Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais says a faster Steam handheld isn't coming in the next couple of years. The game company doesn't want to sacrifice power efficiency and battery life for more performance.
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A post on the official Counter-Strike 2 X (formerly Twitter) account seems to hint that the public release of the multiplayer team first-person shooter sequel could happen on September 27.
Two weeks into its launch, Xbox and Bethesda's brand-new sci-fi RPG experience, Starfield, is already touting 10 million players. The developer has called it an "astronomical" number to hit.
Developer Supergiant Games now says the Early Access for its fantasy-themed sequel Hades II will now happen sometime in the second quarter of 2024. It will also launch a tech test beforehand.
Valve has cut the price of its three models for its Steam Deck portable gaming PC for the next week, with the most expensive model discounted by 20 percent, from $649 to just $519.20.
Valve introduced Steam onto the web exactly 20 years ago, and it has evolved from being an app offering easy game updates to the PC gaming behemoth that we have today. Here's a trip down memory lane.
Developer The Creative Assembly and publisher Sega will release the game on Steam and the Epic Games Store on Oct. 11, but there will be an early access weekend starting Sept. 29 for pre-orders.
Bethesda's first RPG launch under Xbox's wing has become its biggest launch ever. The studio has revealed that the sci-fi game has already passed six million players only two days after launch.
Spencer says that the 1 million concurrent player number for Starfield was "across all platforms." That likely includes its Steam numbers, which had over 260,000 players online at once on Wednesday.
Payday 3 is running a free open beta on PC and Xbox Series X|S from September 8-11. You can try out the bank heist, original gang, and weapons before the game launches on September 21.
Starfield's early access period, which started August 31, has driven strong engagement and sales ahead of the full launch, with the Premium Edition upgrade being a top seller on the Microsoft Store.
Valve has released the latest monthly hardware and software survey results, revealing a notable spike in Windows 11's market share. The company says almost 40% of Steam users now run Windows 11.
Bethesda Softworks' space-based RPG has technically not been released yet, but there are already a sizable number of players online playing the PC version on Steam in early access mode.
A group called Rune claims it has cracked the PC version of Starfield on the Steam platform, just a few hours after the Early Access versions of the Bethesda Game Studios RPG went live.
Google has teamed up with NVIDIA to offer all Chromebook users the perk of free three-month trials for GeForce NOW Priority memberships. These let users cut long waiting times to play games and more.
Steam gamers who want to get the PC version of Bethesda Game Studios' sci-fi RPG Starfield can now start preloading the game on Valve's service. Early access to the game starts tomorrow.
Epic Games is now offering studios 100% of revenue from games for ditching Steam and other storefronts. The exclusivity period and the special revenue split offer will last for six months.
Turn 10 Studios today revealed what kind of hardware will PC players need to jump into its upcoming Forza Motorsport, as well as what kind of technologies are being used in this version.
Preloading for Bethesda's next big RPG, Starfield, is kicking off two weeks ahead of the game's launch. Unfortunately, Steam players will have to wait much longer to preload game files than others.
The asymmetrical game, based on the 1974 horror film classic, will support cross-play with its PC, Xbox Series S and X, and PlayStation 5 versions when the game launches on August 18.
The D&D RPG has been a huge success so far since its PC launch just over a week ago, and today developer Larian Studios has revealed a lot of interesting post-launch stats for Baldur's Gate 3.
The refurbished Steam Decks are supposed to meet or even exceed the performance of all new Steam Deck units, with the same one-year warranty, but they might have a few "minor cosmetic blemishes"
Larian Studios has released the first hotfix patch for its hit D&D fantasy RPG Baldur's Gate 3, with a ton of small bug fixes. It also says it is disabling cross-saves for the game for the moment.
Valve's latest software and hardware survey is out with new details about operating systems and hardware Steam customers use to play games. According to the report, Windows 11 has almost 37%.
The long-awaited D&D RPG from Larian Studios will officially launch for the PC at 11 am Eastern Time on Thursday, August 3, but it will be a hefty 122GB download, with no preload support.
The Steam and GOG PC versions of Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition are now available with a launch price discount of 20 percent. However, the console versions have been delayed.
Proton 8.0-3 is now available in the Steam Play compatibility layer. It brings lots of new fixes as well as support for fifteen more games including Minecraft Legends and a Tom Clancy title.
Sega Bass Fishing, which launched for the PC in 2001 and launched again as a digital version on Steam in 2011, can be yours for free to keep if you sign up for the Sega newsletter until July 31.
Ubisoft has confirmed it has sent emails to some users who have not accessed their accounts for a while, telling them their account has been suspended and they could lose access to their digital games
Following sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, gaming piracy levels have rocketed. Research has found that 7 in 10 gamers have engaged in game piracy over the last year.
The team behind the popular Dolphin Emulator stated Valve's conditions for publishing the software on Steam made it "impossible" to launch it on Valve's platform as originally planned.
This will be the first time Blizzard games on the PC will be available on a multiplayer platform outside of its in-house Battle.net service. Overwatch 2 will support Steam achievements and more.
The latest Team Fortress 2 update for Valve's free-to-play multiplayer shooter adds 14 new maps made by community members along with new cosmetic items, taunts, bug fixes, and changes to two maps.
You can play in the open beta test for the fantasy-themed RTS game for PC (via Steam), Xbox Series X and S and PlayStation 5. You can play in 1v1 multiplayer battles through July 10.
NVIDIA has announced several new titles that are now available on its cloud gaming platform. They include OCTOPATH TRAVELER 1 and 2, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, and more.
Halo Infinite's multiplayer on Steam has seen a significant drop in player base, losing around 98% since its launch. Concerns arise about the game's future, but it remains free-to-play with updates.
The zombie-based survival game, which launched its first early access version in December 2013, has seen a surge of new online players on Steam this weekend, with over 91,000 players online at once.
In a statement, a Valve spokesperson said that developers "can use these AI technologies in their work" when submitting games for Steam, but they cannot "infringe on existing copyrights."
According to the latest data published by Valve, Windows 11 continued growing during June 2023. The operating system holds almost 36% of all Steam users and steadily approaches Windows 10.
Valve has officially kicked off the Steam Summer Sale of 2023, bringing discounts for almost everything on the PC games store, from the hidden indies gems to the biggest blockbusters.