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Valve has announced the ‘get it early’ stock for its upcoming batch of Steam hardware releases is sold out. Pre-ordering to receive the Alienware Steam Machine, Steam Controller and Steam Link on October 16th is now closed, though pre-ordering for the official launch date of November 10th has begun in …
Read More »Valve has stopped reimbursing Steam in-game item scam victims
Steam users who are scammed into fake item trades will no longer be reimbursed by Valve, the company has said. The reason? That they really should know better, the company argues. We provide enough information on our website and within our trading system to help users make good trading decisions,” …
Read More »Steam top nine sellers: June 21-27
Ark: Survival Evolved continues to dominate Steam’s top selling products chart, beating out Grand Theft Auto V and all other comers again this past week. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, The Witcher 3 and Batman: Arkham Knight round out the top five. Past chart-toppers H1Z1 and Cities: Skylines made the list as …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: June 14-20
Early Access hit Ark: Survival Evolved has finished in first on Steam’s top ten selling products for the third straight week. The game took on all comers during the main stretch of Steam’s summer sale, finishing ahead of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Grand Theft Auto V. A discounted Elite: Dangerous …
Read More »Valve details Source 2 engine in Dota 2 Reborn update
Rendering, physics and cloth improvements featured in Valve's latest tech
Read More »Hidden Path delists, halts development of Steam Early Access title Windborne
Hidden Path Entertainment has halted development of its Early Access release Windborne, delisting the game from Steam as a result. Gamasutrahas word on a recent community update by Hidden Path that states the studio has run out of funding to develop the title – adding that the company has explored …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: June 7-13
Early Access release Ark: Survival Evolved has come out on top of Steam’s best selling products for the second week in a row. The dinosaur-themed game beat out Grand Theft Auto V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and a slew of games on discount for Steam’s summer sale to take …
Read More »E3 2015: Microsoft working with Valve on virtual reality
But no details given on what partnership entails
Read More »MICROSOFT: Xbox has partnered up with Valve for VR
Microsoft is looking to dominate the VR space on console. Taking to the stage, head of Microsoft Studios Kudo Tsunoda said that the firm has undertaken a partnership with Valve. That said, it didn’t really give any details about said partnership. This is on top of its deal with Oculus …
Read More »Greenlight dev pulls game and compares Steam community to poo
The developer of DarkBase 01 has pulled his game from Valve’s Steam service and left in its wake a message attacking the games community. As spotted by Kotaku, developer Solar Storm’s Greenlight title had been the subject of some heavy criticism from users of the service. Yesterday the game’s Steam …
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