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Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 1-7
The Steam Early Access release of indie darling Terraria’s spiritual successor Starbound has vaulted to the top of Valve’s latest weekly top sellers chart. A host of past chart-toppers finish behind the highly-anticipated indie game, including Civlization V – which clocks in twice with its Brave New World expansion in …
Read More »From living in a university to 100,000 sales – The story of BetaDwarf
Steffen Kabbelgaard guides us through the Forced developer’s incredible three-year journey to make a game
Read More »Final Fantasy VIII PC re-release out on Steam
Square Enix has announced the PC re-release of Final Fantasy VIII. The nearly 15-year-old game is available now as a downloadable offering on Steam for $11.99. The re-release adds a Magic Booster feature that allows players to quickly gain a stock of spells to use in the game’s junction system, …
Read More »Valve becomes supporting member of The Linux Foundation
Valve has joined non-profit group The Linux Foundation as part of its ongoing investment into the budding OS as a gaming platform. "Joining the Linux Foundation is one of many ways Valve is investing in the advancement of Linux gaming," Valve’s Mike Sartain said. "Through these efforts we hope to …
Read More »Steam boasts record 7m concurrent users
Valve's digital distribution service could be a major draw to the living room PC
Read More »Steam concurrent users reach 7m over holiday weekend
Steam saw record numbers for concurrent users this past weekend, at one point boasting more than 7m accounts online simultaneously. VG247 reports that Valve’s digital platform surpassed the milestone yesterday morning, peaking at 7,190,578 concurrent users. Valve’s Dota 2 drew a peak of 542,906 concurrent users, making it far and …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 24-30
Skyrim leads a pack of past top sellers on this week’s Steam sales chart, with the majority carrying significant discounts thanks to Valve’s Autumn Sale. Skyrim’s Legendary Edition took first, while the standard version grabbed the fourth spot. Bioshock Infinite finished in the runner-up spot ahead of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive …
Read More »iBuyPower releases pictures of its first Steam Box
The picture to your right shows what will soon become one of the first commercially available Steam Boxes. It’s made by iBuyPower, which has told The Verge that it hopes to have the device on the market in 2014. It currently runs an early version of Steam OS and, to …
Read More »Steam introduces user review system
Valve is offering Steam users a megaphone to voice their opinions about games through Steam Reviews. The new system is about to enter beta, and is set to replace the current Steam Recommendations system – more similar to Facebook ‘likes’ than actual reviews – borrowing the upvote/downvote mechanic of web …
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