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Valve has rolled out the Steam Inventory Service in beta, allowing game developers the option to create in-game items that can be traded and sold throughout the greater Steam Marketplace. A post on Steam News details the pre-release launch of the new feature set: With this service, a game can …
Read More »Valve issues gambling warning to Counter Strike players
“A high standard of professional integrity” – that’s what Valve is demanding of professional Counter Strike players. The warning comes following a number of high profile betting controversies surrounding the game, including last month’s damaging match fixing claims. “Professional players, teams, and anyone involved in the production of CS:GO events, …
Read More »Valve unveiling the future of OpenGL at GDC
Developers from Steam firm, EA, Unity, Epic and Oxide to discuss glNext initiative with full technical breakdown of the API
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 25-31
Grand Theft Auto V took the top spot for the second straight week, and Dying Light earned two top ten finishes on this week’s Steam best sellers chart. Techland’s survival horror game finished in the runner-up spot, while its aforementioned ultimate edition grabbing seventh place. Sony’s H1Z1 continues to hang …
Read More »Steam Workshop content creators make $57m
Revenue generating in-game item stores open up to non-Valve games
Read More »Steam Workshop has made creators $57m
Users of Valve’s modding storefront Steam Workshop have made a total of $57m between them since it went live in 2011. The income has been spread across 1,500+ creators, who themselves stem from 75 countires. Valve has also announced that curated Workshops will no longer be limited to first party …
Read More »Former Valve economist could become Greece’s finance minister
Yanis Varoufakis tipped for new parliamentary role
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 18-24
Grand Theft Auto V has taken the top spot on the latest Steam weekly top sellers chart, following the game’s first full week of pre-order availability. Rockstar’s upcoming PC release edged out last week’s winner H1Z1, which still finished in the respectable position of runner-up. A fairly diverse mix line …
Read More »Valve’s former in-house economist could be the next Greek finance minister
Yanis Varoufakis used to track the sales of Valve’s in-game microtransactions. Now he might be heading to the Greek parliament. PCGamesN reports that Varoufakis, who used to be Valve’s in-house economist, is being tipped for the role of finance minister in the new Greek parliament. Greece last night elected the …
Read More »DayZ Early Access hits 3m copies sold
The Early Access standalone edition of DayZ has reached a new milestone, surpassing the 3m sales mark as the past week drew to a close. In a post on Bohemia Interactive’s official site, the studio confirmed the game now has 3m players along with 80 staff members on the development …
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