Steam Latest news (10)

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.

Adrian Werner, 29 September 2019, 16:01

Valve has finally fixed a bug introduced five years ago that made it impossible for characters in games like Half-Life, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, or Half-Life: Source to blink their eyes.

Barth Faryna, 23 September 2019, 16:00

Valve does not agree with the decision of the Paris Supreme Court that Steam users residing in the European Union are fully entitled to resell the titles purchased through the platform. There's gonna be an appeal.

Bart Swiatek, 20 September 2019, 09:40

Steam developers have announced further experiments that are being conducted under the Steam Labs programme. The entry published on the blog concerns an intelligent Steam advisor, as well as a new way of recommending games based on user reviews. There was also an interesting idea of an in-depth analysis system.

Paul Wozniak, 19 September 2019, 20:57

According to the judgment of the French court, which invokes European Union directives, resale of games from Steam is perfectly legal. Valve has a month to change the rules and inform users about it.

Milosz Szubert, 19 September 2019, 10:59

The new design of Steam library offers an interesting feature. All the in-game achievements that were unlocked by less than 10% of their owners, were spectacularly highlighted.

Christian Pieniazek, 17 September 2019, 21:42

The beta version of the new Steam Library, which we have heard about since March this year, is now available to all interested parties. Valve Software not only refreshed its appearance, but also added a number of new functionalities.

Bart Swiatek, 13 September 2019, 13:35

Steam has received an update today that improves the game recommendation system. Changes made by developers should make it easier for players to find titles that are actually of interest to them.

Christian Pieniazek, 10 September 2019, 23:08

Although Everspace 2 will use Unreal Engine technology, Rockfish Games has decided not to make this project exclusive to the Epic Games Store and release it on Steam. The reason for this is that the band owes its existence to Steam.

Jacob Blazewicz, 06 September 2019, 15:00

Valve has published the results of its August hardware survey on Steam. In the past month, AMD increased its market share both in the CPU market and in the graphics cards segment.

Bart Swiatek, 06 September 2019, 14:45

One of Steam's users created a useful tool that needs only one click to import games from most other launchers to Valve's client. This enables us to take advantage of many useful features such as Steam Overlay, home streaming and Big Picture mode. And we've got everything in one place.

Barth Faryna, 05 September 2019, 15:40

Valve is preparing to introduce a beta version of the changed appearance of the Steam Library. New features were presented at last week's conference in Seattle and users will be able to try them out later this month.

Paul Wozniak, 22 August 2019, 22:11

A platform dedicated entirely to adult games, Nutaku, would like the most popular websites, such as Steam or Epic Game Store, to be more open to erotic games. Thanks to this, Nutaku would gain competition, which would contribute to the development of the industry.

Christian Pieniazek, 21 August 2019, 18:52

Perfect World, a company cooperating with Valve, shared the first details about the official Chinese version of the Steam platform. Soon the players from China will be „almost completely independent” from the rest of the world.

Barth Faryna, 21 August 2019, 14:34

Steam's approach to erotic content has changed significantly in recent years. Currently we can find there many titles for adult players, some of which are even at the top of the July list.

Paul Wozniak, 07 August 2019, 17:45

Valve decided to crack down on the abuse of Steam release date changes, which caused the games of some devs appear in the „Upcoming” tab for long periods of time. From now on, in order to change the release date, you will need to contact Valve directly and give a specific reason.

Bart Swiatek, 05 August 2019, 16:10

We would like to introduce you to a selection of the most popular games on Steam wishlists.

Barth Faryna, 01 August 2019, 13:00

Interactive game recommendations on Steam turned out to be a great success and resulted in a very positive response from the community. Valve follows through and introduces new features that will allow players to search for new titles in more detail.

Barth Faryna, 31 July 2019, 21:26

Epic Games Store is committed to exclusive titles, as we've all known for a long time. However, gamers still feel offended by the fact that more titles are rejected by the platform because their creators do not want to offer exclusivity. Recently, SkateBIRD met wich such a fate.

Adrian Werner, 12 July 2019, 14:13

Valve has released Steam Labs, thanks to which we can test, among others, the system of automatic game recommendation, based on the analysis of our preferences.

Christian Pieniazek, 12 July 2019, 00:24

On the occasion of the upcoming launch of Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Triumph Studios and Paradox Interactive released their previous work, Age of Wonders III, for free. As it usually happens, we have a limited amount of time to add this production to our library.

Paul Wozniak, 08 July 2019, 21:10

The developers of the updated version of Half-Life have announced that two new chapters will be available in the beta from the beginning of August. In addition, we learned that the launch of the final levels of the adventure is only a matter of a few weeks.

Bart Swiatek, 04 July 2019, 18:05

A patent registered by Valve introduces a new version of Steam Controller, featuring pressure-sensitibe buttons in the grip. The device also appears in the Steamworks Developer Toolkit files.

Agnes Adamus, 03 July 2019, 17:46

Steam shared the results of the June hardware survey, which is based on data provided by the users of the platform. Thanks to this, once again we have the opportunity to see which components reign among the owners of personal computers.

Konrad Serafinski, 10 June 2019, 02:29

There are some photos on Steam Database Twitter showing possible new Steam interface. It is very possible that Valve's platform will soon undergo a gentle lifting, which will make it easier for users to use the application.

Frozen, 07 June 2019, 12:30

Bungie organized a special stream dedicated to the future of Destiny 2, in which they presented the upcoming Shadowkeep add-on and confirmed the switch of the basic edition of the title to a free-to-play model.

