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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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To The Green – The Corridor: On Behalf of the Dead

To The Green is a weekly look at one game on Steam Greenlight trying to get onto Steam. Many games get mired in the process trying to get there, caught up with abandoned projects, shovelware, and…

December 29, 2014 | 11:00 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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Ocular Reality - Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube

Video games have always challenged gamers with new puzzles and experiences to solve whether it be figuring out the attack pattern of a boss or if you're challenged to thinking with portals. While…

December 20, 2014 | 11:00 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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Sneaky Sneaky Review - Those googly eyed sprites

"Sneaky Sneaky" is awesome. Borrowing gameplay elements from stealth, roguelike, turn-based RPG, puzzle and even Zelda games, Sneaky Sneaky manages to take all these influences and turn them into a  …

December 6, 2014 | 01:00 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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To the Green: Cold Contract

To The Green is an ongoing article series that each week spotlights one indie game on Greenlight to talk about it. Greenlight right now as a process is a mess and its difficult for good projects to…

November 3, 2014 | 11:00 EST

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An interview with Ted Morris of Petroglyph

Techraptor recently spoke with Ted Morris, Executive Producer at Petroglyph, to talk about Petroglyph's upcoming RTS game, Grey Goo!  TechRaptor: As we get started, what's your background as a team…

November 3, 2014 | 09:00 EST

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First Impressions of Fabula Mortis: Concepts Don't Make a Game

“Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response.” - April Greiman   Fabula Mortis is able to do this, but in the wrong ways. Unfortunately for…

November 2, 2014 | 11:00 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

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Forward to the Sky, to the greenlight!

It’s a special day in an Indie games life when it feels that its far enough along to produce a trailer and send it off to Steam Greenlight to try to push through. And that step is one that Indie Dev…

October 23, 2014 | 09:30 EDT

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Subpar PC Ports Hurt Everyone

Square Enix’s announcement of the ‘Lightning Trilogy’[Final Fantasy XIII, XIII-2 and Lightning Returns] coming to Steam a few months ago was cloaked in speculation and rumor until the first title in…

October 21, 2014 | 11:00 EDT

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Paranautical Activity removed from Steam after death threat to Gabe Newell

A game developer, after venting their frustration with Steam, made a death threat targeting managing director at Valve, Gabe Newell. Paranautical Activity, a horror themed FPS, has had a rocky…

October 21, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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Try Ten Games for Free on Steam This Weekend

While Steam has given the occasional free trial for one game or another in the past, this is the first time they've had one with a selection of this size and diversity. There's a game here for…

October 16, 2014 | 04:17 EDT

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Opinion: Spacebase DF-9 Self-Destructs

Following the release of update 6.0 hilariously and prophetically dubbed "Brig Ambitions, Broken Dreams", Kickstarter darling Double Fine announced in the middle of September that they would be…

October 15, 2014 | 11:00 EDT

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The Evil Within Developers Release 'Unsupported' Framerate Fix

The Evil Within was recently released on Steam, and already Bethesda has a 'fix' for those who want a higher framerate. Earlier today, PC players had their suspicions confirmed when it was quickly…

October 14, 2014 | 03:13 EDT

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The Next Steam Sale is Coming Very Soon...

Can your wallet handle another sale? New Steam sale. If there ever has been a series of words that instantly provoke a mixture of awe and dread amongst PC gamers, it is definitely Steam's seasonal…

October 9, 2014 | 09:15 EDT

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Celebrate the PS4 launch of Spelunky with some remixed tunes

Spelunky releases on the PS4 this week, and to commemorate the day, a remix album for the game's tunes has landed on Bandcamp. "Friends in Caves" provides some great remixes of a few songs from the…

October 7, 2014 | 09:58 EDT

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Valve Changes Disclosure Policy for Steam Curators

Due to mounting backlash of a recent change to its new Discovery Update, Valve has made another change to policy regarding the Steam Curator system. The new update forces curators to declare if they'…

October 6, 2014 | 12:57 EDT