Steam Introduced Official Support for Advanced Paid Access to Games
Steam received small updates, including support for advanced access to games for preorder purchases and a minor but useful improvement to Steam Family Sharing.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 24, 2024
PlayStation Users Losing Games Because of Bug. Sony Working on Fixes
Many PlayStation players are reporting that they cannot fire up games purchased from the PS Store. The serious bug also affects PS Plus subscribers. Sony is said to be preparing a special patch that will solve the problem.
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Zuzanna Domeradzka
March 14, 2024
Private Games, New Shopping Cart, and Longer Launch Discounts. Steam With More Updates
Steam is introducing a long-tested feature for private games and doubles the length of time for which a game's launch discount can last.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 6, 2024
Steam Takes on Games Faking Helldivers 2, Palworld, and Other Hits
The success of Helldivers 2 and Palworld has been exploited by dishonest developers who have tried to sell their games as these and other well-known productions.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 3, 2024
24% of Digital PC Games Aren't Even Launched. More Than Half Players Would Resell Them - If They Could
Research conducted on a group of gamers from the United States and the United Kingdom indicates that the digital distribution model for games needs to change.
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Kamil Kleszyk
February 8, 2024
Apple Takes Payments Outside the App Store in US. Tim Sweeney Shares What's Wrong
The App Store finally lets iOS app developers to introduce third-party payments. The head of Epic Games criticized the way Apple has implemented this solution. And he is not alone in this.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 17, 2024
Getting Players Used to "Not Owning Games” One of Ubisoft's Goals
Changes to Ubisoft's offerings are only part of the French corporation's larger plans. The producer of the Assassin's Creed series wants the community to come to terms with the currently trending method of game distribution.
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Kamil Kleszyk
January 17, 2024
Steam Set New Record of Active Players. Previous One Was Nearly Year Old
It took almost a year, but Steam has finally set a new record for the number of concurrent players.
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Adrian Werner
January 8, 2024
Cyberpunk 2077 Among Top Earning Steam Games of 2023
Valve has released a list of the highest-grossing games on Steam this year. Among the top earners was Cyberpunk 2077.
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Adrian Werner
December 28, 2023
Good Year for Steam; Several Records and Over 14,000 New Games
The editors of Game World Observer were tempted to provide a detailed summary of the passing 12 months on Steam. The published data reveals some interesting information.
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Kamil Kleszyk
December 27, 2023
Apple Comes Next, Epic Games Chief Says; 'We’ll Put Fortnite on Any Serious Store
Epic Games won in court against Google, and CEO Tim Sweeney hopes to eventually prevail in the clash with Apple as well. He also assured that Fortnite will come to every platform, on one condition.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 13, 2023
Gabe Newell to Testify on Steam's Alleged Monopolistic Practices
Gabe Newell will have to go to court in person to testify about „Steam's monopolistic practices.” Valve's chief executive wanted to avoid this.
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Hubert Sledziewski
November 27, 2023
Sony Faces Lawsuit Over PlayStation Store Prices; 6.3 Billion Pounds at Stake
A London court has agreed to continue a class action case against Sony. A loss could cost the Japanese giant an astronomical amount 6.3 billion pounds.
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Kamil Kleszyk
November 22, 2023
Epic Games Store Still Not Profitable; Company Confirms in Court
Epic Games Store continues to drain its owner's wallet. Yesterday's hearing confirmed that the digital platform is still not providing profits to Fortnite's developers.
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Maciej Gaffke
November 7, 2023
Industry Giants Should do Better Protecting Games From Oblivion, Says Former PlayStation Boss
Shawn Layden, former head of PlayStation, has expressed his concern about some trends in the video game industry. In his opinion, big publishers do not care about games.
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Michal Ciezadlik
October 26, 2023
Epic Games Store Adopts Shovelware Game Developer, That Got Kicked From Steam a Few Years Ago
A lot of new junk games have recently appeared in Epic Games Store. It turns out that the developer responsible for them is the same one whose 200 low-quality titles got kicked out from Steam a few years ago.
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Zuzanna Domeradzka
August 21, 2023
Xbox 360 One Step Closer to Grave; Microsoft Announces Store Shutdown
Starting next year, you won't be able to buy new games and DLCs for the Xbox 360 console. Microsoft has announced the shutdown of the platform's digital store.
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Zuzanna Domeradzka
August 18, 2023
Steam Raises Minimum Game Price
Valve has updated the rules of Steam regarding the minimum price of games in certain currencies other than the US dollar. This means that in some countries the cheapest productions will be as much 482 percent more expensive.
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Kamil Kleszyk
August 17, 2023
New Steam Update Gives You More Control of Your Game Library
Steam has received another update, and with it a number of improvements and fixes (including in Steam's game collection).
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Jacob Blazewicz
August 3, 2023
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Ubisoft May Delete Inactive Accounts, Internet Boils [Update]
People who have not logged into the Ubisot Connect service for a long time may permanently lose access to their account. This information shocked Internet users, who initiated a huge discussion about such practices. However, part of the gaming community calling for calm.
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Marcin Przała
July 25, 2023