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New Restrictions Added onto Steam Accounts To Fight Phishing and Scams

As an owner of several unusual Team Fortress 2 hats (I'm proud of virtual currency, I know), I have been overloaded at times with requests from new steam accounts who just want to ask me for my…

April 18, 2015 | 05:57 EDT

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Release Date/More Details for PC release of Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim Released

Last month we reported that Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim was getting a western PC release, courtesy of XSEED Games. Originally announced with a release window for this spring, it has now been…

April 17, 2015 | 08:14 EDT

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Here We Go Again: Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition has Code Extracted To Enable Local Co-op

Here we go again with Capcom and PC ports, as anyone who's seen the First Impressions of Resident Evil Revelations 2 on our YouTube channel may remember. A controversy regarding local co-op being…

April 8, 2015 | 09:52 EDT

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Rooms: The Unsolvable Puzzle coming soon to Steam

Rooms: The Main Building was a successful puzzle game with over 400,00 copies sold and winning multiple awards.  Recently indie developers HandMade Game announced the popular game's sequel, Rooms:…

April 7, 2015 | 03:42 EDT

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Dragon Ball Xenoverse Steps Into The Grand Tour With New DLC

Dragon Ball Xenoverse is a well regarded entry into the long running series of video games based on the Dragon Ball franchise. Dragon Ball GT is an anime only sequel which features an infamous theme…

April 4, 2015 | 08:27 EDT

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Atari Launches reboot of Asteroids

Asteroids: Outpost is a reboot of 1979's iconic arcade game Asteroids. According to Eurogamer, it was made available on Steam for Early Access on March 27th in a new campaign to reboot several of…

March 30, 2015 | 05:06 EDT

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Valve Posts Analysis of the Steam Discovery Update

Valve recently posted an analysis of the latest major update to Steam, which introduced the Discovery Queue and Steam Curators. Valve gave permission for the information within to be shared with the…

March 30, 2015 | 10:40 EDT

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Giana Sisters Dash Into Running-Based Spinoff

The Giana Sisters are characters you may know from a pair of recent platformers or from the older Super Mario Bros. clones for British computers. In either case, they're back again, this time in a…

March 20, 2015 | 10:48 EDT

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Dead or Alive 5 Last Round is Missing Features on PC

Dead or Alive is finally coming to Steam at the end of March, but it seems that the port will not be quite as feature complete as some fans would have hoped. The PC version of Dead Or Alive 5 Last…

March 17, 2015 | 07:23 EDT

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Valve reveals Source 2, Steam-Link and more at GDC

While Valve already discussed some of their planned announcements for this year's annual Game Developers Conference, their presentation still contained some surprises. Following the announcements…

March 4, 2015 | 09:16 EST

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Five Nights at Freddy's 3 available for Purchase on Steam

In case you needed the latest and greatest in interactive video laxatives, Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is now available for purchase on Steam for 7.99 (USD). [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch…

March 3, 2015 | 08:33 EST

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Agarest: Generations of War 2 is Censored on Steam

The extremely popular sequel to the Agarest series Agarest: Generations of War 2 has finally made its way to Steam with full mouse and keyboard functionality, but some fans will be disappointed to…

March 2, 2015 | 12:37 EST

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Steam starts censoring torrent sites

Steam, the most popular PC gaming distributor on the net, is catching a bit of heat for blocking popular torrent sites, and in the case of KickassTorrents, erasing them entirely from their users'…

February 17, 2015 | 04:47 EST

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Steam Inventory and Curated Workshops now available to Steamworks developers

Valve recently announced that Steam Inventory will be available for Steamworks developers, as well as Curated workshops for non-Valve games. While only currently in beta, it represents some exciting…

February 9, 2015 | 12:01 EST

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Giant SpaceKat's Revolution 60 to be Released on Steam

It took indie development team Giant Spacekat a shockingly fast 60-something hours to get their game Revolution 60 through Steam's Greenlight, despite fierce criticism on the page's comments.  The…

February 7, 2015 | 12:08 EST

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Tracking DLC on Steam just got easier

The latest update for the Steam beta has added a new feature that makes tracking DLC easier. The update: General Changed tools to not appear in the Recent games filters/lists unless…

