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Jacob Blazewicz, 10 September 2020, 17:12

Steam with advanced filters and information about price changes, player activity, DRM, etc.? No, this is not a new update from Valve, but the Augmented Steam plugin. The expansion for Chrome and Firefox makes browsing Steam's catalogue much easier.

Milosz Szubert, 09 September 2020, 15:47

In response to Epic Games' accusations, Apple has filed its own lawsuit, in which it accuses Tim Sweeney's company of breach of contract. The company demands compensation.

Jacob Blazewicz, 06 September 2020, 18:23

The removal of Fortnite from App Store and Google Play remains unresolved. However, Epic Games has filed a court order to put pressure on Apple to restore access to the popular battle royale on iOS devices. Reason: Epic Games' „irreparable damage” and a significant decline in the number of players.

Bart Swiatek, 14 August 2020, 11:36

Apple and Google have removed the shooter Fortnite from their respective app stores. Epic Games has responded with actions against both entities. The reason for the commotion is the high, 30% revenue share on these digital distribution platforms, which Tim Sweeney does not accept.

Paul Wozniak, 04 August 2020, 19:50

The hits originally released on Xbox 360 have returned to the Microsoft Store, allowing Xbox One console owners to purchase and play such titles as Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Silent Hill: Downpour, DiRT 3 or Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. For the time being, it is not known whether these game will also be available on PC via Microsoft Store.

Adrian Werner, 04 August 2020, 13:31

Were shown how the new version of Microsoft Store for Xbox consoles will look like. It is to be both prettier and faster, as well as more functional.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 30 July 2020, 14:38

Steam has changed the payment system. From now on, purchases must be finalized by the local payment method. The move may be part of the fight against buying cheaper games from other regions through VPN.

Jacob Blazewicz, 30 July 2020, 12:16

Epic Games announced the launch of game achievements on Epic Games Store. This applies only to certain games, and the system will be further improved.

Jacob Blazewicz, 27 July 2020, 22:20

Valve has quietly added the ability to register for game testing on Steam. The feature is apparently not yet widely available.

Damian Strozek, 22 July 2020, 15:08

Tim Sweeney, owner of Epic Games, shared his thoughts on digital ownership on Twitter. According to him, they should be universal and accessible to all platforms and stores.

Adrian Werner, 10 July 2020, 14:20

Already 80% of games with Capcom's logo are purchased digitally. The publisher wants to improve this result, but does not intend to abandon boxes yet.

Frozen, 04 July 2020, 22:43

A representative of Coffee Stain Studios revealed exactly how many people bought Satisfactory on Steam and how many on Epic Games store (where it was a temporary exclusive).

Damian Strozek, 24 June 2020, 13:48

The creators of Epic Games Store boasted some stats, from which we learned that the last period was a record one for the store in terms of user interest. But how does it compare to its biggest competitor, Valve's Steam?

Adrian Werner, 23 June 2020, 11:22

Minecraft Dungeons proved to be the best digital debut of May. In addition, Epic Games Store's giveaways of GTA 5 and Civilization 6 were great successes, with both games recording not only a large increase in user numbers but also in revenue.

Milosz Szubert, 08 June 2020, 18:22

Microsoft has made changes to the activation of digital versions of games added to its consoles. These will not be present in the form of a game key, but will automatically be assigned to the profile to which we first log in on our newly purchased device.

Paul Wozniak, 04 June 2020, 19:09

Further EA games are available from today on Steam. The players can purchase Need for Speed: Heat or Crysis 3 on Valve. The EA Access subscription for Steam users is expected to be available soon.

Bart Swiatek, 02 June 2020, 10:35

Epic Games Store, a digital distribution platform launched by creators of Fortnite, is doing better and better. According to Tim Sweeney, EGS already controls about 15% of the PC game market. The developer also convinces that giving away free games brings measurable benefits not only to players but also developers.

