Wanna hear more about developers’ experiences with Steam refunds? YouTuber Totalbiscuit collected feedback (and some stats) from 26 developers, with stories ranging from refund surges to tumbleweeds. It’s enlightening stuff, though—as ever—it’s too early to say anything definitive about how the feature will affect Steam games in the long run.
PalmDesert is something of a legend on Steam. His Steam level just hit 600, making it the highest ever. It’s so high, in fact, that Valve hasn’t even made a special graphic for it yet. Right now, it’s just a plain old number, not unlike what a new Steam user would have. His closest competitor?…
Steam refunds have only been around for a week, and it seems like a lot of people are already using them. Have you used the new feature at all? If so, why? Did it work? Valve’s implementation of Steam refunds has been contentious, but there’s no disputing that they need to exist in some form…
On April 1st, Reddit launched a new page: The Button. It was paired with a countdown timer. 60 seconds. If anyone anywhere on Earth pressed it, the timer would reset. For two months, the timer never hit zero. So, what happened? Simple: nobody pressed The Button for a full 60 seconds. And then… ? Nothing. It…
Steam refunds are a thing now, and they’ve proven pretty divisive. Some creators of smaller games are worried that the policy is too easy to exploit. But what do the numbers say? Steam refunds—previously offered rarely and on a case-by-case basis—can now be requested under almost any circumstance provided players have 1) spent two hours…
Should I care about Ark: Survival Evolved? Yes. If you’re into dinosaurs and survival games, you really can’t go wrong here. Word of warning, though: it’s definitely not finished yet. What’s it about? Surviving and hunting/taming dinosaurs. Think DayZ or Rust, except with better graphics, more immediately intuitive progression, and—oh, right—prehistoric ultra-lizards (and turtles) who…
A recent breakthrough in the Grand Theft Auto V modding scene has opened up a world of possibilities. Or worlds, I suppose I should say. GTA V modder NTAuthority has come up with a method of adding custom maps to the PC version of the game using a client called “FiveM.” It’s still early right…
The Witcher 3 has blood and nudity by the boatload, but that stuff doesn’t fly in some countries. The result? A bit of silly censorship. Warning: these videos are NSFW and contain Witcher 3 spoilers. Censored Gaming captured scenes from The Witcher 3’s Japanese and Middle Eastern versions, both of which dial back gore and…
Wish Doom had more anime ninja girls, katanas, and screaming power metal? Well then, you’re in luck. The DemonSteele mod has been around for a bit, but it’s still updating and will soon add a second playable character. It has a melodramatic story about demons invading Earth and farming and more demons invading Earth, but…
The Bard’s Tale IV is looking pretty impressive. inXile, they of Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera, just put out a trailer for their next classic role-playing revival. Bard’s Tale IV is currently on Kickstarter, where it’s already raked in over $900,000.
Ark: Survival Evolved looked almost too good to be true when I reported on it, but is the hyper-ambitious dinosaur game any good? Let’s find out. Tune in below. Now, a disclaimer: Ark’s servers are packed, and I may not be able to get online today. If that falls through (or after I’ve played Ark…
Four months ago, Peter Molyneux’s Godus was a disaster. Four months later, it’s… still in pretty bad shape. Minus small tweaks and changes, Godus is worryingly similar to the game it was four months ago. The features players clamored for—the ones they felt like they were promised during the god game revival’s crowdfunding drive—are still…
Team Fortress 2 has languished a bit in recent times. Truly outstanding updates have been few and far between. Thankfully, Valve just gave the game a new injection of life. TF2 now has a Steam Workshop section for maps. That might not sound like a big deal given that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been doing…
Finally, Steam is offering refunds! Oh joyous day. But actually, the new policy could cause more problems than it solves. Doubtless, Steam needs a refund policy. It’s a good thing to have in general, and especially on Steam, where tons of potential predators—in the form of faulty Early Access games and ample trash heaped on…
If you play a game long enough, you start to be able to predict it. Thirty hours in, The Witcher 3’s still got me stumped. OK, not entirely stumped. I know that I’ll likely be using my Witcher senses to follow some sort of trail to a place, brew some potions, slather myself in sensuous…
This bullet point comes from newly released steampunk FPS Avenging Angel. The game looks alright, but oh god the pun hurts. It hurrrrrrrts. Here’s a trailer of Avenging Angel: It looks, um, functional enough. Might be worth checking out! But the pun. I just… I feel like I need to roll up a newspaper and…
A couple weeks ago I reported on Umbra, a game that wants to be the unholy demon baby of Skyrim and Diablo. Does it succeed? I got my hands on a demo, so let’s find out. Today’s Steam Stream might be kind of a short one (I’ve gotta go do Stuff soon), but I’m also…
It’s also very, very pretty. On A Roll—a pun that refers either to rollerblading or how hard I rolled my eyes when reading it—is an open-world game about “performing creative tricks on rollerblades.” So basically, ramps and grinds and flips and things. It looks like hell(a fun) on wheels (PUNS ARE A DISEASE GET OUT…
Remember Valve’s “rejected” DOTA 2 character designs? Well, the guy who made Faceful Void into a reality is back, this time with something that could actually make it through Valve’s selection process. MaxOfS2D has put up a Steam Workshop page for an itsy bitsy Faceless Rex courier, with an adorable stompy sprint and a formidable-looking…
Remember Kung Fury? The comedy action trailer about a renegade cop hacking his way back in time to kill kung-fu Hitler? Well, the full movie’s out now, and it’s solid—but I don’t love it. Don’t get me wrong: Kung Fury is exactly what was advertised (and then crowdfunded to the retro ‘80s future and back).…
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