February 6, 2015 | 05:40 EST

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Mortal Kombat X has a Steam posting

If you haven't recently checked out Steam's front page, well it's time to check. Look's like NetherRealm Studios has taken the initiative to port the massive franchise to PC along with the console…

February 6, 2015 | 02:06 EST

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Front Office Football 7 on Steam

Not all games that come on to Steam these days are new releases - a lot of older games have been making their way across the isle and onto the top selling PC sales device there is - Steam. Some of…

February 4, 2015 | 10:30 EST

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Allegations of Impropriety Levied at Cargo 3 Dev

Vinci Games, the developer of indie game Cargo 3 has been accused today of a number of ethical lapses in a Reddit post on r/Steam. Reddit user Nucloid explains he was brought on as a community…

February 1, 2015 | 05:42 EST

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Steam Broadcasting and the FPS overlay are now available to all users

Steam Broadcasting, a feature that was rolled out to all Beta Steam Client users back in December of 2014, has now been made available to all Steam Users. That means that as long as you have the…

January 20, 2015 | 11:25 EST

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GoldenEye: Source Receives a New Map Pack After Nearly Two Years

GoldenEye 64 is a legend in gaming history. It was arguably the first mainstream console shooter that was both a critical and commercial success, and it accomplished a task that had seemed impossible…

January 19, 2015 | 05:02 EST

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Apple Removes Crimean Based Developers From App Store

As major nations of the world struggle against each other, tech companies get dragged into the fight. In response to recent sanctions by both the United States and the European Union against Russia,…

January 19, 2015 | 04:44 EST

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Major Bug Discovered in Steam For Linux

If you’re a Linux user and a gamer, chances are you have Steam installed. But according to users on the GitHub page for the Linux version of Steam, Valve has a horrible bug in the current release…

January 17, 2015 | 12:17 EST

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H1Z1 launch riddled with issues: Technical and Policy: Offering Refunds

Sony Online Entertainments new survival zombie apocalypse simulator started out in what would seem an appropriate manner: disaster after disaster occurring as the game officially released into Early…

January 16, 2015 | 05:54 EST

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Steam Removing Support for OAuth

That's right - OAuth, a service used by sites such as Humble Bundle to authenticate with Steam to allow users to redeem games without needing the code, will no longer be supported. Oauth, which …

January 12, 2015 | 06:26 EST

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Rebellion announces Nazi Zombie Trilogy for PS4, Xbox One and PC

  UK publisher/developer Rebellion has announced that it would be releasing its cult Sniper Elite spin-off hit Nazi Zombie Army (which includes the heretofore-unreleased third installment) on PS4,…

January 11, 2015 | 03:14 EST

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New Steam client update detailed. FPS counter added to overlay

The latest beta version of the Steam client is out today and comes with many good little tweaks and a very anticipated new feature. This version of the Steam beta introduces a FPS counter to the…

January 4, 2015 | 11:27 EST

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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is getting a western release

In another bout of news for a normally Japanese only franchises getting western releases One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 from Bandai Namco is getting released in English speaking countries. Bandai Namco…

December 22, 2014 | 10:00 EST

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Valve Removes Hatred from Steam Greenlight [Updated]

Update: Valve has reinstated Hatred's Greenlight page. Today, Destructive Creations posted their game "Hatred" to the Steam Greenlight service to see if the community would be interested in…

December 15, 2014 | 05:13 EST

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Citing Quality, Patch 4 to Assassin's Creed Unity Put On Hold

Well, it's good that Ubisoft is taking quality control a little bit more serious now, although they still need to work on communication to the general public. Patch 4 for Assassin's Creed Unity was…

December 15, 2014 | 04:29 EST

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Dark Souls Prepare To Die on Steamworks

Its been in the works for a while now but Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition is migrating over to Steamworks from Games for Windows Live now! Starting today, and running through February 16th 2015,…

December 15, 2014 | 02:09 EST

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[UPDATED] Steam Stops New Auction System Due To Gem Exploits

  Update  @ 6:36 PM on 12/12: The steam auction system is back as they have apparently patched the problem. Well, that didn't take long at all. Less than 24 hours after Steam announced its new…

