Steam Latest news (9)

Bart Woldanski, 12 December 2019, 00:18

Geoff Keighley, the organizer of The Game Awards, has announced that a special event will take place on this occasion on Steam. It will be The Game Festival, where the players will be able to test on PC time-limited demos of such games as System Shock, Eastward or Carrion.

Adrian Werner, 10 December 2019, 10:40

First exclusivity deals on Epic Games Store are coming to an end. Yesterday the RPG Ashen debuted on Steam and today Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek and Hades: Battle out of Hell will be released.

Bart Swiatek, 09 December 2019, 14:14

We present the next edition of the list of the most popular games on Steam's wish lists.

Julia Dragovic, 08 December 2019, 22:43

Valve is delaying the release of games related to protests in Hong Kong. All of the titles are on the pro-democratic side of the conflict. And if you don't what something is about... it's about China, in other words, money. Blitzchung, Hearthstone player recently suspended by Blizzard, also appears in the affair.

Bart Swiatek, 03 December 2019, 20:32

Valve has published another edition of Steam's hardware and software survey. In November, AMD increased its market share for both CPUs and graphics cards.

Bart Swiatek, 02 December 2019, 13:31

We present the latest edition of the most popular games on Steam's wishlists. There's been no change in the top 10 this time. Interestingly, the upcoming launch of Red Dead Redemption 2 on Steam was not enough to put Rockstar's title in the top ten. What surprises us is the solid result of Half-Life: Alyx.

Paul Wozniak, 27 November 2019, 16:32

The average number of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players has grown to over 400,000 in recent months. This is the highest score this year and one of the best in the history of the game. Whereas Dota 2 is doing worse and worse - for the first time since January 2014 the average number of players was below 400 thousand.

Adrian Werner, 27 November 2019, 11:11

We've got a list of the top 20 Steam launches of October. Among them were such titles as Destiny 2, Disco Elysium or Postal 4: No Regerts.

Bart Swiatek, 27 November 2019, 10:40

Valve ceases the production of Steam Controller. The few remaining pieces can be bought with a 90% discount during the ongoing sale.

Michael Kulakowski, 26 November 2019, 23:59

At the start of the Autumn Sale, Steam has announced the start of the collection of nominations for the Steam Awards 2019, which will be awarded in eight different categories. This year, the website will provide developers with new tools that will enable them to encourage players to vote for their works.

Konrad Serafinski, 26 November 2019, 13:13

First trailer of Half-Life: Alyx was viewed more than 10 million times in total. Does Valve's production have the chance to become the first VR title to compete against „typical” high-budget games?

Milosz Szubert, 26 November 2019, 12:00

A lot of games and exansions disappeared from Steam last night. According to Valve, it was dictated by the fact that some publishers, including Russia-based Dagestan Technology, abused Steamworks tools.

Bart Swiatek, 25 November 2019, 16:58

We present a new edition of the most popular games on Steam's wish lists. This time we noted one change, Dying Light 2 was overtaken by Death Stranding from Hideo Kojima.

Bart Swiatek, 25 November 2019, 11:24

Wrath: Aeon of Ruin, an FPS from the independent studio KillPixel Games, launched in Steam's early access program and is getting great reviews. The title was designed in an old-school style and uses the first version of Id Tech engine, the one used to power the original Quake.

Konrad Serafinski, 21 November 2019, 13:39

Remote Play Together debuted on Steam. This function enables us to play streamed video games together. And best of all, only the host must have the game - others can join in even on Android and iOS devices.

Milosz Szubert, 20 November 2019, 12:04

Football Manager 2020 received a demo version on Steam. It enables us to lead a football team from one of the biggest leagues in the world for half a season.

Milosz Szubert, 18 November 2019, 14:30

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was a great success on Steam. The title remains on the first place of the bestseller list on Valve's platform, despite the fact that it also requires Origin client to be launched.

Paul Wozniak, 13 November 2019, 13:36

According to one of the creators from No More Robots studio, 40% of visits to the Steam card of their latest production comes from the game recommendations, which was updated in September. The developer claims that such an increase in popularity is due to the proper operation of this feature.

Konrad Serafinski, 09 November 2019, 22:21

Death Stranding will be released simultaneously on Steam and Epic Games Store. Such information can be read in the official announcement of the publisher. The game will be coming to PC next summer.

Jacob Blazewicz, 06 November 2019, 18:07

It seems that Valve is yet another company interested in streaming video games. This is what a code fragment found on Steamworks website suggests, where the term Steam Cloud Gaming was mentioned.

Milosz Szubert, 06 November 2019, 15:17

Valve has published the results of its October Steam survey. According to the company, the number of users of Windows 10, Nvidia GPU and Intel CPU is constantly growing. Interestingly, people using 4K resolution are still rare.

Bart Swiatek, 31 October 2019, 16:33

Steam client has received an update that introduces, among other things, improvements to games library, featuring several useful options and new features. Valve has also made Remote Play Together available to all players.

Christian Pieniazek, 30 October 2019, 14:03

Yesterday we learned that EA games that will hit Steam will need Origin to run in the background. As it turns out, this requirement will apply only to selected titles, and the list will not include, for example, Apex Legends.

Bart Swiatek, 29 October 2019, 20:05

Electronic Arts has entered into an agreement with Valve. Under the agreement, new EA games will also be released on Steam, starting with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Along with them, the platform will also receive several already released titles and an EA Access subscription.

Adrian Werner, 27 October 2019, 20:13

Electronic Arts' Twitter entry suggested that the publisher's games will soon be available on Steam. This confirms the reports from a few days ago.

