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  • Former Valve developer opens up – is Steam killing PC gaming?

    Former Valve developer opens up – is Steam killing PC gaming?

    Former Valve Software employee Richard Geldreich posted some really interesting insights on Twitter lately. According to the guy Steam was killing the PC gaming for years. Starting 2009 that is. This is when they’ve introduced different regional currencies and tiers in the store. Geldreich worked at Valve from 2009 to 2014 and claims that the…

  • More games coming to Linux thanks to Steam!

    The team dedicated to Linux games on Steam is currently testing out a new beta version of Steam Play which is based on software called Wine. If you’re a Linux user on your gaming computer (for whatever reason…) you’ll soon be able to play a lot more games thanks to their efforts! The new Steam Play…

  • BLACK FRIDAY WEEKEND DEALS

    This is it guys, the biggest sale of the year is finally happening, detailed deals listed below! GamersGate is having a bunch of new sales since their last update (Tom Clancy’s games for example), G2A is having a really nice promo, you can get 10% cashback with checkout code FRIDAY. SCDKEY is organizing some nice…

  • Gabe Newell: Modders absolutely need to be compensated

    Remember the last time when Valve tried to introduce paid mods on Steam? It didn’t go well and it did not survive contact with the PC gaming community. When the proposal was announced in April 2015 with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as a pilot game it mostly got negative feedback. Shortly after that Valve removed the feature…

  • Valve to replace Steam Greenlight with Steam Direct!

    At first Steam Greenlight was looking really good, the idea of it, but today I can easily say that the Steam store has been cluttered with all of those shitty games that no one wants to play and fake reviews for free games. Valve has been dissatisfied with Steam Greenlight as well, even Gabe Newell described…

  • Valve wants to shutdown Team Fortress 2 gambling sites

    If you’re unfamiliar with how skin gambling works in Team Fortress 2 it’s basically a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive clone made by Valve. They have released the following statement recently: “In July of last year we outlined our position on gambling web sites, specifically noting that Valve has no business relationship with these sites. At that time we…

  • Valve hit with $2.1 million USD fine by Australian courts

    This has been on the net for a while now but due to holiday season I didn’t have much time to post this, anyway Valve lost its legal battle against Australia’s competition watchdog earlier this year. It’s all because of refunds. An Australian court has ruled that Valve must pay $2.15 million USD fine following…

  • Game developer Digital Homicide banned by Valve!

    Ever heard of Wyatt Derp? No? It’s fine, I bet most of us haven’t but the guys who created the game decided to sue 100 gamers who posted negative reviews on Steam. For $18 million! Yep. The have a history of suing, especially game critic Jim Sterling (from YouTube) with a ridiculous $10 million lawsuit for…

  • Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC): Another proof that false positive bans are real

    Since I’ve started using Steam back in 2007 I had this little obsession of mine, well more of a concern. You see, every now and then I have some sort of paranoia that I might get VAC banned for no reason, like I sometimes read online. I used to be very cautious of what I’m…

  • The Steam sales are getting worse!

    Every time there is a Steam sale on the horizon I think of buying something but when the event launches and I see the main store page I just can’t browse it. Why? The store displays all of the offers randomly, which means I can’t focus on any particular offer. I really preferred the old…

  • Valve’s Steam controller is selling badly

    According to the latest data, Valve has sold around 500 000 Steam controllers which isn’t exactly the best number. They have been officially selling the controller since November 2015. It’s been over half a year and what’s even worse the number also includes all of the controllers sold with Steam Machines (all of them have…

  • Former Valve employee files lawsuit over wrongful dismissal

    Remember that community translation drama on Steam? Former Valve employee files a $3.1 million lawsuit over wrongful dismissal. The suit also alleges employee misclassification and a hostile work environment. Read the suit here – it claims that the employee’s primary responsibility was translating content into Spanish, although she also served as a liaison with law enforcement in Spanish-speaking countries and…

  • Few words about Valve’s employee (Head Admin and creator of STS)

    Here is some really bad info from reddit/r/Steam guys, Victor, a translator and ex-moderator from the Spanish Steam Translation Server team, posted a really concerning message regarding Steam Translation Server program: “Valve employee also known for being the Head Admin and creator of STS, has been harassing, lying, discrediting, creating an oppressive, intimidating environment, and overall doing…

  • Portal 2 €5.99 / £4.49 / $6.36

    This is a region-free key, activates on Steam obviously. Get it here!

  • Steam: Subscriber Agreement 2016 Update

    On January 1st 2016 Valve updated their subscriber agreement. Here are the most important parts: Valve is now selling hardware in the European Union (the Steam Controller and Steam Link). Hardware distribution in Europe will be the primary responsibility of Luxembourg subsidiary, known as Valve SARL. Digital content and services in Europe move back under our…

  • Here is why Steam customer service is still terrible but will get better this holiday season

    In recent Kotaku interview with Erik Johnson about the current Steam Support, Valve employee told that progress is being made on Valve’s side of things, it’s just not visible yet: “We started by realizing we had a lot of software to write to build a new support system,” Johnson explained. “The first feature that came of that was…

  • Steam: Game Bans system is now live allowing developers to ban from individual games on Steam

    Game Bans system is now available on Steam but don’t worry, those bans have to be requested by the developer. This allows the game makers to maintain their own games in ways that Steam couldn’t. Developer is also likely to have the time and resources to ban cheaters in hackers from its own title. It takes the burden of ban appeals off Valve’s Steam…

  • Valve listens… at least for now.

    Here’s good news guys. Few days ago Gabe Newell showed up on reddit, acting like he doesn’t know what the big deal is about. On Thursday I was flying back from LA. When I landed, I had 3,500 new messages. Hmmm. Looks like we did something to piss off the Internet. Yesterday I was distracted…

  • You can get refunds for mods in 24 hours but is it really a refund? No!

    You have a 24 hour refund period, no questions asked but you are not actually getting your money back, instead it goes to the Steam Wallet which means you have to spend it on Steam anyway which is a really bad move. EA is bad but at least it refunds you with real money, I…

  • Steam is now selling mods!? WTF!

    It seems that you can now buy mods for Skyrim on Steam, check this page out. Also there is a whole thread on reddit here, people claim that some mods were already stolen and someone posted them as their own… This is so not cool at all and I think it’s safe to say that most gamers…

  • Steam: Better restrictions for new accounts

    Valve updated the policy for new Steam accounts recently. From now on you won’t be able to do those things in the list below until you actually pay at least $5 on Steam (probably 5€ in Europe?). Adding retail CD-Keys to the account won’t remove those restrictions either, which is good because there are tons of free…

  • Poll Time: Should Valve allow us to get refunds in EU?

    You probably all have noticed that the Steam Subscriber Agreement has been updated to include some new rules especially when it comes to the 14 days return time in European Union. And no, you can’t do that on Steam (at least according to them) but is this completely legal or fair? See this little checkbox…

  • New Steam gift restrictions are ridiculous!

    Steam applied more restrictions to gifts activation and trading. New rules limit the number of countries gifts could be activated in. Gamers located in some parts of Europe and South America (and regions visible below on the screenshot) are discovering that once a gift has been bought from certain countries, it can only be redeemed in the same countries. If…

  • What do you think of Steam Machines?

    Do you like what they have showed us on the Steam store or not and why? I personally think that this is not a bad idea but the execution is horrible. I’ve expected something like top 5 Steam machines to be released, ranging from mid to high-end PCs inside, instead we get  over 15 machines – really,…

  • Petition: Regional Pricing in Romania on Steam

    Hello guys, please spread the word and sign the petition now! Click here for details.