Steam Winter Sale 2018 To Begin Later Today
With only five days to go until Christmas Day, many gamers will be wondering when the Steam Winter Sale, which offers significant discounts for thousands of games and other pieces of software will be due to begin. Thankfully for the gaming community, the wait has almost come to an end,…
When is the Steam Winter Sale 2017
The Steam Winter Sale is always the go-to for gamers looking to pick up a new title to play over the festive period. Valve never really officially announces when the sale will go live but usually, the dates for the Steam Sales get leaked online and the latest sale is…
PayPal Reveals That Steam Summer Sale Is Beginning This Week
Even though the summer has only just begun, it appears that Valve is wasting no time in getting ready to activate this year's Steam Store Summer Sale. In following with their accidental tradition from previous years, PayPal have accidentally revealed that the latest sale will take place from 6 PM…
Civ 6 is No.1 & Indie’s Outsell AAA Games in Steam Top 100 Games of 2016
SteamSpy founder Sergey Galyonkin has released a report which showcases the sales of Steam games throughout 2016. There was a massive 369,886,548 sales in 2016 with a massive 53 million of them happen in December alone, which is Steam's most lucrative month. These figures do not include in-game purchases or DLC…
The Biggest Tournament In The Dota 2 Universe Is Here
The biggest championship event of the year for Dota 2 fans is now here. The tournament, called The International, started on the 8th August and will run through to the 13th of the same month. It’s being held at the Seattle Centre and will see 16 competing teams fighting for…
Valve lets Players Redesign the Steam Controller
Valve has made the CAD files for the Steam controller public for players to redesign to their "heart's content."  The files were made public on the Steam Community site and provide "the geometry of all externally visible parts." The intention is for players to customise the controller to how they would want…
HTC Vive Pre-Orders Now Open
From today you can pre-order the virtual reality set from HTC and Valve which will ship in early April. What do you get for you $799/£689? "Vive will be delivered as a complete kit allowing users to instantly jump into a fully immersive virtual environment using two wireless controllers, 360 degree tracking…
New CS:GO Patch Revamps Nuke
Nuke, or de_nuke depending on how old school you are, has been a staple map in competitive CS:GO for a long time, even way back in CS 1.6, however it had a rough reception in its initial release on CS:GO for being rather unbalanced. However Valve have started a tradition…
Portable Steam Device Gets A Release Date and Price
Ever wanted to play your Steam library on the train on your way to work? Now you will be able to take your PC Steam library with a device that is capable of doing just that. The Smach Zero, a portable Steam machine now has a release date a price…
HTC Team Up With Valve to Bring DOTA 2 to Vive VR
At gamescom 2015 this week HTC is showcasing their Vive VR platform with Valve. The "Secret Shop" is a Dota 2 experience, the massive eSports title which has over 20 million players will show gamers what it is like in virtual reality. The International is also happening this week for…
Steam Holiday Sale To Begin This Week
Barely a few weeks after the Autumn Sale, Valve have announced the beginning of the Steam Holiday Sale, which will take place from the 18th of December and continue into the new year. In the meantime, you can recycle your unwanted or spare inventory items for Gems to use in…
Valve Introduce Stricter Early Access Guidelines
When it comes to games available on Steam's Early Access service, there have been many successes, such as Squad's Kerbal Space Program, Introversion Software's Prison Architect, and KingART Games The Book of Unwritten Tales 2. But some of the developers taking advantage of the service are not regularly updating their games, releasing product…
Rockstar Releases Controversial San Andreas Update
Several months ago, it was reported that Rockstar had not secured the rights to include certain music tracks in their mobile re-release Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. This was confirmed on the game's release, as several of the radio stations were missing a variety of songs. It appears that Rockstar…
Duplicate Items Removed from Dota 2 Treasure Chests
Valve have revealed this week that they are making a few little tweaks to Dota 2 treasure system. After the latest update, treasure chests will no longer contain duplicate items; at least for a while. There will now be a set order in which you will receive items, allowing you…
Steam Family Sharing Released for All Steam Users
Valve have announced that Steam Family Sharing is now available to all users on Steam. This means that players who share a computer can now also share a games library, while family and friends can authorise their games to be played through each other's accounts on separate devices. The process…
Steam Developers Can Now Discount Their Games
Developers on Steam can now set discounts on their own games without Valve’s confirmation, a Reddit user has found. The information was taken from Valve’s private Steamworks community page. Formerly developers would need to work with Valve in order to join weekly promotions or create limited time discounts. Now developers…
Valve Documentary ‘Free to Play’ Release Date Announced
Valve-produced documentary Free to Play will make its debut next month and to be released for free through Steam on March 19, the company has announced today. Free to Play is a feature-length documentary explores the lives of three competitive Dota 2 players: Danil ‘Dendi’ Ishutin from Ukraine, Benedict ‘hyhy’…
Valve Updates Steam Tags to avoid Offensive Tags
Valve has released an update to their new tagging feature that was released in beta earlier this week. The tag systems allows players to categorize games in terms of theme, titles and other attributes, but some users have been using the system inappropriately. Users can now report popular tags that…
Valve Announces Steam Music
Valve have announced a new feature for their Steam service and SteamOS. Steam Music will allow users to play the music they own while playing their games. Of course this has been possible on the PC platform since time immemorial, with gamers able to simply run a music program in…
Fifty New Games Given The Greenlight
Steam Greenlight is a service that has given hope to many developers who want to their games to be sold on Valve's digital entertainment platform. Every once in a while, they pick a group of potential titles, and reach out to the team to offer their support. If you are…
Counter Strike: Global Offensive Operation Bravo Extended
Fans who were worried about the end of the Operation Bravo event have something to be excited about today as Valve announced via its official Counter Strike page that the Operation Bravo event will extended until February 5th. The Operation Bravo event allows players to play on new maps created…