Christian Pieniazek, 22 October 2019, 21:40

There are new signs that after a few years of separation, games from Electronic Arts may return to Steam. On the other hand, there is a chance that preparations are underway to reveal something larger... or we're looking at nothing more than insignificant errors.

Konrad Serafinski, 22 October 2019, 09:59

Remote Play Together, a feature that enables us to play online games that only have a local multiplayer mode, is available for testing on Steam.

Paul Wozniak, 20 October 2019, 21:21

SteamDB informed about the dates of this year's Steam sales. There are three more promotional periods ahead of us, and the first one - Halloween Sale - is scheduled to start on October 28.

Bart Swiatek, 10 October 2019, 12:03

Steam will soon receive the Remote Play Together feature, which will enable us to play online in games that have only local multiplayer mode. Tests of the new system will start in October.

Bart Swiatek, 08 October 2019, 15:43

IGN conducted an analysis which shows that Steam's 30% revenue share does not differ from the industry standards. Only a few other distributors apply different rules - including, of course, Epic Games Store, which often accuses Valve of engaging in shameful practices.

Adrian Werner, 29 September 2019, 16:01

Valve has finally fixed a bug introduced five years ago that made it impossible for characters in games like Half-Life, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, or Half-Life: Source to blink their eyes.

Barth Faryna, 23 September 2019, 16:00

Valve does not agree with the decision of the Paris Supreme Court that Steam users residing in the European Union are fully entitled to resell the titles purchased through the platform. There's gonna be an appeal.

Bart Swiatek, 20 September 2019, 09:40

Steam developers have announced further experiments that are being conducted under the Steam Labs programme. The entry published on the blog concerns an intelligent Steam advisor, as well as a new way of recommending games based on user reviews. There was also an interesting idea of an in-depth analysis system.

Paul Wozniak, 19 September 2019, 20:57

According to the judgment of the French court, which invokes European Union directives, resale of games from Steam is perfectly legal. Valve has a month to change the rules and inform users about it.

Milosz Szubert, 19 September 2019, 10:59

The new design of Steam library offers an interesting feature. All the in-game achievements that were unlocked by less than 10% of their owners, were spectacularly highlighted.

Christian Pieniazek, 17 September 2019, 21:42

The beta version of the new Steam Library, which we have heard about since March this year, is now available to all interested parties. Valve Software not only refreshed its appearance, but also added a number of new functionalities.

Bart Swiatek, 13 September 2019, 13:35

Steam has received an update today that improves the game recommendation system. Changes made by developers should make it easier for players to find titles that are actually of interest to them.

Christian Pieniazek, 10 September 2019, 23:08

Although Everspace 2 will use Unreal Engine technology, Rockfish Games has decided not to make this project exclusive to the Epic Games Store and release it on Steam. The reason for this is that the band owes its existence to Steam.

Jacob Blazewicz, 06 September 2019, 15:00

Valve has published the results of its August hardware survey on Steam. In the past month, AMD increased its market share both in the CPU market and in the graphics cards segment.

Bart Swiatek, 06 September 2019, 14:45

One of Steam's users created a useful tool that needs only one click to import games from most other launchers to Valve's client. This enables us to take advantage of many useful features such as Steam Overlay, home streaming and Big Picture mode. And we've got everything in one place.

Barth Faryna, 05 September 2019, 15:40

Valve is preparing to introduce a beta version of the changed appearance of the Steam Library. New features were presented at last week's conference in Seattle and users will be able to try them out later this month.

Paul Wozniak, 22 August 2019, 22:11

A platform dedicated entirely to adult games, Nutaku, would like the most popular websites, such as Steam or Epic Game Store, to be more open to erotic games. Thanks to this, Nutaku would gain competition, which would contribute to the development of the industry.

Christian Pieniazek, 21 August 2019, 18:52

Perfect World, a company cooperating with Valve, shared the first details about the official Chinese version of the Steam platform. Soon the players from China will be „almost completely independent” from the rest of the world.

Barth Faryna, 21 August 2019, 14:34

Steam's approach to erotic content has changed significantly in recent years. Currently we can find there many titles for adult players, some of which are even at the top of the July list.

Paul Wozniak, 07 August 2019, 17:45

Valve decided to crack down on the abuse of Steam release date changes, which caused the games of some devs appear in the „Upcoming” tab for long periods of time. From now on, in order to change the release date, you will need to contact Valve directly and give a specific reason.

Bart Swiatek, 05 August 2019, 16:10

We would like to introduce you to a selection of the most popular games on Steam wishlists.

Barth Faryna, 01 August 2019, 13:00

Interactive game recommendations on Steam turned out to be a great success and resulted in a very positive response from the community. Valve follows through and introduces new features that will allow players to search for new titles in more detail.

Barth Faryna, 31 July 2019, 21:26

Epic Games Store is committed to exclusive titles, as we've all known for a long time. However, gamers still feel offended by the fact that more titles are rejected by the platform because their creators do not want to offer exclusivity. Recently, SkateBIRD met wich such a fate.

Adrian Werner, 12 July 2019, 14:13

Valve has released Steam Labs, thanks to which we can test, among others, the system of automatic game recommendation, based on the analysis of our preferences.

Christian Pieniazek, 12 July 2019, 00:24

On the occasion of the upcoming launch of Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Triumph Studios and Paradox Interactive released their previous work, Age of Wonders III, for free. As it usually happens, we have a limited amount of time to add this production to our library.