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Read More »Valve approves new Steam Greenlight picks, looks to streamline process
Valve has approved a small grouping of games and software via Steam Greenlight, announcing it expects the move to mark the start of a speedier process for the community-voting system. In a post on Steam’s community section, the digital distribution giant revealed its approval prorgram for indies will look to …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 28 – May 4
Tomb Raider took the top spot on Steam’s weekly top ten selling products list, stealing it away from Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon – thanks to a major discount promotion. The recently dubbed and currently discounted Star Wars 2013 Collection finished right behind the aforementioned titles, followed by StarDrive. The …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 21-27
Dead Island Riptide has taken the top spot in Steam’s top sellers list for the week ending on April 27th. Deep Silver’s just released expand-alone beats out BioShock Infinite and Age of Empires II HD (last week’s winner). Monaco led a pack of indies in the fourth spot, with Klei’s …
Read More »Steam now supports subscription games
Valve adds new revenue model to digital distribution platform
Read More »Valve adds game subscription plans to Steam
Valve has announced the addition of subscription-based titles to its Steam library. With the ‘Subscriptions Plans’ service, Steam users have the ability to sign up and manage purchases for games requiring subscriptions. Players can cancel or renew their subscriptions through Steam’s interface at any time, but there’s no such option …
Read More »Indie vents frustration at Steam submission process
Renegade Kid dev Jools Watsham questions Steam Greenlight voting and lack of feedback from Valve
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 14-20
Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling titles for the week ending on April 20th, with the HD update of Age of Empires II beating out Bioshock Infinite for the second week in a row. Valve’s Portal franchise made a big splash during the period, thanks to a major discount promotion. …
Read More »Valve refunds BioShock Infinite buyer over baptism objection
A player who objected to his forced participation in a baptism in an early scene in BioShock Infinite has been refunded by Valve. Players are made to undergo the ceremony to gain access to the game’s main setting Colombia. All that is required is the pressing of a button. However, …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 6-13
Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling products chart for the week ending on April 13th. Strategy update Age of Empires II HD takes the top spot, beating out a rare tie for the runner-up spot with a heavily discounted Dishonored sharing space with Bioshock Infinite. The Walking Dead rises again …
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