In 2017, the European Commission began an investigation into multiple major gaming publishers and various platforms, citing a need to help facilitate trade online for EU citizens. Part of this effort involved investigating the commercial practices of companies like Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media, Valve, and ZeniMax for alleged anti-consumer practices. The findings
In a rather unexpected and interesting move, Valve has decided to flex its muscle, now requiring approval from its own moderation team before Steam Workshop items are approved. But don't freak out yet, it's only certain games that are affected by this policy shift, so far.
Team Fortress 2 has become quite the venerable Valve shooter. The long-running competitive FPS has grown over the years with a vibrant community of players across the globe. The game has held onto its supporters for so long by not only having engaging gameplay with a huge array of of maps and modes, but also
The issue of exclusivity on video game storefronts and consoles is a rather contentious one. Gamers across the globe may hate it, and they’re right to be angry about not having access to the games they love, but exclusives are a major part of the strategies game developers and publishers use to make money. Epic
A new update to Steam, has some pretty interesting implications for game streaming with a new set of features being rolled out. The changes are being tested in an experiment to see how the Steam userbase responds, they may be reverted or expanded depending on how this test goes. It’s mostly a bug fix and
So this week has been a bit of a rollercoaster for fans of sport racing title, Rocket League. With the newly announced buyout of Psyonix by Epic Games, gamers have once again let their displeasure at anything Epic does be known. The company declined to say if the game will remain on sale on Steam
Gamers have had a rather pronounced reaction to the policy Epic Games has been pursuing with exclusive games deals on their new sales platform. Since the Epic Games Store launched earlier this year, many games have made the jump with timed exclusives deals that deprive Steam users of access to the games, at least for
Reviews are meant to be an accurate reflection of the quality of a product or service, but they seem to have morphed over the last few years, thanks in no small part to the nature of the internet becoming more antagonistic. Now, reviews are as much a reflection of the quality of a product or
Are you ready to engage in real-time strategy battles set in a mystical Stone-Age? If so, then you may be interested to learn that Warparty is gearing up to arrive on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on March 28, 2019 at the price of $24.99. While the PC version is
Over the next few weeks Steam will remove the library of licensed videos and films from its platform, Valve has announced. The idea originally sprang into being after the platform primarily focused on gaming-related content like video documentaries. Since that initial launch, Steam’s Video section then allowed people to sell documentaries, movies, and other video
Perceptive gamers have been keeping an eye on Artifact, the troubled card game created by Valve to compete with the likes of Eternal and Hearthstone, and their prospects look really bad. The game has barely been out three months and the signs are all over the place that the game is in trouble. Within the
As Valentine’s Day draws near, Triple-I publisher Modus Games and developer Moondrop have released a new launch trailer for the 2D puzzle platformer known as Degrees of Separation, which is scheduled to go live on February 14, 2019. The title will arrive on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Steam, weaving in the different
Question has recently rolled out the first major update of 2019 for their Steam Early Access title, The Blackout Club. This update introduces the Stalker, allowing players to invade co-op games on the opposite team, thus presenting as another teenage that is playing on Redacre’s boogeyman’s side. When somebody intrudes on a game, the initial
Chucklefish’s newest self-developed and published title, Wargroove, follows hot on the heels of the release of Stardew Valley on new platforms. The UK-based independent studio is prepared to launch this new tactical retro-styled game to the world, and have even partnered with Shloc to do so. For those unaware, Shloc’s body of work includes such
Team Jolly Roger, an award-winning Finnish developer, has recently unveiled the release date for their newest game, Worbital. The title is currently set to launch on Steam come January 31, 2019. If you aren’t a PC gamer but still wish to check it out, then you may be happy to hear that Team Jolly Roger
Are you eager to step into Raccoon City on January 25, 2019? Can you hardly wait to face down the city of undead and BOWs? If so, then you may be excited to know that Capcom has announced that they will be launching a special demo event running from January 11 to January 31, allowing
As is the yearly tradition, Steam has a huge library of games with a wide variety of discounts on both full games and DLC. This year’s Winter Sale features discounts on AAA and indie titles alike, but those looking for the return of Flash Sales will be disappointed. Valve has yet to bring back that
The Capcom cup has marked the end of a season, and with it, Yoshinori Ono has unveiled a new World Warrior that will be joining the roster of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. This warrior is known as Kage, and is the embodiment of “Satsui,” which is a raging spirit that was born out of
Artifact, Valve’s attempt to create a card game based on its popular DOTA franchise has been hitting some issues since it launched on November 28. Though the game had a strong start, with more than 60,000 concurrent users at peak, the first signs of trouble were already showing. People began reporting that progression in Artifact
Remember Steam Link? No? yeah, it was pretty easy to miss this, but apparently the physical device is being discontinued. ‘The supply of physical Steam Link hardware devices is sold out in Europe and almost sold out in the US,’ Valve said in an update on Steam. The devices stocks across the globe continue to
An interesting, and potentially terrifying story from The Register reveals a serious vulnerability in Steam, that could have shut down the entire platform had it been publicly disclosed. A security expert by the name of Artem Moskowsky performing some basic snooping was able to uncover a major bug in the Steamworks API (Application Programming Interface)
Today, Microsoft announced that four of Valve’s most popular games now have been updated with support for Xbox One X enhancements. These titles are already part of the Backwards Compatibility program and there’s some great games coming to the system with improved graphical fidelity and performance. The games in question include Portal, The Orange Box, Left 4 Dead,
Earlier today, Valve quietly rolled out a new streaming service, Steam.TV. The service was billed as a competitor to streaming giants like Twitch and YouTube Gaming. But just as quickly as it appeared and was reported by various sites, it disappeared. This meant that details for how the service would operate are extremely scarce. For
For those of you that aren’t aware, Steam sales used to be very different. There was this pesky little concept called “Flash Sales” that meant games would have limited time discounts that were much better deals. The problem is that the system encouraged constant refreshes of the games lists every few hours in order to
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