December 12, 2014 | 01:19 EST

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Valve Introduces A Holiday Auction Using Items From Steam Inventory

Coming off the Rumor that the Steam Winter Sale will start on the 18th,  Valve has posted on the Steam Store Page a new way for you to earn games: through an auction system. Valve has always been…

December 11, 2014 | 09:30 EST

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Valve announces an integrated broadcasting service for Steam

Did you ever find yourself stuck on a level and asked your friend for help via phone? Then you had to tell him what was happening while awkwarly following his instructions and more often than not…

December 2, 2014 | 04:18 EST

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Dark Souls prepares for Steam Achievements and Saves

From Software's Dark Souls has had a rocky history on PC, to say the least. Although it has been over two years, it looks as though Dark Souls will finally be the game it should have been on release…

November 27, 2014 | 11:15 EST

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Steam Explorations Sale - A Raptor Recommendation

Yesterday marked the beginning of the Steam Explorer Sale, this is the a sale spanning from the 26th of November to the 2nd of December. Much like all of the other Steam sales each of the different…

November 27, 2014 | 11:00 EST

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SeedScape Developer Sees Attempted Boycott turn into GreenLight

SeedScape, which is being created by Jason Brown with Jennifer Dawe also working on the development, is still in its alpha stages, hasn't even been greenlit yet, and yet is coming under scrutiny for…

November 26, 2014 | 07:48 EST

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Telltale's Game of Thrones now available to pre-purchase on Steam

If you can't wait to play Telltale Games' take on the Game of Thrones universe, you're in luck. Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series' first episode is now available for pre-purchase on Steam. If…

November 24, 2014 | 01:13 EST

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Steam Workshop Update

This one got lost in the news a bit, as it happened about a week ago, but we thought it might be best to let you know what’s changed with Steam Workshop in the last week if you decide to go and visit…

November 20, 2014 | 09:15 EST

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Game Keys: Free to Any Home

Author's note: I was nominated and collected a steam key from this scheme. I have also nominated another for a free key. With December fast approaching, it is the season of giving, and some gamers…

November 20, 2014 | 09:00 EST

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Rockstar launches Grand Theft Patch

Yesterday, Rockstar released a new patch for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on Steam that represents some of the issues with digital distribution, mandatory patches and licensing agreements. The…

November 8, 2014 | 12:51 EST

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Halloween Sales

It’s the scariest time of year, when monsters come out and candy cavities are unleashed across a world. As PC Game sellers are always looking for an excuse to drum up business, it’s no surprise that…

October 30, 2014 | 05:44 EDT

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Valkyria Chronicles PC Release Date Announced

The former PS3 exclusive is set to launch with a $20 price tag, along with all of the previously released DLC. The now multi-platform title has a confirmed release date of November 11th, which seems…

October 30, 2014 | 03:39 EDT

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The Evil Within PC Patch Adds 60 FPS Option and Lets You Disable Black Bars

A patch has been released by Bethesda for the PC version of The Evil Within that has added a number of new things. Most notably added is the option to switch between 30 fps and 60 fps when running…

October 30, 2014 | 11:18 EDT

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Humble launches its 13th Indie Bundle

While it can be kind of hard to keep track of all of the different bundles offered on the Humble site, the main line of Humble Indie Bundles are always worth the attention. The newest brings with it…

October 28, 2014 | 10:57 EDT

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Valkyria Chronicles is Getting a PC Port

Long-time PS3 exclusive Valkyria Chronicles - the WW1/WW2 inspired sRPG - has been confirmed to be getting a release on the PC. Little more details were given, though SEGA confirmed today's rumors of…

October 27, 2014 | 09:45 EDT

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Injustice: Ultimate Edition On Sale at GMG For One Day Only

Injustice: Gods Among Us was one of the shining moments in comic book related fighting games. With an in depth storyline, and the ability to pit iconic DC heroes and villains against one another in…

October 27, 2014 | 04:09 EDT

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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Releases November 4th

In 2011 when The Binding of Isaac was released, it's creator Edmund McMillen was mostly unknown and had no idea that the indie title he'd released on Steam would explode in popularity and assist in a…

October 27, 2014 | 08:55 EDT