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Read More »GOG Connect syncs with your Steam library
PC users are now able to link their Steam and GOG accounts and potentially grab some DRM-free games. GOG has announced GOG Connect. Available via its website, it allows users who are logged in to then sign in again via their Steam account. GOG will their scan their library for …
Read More »Valve sued over alleged transgender discrimination
Dota 2, Half-Life and Portal creator Valve has been struck with a $3.1 million lawsuit from a former staff member who claims she was discriminated against for being transgender. The anonymous litigant was reportedly called ‘it’ by her supervisor following sex reassignment surgery in 2012, resulting in a ‘hostile work …
Read More »350,000 Mega Drive titles sold on Steam since mod hub launch
Nearly 20 years on from its discontinuation, the Mega Drive is making money again. Sega last month released a new retro hub for its Mega Drive library on Steam for PC. Among the new features was mod support, opening up the library to the enthusiastic PC modding community. And it …
Read More »Steam user review system tweaked
Valve has altered the way user reviews are accessed on Steam to separate newer and older entries. Games will now carry two separate review listings labelled ‘Recent’ (sourced from the previous 30 days) and ‘Overall’. The thinking is that as games are updated, older reviews may cease to be as …
Read More »Steam tweaks reviews system to reflect changing nature of Early Access titles and post-release updates
Average user rating to now be calculated from last 30 days – rather than all time – and more recent reviews to be highlighted
Read More »Average indie game Steam sales halve year-on-year
Steam Spy compares April data to show that Top Ten best-sellers remain stable while more and more games struggle to find traction
Read More »Lionsgate films now available via Steam
Movie giant Lionsgate has signed a deal to sell its movies via Steam. The agreement launches with over 100 of the company’s films available on the service including the likes of Hunger Games, Twilight and Divergent. The selection appears to be more limited in the UK, however, where only ten …
Read More »Steam to start accepting Bitcoin payments
Support for virtual currency coming soon, with Valve promising it has ‘a system that insulates partners from risk and volatility ‘ in place
Read More »Mod support heading to Sega Mega Drive games on Steam
Publishers are typically quite precious about their retro properties, which makes Sega’s latest announcement somewhat of a welcome surprise. The company is releasing a free Sega Mega Drive Classics Hub on Steam on April 28th, and is features include Steam Workshop support. The new-look system is based on a bedroom …
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