel Knight Expansions Delayed and Other News

Today's collection of short news: the last two expansions for Shovel Knight, as well as the SIGIL mega mod from Johna Romero are delayed, Steam info corner gets a new layout.

video games

Milosz Szubert

February 19, 2019

Last Two Shovel Knight Expansions Delayed and Other News

Here Are the Winners of Steam Awards 2018

During a special, short broadcast Valve has presented this year’s winners of The Steam Awards gala, awarded by the users of Steam in several rather unique categories.

video games

Michael Kulakowski

February 8, 2019

Here Are the Winners of Steam Awards 2018

Over Million Bans On Steam - Valve Slashes CSGO Cheaters

Valve continues to fight cheaters. In January, more than one million cheaters were banned with the VAC protection system. Most of them are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

February 6, 2019

Over Million Bans On Steam - Valve Slashes CSGO Cheaters

Valve Announces the Steam Awards 2018 Gala

Valve is preparing a special announcement gala for the results of Steam Awards 2018.

video games

Milosz Szubert

February 5, 2019

Valve Announces the Steam Awards 2018 Gala

Metro Exodus only on Epic Store until February 2020 [Updated]

Deep Silver and Epic Games announced that Metro Exodus will be an exclusive Epic Store title for one year.

video games

Konrad Serafinski

January 28, 2019

Metro Exodus only on Epic Store until February 2020 [Updated]

Steam has 90 million monthly and 47 million daily users

Valve has released a report summarizing the past year on Steam. We learned, among other things, that the number of monthly users of the service reaches 90 million people.

video games

Adrian Werner

January 15, 2019

Steam has 90 million monthly and 47 million daily users

8 changes coming to Steam in 2019

The annual Steam summary has brought a list of changes to be implemented to the service in 2019.

video games

Milosz Szubert

January 15, 2019

8 changes coming to Steam in 2019

Steam hosts more than 30 thousand games at this point

Steam host more than 30 thousand video games at this point. The fact that most of them came out in the last 2 years is, however, symptomatic.

video games

Bart Swiatek

January 14, 2019

Steam hosts more than 30 thousand games at this point