Back in January 2018, we saw a new milestone hit on Steam, with 18.5 million users all online and using the platform at once. That record has remained in place for two years now but this week, it was finally broken, with Steam having its biggest day yet. The new …
Read More »Dota Underlords will leave Early Access this month
Over the last year, Valve has been working away on Dota Underlords as an Early Access title. Now, the game is ready for a full release, with the game set to leave Early Access this month, complete with new features, including a single-player component. Dota Underlords is leaving Early Access …
Read More »The Steam Lunar New Year Sale is underway
Just as one Steam sale ends another begins. The Steam Lunar New Year sale kicked off this week and will continue through until Monday 27th January to offer PC gamers some great saving on popular titles. It wasn’t that long since the Steam Winter Sale ended, but this week the …
Read More »Rocket League to remove online features from Linux and macOS versions
Rocket League players on macOS and Linux are getting some bad news this week, as Psyonix is dropping online support for both platforms. The online-removing patch will arrive in March, at which point players will only have access to local multiplayer. According to an update to the Rocket League support …
Read More »Telltale’s The Walking Dead returns to Steam
When season one of Telltale’s The Walking Dead released in 2012, it helped breathe new life into the choice-based narrative adventure game genre. Upon Telltale Games’ effective closure in 2018 however, all four seasons of The Walking Dead, alongside a number of Telltale Game’s other titles were removed from Steam’s storefront. …
Read More »Valve makes all previous Half-Life games free until Half-Life: Alyx releases
If you missed out on the Half-Life series back in the day, or just never picked up those games for your Steam library, then you are in luck. To promote the upcoming launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Valve is making all previous games in the series free to play. Half-Life: Alyx …
Read More »The Valve Index is now sold out in almost every region
Following on from Valve's announcement of Half-Life: Alyx, the VR headset market saw an immediate boost. The Valve Index swiftly began running out of stock and now just a couple of months away from the game's release, the Index has sold out in almost every country it is sold in. …
Read More »Rockstar confirms Games for Windows Live to blame for GTA IV disappearance
Over the weekend, people were quick to notice that Grand Theft Auto IV has mysteriously disappeared from the Steam store. This has happened to other GTA games in the past due to expiring music licenses but this time around, the situation is different. Rockstar has now confirmed that GTA IV …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto IV has been removed from sale on Steam
If you head over to the GTA IV page on Steam right now, what you’ll find is that the game is no longer available to purchase. Discovered by user ‘Pix’ on ResetEra, Grand Theft Auto IV can not be purchased anymore – although GTA: Episodes from Liberty City is still …
Read More »Valve updates how Steam soundtracks work
Valve has changed how customers can acquire a video game's soundtrack on Steam. This update was made with two main objectives in mind: fixing the customer experience issues with the currently used model, where soundtracks are categorised as DLC, and adding new features. Starting with the fixes, the soundtracks available to be purchased …
Read More »The Witcher 3 surpasses 100,000 concurrent players for the first time
It is incredibly rare for a single-player game to break its launch-day concurrent player records without some form of update but The Witcher 3 has defied the odds… twice. After beating out the game's launch-day peak player count on Steam last week, it seems that even more people became interested, …
Read More »New documentary will showcase Valve’s cancelled game ‘F-STOP’
Over the years, Valve has worked on many unannounced game prototypes, many of which we may never hear about. We will be learning about one particular game soon though, F-Stop, a prequel to Portal that never ended up making its way to the finish line. LunchHouse Software, an indie studio, …
Read More »The 2019 Steam Awards winners have been announced
Back in December, Valve announced all of the nominees for 2019's Steam Awards and opened the doors for Steam users to vote on which games should win across eight categories. The winners have now all been announced, with Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice being named the Steam community's game of the …
Read More »More people played The Witcher 3 this week than at launch
It is incredibly rare for a single-player game to break its launch-day concurrent player records without some form of update but The Witcher 3 has defied the odds. The game had a peak all-time concurrent player count of 92,000 back at launch in 2015. Over the weekend, that number was …
Read More »Valve reveals the best selling Steam games of 2019
We are closing in on the end of 2019, which means we’ll be seeing plenty of ‘top 10’, GOTY and best seller lists over the next week or two. Valve has been revealing the top selling games on Steam each year for a few years now and that tradition is …
Read More »Final Fantasy XIV and Shadowbringers expansion are 50% off
