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Half-Life 2 reaches new record at over 60,000 concurrent players
Surge in popularity follows 20th anniversary celebrations of the Valve title
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Valve accused of "allowing the proliferation of hate" on Steam
ADL's Center on Extremism says it has discovered "millions of examples of extremist and hateful content"
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New Steamwork APIs make it easier for players to switch game versions and beta branches
Valve says the changes "solve some common challenges to switching game versions on Steam"
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Steam launches game recording | News-in-brief
Players can now capture and share gameplay footage via a new built-in system, fully functional on Steam Deck
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Valve rejects "yearly cadence" of Steam Deck hardware releases to be "fair" to gamers
It's "not fair to customers to come out with something that's only incrementally better," says Steam Deck designer
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Steam Deck to launch in Australia this November
The standard 256GB model will come with a AU$649 price tag, with two OLED versions also available
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Steam will no longer sell games in Germany without age rating | News-in-brief
Move follows request from regulator BZKJ, developers must use USK rating agency or Steam's built-in rating process
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Valve dropping individual arbitration for consumer complaints in the US
Conflicts to be settled in court instead, does not apply to users in the EU, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Quebec
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Valve introduces improved parental controls with Steam Families
Adults will be able to share games and limit child spending with new and existing features
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Risk of Rain dev Hopoo Games on hiatus as co-founders join Valve
Unannounced game 'Snail' now cancelled, other members of the team also working for Half-Lilfe firm
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Steam breaks record with 37m concurrent players across entire platform
It's the first time it has reached this number of players in its history
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Steam reviews now show if game was played on Deck | News-in-brief
An icon will appear if a title was played primarily on the handheld console
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Valve's not-so-secret game Deadlock is a bold experiment in soft-launching | Opinion
With tens of thousands of people already playing despite the game never being formally announced, Valve's Deadlock shows us a smarter way to launch an online game
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SteamOS support coming to ROG Ally and other handhelds
Dual-boot support for SteamOS and Windows is also being prepped for Steam Deck OLED
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New Steam rules blocks links within store page descriptions
Changes will come into effect in early September
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Steam demo overhaul includes standalone store pages, user reviews and wishlist notifications
Valve says demos will now behave in the same way as free games on leading PC marketplace
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Research identifies suspicious behaviour on Steam Marketplace that may suggest money laundering
The study found potential manipulation of the marketplace by certain traders in CS:GO
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Lawsuit paperwork reveals Valve employs around 350 people – and less than 100 work for Steam
Most of Valve's payroll is still committed to game dev roles
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More users choosing to play games on Steam with controllers
Xbox is the most popular controller among players, according to Valve
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UK digital rights campaigner sues Valve for £656m over alleged anti-competitive practices
Claim accuses Steam maker of market dominance and overcharging consumers
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Polish regulators to investigate PS Store and Steam for anti-competitive practices
An inspection has already taken place at Sony's headquarters in Poland
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Steam currently banned in Vietnam
Local publisher spokesperson alleges ban is due to Valve side-stepping government approval for game releases
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Steam refund policy updated to include pre-release playtime
Change will impact titles in Early Access and/or games providing access prior to release, but not those in beta testing
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Discoverability is a problem that will never be solved | Opinion
Even as digital platforms battle low-quality dreck, the bigger problem remains intractable – too many products, and not enough consumer attention to go around
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More than 500 games earned over $3m on Steam in 2023
The platform also reached 33 million concurrent users for the first time