Tag: steam
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Valve Linux Steam Client Beta Application
Valve is looking for Linux gamers to install and test their new Steam for Linux client. They are, however, primarily interested in experienced Linux users. Get access to the beta now!
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Steam Greenlight adds software category!
Steam Greenlight has been updated today, adding the ability for developers to post non-gaming software for consideration by the Community. Software in Steam Greenlight will work just like games, where Valve is looking to the community to provide data on what they would like to see made available via Steam. Launched on August 30, Greenlight…
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Steam browser vulnerability puts users at risk
The steam:// URL is a quick way to install and launch games from a browser. Hardware and software security company Revuln pointed out that Safari can launch steam:// commands silently without the user knowing, providing a window of opportunity for attackers. The report highlights ways in which local processes that exist on our PCs as…
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Software finally arrives on Steam!
Steam finally launched their software distribution section. There are a couple of interesting postitions on Steam right now including: ArtRage Studio Pro, CameraBag 2, GameMaker: Studio, 3D-Coat, 3D Mark Vantage and 3D Mark 11 and of course Valve’s free Source Filmmaker. Some of these use Steam Cloud and Steam Workshop which is pretty cool I…
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EA wants to buy Valve for $1 000 000 000
Electronic Arts has reportedly been making a play to purchase Half-Life and Portal studio Valve. The New York Times reports that EA has sought to purchase the firm for years, valuing the company at well over $1 billion. Valve isn’t likely to sell to anyone anytime soon. According to "people with knowledge of the…
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Steam’s Big Picture
That is all.
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Steam for Linux coming in 2013
Valve is expected to have the initial Steam Linux client available along with the Left 4 Dead 2 game in some form of beta soon, full-blown Linux push by Valve Software might not happen until around February of 2013. Valve has already been showing off Steam on Linux to partners and Left 4 Dead 2…
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Valve to start selling non-game software on Steam!
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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Steam to allow account name changes in the future?
“For those who are unaware, users that signed up for the Steam service in its early days are forced to login with the email address that they signed up with many years ago. For a lot of us, that means we’re signing in with an email address that no longer has relevance and is potentially…
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Steam Greenlight announced!
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Steam Summer Sale: Day 1-11 indie bundles revealed and more!
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It’s now illegal in Europe for companies to stop you selling used software, even if its distributed digitally only
Do we have a breakthrough here? I can’t believe what I’m reading right now. Check some parts of it: An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licences allowing the use of his programs downloaded from the internet. And then: By its judgment delivered today, the Court explains that the principle of…
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EA Origin: ‘Our aim is to be a better version of Steam’
EA says it wants its Origin download platform to be a better version of all the other portals on the market. The firm’s senior VP of global ecommerce David DeMartini has also responded to Valve and Steam boss Gabe Newell’s criticism that Origin has yet to do anything ‘super-well’ – adding that he is delighted…
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EA: Origin won’t copy Steam 75% off sales
Origin boss David DeMartini told Gamesindustry International that random deep-discounting of games "cheapens" intellectual property, and promised not to copy the practice. "We won’t be doing that," he said, bluntly. "Obviously they think it’s the right thing to do after a certain amount of time. I just think it cheapens your intellectual property. “ "I…
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Gabe Newell – Steam for Linux will be publicly available later this year
Source: Phoronix
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Watch out: Valve has introduced regional restrictions to some gift purchases from Steam
Previously they stated, that any game (gift) which was bought in Steam Store will not have any regional restrictions to add to the library and play (it is well known that CD keys usually have various restrictions on activation and playing). Actually steam support still claims that gifts will not be region locked, but…
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Join the Official Rockstar Community on Steam and Receive a Free Copy of Midnight Club 2
Join the Official Rockstar Games Community on Steam at http://steamcommunity.com/games/rockstargames by 10 am Pacific Time on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, and receive one non-giftable copy of Midnight Club 2 in your Steam account by May 29th. Eligibility: User must have an account with at least one successful purchase, gift or retail registration in the account.…
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Steam adding remote game installs (over browser or mobile device)
Here’s official Steam Support article. And a shot from official forums beta thread: No pre-loading? Not a problem anymore. Queue up your game at work and play when you get home. Same goes for being out of town for lets say future Steam holiday sales. Here’s a screenshot of the remote installation progress: