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  • Steam gets support for tradable discount coupons

    According to a new FAQ, Steam now supports coupons. These tickets will sit in your inventory, and can be traded. Each coupon can be used on one game, but it doesn’t look as though they’ll operate as general Steam gift vouchers. The FAQ mentions that each one can be tailored to offer discounts on a…

  • Apple investigated by EU over e-book pricing, Steam next?

    Apple and five publishers are being formally investigated by the European Commission over e-book antitrust allegations. The Commission is investigating whether Apple worked with the five publishers to form a cartel over e-book sales, and whether they engaged in restrictive business practices. The publishers are Hachette Livre, HarperCollins, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, and Verlagsgruppe Georg…

  • Gabe Newell: Piracy is a “Non-issue” to Valve; Providing better Services Will Result in More Sales

    In a recent interview with TCS, Gabe Newell explained why Valve is so successful. Recently we posted how Ubisoft were abandoning the PC market due to piracy, and imposing heavy DRM on their customers, but according to Newell that’s not really the right way to go about it. He said that there is a general…

  • Steam database compromised, what now?

    Check this e-mail from Gabe: Edit: It turns out it’s probably fake but we’ll see:  

  • Official Steam forums hacked?

    The Steam forums are currently offline. "The Steam Forums are temporarily offline for maintenance. Your patience is appreciated." Valve is yet to comment on the situation, but some users have reported what looks like a breach that occurred last night. Images, below, show the forum redesigned slightly to contain a message from FknOwned.com, a website…

  • Happy Birthday to Gabe Newell!

    After having dropped out of Harvard University Newell spent thirteen years working for Microsoft Corporation, ultimately becoming a "Microsoft Millionaire". Newell has described himself as "producer on the first three releases of Windows". Inspired by Michael Abrash, who left Microsoft to work on the computer game Quake at id Software, Newell and another Microsoft employee,…

  • Indie Royale

    As more people buy this pack (registarable on Steam and Desura) the price goes up. The pack contains: A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda Gemini Rue Sanctum Nimbus Here you can buy the indie bundle: http://www.indieroyale.com

  • Gabe Newell on pricing and free to play

    Gabe Newell discussed the difference between silently discounting a game and making a big sale. When they quietly lowered prices, they found it to be elastic (sales increase proportionally, so the overall revenue remains the same), but… “The sale is a highly promoted event that has ancillary media like comic books and movies associated with…

  • European Union introduces new Internet Shopping rights!

    The new EU Consumer Rights Directive has been formally adopted today by Member States in the EU’s Council of Ministers. The new legislation will strengthen consumers’ rights in all 27 EU countries, particularly when shopping online. After publication in the EU’s Official Journal, governments will have two years to implement the rules at national level.…

  • How to get a refund on Steam (if you’re from UK)

    Does anyone know if there’s some sort of law that would help us here in the rest of European Union?

  • Steam should provide buying international titles around the globe

    There’s a pretty interesting post on Steam Forums (thanks for the info Kossak) about regional versions of Steam games being released in Russia (yep, Russian only). The original poster thinks that "cheap region restricted versions should be optional, not forced". Lets expand the idea a little and say why not release games around the world…

  • DOTA 2 winner should get 1 000 000 Euros!

    DOTA 2 competition is held in Europe, Germany. Valve`s exchange rate is 1€=$1 Therefor 1st place prize should be 1.000.000€ not $1.000.000 (by rottencat) http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=24523698 If you are quick, you can see and comment it before steam hammer legion wakes up and bashes and deletes the thread.

