The best Steam games span multiple genres. They transport us to fantastical worlds, undiscovered frontiers, outer space and back again, and are as pretty as they are nuanced and intuitive. In 2022, Valve’s digital storefront is brimming with games, which means it’s harder now than ever to sort the wheat …
Read More »Steam has broken another concurrent user record with 24.7 million concurrent users
Valve has once against smashed its own record for the most concurrent users on its Steam platform. Our pals at PC Gamer (opens in new tab) spotted the update on SteamDB (opens in new tab) yesterday, which clocked 24,776,635 simultaneous users. Though not confirmed, it’s speculated that the release of …
Read More »Steam Halloween sale includes discounts on Phasmophobia, Alien Isolation, and Outlast
There’s still time to soak in the season of spooky with a few good horror games, and just in time – the Steam Halloween sale is live until Monday, November 2. There are big discounts on big name haunts like Alien Isolation, Outlast, and Resident Evil 2, as well as …
Read More »Valve introduces SteamOS for living room computers
Valve’s biggest step into the living room so far is SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system made to be used on televisions. The new system will be free to download and install on any machine “soon” and will be compatible with hundreds of games at launch, Valve revealed on its product …
Read More »Divekick, Deadly Premonition Greenlit on Steam
Steam gave its official seal of approval to Divekick, Deadly Premonition: Director’s Cut, and eight other plucky titles. The titles were voted into the top of Steam’s Greenlight service and will arrive on the digital distribution service in the weeks and months ahead. Divekick is a reductive take on fighting …
Read More »Still want Valves Steam Box console? New job ad details make it sound really rather likely
If it exists, Valve’s rumoured Steam Box console could change gaming for the better as drastically as the PS1 did. But it could also just tank. I explained all of this at length in a recent feature called Valve’s Steam Box: Why it would change gaming as drastically as the …
Read More »Dead Island patch fixes major Steam mistake, but wipes save data
We’re not giving up on Dead Island, but even for a high-profile title that launched with noticeable bugs, it’s having a hard time. The PC version of Dead Island launched on Steam yesterday, but not the version of the game that developer Techland or publisher Deep Silver, intended. A pre-release …
Read More »Portal 2 released early. On PC, at least. Console game vendors still need to get with the programme
The console versions? Hmmm. You might still have to wait for them. Unless you’re Australian. The Australian wing of the Game chain, you see, have confirmed that they’ve broken the street date in line with the PC release. “Yay!” we thought. “Bricks and mortar retail that is actually in tune …
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