Frozen, 04 June 2019, 13:06

The updated version of the first part of Age of Empires will support cross-play between Steam and Microsoft Store. The information was provided by the official twitter account of the franchise.

Frozen, 30 May 2019, 23:23

Microsoft has announced that the upcoming Gears 5 and the refreshed first three parts of the Age of Empires series will be available for purchase on the PC via Valve's Steam platform.

Konrad Serafinski, 28 May 2019, 11:18

Vambrace: Cold Soul, a roguelike heavily inspired by Darkest Dungeon, will be available today on Steam and GOG.com. Console owners will have to wait for the launch until September 2019.

Adrian Werner, 22 May 2019, 10:18

Valve has announced that it will not alter the average score for Assassin's Creed: Unity on Steam. Making the title available for free on Uplay and Ubisoft's donation to rebuild the Notre-Dame Cathedral contributed to flooding the site with positive reviews, of which most also praised the game itself.

Frozen, 15 May 2019, 15:18

We know the likely start and end date of Steam Summer Sale 2019. The event will begin shortly and will last for two weeks.

Bart Swiatek, 10 May 2019, 10:26

Paradox Interactive has announced that it will be possible to play Stellaris, the grand space strategy, on Steam for free over the weekend. The action is linked to the third birthday of the title and is accompanied by major price reductions.

ElMundo, 03 May 2019, 10:56

Steam has just published a traditional monthly hardware survey, this time summarizing the preferences of platform's users in April. Noteworthy is the increase in the number of PC owners with Windows 7.

Adrian Werner, 02 May 2019, 09:44

Psyonix Studio has been taken over by Epic Games. So far, Rocket League hasn't disappeared from the Steam. That didn't prevent players from flooding the site with negative reviews of the game, probably just in case.

Agnes Adamus, 30 April 2019, 23:00

Today, Valve announced Valve Index, the company's VR goggles. During the presentation, the price and detailed specification of the device were revealed. The equipment is to be delivered to the first customers on June 28 this year.

Conrad Hazi, 30 April 2019, 13:24

The number of user accounts on the Steam platform has exceeded one billion. Although it doesn't show that so many players use Steam, other statistics reveal that despite the pressure from the competition, Valve's platform is still doing pretty well.

Bart Swiatek, 25 April 2019, 16:18

Tim Sweeney – CEO of Epic Games – wrote on Twitter that his company is ready to give up acquiring exclusive titles, assuming Steam gives up 88% of sales revenue to the devs. The only condition being, that the solution would have to be implemented "without strings attached".

Konrad Serafinski, 20 April 2019, 21:02

Randy Pitchford continues to battle opponents of the Epic Games Store. The CEO of Gearbox Software thinks Steam could be a dying store in a decade and will be replaced by another digital distribution platform.

Agnes Adamus, 09 April 2019, 00:41

Since its debut, the Epic Games Store has been making a lot of waves. Buying exclusive titles has caused many releases to miss Steam. A dispute arose between supporters and opponents of this practice, fueled by Richard Geldreich, a former Valve employee,

Christian Pieniazek, 05 April 2019, 11:50

When we think of Steam sales, both developers and publishers must take Valve's 30% revenue share into account. As it turns out, though, in fact, Gabe Newell's company gets, on average, only as much as 20% of a sold game copy's price.

Konrad Serafinski, 31 March 2019, 22:14

Valve published a picture on Steam, presenting a VR device called Valve Index. This confirms earlier reports that the company is working on a new VR decide. More details coming this May.

Konrad Serafinski, 30 March 2019, 21:49

Ubisoft has announced that Anno 1800 will be an exclusive title on Epic Games Store and Uplay. This means that the game will disappear from Steam on the release day.

Jacob Blazewicz, 25 March 2019, 23:48

Bethesda Softworks informed that the PC edition of RAGE 2 and Doom Eternal will be available on Steam. The same goes for the upcoming spin-offs to the Wolfenstein series, followed by Fallout 76.

Adrian Werner, 22 March 2019, 23:29

Epic Games studio CEO revealed the costs of digital distribution. His calculations show that a 12% margin is enough to make big money, and the industry standard 30% is exaggerated.

Christian Pieniazek, 22 March 2019, 00:27

Among the highlights of Valve's panel during this years Game Developers Conference were the reworked layout of Steam library and developer events. The former can be examined up close, and some interesting details have been revealed concerning the latter.

Conrad Hazi, 18 March 2019, 17:04

Kotaku reports that Steam has been purged of over a hundred various material that approved of the Christchurch terrorist. Valve does not comment on the situation, but consequently removes all reported cases of rule abuse.

Michael Kulakowski, 17 March 2019, 00:45

Valve has answered the controversies related to Epic Games Store client, which allegedly downloads sensitive user data related to their Steam account.

Michael Kulakowski, 16 March 2019, 23:44

Valve announced that it will battle the occasional waves of negative reviews on Steam, so-called review bombing, issued for reasons completely unrelated to the game and aimed only at lowering the score of a specific title.

Conrad Hazi, 15 March 2019, 21:08

Valve decided to show how busy they are even before the GDC has started and revealed the Steam Link Anywhere service, enabling us to use Steam Link through the Internet, and shared the technology for free with all developers who might be interested.

Bart Swiatek, 08 March 2019, 16:19

Valve has laid off 13 full-time employees last month. Some third-party contracts were also cancelled. The reason for the layoffs remains unknown.