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Orcs Must Die! 2 demo arrives on Steam

Orcs Must Die! 2 demo arrives on Steam

Robot Entertainment has announced the release of the Orcs Must Die! 2 demo onto Steam. In addition, the long-awaited Orcs Must Die! soundtrack has also been released, as well as the Orcs Must Die! ... Read More

Valve doesn’t want platform exclusives

Valve doesn’t want platform exclusives

If you're thinking that Half-Life 3 will be exclusive to Steam, don't fret. Valve doesn't believe in platform exclusives. They have said that it's just not worth losing too much money to push an ag... Read More

Valve: Steam promotions do not cannibalize sales, we think of them as features

Valve: Steam promotions do not cannibalize sales, we think of them as features

Valve’s director of business management, Jason Holtman, has revealed that Steam sales does not cannibilize sales in any way, and also likened them to customer features. "Actually, all the data is... Read More

EA: Core gamers have an issue with Origin, but Steam’s launch received a similar backlash

EA: Core gamers have an issue with Origin, but Steam’s launch received a similar backlash

[caption id="attachment_97321" align="alignright" width="200"] David DeMartini[/caption] EA has once again compared Origin to Steam and has mentioned that core gamers have an issue with Origin the sa... Read More

Steam Summer Sale is now live and features tons of deals

Steam Summer Sale is now live and features tons of deals

Valve has given the greenlight for the Steam Summer Sale, and some of the options available to people are incredible. They've also introduced badges which rewards you with a badge based on your achie... Read More

Valve: No short-term plans to add game-streaming to Steam

Valve: No short-term plans to add game-streaming to Steam

Valve has revealed that it has no short-term plans to add game-streaming to Steam. Jason Holtman, Valve business development director revealed this at an industry conference Develop. "Though "tho... Read More

Valve fight EA claim that Steam sales ‘cheapen intellectual property’

Valve fight EA claim that Steam sales ‘cheapen intellectual property’

Valve has fought back, after EA made a misguided attempt at accusing Steam sales of 'cheapening intellectual property', by stating that the exact opposite. EA's David DeMartini, Senior Vice President... Read More

Steam Greenlight announced by Valve

Steam Greenlight announced by Valve

Today Valve have announced a new community platform feature, enlisting their help in picking and choosing future releases on Steam. The premise is that Steam Greenlight will allow developers and pu... Read More

Steam Summer Sale confirmed by Valve employee

Steam Summer Sale confirmed by Valve employee

Today a Valve employee confirmed that the Steam Summer Sale will happen after all, following concerns that all was lost and Gabe had gone feral. Writing on a thread on the Steam forum, Valve Engine... Read More

New DLC and Steam Discount for Wargames: European Escalation

New DLC and Steam Discount for Wargames: European Escalation

Wargames: European Escalation was developed for PC by Eugen Systems and released earlier this year. As a real-time strategy game set in Europe during the Cold War, the game garnered a surprising amo... Read More

EU Court Casts Judgment in Favour of Reselling: It’s Super Effective!

EU Court Casts Judgment in Favour of Reselling: It’s Super Effective!

Recently the European Union's Court of Justice ruled that gamers are within full rights to resell their games. What's more, publishers can't do anything about it, and that applies to games downlo... Read More

Square-Enix and iam8bit Partner for Quantum Conundrum-Inspired Game Show

Square-Enix and iam8bit Partner for Quantum Conundrum-Inspired Game Show

iam8bit has always put it's best foot forward when showcasing the artistic side of gaming. Anyone who's visited it's art exhibitions can attest to that, but the company is known for far more. Case i... Read More

Steam Charts: Day Z sees Arma 2 hit the top

Steam Charts: Day Z sees Arma 2 hit the top

Valve has announced Steam’s top ten selling titles for the week beginning 24 June. DayZ shows no signs of slowing, with ArmA II taking the top spot for the second time in three weeks, a regular f... Read More

EA: Steam took eight years to get where it is, we’re going to get there faster and go beyond

EA: Steam took eight years to get where it is, we’re going to get there faster and go beyond

EA wants Origin to become the primary competitor to Steam and they have mentioned that they will reach the top in less years than it took Valve's digital distribution service to get there. "The eas... Read More

Valve: Linux version of Steam and Source engine coming in 2013

Valve: Linux version of Steam and Source engine coming in 2013

Remember how Valve were hiring a bunch of engineers for a Linux project? It's finally come to frutition. Yes, Linux owners will be pleased to hear that Steam - Valve's digital distribution service... Read More

Counter Strike: GO Beta player limit increased to 30, spawn locations prioritized

Counter Strike: GO Beta player limit increased to 30, spawn locations prioritized

Counter Strike: Global Offensive beta has got a new patch which increases the player limit to 30, and also brings a plethora of new fixes. "One of the most requested map features has been allowing ... Read More

Here’s the top selling Steam games from May 13-19

Here’s the top selling Steam games from May 13-19

It's amazing what a mod can to for the sales of a game, innit? Yeah, I'm talking about the Day-Z mod for Arma 2, which is a three year old game. Guess what? It has topped the Steam sales chart for the... Read More

Arcen Games: We would not have been able to stay in business without Steam

Arcen Games: We would not have been able to stay in business without Steam

Steam is a saviour for Indie developers and gives them a platform to showcase their content, and for some of them, it can be the sole reason why they stay in the business. Arcen Games, who created A... Read More

Portal 2 DLC “Perpetual Testing Initiative” Sees 1.3 million Downloads, Dota 2 Championships 2012 Detailed

Portal 2 DLC “Perpetual Testing Initiative” Sees 1.3 million Downloads, Dota 2 Championships 2012 Detailed

Valve have announced details for The International Dota 2 Championships 2012. The International was launched last year in Cologne, Germany during Gamescom with 16 of the most elite Dota teams co... Read More

Report: Gamestop to offer Steam vouchers

Report: Gamestop to offer Steam vouchers

PSN has it; XBL has it, so why not Steam? Yes, I am talking about vouchers so that people do not have to input their Credit Card details on the digital distribution service. Kotaku has reported tha... Read More