Steam Summer Sale Reshuffles Weekly Bestseller List
Steam Summer Sale led to big changes in the list of the biggest bestsellers on the store. All games in the top 10 are game participating in the sale.
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Adrian Werner
June 28, 2021
Steam Top May Releases Include Resident Evil Village and Chair Simulator
May on Steam was marked by big premieres such as Resident Evil Village, Days Gone or Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. Old exclusives from Epic Games Store also did well. On the other hand, the biggest free-to-play debuts include Chair Simulator.
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Adrian Werner
June 24, 2021
Steam Will Make Cheap Purchases via VPN Even Harder
Valve has introduced a new restriction on Steam related to country settings. Thus, the platform continues to fight against the abuse of VPNs to buy games at lower, regional prices.
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Jacob Blazewicz
June 24, 2021
Resident Evil Chapter and Naraka: Bladepoint Among Steam Bestsellers
Last week's biggest Steam bestseller was the Resident Evil Chapter DLC for Dead by Daylight. The demo for Naraka: Bladepoint is driving pre-orders of the game, leading to good results.
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Adrian Werner
June 21, 2021
Going Medieval Reaches Top of Sales Ranking on Steam
The release of Going Medieval turned out to be a surprisingly big success. The game was the biggest bestseller on Steam last week. Another debutant in the form of Necromunda: Hired Gun is also doing well.
video games
Adrian Werner
June 7, 2021
Steam May be Planning to Introduce a Game Library Manager
Steam may be planning to introduce a game library manager to make it easier for us to manage the titles installed on our drive.
Tech
Hubert Sledziewski
May 30, 2021
Steam Will Refresh Appearance of Downloads and Settings
Steam will change the look of its download and settings page, reports Pavel Djundik, creator of SteamDB and Steam Status websites.
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Angelika Kaldus
May 27, 2021
Embracer Group Spends Twice as Much on Commissions as on Game Development
Embracer Group, which includes Deep Silver and Gearbox Software, revealed in its 2021 financial report that it spends twice as much money on store commissions for its games as it does on creating games themselves.
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Hubert Sledziewski
May 20, 2021
Epic Games Paid Streamers for Aggressive Marketing
According to another document revealed in the course of the trial between Apple and Epic Games, Tim Sweeney's company was to pay various influencers, mainly to land a marketing hit on its direct competitor, Steam.
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Adrian Piotrowski
May 15, 2021
Lawsuit Against Sony Could Give Us Cheaper PS4 and PS5 Games
A class action lawsuit against Sony Interactive Entertainment could lower the prices on PlayStation Store. The lawsuit is aimed at Sony's monopoly in selling digital copies of games for PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles.
video games
May 7, 2021
xCloud Exclusivity as Microsoft's Bargaining Chip for Reduced Profit Margin
Thanks to the Epic Games vs. Apple court battle, we now know that Microsoft was planning to cut its 30% profit margin on Xbox game sales in exchange for exclusive streaming rights on xCloud. Those plans have been abandoned, at least for now.
video games
May 5, 2021
Epic Games Store Spent $1 Billion on Exclusives
Epic Games has already spent over a billion dollars on exclusive games for Epic Games Store. This is part of a strategy to capture up to half of the PC gaming market.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 5, 2021
We Learned Epic's Spendings on Giveaways; Subnautica Alone Cost Almost $1.5M
Documents leaked on the occasion of the lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple reveal how much the former paid for games given away for free on its platform during the first nine months of this operation. The total amount it had to spend during that period is close to $12 million.
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Milosz Szubert
May 4, 2021
CS:GO and PUBG Reign Again Among Steam Bestsellers
Last week was exceptionally good for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Playerunknown's Battlegrounds. Both game found themselves at the top of Steam's bestseller list, surpassing the hits of recent months.
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Jacob Blazewicz
May 3, 2021
New Lawsuit Concerning Valve's Monopolistic Practices on Steam
Valve has become the target of another lawsuit. The document filed by Wolfire Games accuses the company of anti-competitive regulation, including overpricing on Steam and taking 30% of devs' revenue.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 30, 2021
Microsoft Follows in Epic Games Store's Footsteps and Reduces Revenue Share
Microsoft Store is following in Epic Games Store's footsteps and will offer more compensation to video game developers. Starting August 1, the store's revenue share will decrease to 12%, albeit this applies only to PC games.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
April 29, 2021
New Features on Steam Will Make Finding Games Easier
Valve has introduced more changes to Steam. This time the platform received new features related to game search.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 22, 2021
Sony Caves In - PlayStation Store Will Remain on PS3 and PSV
Sony backpedaled on its plans to close the PS Store on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita consoles. CEO Jim Ryan confirmed that the decision was based on player feedback.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 19, 2021
Epic Secures $1B for Development, Including $200M From Sony
Epic Games received a really substantial injection of cash from its investors, equal to $1 billion. The amount was contributed by Sony, among others.
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Karol Laska
April 13, 2021
Tim Sweeney Satisfied With Epic Games Store, Losses Called 'Investments'
Epic Games' CEO Tim Sweeney commented on Twitter about the Epic Games Store platform losing money. In his opinion, it is an investment that enables the store to grow and reach out to players.
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Bart Swiatek
April 12, 2021