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  • RUMOR: Source 2 engine coming soon!

  • Ghost Recon Online open beta launched for VIP members

    Update: I would like to stress that this game uses uplay/ubisoft login, but DOES NOT use the uplay launcher! Oh and GRO will launch for everyone aug 3rd forum post as a proof I know this might not be the right time to promote a Ubisoft game, but I couldn’t keep this to myself. I…

  • Uplay as vessel for malicious software

    I usually like titles with a pun or something on those lines, attempting to find a funny side even in a disaster. Not this time. Not when the threat is so dangerous and imminent. According to this article there’s a huge hole in Uplay’s browsers plugin which lets anybody run potentially anything on the victim’s…

  • Tower Wars – Giveaway Winners!

    If you’ve received an e-mail from lottery@steamunpowered.eu you have won the key to Tower Wars! :-) Please CHECK YOUR SPAM folder! Thank you Supervillain Studios for this glorious giveaway!

  • Gabe Newell calls Windows 8 a catastrophe

    Operating system Windows 8 will be a "catastrophe" for PC game makers, according to Valve Software’s boss. Speaking at the Casual Connect game conference in Seattle, Gabe Newell said the next version of Windows could mean big changes to the PC market. Many took his comment as a criticism of the changed user interface in…

  • Is There Any Deal – update!

    Check out these cool new features! Waitlist. That’s the list of games you want to buy when they get on better deal. Now you can set up at what price you want to be notified and on which shop. For example, you can set that you want to know about deal for some Steamworks game…

  • Tower Wars – Steam beta giveaway!

    Thanks to Tower Wars developer SuperVillain Studios we acquired 50 Steam Beta keys for you guys! ENTER THE LOTTERY NOW Lottery ends on Friday evening. Winners will be picked randomly as always.

  • Shootmania Beta – winners!

    So after hours of discussion we finally picked the winners You will receive Shootmania Beta keys in your private message inbox shortly. PunkZoli Kinder Machen Andy iZeMiZe .WiseGuy     As I said earlier we have another lottery coming up, 50 Steam keys this time, stay tuned!

  • Giveaway: 5 x Shootmania Beta!

    Here we go, this time we have 5 x Shootmania Beta keys to giveaway. All you need to do is enter the giveaway by drawing a doodle. Theme of the competition is: FAVORITE VIDEO GAME CHARACTER ON DRUGS Put ‘SHOOTMANIA CONTEST’ under description and use your username. CREATE A DOODLE & POST IT IN COMMENTS…

  • Update: Valve taking action against gifts from USA and Russia!

      People in the Steam gifting-scene from Russia and USA claim that they have received emails from Valve, urging them to stop gifting to players from Europe. On some accounts, buying games has been completely disabled. This is completely unacceptable. For most of people, buying games via a USA-gifter has never been about getting the…

  • Ravaged Giveaway winners!

    If you’ve received an e-mail looking like this or a private message from me you have won the key! See the list of winners now!

  • RAVAGED – Steam beta keys for you!!!

    Thanks to 2 Dawn Games we have just received 100 keys for the closed beta of Ravaged. Codes need to be redeemed on the official website site here first for access to the Steam keys. Here’s a short message from the 2 Dawn Games: There’s still a lot which is in progress (bug reporting here…

  • Steam to sell non-gaming software?

    So, according to The Verge Steam app for Android shows new categories that have little to do with gaming, which could be a shred of evidence that Valve is considering different kinds of apps. The "Genre" section of the app’s index lists genres like "accounting, education, software training," and "photo editing," with a total of…

  • Steam is officially coming to Linux

    Steam is coming to Linux, Valve has announced. The first game on Linux? Left 4 Dead 2. Valve’s 11-person Linux team will target the Ubuntu audience. The team’s made "good progress" getting Steam working with Linux this year, and all the "major features" are present and correct. Still work to do though, internal beta focused…

  • Steam for Android: Disable unwanted push notifications

    Hi guys! The Steam sale is pretty good as you all probably know by now, but there’s one really annoying thing I just noticed. If you’re using the Android version of Steam app you probably noticed that the app just launched itself few minutes ago and spammed the notification bar with Steam summer sale details.…

  • Steam Summer Sale: Full list of Bundles/Packs

     

  • What’s yours is not yours

      Last week the European Parliament stated that it’s illegal to not let customers resell their own software, even if it’s been bought on a digital delivery platform. What Valve answered, about the chance to let customers resell their legally bought software, is basically a very simple, direct, straight middle finger. “We don’t have any…

  • Valve counters EA’s Steam sales "cheapen intellectual property" accusation

    "If we thought having a 75 per cent sale on Portal 2 would cheapen Portal 2, we wouldn’t do it." Valve has countered EA’s accusation that Steam sales "cheapen" intellectual property, saying they in fact benefit games, publishers and gamers. Last month EA’s David DeMartini, who runs rival digital platform Origin, said Steam sales, which…

  • Steam Greenlight announced!

  • Green Man Gaming: 25% Off All The Games

    Here’s what they posted on the site yesteday. To kick things off we’re handing you a 25% voucher, which will get you 25% off the listed price for any product on our site, just use this code: 25OFF-ALLTH-EGAME

  • Apple DRM update breaks apps

      Simple as that: the latest FairPlay* update made several different apps impossible to use. Also, first help from Apple, “delete, reinstall and it will work fine”, was of no use.   Has the problem been tracked down? Solved maybe? I don’t care. The money I spend always works, never needs a patch or an…

  • Steam Summer Sale: Day 1-11 indie bundles revealed and more!

       

  • Go ACTA yourself!

      That’s basically what the European Parliament said yesterday, with a crushing 478 votes against vs 39 for. What does this mean? On one hand, the Old Continent is definitely safe from this plague, but on the other hand, after such a brutal defeat, another iteration of the same idiocy with a different name and…

  • We need some changes around here!

    Hey, we’ve decided to reactivate this group and its website a little. You can expect a few subtle changes in the following weeks, from now on we’ll try to focus on the things we cared about the most in the beginning – which is software pricing around the globe, DRM and availability of software in…