The scene: a battle royale (that is, last man standing) match in zombie survival MMO H1Z1. The goal: to convince a teeming crowd of bloodthirsty players to drop their weapons and survive encroaching toxic clouds together, hand-in-hand. The result: improbable success! Well, mostly. In this video, streamer and YouTuber CDNThe3rd rallies an entire (or most…
Torrents are suddenly allowed in Steam chat again. No disappearing messages, no block pages. At worst, you’ll get a warning that you’re venturing beyond Steam’s gilded grayblue cage. Valve has not explained why they made this sudden about-face after their recent spat of arbitrary blocks. Welp. As you were, then.
First Grand Theft Auto V‘s dog forgot how to dog, and now this Besiege dog is having serious trouble being a dog too. When will this horrific time of national crisis end? Steam user Katsutomo breathed hinge-and-suspension-based life into this clearly, um, confused creature, and the results are damn entertaining. (Protip: watch the video with…
This is curious. Recently Steam users (myself included, after a few tests) discovered that certain torrent links no longer work in Steam chat. Some have even reported messages disappearing altogether. Here’s the thing, though: it only applies to some popular torrent sites, but not others like The Pirate Bay. Steam, as frequent users are likely…
Squad and Yanzl turned the San Francisco Zoo into a Counter-Strike map. I’ve been to that zoo. I really like that zoo! I don’t know how to feel about this. At least it appears that all the animals have scampered to safety behind soda machines and potted plants, as is nature’s way. The Steam Community…
Steam user reviews are, on a lot of occasions, hot garbage. That hasn’t stopped Valve from trying to separate the wheat from the chaff (or the wheat and chaff from Farming Simulator meme jokes, as it were), though. The latest step? The introduction of a “pre-release” review badge, mostly for Evolve. OK, at this point…
“You know what Peter Molyneux’s like,” an ex-22Cans employee told me while trying to sum up the infamous designer’s tendency to make enormous promises and then just kinda… forget about them. “You try to hold onto his words and they slip through your fingers.” Molyneux—who has long had a reputation for making promises he never…
GuitarMan0121 has been doing some stellar work in Besiege. That is a face-hugger from Alien, and it can do multiple things (!). Check out more, including a middle finger GIF I’ll be using as a wordless response to jerks for months to come, below. The Steam Community Showcase is a regular look at the cream…
Because counter-terrorists just wanna have fun, apparently. (From Leroy Tsukami’s Steam artwork gallery.) The Steam Community Showcase is a regular look at the cream of the Steam community’s boundless crop. Art, videos, guides—whatever. Each installment highlights a specific piece or person. If you find anything cool on Steam or would like to have your work…
The story of Half-Life 2 is considered by many to be one of the most memorable in gaming history. I wonder, though, if things would’ve turned out the same way with the story fans have discovered by combing through an ancient Half-Life 2 beta. Valve News Network put out a video spotlighting cut characters and…
Darkest Dungeon is remarkably polished for a Steam Early Access game, but it’s also remarkably difficult. Some would even say that, in its current (evil) larval phase, it’s too difficult—to the point of being unfair or un-fun. Thank goodness for mods. A modder who goes by the handle Maester Silvio has taken apart Steam’s out-of-nowhere…
In an ideal world, Steam Greenlight would’ve opened the floodgates on an endless cascade of great games. In reality, it’s led to a service stuffed with trash. Game makers scramble to get noticed, sometimes with underhanded tactics. Valve’s introduced a new rule to curb this, but it doesn’t solve the underlying problem. It’s become a…
Legendary game designer Peter Molyneux, creator of the god game genre, has a history of over-promising and under-delivering. So when he took his latest game, Godus, to Kickstarter, people were a little wary. Turns out, they were right to feel that way. After a £526,563 Kickstarter that conjured up divine dreams of a Molyneux return…
Cities XXL is a city builder (think SimCity) that’s currently sitting pretty on Steam’s “popular new releases” chart. It’s also basically the same game as its predecessor, Cities XL Platinum, in most ways except one: a much larger price tag. Cities XL was not, by any means, a horrible game, but it was a pretty…
Truth be told, I wasn’t expecting much out of open-world zombie-slugger Dying Light. I didn’t care for its predecessor, Dead Island, and I figured this one would be more of the same—but with sweet parkour moves. And yet, here I am, hopelessly addicted. I blame Fallout 3, one of my favorite games of all time.…
Zombiller captures the true wallet (and door) rending terror of seasonal Steam sales with this Shining parody. Have you girded and re-girded your piggy bank? The summer sale is still a ways off, but it’ll be here before you know it and also WHAT IS THAT BEHIND YOU RUNNNN. Here’s the full video: You’re reading…
For better or worse, Valve wants Steam’s community to take care of game curation and recommendation on the increasingly overstuffed service. I do not, however, think they expected this. No one expected this. Waifu Hunter is a Steam curator who rates games based exclusively on whether or not they have anime girls in them. The…
Recently there have been accusations (some proven) of match-fixing and illicit betting in professional Counter-Strike matches. Valve announced their verdict against the trend, bringing their ban-gavel down on multiple bigtime North American players. Now, they’ve added some stern advice: pros should stop betting altogether. In a recent post on the Counter-Strike blog, Valve explained: “Professional…
Under The Ocean spent more than a year on Steam Early Access, but—despite steady progress and a relatively fun experience—the survival game’s creator yanked it from Valve’s service. His reasoning? He’s not sure if he can deliver on his promises anymore, and he wants to make sure he’s not being dishonest with players. Under The…
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