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Gears 5 and Definitive Age of Empires Will Launch on Steam

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.

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May 30, 2019

Gears 5 and Definitive Age of Empires Will Launch on Steam

Darkest Dungeon-inspired Vambrace: Cold Soul Launches

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.

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Konrad Serafinski

May 28, 2019

Darkest Dungeon-inspired Vambrace: Cold Soul Launches

Valve Will Acknowledge ''Positive Review Bombing'' of AC Unity

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.

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Adrian Werner

May 22, 2019

Valve Will Acknowledge ''Positive Review Bombing'' of AC Unity

Steam Summer Sale 2019 Dates Leaked

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

special offers

May 15, 2019

Steam Summer Sale 2019 Dates Leaked

Stellaris - Special Offer and Free Weekend on Steam

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.

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Bart Swiatek

May 10, 2019

Stellaris - Special Offer and Free Weekend on Steam

More Windows 7 Users Than Windows 10 On Steam

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.

Tech

May 3, 2019

More Windows 7 Users Than Windows 10 On Steam

Epic Takes over Rocket League Creators. Will the Game Disappear from Steam?

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.

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Adrian Werner

May 2, 2019

Epic Takes over Rocket League Creators. Will the Game Disappear from Steam?

Official Presentation of Valve Index

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.

Tech

Agnes Adamus

April 30, 2019

Official Presentation of Valve Index

Steam Has More Than One Billion Users

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.

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Conrad Hazi

April 30, 2019

Steam Has More Than One Billion Users

Tim Sweeney Challenges Valve to Reduce Its Revenue Share

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".

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Bart Swiatek

April 25, 2019

Tim Sweeney Challenges Valve to Reduce Its Revenue Share

Randy Pitchford: "Steam Could be Dying in 5 to 10 years."

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.

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Konrad Serafinski

April 20, 2019

Randy Pitchford: "Steam Could be Dying in 5 to 10 years."

The Digital Distribution Platform War Continues

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,

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Agnes Adamus

April 9, 2019

The Digital Distribution Platform War Continues

Third-Party Stores Reduce Valve's Revenue

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.

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Christian Pieniazek

April 5, 2019

Third-Party Stores Reduce Valve's Revenue

Valve Index - Steam Creators Tease VR Goggles

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.

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Konrad Serafinski

March 31, 2019

Valve Index - Steam Creators Tease VR Goggles

Anno 1800 Only on Epic Games Store and Uplay

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.

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Konrad Serafinski

March 30, 2019

Anno 1800 Only on Epic Games Store and Uplay

Doom Eternal and RAGE 2 Coming to Steam. So is Fallout 76.

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.

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Jacob Blazewicz

March 25, 2019

Doom Eternal and RAGE 2 Coming to Steam. So is Fallout 76.

Epic Games Reveals Digital Distribution Costs

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.

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Adrian Werner

March 23, 2019

Epic Games Reveals Digital Distribution Costs

Steam Reveals New Layout and Functionalities

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.

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Christian Pieniazek

March 22, 2019

Steam Reveals New Layout and Functionalities

Valve Purges Steam of Homages to Christchurch Terrorist

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.

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Conrad Hazi

March 18, 2019

Valve Purges Steam of Homages to Christchurch Terrorist

Valve Will Examine Copying of Steam Data by Epic Games Store

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

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Michael Kulakowski

March 17, 2019

Valve Will Examine Copying of Steam Data by Epic Games Store