Bart Swiatek, 25 May 2020, 15:18

Valve Software is working on a Chinese version of Steam - the program was announced in 2018 and recently received an alpha version. The application differs in several respects from the variant known from other regions of the world.

Adrian Werner, 24 May 2020, 17:13

Last month turned out to be a record month for microtransactions in Grand Theft Auto Online and for the entire digital market. We also learned the sales results of such games as Final Fantasy VII Remake, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered or Resident Evil 3 in electronic distribution.

Damian Strozek, 21 May 2020, 14:12

The sales platform G2A has pledged to compensate Factorio's developers, paying almost $40,000 for illegally obtained game keys. This is a result of actions taken by G2A and Wube Software almost a year ago.

Jacob Blazewicz, 11 May 2020, 22:58

Pavel Djundik from Steam Database reported of plans to introduce a loyalty program on Steam. This would translate into the possibility to exchange points to obtain virtual items, but also discounts in Valve's store.

Adrian Werner, 06 May 2020, 12:52

Financial reports of Activision and Electronic Arts have been published. Both made excellent profits, mainly from digital distribution, which accounts for the vast majority of revenues of both publishers.

Jacob Blazewicz, 23 April 2020, 12:32

The SuperData analytics group published a report on global digital distribution in March. Last month turned out to be exceptionally good for the market, with great results of Doom Eternal, Half-Life: Alyx and Animal Crossing. The latter production broke the first month's digital sales record for console titles, set by Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII.

Jacob Blazewicz, 22 April 2020, 15:18

Fortnite finally launched on Google Play, after a year and a half of distribution beyond this platform. This concession by Epic Games is the result of Google's policy to significantly hinder independent distribution.

Jacob Blazewicz, 23 March 2020, 23:38

Epic Games has presented the list of spring releases on Epic Games Store. This includes a handful of intriguing indies, the first story DLC for Control, and the PC edition of Samurai Shodown.

Jacob Blazewicz, 21 March 2020, 17:50

Gabe „Gaben” Newell commented on Steam's competition with Epic Games Store. He said that competition in the digital stores is necessary and beneficial for all, but criticized Apple's style approach and its „faceless bureaucrats” managing App Store.

Adrian Werner, 19 March 2020, 19:38

The full version of Interactive Recommender, i.e. an interactive advisor who analyses our preferences and recommends games that fit them, has launched on Steam. Over the last several months the project has been tested within Steam Labs.

Christian Pieniazek, 17 March 2020, 20:56

For the next two weeks, Goat of Duty will be available for free. The game is a unique shooter, in which we're fighting a bloody battles in the vein of Quake III, only playing as... mutant goats.

Michael Kulakowski, 26 February 2020, 22:09

GOG.com has updated its refund policy. From now on, customers of the platform will be able to get a refund for the game they've bought on the website up to 30 days after the purchase, regardless of the time they've spent playing.

Paul Wozniak, 26 February 2020, 16:01

The game search engine on Steam has experienced several improvements that have been tested as part of Steam Labs program. From now on, players can more easily choose the price range they are interested in, add or remove appropriate tags or search among games localized in their native language.

Laty, 14 February 2020, 14:11

Steam will offer the players a selection of games that may appeal to them. Everything will be supervised by artificial intelligence, which, based on the completed games of the user, will select similar ones from among those in the library.

Jacob Blazewicz, 07 February 2020, 16:57

Valve has published a summary of 2019 on Steam. In addition to data on the platform's popularity and new features, the company has also revealed how many times it was forced to intervene in connection with review-bombing.

Christian Pieniazek, 06 February 2020, 22:24

4A Games and Deep Silver confirmed when Metro Exodus will return to Steam. Epic Games' fierce opponents had to be patient for a whole year after the title was released.

Milosz Szubert, 05 February 2020, 21:50

A 24-year-old inhabitant of Poland has received nearly 9 thousand charges of illegal distribution of games. His idea was to buy digital versions of the games and then resell access to the account to many people.

