EA's Triumphant Return to Steam; Jedi Fallen Order Breaks Records
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was a great success on Steam. The title remains on the first place of the bestseller list on Valve's platform, despite the fact that it also requires Origin client to be launched.
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Milosz Szubert
November 18, 2019
Steam's Game Recommendation System is Improving
According to one of the creators from No More Robots studio, 40% of visits to the Steam card of their latest production comes from the game recommendations, which was updated in September. The developer claims that such an increase in popularity is due to the proper operation of this feature.
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Paul Wozniak
November 13, 2019
Death Stranding Will Launch Simultaneously on Steam and EGS
Death Stranding will be released simultaneously on Steam and Epic Games Store. Such information can be read in the official announcement of the publisher. The game will be coming to PC next summer.
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Konrad Serafinski
November 9, 2019
Valve Invests in Streaming? Rumors About Steam Cloud Gaming
It seems that Valve is yet another company interested in streaming video games. This is what a code fragment found on Steamworks website suggests, where the term Steam Cloud Gaming was mentioned.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 6, 2019
4K Users Remain Few and Far Between - Steam's October Survey
Valve has published the results of its October Steam survey. According to the company, the number of users of Windows 10, Nvidia GPU and Intel CPU is constantly growing. Interestingly, people using 4K resolution are still rare.
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Milosz Szubert
November 6, 2019
Steam With New Library and Remote Play Together Feature
Steam client has received an update that introduces, among other things, improvements to games library, featuring several useful options and new features. Valve has also made Remote Play Together available to all players.
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Bart Swiatek
October 31, 2019
Apex Legends on Steam Will Not Require Origin
Yesterday we learned that EA games that will hit Steam will need Origin to run in the background. As it turns out, this requirement will apply only to selected titles, and the list will not include, for example, Apex Legends.
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Christian Pieniazek
October 30, 2019
EA Games Return to Steam. EA Access Subscription Available as Well
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.
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Bart Swiatek
October 29, 2019
EA Games Returning to Steam is Almost Certain
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.
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Adrian Werner
October 27, 2019
EA Games May Return to Steam
There are new signs that after a few years of separation, games from Electronic Arts may return to Steam. On the other hand, there is a chance that preparations are underway to reveal something larger... or we're looking at nothing more than insignificant errors.
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Christian Pieniazek
October 22, 2019
Steam: Remote Play Together Enters Beta; It's like PS4's Share Play
Remote Play Together, a feature that enables us to play online games that only have a local multiplayer mode, is available for testing on Steam.
Tech
Konrad Serafinski
October 22, 2019
Halloween, Autumn and Winter - Steam Sales Dates Leaked
SteamDB informed about the dates of this year's Steam sales. There are three more promotional periods ahead of us, and the first one - Halloween Sale - is scheduled to start on October 28.
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Paul Wozniak
October 20, 2019
Steam Gets a New Feature - Remote Play Together
Steam will soon receive the Remote Play Together feature, which will enable us to play online in games that have only local multiplayer mode. Tests of the new system will start in October.
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Bart Swiatek
October 10, 2019
Epic is Not Just Against Steam - 30% is the Industry Standard
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.
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Bart Swiatek
October 8, 2019
Half-Life 2 Characters Can Finally Blink Again
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.
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Adrian Werner
September 29, 2019
Valve vs. French Court - an Appeal is Underway
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.
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Barth Faryna
September 23, 2019
Steam Labs - Interactive Advisor and New Recommendation Systems
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.
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Bart Swiatek
September 20, 2019
French Judge: Resale of Steam Games is Legal Under EU Law
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.
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Paul Wozniak
September 19, 2019
Golden Glow for Rare Achievements in New Steam Library
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.
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Milosz Szubert
September 19, 2019
Open Beta of New Steam Library Launches
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.
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Christian Pieniazek
September 17, 2019