Hackers used free Steam game to steal passwords, Valve warns affected users
Users who downloaded PirateFi should check their systems and change passwords
Japan's sex game developers blocked from receiving Steam payments by banks
Hent-ied up in red tape
Steam update brings game recording fixes, improved game updates
Valve just released a new Steam client which fixes a laundry list of bugs including game recording issues in Linux and macOS. Improvements in dropdown menus, game updates, and library asset loading times, enhancing the overall user experience.
Someone just traded a hat in Team Fortress 2 for a record-breaking $40,000
More than doubling the prior record after just one year
SteamOS is coming to third-party handhelds, starting with the Lenovo Legion Go S
Lenovo's handheld running SteamOS could cost $100 less than the Windows variant
A record-breaking year for Steam: nearly 19,000 games released in 2024, but most went unnoticed
Can we have too many games?
Valve makes more money per employee than Amazon, Microsoft, and Netflix combined
A small but mighty team of 400
The big picture: Valve is one of the most important and influential companies in the PC gaming market. It's also one of the most unique due to its private nature and unusually small workforce relative to its impact and competitors. A recent analysis of data uncovered through an ongoing lawsuit against the company highlights how Valve starkly contrasts with the world's biggest tech giants.
Steam's Best of the Year highlights the top-selling and most-played games of 2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard struggled to make an impact in 2024
A whopping 37% of Steam users' playtime in 2024 was spent on titles released eight or more years ago
This year's releases are a much smaller slice of the pie
Lenovo could unveil the first third-party SteamOS device at CES
Microsoft will also be in attendance
Valve may be ready to revive Steam Machines with Project "Fremont"
Internal code leaks indicate Valve has plenty of new hardware planned
Two more AMD graphics cards join the Steam survey, as Team Red achieves record CPU share
Elsewhere, the RTX 4060 mobile is close to becoming the most popular GPU
Antitrust lawsuit against Valve over Steam's 30% commission gains class-action status
Valve could end up paying a lot of people a lot of money
No Man's Sky hits "Very Positive" Steam rating, 8 years after disastrous launch
Better late than never
How Half-Life 2's minimum specs led to the creation of the Steam Hardware survey
Things were very different back in 2003
Steam mandates timely season pass content releases, refunds for undelivered content
Valve reserves the right to remove a season pass for missing deadlines
Steam Link app update adds AV1 codec, HDR support, and more for enhanced streaming
Broader Android compatibility and better streaming options
Steam drops support for Windows 7 and 8 with latest update
You'll need to upgrade to Windows 10 or 11 to continue using Steam
Steam Game Recording feature rolls out for all users
Steam Game Recording is now officially available to all users, allowing PC, Mac, and Steam Deck players to record and share audio and video from their games. Additionally, this Steam update is the first to discontinue support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is now Steam's best-selling game, breaking BioWare's concurrent player record
But the controversy continues
Steam's new policy requires developers to disclose use of kernel level anti-cheat
Disclosure depends on the type of anti-cheat tech deployed
Tinkerer converts Wii-sized ThinkCentre into compact SteamOS gaming console
He even managed to cram in a Radeon RX 6400
Steam greenlights Deck plugin for installing games from Epic and GOG
It could be the first Steam Deck plugin on the Steam store