There have been a lot of excellent games released throughout 2019 but there have also been a few standout expansions bringing older games back to the forefront. Final Fantasy XIV in particular is worth a look. The game’s recent expansion, Shadowbringers, launched to high praise and now during the Winter …
Read More »Steam Winter Sale starts today and Steam Award nominees have been announced
We are just a few hours away from the Steam Winter Sale, so if you are browsing the store for something new to play, we have the sale start times so you know exactly when you should actually hit the buy button. The Winter Sale is just half of the …
Read More »Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition gets its first major update
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has been out on Steam and Game Pass for around a month now but the developers have stayed busy since then. Today, the game's first major update begins rolling out, including a long list of bug fixes, the first major civilization balance changes and …
Read More »Resident Evil 3 has the same minimum PC requirements as Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3 Remake is coming out in April 2020, hoping to swiftly follow up on the success of Resident Evil 2 Remake. The game will run on the same engine and will hit a similar level of graphical quality, with that in mind, its not too surprising to see …
Read More »Halo: The Master Chief Collection has a “blockbuster launch on PC”
Halo is undeniably one of Xbox’s biggest first-party franchises. Its games have spanned the entire Xbox family of consoles, and after an extended absence on PC, finally came back to the platform. It appears that this move was not in vain, as Xbox recently announced that The Master Chief Collection …
Read More »Steam Winter sale dates confirmed and Steam Award nominees to be revealed
Over the last few weeks, the annual Steam Awards have been open for votes, with millions of Steam players voting on games to be nominated across eight categories. Now, Valve is planning on revealing the nominees for each category, albeit slowly, all in an effort to build up to the …
Read More »Half-Life: Alyx could come to PSVR in the future; not in active development
When Half-Life: Alyx was announced back in November, some fans of the series wondered whether the Valve-developed VR title would make its way to the PSVR. As of now, Half-Life: Alyx has been announced for Windows only, although according to the game’s designer, Greg Coomer, Valve has “not ruled anything …
Read More »The first Epic Games Store exclusives are heading to Steam this week
It has been one year since the Epic Games Store first launched, complete with an exclusive games strategy to keep games off of Steam. Now, some of those first timed-exclusivity deals are starting to come to an end, with the first EGS exclusives heading to other platforms. The Epic Games …
Read More »Dragon Quest Builders 2 gets a jumbo demo ahead of PC release
It has been a big couple of years for the Dragon Quest franchise, not just because of landmark releases like Dragon Quest XI, but also thanks to the success of the Dragon Quest Builders spin-off. Dragon Quest Builders 2 is getting some more time to shine this year with a …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 is now on Steam
Red Dead Redemption 2 has been out on PC for a month already on other stores but today, Rockstar's wild west adventure officially comes to Steam. The Steam Store listing is now live for those looking to buy, although the game doesn't unlock until later today. As expected, Red Dead …
Read More »Valve cancels some Steam Controller orders after overselling final stock
Last week, Valve cut the Steam Controller price by 90% in an effort to clear out remaining stock of the first-generation gamepad and discontinue it for good. Despite being somewhat divisive, there is still a lot of interest in the Steam Controller, so remaining stock sold out quickly. Unfortunately, the …
Read More »Halo: Reach PC unlock times revealed
The big day has finally arrived, with Halo: The Master Chief Collection officially kicking off its rollout on PC with the release of Halo Reach. If you are planning on playing today, then you may have realised that the game has not unlocked on Steam or Game Pass just yet. …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 comes to Steam on December 5th
Back in October, Rockstar announced Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC, with the game starting off as available on the Rockstar Games Launcher and Epic Games Store, with a Steam release planned for December. In keeping with Valve's new T&Cs on store exclusives coming to Steam later, the game will …
Read More »Valve discontinues the Steam Controller
Valve’s first foray into designing its own hardware brought the Steam Link and Steam Controller into the world. Both devices were designed with the goal of tackling PC gaming in the living room. Nowadays, Valve's primary hardware focus is virtual reality and the older devices are being left behind. The …
Read More »Xbox first-party title ‘State of Decay 2’ is coming to Steam
It appears that as time goes on, Microsoft is choosing to support the PC platform more and more. Another first party Xbox One exclusive, State of Decay 2, is coming to Steam. The game is slated to arrive in early 2020. Like other Xbox titles published elsewhere, the game will …
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