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Steam Crosses 36 Million Concurrent Users

Steam Crosses 36 Million Concurrent Users

Valve's digital platform is continuing to hit new milestones where its peak concurrent user count is concerned at an impressive pace.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Headlines Top 100 Games Played on Steam Deck Over the Last Year

Baldur’s Gate 3 Headlines Top 100 Games Played on Steam Deck Over the Last Year

The Steam Deck has been used to play quite a few games over the last year, ranging from AAA RPGs to indie survival crafting games.

More Than 14,000 Games Are Playable on the Steam Deck

More Than 14,000 Games Are Playable on the Steam Deck

Valve's attempts at getting more games working on the Steam Deck seem to be going at a steady pace.

Steam Passes Record-Breaking 34.6 Million Concurrent Users

Steam Passes Record-Breaking 34.6 Million Concurrent Users

The platform's previous record was over 33.6 million concurrent users, which it set earlier this year in January.

Steam Had More Than 14,000 Games Released in 2023

Steam Had More Than 14,000 Games Released in 2023

The number of Steam games in 2023 was quite higher than in 2022, which saw 12,559 games released on the platform.

Steam Has Stopped Supporting Windows 7, 8, and 8.1

Steam Has Stopped Supporting Windows 7, 8, and 8.1

Valve is encouraging Steam users to upgrade to more current versions of Windows, like 10 or 11.

Steam’s Shopping Cart Now Allows In-Line Gifting, Privacy Options

Steam’s Shopping Cart Now Allows In-Line Gifting, Privacy Options

Steam users can now purchase gifts for multiple friends at the same time thanks to updates to the shopping cart.

Steam Winter Sale 2023 Kicks off on December 21

Steam Winter Sale 2023 Kicks off on December 21

Some of the games up for grabs during the Steam Winter Sale this year include Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Atomic Heart, Blasphemous 2, and Baldur's Gate 3.

Steam Workshop is Getting New Features and an Improved Interface

Steam Workshop is Getting New Features and an Improved Interface

Players will now be able to make use of more complex mod organisation features with Steam Workshop's upcoming update.

Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update is Now Available, Adds Steam Deck Support and Half-Life: Uplink

Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update is Now Available, Adds Steam Deck Support and Half-Life: Uplink

Four new Deathmatch maps, controller support, Steam Networking support and even the original intro video are also available.

Steam Deck Update Brings Ability to Change How it Displays Colour, Support for Variable Refresh Rate

Steam Deck Update Brings Ability to Change How it Displays Colour, Support for Variable Refresh Rate

The latest update for the Steam Deck brings with it a host of new options, largely having to do with the display.

Steam Deck Has Sold “Multiple Millions” of Units

Steam Deck Has Sold “Multiple Millions” of Units

Valve previously confirmed in October of last year that it had shipped over a million units of the handheld device.

Steam Deck 2 Could be “A While”, Valve Waiting for “Technology to Present Itself”

Steam Deck 2 Could be “A While”, Valve Waiting for “Technology to Present Itself”

Steam Deck designer Jay Shaw says the team is "thinking about Steam Deck 2 at all times", but it could take a few years at least.

Steam Deck OLED Announced, Launches November 16th

Steam Deck OLED Announced, Launches November 16th

It features a 7.4-inch OLED display, a larger battery, Wi-Fi 6E for faster downloads and a lighter design than the current model.

Half-Life’s Possible Names During Development Included Free Radical, Crysis, and Fallout

Half-Life’s Possible Names During Development Included Free Radical, Crysis, and Fallout

Level designer Dario Casali has revealed a few of the names that the game went through during development before settling on Half-Life.

Counter-Strike 2 Gets Community Map Support with Latest Update

Counter-Strike 2 Gets Community Map Support with Latest Update

The newest update for Counter-Strike 2 also brings about some bug fixes, new workshop tools, and changes to the Inferno map.

Steam Deck Now Has More Than 12,000 Games Certified as Playable

Steam Deck Now Has More Than 12,000 Games Certified as Playable

The Steam Deck now has more than 4,000 games on Steam marked as Verified, and an additional 8,025 games marked as playable.

SteamVR Gets a UI Revamp with Latest Update

SteamVR Gets a UI Revamp with Latest Update

The latest update to SteamVR is now available for all VR users out there, with new features including dual-typing and a better Steam overlay.

Developers Now Need to Verify Their Identity Via SMS to Update Games on Steam

Developers Now Need to Verify Their Identity Via SMS to Update Games on Steam

Valve is hoping to curb malicious attackers and hackers from taking over developer accounts to push malware through game updates.

Counter-Strike 2 Faces Criticism from Players, Sits at Mixed Reviews on Steam

Counter-Strike 2 Faces Criticism from Players, Sits at Mixed Reviews on Steam

Pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player s1mple is also recommending that players stay away from Counter-Strike 2 for a few months.