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Read More »Valve reveals Steam Link streaming device, Steam Controller price
Hot on the heels of its Vive VR announcement, Steam has introduced another new piece of hardware – the Steam Link. Set for release in November, at least in the US, Steam Link is designed to act as a streaming device, bringing content from Windows, Mac, Linux and Valve’s own …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 22-28
Gearbox’s Homeworld Remastered Collection has grabbed the top spot on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. The release beat out Dragon Ball Xenoverse, which settled for runner-up ahead of Grand Theft Auto V (pre-orders), H1Z1 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive. Last week’s winner, Total War: Attila, fell to sxith. Pre-orders …
Read More »Valve unveils VR headset made by HTC
Smartphone powerhouse HTC has been named as the manufacturer of Valve’s virtual reality headset. The device is called the Vive. A developer version is due out this spring and the consumer version in ‘holiday 2015′, meaning that potentially it could beat big-name rivals such as the Oculus Rift and Sony’s …
Read More »Dota 2 surpasses 40m players, user activity on the rise – EEDAR
Dota 2 has seen its community swell past 40m players worldwide this month, but perhaps even more impressive is the level of user engagement Valve’s free-to-play MOBA has maintained throughout its rise. Games Industry reports on new findings from EEDAR, indicating that Dota 2 has been one of the main …
Read More »Capcom confirms no local co-op for Resident Evil Revelations 2 on PC
The PC release of Resident Evil Revelations 2 does not support offline co-op play, and players aren’t happy with Capcom’s duplicity on the matter. Unlike the PlayStation and Xbox editions of the game, Revelations 2 can only be played in single player. Capcom failed to mention this prior to the …
Read More »Steam now has 125m active users
Steam has surpassed 125 million active users and is home to more than 4,500 games, Valve has announced. The figure is a dramatic rise from the 100m users announced in September 2014, meaning the digital store has been picking up some 5m users each month. Fresh figures from the Steam …
Read More »Tales of Zestiria Steam database listing unearthed
A PC port for Bandai Namco’s PS3 release Tales of Zestiria could be in the works, if a new Steam database listing is anything to go by. The listing has been changed from Tales of Zestiria to TOZ since it was originally spotted, but would seem to indicate a Steam …
Read More »Steam amasses 125m active users
Number of account holders growing at rate of 5m a month
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