Valve's Rocky Road To Better Communication About Steam
Credit to Valve: Over the past 15 years, it’s turned Steam into a megalith and kept it relevant with a steady, if slow,…
Dota 2 Now Lets You Bet In-Game Currency On Pro Tournaments
This week Valve rolled out a new smartphone companion app for Dota 2 that makes it easier for fans to keep track of big…
Steam Libraries Are Getting An Overhaul
This week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Valve announced a series of changes coming soon to Steam.…
Epic Says Its Store Won't Sell 'Porn Games Or Bloatware'
It’s been a big day for the Epic Games Store. During its GDC keynote, Epic announced a boatload of new exclusives…
Valve Says It Will Remove 'Off-Topic Review Bombs' From Steam Scores
Over the past few years, review bombs—people organizing en masse to post negative reviews to a game’s store page to…
Valve Removes Over 100 Steam Tributes To Suspected New Zealand Shooter
The gaming platform Steam has cracked down on over 100 profiles memorializing the suspected shooter behind today’s…
Today, Valve announced an upgrade to Steam Link called Steam Link Anywhere. It’s what it sounds like, allowing users to…
Richard Garfield, who helped create Magic: The Gathering, is no longer working on Valve’s troubled card game Artifact.…
Artifact's Few Remaining Players Are Desperate To Know What Valve Has Planned
Valve’s new card game launched on Nov. 28, and in just 100 days, it’s become a ghost town. The number of concurrent…
Steam's 'Popular Upcoming Releases' Section Is Easy To Manipulate
On a platform as crowded as Steam, every ounce of visibility counts. For many developers, the “popular upcoming”…
Valve Removes Rape Day From Steam With Vague, Nonsensical Statement
Yesterday, Rape Day, a self-described “game where you can rape and murder during a zombie apocalypse,” raised new…
The Latest Steam Game To Test Valve's Laissez-Faire Policy Is Called 'Rape Day'
An independent developer called Desk Lamp says it has spent over two years working on a game called Rape Day. Now it’s…
Nobody Watched Movies On Steam, So The Video Section Is Going Away
Did you know that Steam wasn’t just for games? For the past few years you’ve also been able to watch short films and…
Valve Updates Steam VR Because Beat Saber Players Are Too Fast
Real-world data collected from Beat Saber players has changed what Valve developers had previously thought to be…
Team Fortress 2 YouTuber Returns Three Years After Faking Terminal Illness
The popular Team Fortress 2 YouTuber known as Sketchek has returned to the platform after a three-year hiatus with a…
Metro Series Will Continue On PC Even If People Boycott Epic Deal, Says Publisher
Metro Exodus’ long, bumpy ride to a February 15 release on the Epic Games Store has just hit another roadblock. Over…
After Epic Store Deal, Steam Users Review Bomb Metro Games
It’s been a heck of a week for everyone involved with post-apocalyptic survival shooter series Metro. On Monday, the…
Valve Says It's 'Unfair' That Metro Exodus Is Exclusive To Epic Store
Metro Exodus, true to its name, is exiting Steam. The post-apocalyptic shooter will only appear on the Epic Games Store…