  • Weekend Deals (22.07.11)

    Our deepest condolence to all Norwegian people.     Free weekend (click to install) for Altitude, save 50% (US: $4.99 / UK: £3.49 (14% higher) / EU: 4,49€ (29% higher))Also region restricted Civilization V -66% (US: $39.41 / UK: £24.41 (1% higher) / EU: 30,91€ (13% higher) / AU: $44.91 USD (14% higher)) You can…

  • Weekend Deals (15.07.11)

    Hopefully you have some money left after that crazy Steam camping madness sale. Give some of it to me and rest spend to weekend deals :D   But first some news what may be interesting: #0 Microsoft registers Microsoft-Sony.com and Sony-Microsoft.com. Eurogamer#1 Space Invaders movie coming? Eurogamer#2 Mass Effect 3 demo in few months. Eurogamer#3…

  • Steam Camping madness results (lots of polls)

      The camp is (almost) over. Now let’s vote for results.   Part 1 – games [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][poll id=”37″]   Part 2 – money [poll id=”38″]   Part 3 – camping activity [poll…

  • Steam Summer Camp sale

    Long waited summer sale is finally here.   Every day there are new hot deals. 30th June BAD: Most prices are awfully bad (especially Borderlands – 142% higher than US price! :P)GOOD: some are good – Redcettear, Bit.Trip   You can buy complete Publisher packs with 64% – 89% discount. Warning! All prices are 1$…

  • Weekend Deals (24.06.11)

      NEWS:#1 Team Fortress 2 Free to play!#2 L.A. Noire coming to PC this fall#3 EA is buying PopCap games. Eurogamer#4 Take Two promises more Duke Nukem. Eurogamer#5 GTA V in 2012 (PS. Contains GTAIV video)   -50% off from Divinity 2 (WARNING! $1=1€ price)-50% off from Homefront (WARNING! $1=1€ price) You can check the…

  • EA Removes Recently Released Games from Steam

    It seems that Electronic Arts has quietly removed some of its recent releases from Steam – including Crysis 2 and Alice: Madness Returns. However, for some reason they decided to keep those games on other digital services such as Amazon and Impulse. Although there has been no official statement from either EA or Valve concerning…

  • Free to play games in Steam!

    I was wondering, when this will happen … :)   Anyway, this is Valve devastating response to Origin / Gamersgate: free-to-play games, every day 1 game. Five launch titles are available now: Spiral Knights, Forsaken Worlds, Champions Online: Free for All, Global Agenda: Free Agent, and Alliance of Valliant Arms (AVA). Starting tomorrow with Spiral…

  • Weekend Deals (10.06.11)

      NEWS:#1 Codemasters was hacked, data stolen. Eurogamer#2 Far Cry 3 will take the series out of Africa and back to a tropical island. Eurogamer#3 Battlefield 3 multiplayer beta in September. Game itself 25th/28th Oct. Eurogamer#4 Mass Effect 3, the conclusive episode of EA and BioWare’s epic sci-fi trilogy, will be releasing on March 6th…

  • Weekend Deals (03.06.11)

    I hope that you like new geeky summer discount  picture :) And now the deals, sorry for delay :)   Few important latest news around the world:#1 Upcoming Duke Nukem Forever will have 3 DLCs – new weapons, maps and karaoke. Eurogamer#2 XCOM squad based FPS release date is 6th March. trailer. Eurogamer#3 Sony got…

  • Ubiweek in Steam 23rd – 30th May

    Looks like somebody doesn’t have enough money. Spend some more! :) Presenting – Ubisoft week – every day one special deal, and all Ubisoft games 33% off (excluding IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs f Dover and Assassins Creed Brotherhood). Ubisoft is known as evil DRM distributor, so beware :) And also known with very bad geo-restricted pricings,…

  • Weekend Deals (20.05.11)

      RIFT standard and digital editon 33% off with unfair 1$ = 1€ prices. You can check the discount prices in SteamPrices.com.NB! Do not forget, that white (+%) and yellow (-%) percentages are good after US price!   Magicka –50%, Necrovision, AI War, Painkiller etc.Total 25 discounts here   UK (total 26)EU is now Georestricted,…

  • Want spend more? Steam helps you with Daily deals!

    Starting today, Steam offers a new 24-hour deal, every single day. Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow them on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!     NB! Don’t rush to buy everything! Most likely there are totally messed up prices. Check the Steamprices…