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Dota Underlords - Open Beta of Valve's Auto Chess Launches Soon
In a week's time, players will have the opportunity to participate in the open beta of Valve's new Auto Chess based production - Dota Underlords. Dota 2 Battle Pass holders can take part in closed tests now.
video games
Paul Wozniak
June 14, 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.
hardware & software
Konrad Serafinski
June 10, 2019
Former Valve Employee on Why Making Half-Life 3 is not Worth it
An anonymous entry of a former Valve employee appeared on the web. He mentions, among other things, the cancelled work on Left 4 Dead 3 and Half-Life 3. In addition, he also writes about the policy that has prevailed in the company for the last few years.
video games
Paul Wozniak
June 7, 2019
Valve Announces its Own Game Based on Dota Auto Chess Mod
Valve has announced that it is working on its own PC game based on the Dota Auto Chess mod. It will be independent of the mobile Auto Chess, which is being developed by the Chinese studio Drodo (the authors of the original mod).
video games
May 22, 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.
video games
Adrian Werner
May 22, 2019
Would-be Half-Life 2 Remake From World War Z Devs and other news
Today we are writing about the recruitment for Insomniac Games, the World War Z devs' dream about creating a Half-Life 2 remake and the teaser of the new expansion to Arma 3. Welcome to your daily batch of short news from the world.
video games
Milosz Szubert
May 21, 2019
Dota 2 Gets Rid of Toxic Players, if You Pay For it
This year, when you buy Battle Pass for Dota 2 (accompanying The International eSports event), you'll have access to a new feature that allows you to avoid players who don't like you when searching for games.
video games
Adrian Werner
May 19, 2019
Valve Registers Dota Underlords Trade Mark
Valve has registered the name Dota Underlords as a trademark of a computer game. We do not know the details yet, but it seems that Gabe Newell and the company are preparing to announce a new game.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 15, 2019
CS:GO Gets a New Battle Royale Map
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has received a new update that focuses on additional content for the Danger Zone mode, including the Sirocco map. In addition, the patch fixes a dangerous bug.
video games
Jakub Mirowski
May 1, 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.
hardware & software
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".
video games
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.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
April 20, 2019
Alleged Screens From Cancelled Left 4 Dead 3 Leaked
It's been almost 10 years since the release of Left 4 Dead 2. From time to time, minor rumors about the next part of the series by Valve surface on the web. This time, the leak was much bigger. Tyler McViker has published 29 screens on YouTube, all allegedly coming from the new installment.
video games
Agnes Adamus
April 19, 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,
video games
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.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
April 5, 2019
Valve Index Hardware Requirements and Release Date Leaked
First information on the release date and hardware requirements of Valve Index, the new VR set from the owners of Steam, have surfaced on the web.
hardware & software
Konrad Serafinski
April 2, 2019
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
Artifact - Game Development Stopped
Valve has announced that it's stopped the planned development of Artifact. Instead, the developers focus on reworking the game.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 30, 2019
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
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.
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Conrad Hazi
March 18, 2019