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 reveals its prototype Steam Machine
First third-party device in Valve's living room Steam Scheme appears
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 »Valve unveils Steam Reviews community ratings system
New game review system to replace Steam Recommendations
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 17-23
Last week’s PC launch of Assassin’s Creed IV helped Ubisoft’s title beat out Call of Duty: Ghosts for top of Steam’s top sellers chart. Digital pre-orders had Black Flag frequenting the list leading up to the Windows release, but this marks the first time its reached number one. Last week’s …
Read More »Valve explains upcoming in-home streaming
Service will be free and will not require a subscription
Read More »Steam Developer Days talks include Oculus VR, Unity, and chip makers
Valve reveals more details about its upcoming devs-only event
Read More »Valve to demo its own VR tech at Steam conference
Steam-owner also plans to detail its product plans for Steam Machines
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 10-16
Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling titles from the past week, with Egosoft’s X Rebirth launching its way to the top spot. The space sim beat out XCOM: Enemy Within (second) and last week’s winner Call of Duty: Ghosts (third) to grab the best seat at the table. Assassin’s Creed …
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