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Steam hosted more than ten million concurrent users for the first time in its history yesterday. Valve’s digital store smashed its previous record of 9.5m set just last month. The rush of new users has been spurred on by the latest summer sale on the marketplace that has seen deep …
Read More »Steam breaks 10m concurrent users milestone
Valve beats previous record by 500,000 players
Read More »Dota 2 reborn using Valve’s Source 2 engine, improves spectator experience
Valve has announced the rebirth of Dota 2 by detailing features in the new game client running on the Source 2 engine. The new game client, which has been in the works for some time judging by many hints at a Source 2 release last year, will be available in …
Read More »Over 35 per cent of Steam hardware pre-orders have been sold
Consumers after Valve’s Steam Machines and Link tech need to get a move on. Over 35 per cent of Steam’s ‘get it early’ hardware pre-orders have already been sold. That’s according to Valve, who says that the its Steam Machine, Controller and Link hardware is shifting quickly. Last week, Valve …
Read More »Developers hit by Steam refund spike
Steam’s new refund policy is hitting some developers hard. Destructoid reports that Ball King and Bike Baron creator Qwiboo has struggled with its latest release, Beyond Gravity. Of the 18 copies sold in the last three days, 13 have been refunded – that’s 72 per cent. Prior to the policy …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: May 31 – June 6
New contenders have arrived to challenge the likes of GTA and The Witcher franchises on Steam’s latest weekly top ten selling products list. Lego Worlds makes it debut in third, while Early Access newcomer Ark: Survival Evolved vaulted ahead of Grand Theft Auto V and into first for the week. …
Read More »Valve starts shipping Vive VR developer kits
Developers selected to receive a dev kit for the new Vive VR headset should be receiving them soon. Valve announced that it has started shipping the Vive Developer Editionsvia the Steam website, havingopened applications for the hardware back in April. Hinting at the variety of companies that will soon get …
Read More »Vive VR developer kits now shipping
Valve confirms its sending its virtual reality headset out into the wild
Read More »Dota 2 championships set new prize pool record
The fifth annual Interntaional Dota 2 Championships has pulled together a record-setting prize pool ahead of the event this August. The company initially announced a prize pool of $1.6m in April, which climbed to over $5.5m in a matter of days thanks to sales of the game’s latest virtual Compendium …
Read More »Steam Machines dated
Pre-orders open for controllers and Steam Link; UK Steam Machine orders expected to open soon
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