Paul Wozniak, 03 February 2020, 13:04

A two-year-old record of active users on Steam was broken yesterday. SteamDB informed that currently the best result is about 18.8 million. Of this, however, only 5.8 million accounts were actually playing.

Adrian Werner, 27 January 2020, 10:37

Last year the Americans spent less on PC games than in 2018. According to analysts, one of the reasons for this was the increased competition in the digital distribution market caused by the aggressive expansion of Epic Games Store.

Paul Wozniak, 25 January 2020, 22:24

The creators of SteamDB scanned the account IDs on Steam, so that we can, among other things, find out how many fully registered users are on the platform currently. The data also shows the number of currently active profiles or accounts opened in a specific year.

Jacob Blazewicz, 14 January 2020, 21:50

Epic Games has boasted the results of its digital distribution platform. Epic Games Store has had a successful year thanks to, e.g. exclusive titles and games for free. The latter action will continue this year.

Agnes Adamus, 13 January 2020, 23:03

We've learned the reason why GTA IV can no longer be bought on Steam. It turns out that the fact that the PC version of the game was created for the now-unsupported Games for Windows Live platform is to blame. Currently Rockstar Games is looking for a solution to this situation.

Adrian Werner, 03 January 2020, 10:36

SuperData summarized the results of the digital game market for 2019. The best earning free-to-play production was Fortnite, which generated $1.8 billion in revenue. League of Legends has brought $1.5 billion.

Konrad Serafinski, 21 December 2019, 20:47

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has scored the best console launch in history of the Star Wars franchise for digital sales, achieving more than double the result of Star Wars: Battlefront II. Red Dead Redemption 2 turned out to be a disappointment before its release on Steam. Such information is given in the report for November 2019 by the SuperData analytics company.

Agnes Adamus, 09 December 2019, 22:40

Today, after almost half a year of closed beta-tests, GOG Galaxy 2.0 has been officially made available to everyone. Everyone interested can now download and test the latest version of the CD Projekt client.

Julia Dragovic, 08 December 2019, 22:43

Valve is delaying the release of games related to protests in Hong Kong. All of the titles are on the pro-democratic side of the conflict. And if you don't what something is about... it's about China, in other words, money. Blitzchung, Hearthstone player recently suspended by Blizzard, also appears in the affair.

Michael Kulakowski, 26 November 2019, 23:59

At the start of the Autumn Sale, Steam has announced the start of the collection of nominations for the Steam Awards 2019, which will be awarded in eight different categories. This year, the website will provide developers with new tools that will enable them to encourage players to vote for their works.

Milosz Szubert, 26 November 2019, 12:00

A lot of games and exansions disappeared from Steam last night. According to Valve, it was dictated by the fact that some publishers, including Russia-based Dagestan Technology, abused Steamworks tools.

Paul Wozniak, 23 November 2019, 17:59

According to statistics (of October, 2019) presented by SuperData, the latest installment of Call of Duty turned out to be the best-selling digital title among games released in 2019. Also, October was the best month in the history of Apex Legends.

Bart Swiatek, 29 October 2019, 20:05

Electronic Arts has entered into an agreement with Valve. Under the agreement, new EA games will also be released on Steam, starting with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Along with them, the platform will also receive several already released titles and an EA Access subscription.

Adrian Werner, 27 October 2019, 20:13

Electronic Arts' Twitter entry suggested that the publisher's games will soon be available on Steam. This confirms the reports from a few days ago.

Michael Kulakowski, 20 October 2019, 22:10

At the end of this year, the Humble Monthly service will change its formula and name. Players will now specify the games that they will receive every month, but in return they will have to pay almost twice the subscription fee, while downloading fewer titles.

Bart Swiatek, 08 October 2019, 15:43

IGN conducted an analysis which shows that Steam's 30% revenue share does not differ from the industry standards. Only a few other distributors apply different rules - including, of course, Epic Games Store, which often accuses Valve of engaging in shameful practices.