Steam’s Updated Refund Policy Now Enforces A Playtime Limit On Early Access Games 4b5n22

Valve is giving Steam s another reason to stay away from early access games as it expands its refund policy to include early access titles. Prior to the policy changes, Steam s could request a refund no questions asked two weeks after purchasing a fully launched title, provided that they haven’t reached the two-hour playtime limit. They could also sink [...]

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Steam Unveils Annual Best Of Steam List With A Surprising Entry From Decades Past 685s3c

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Valve is celebrationg the end of 2023 and the start of a new year with its annual Best of Steam list, showcasing the 100 most-played and top-selling games of the past year and categorized into Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze based on their standing. You can expect to see most of the regular top performers on the board, such as [...]

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Steam’s Winter Sale Is Now Live Offering Discounts On Thousands Of Games 71471i

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Steam’s annual platform-wide winter sale is back, offering great deals on virtually every game in its extensive library. Of course, that includes a long list of MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer games that will likely be of interest to our readers. Here’s a list of several popular titles that caught our eye: Baldur’s Gate 3 – $53.99 (Original Price: $59.99) Diablo [...]

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Valve Clarifies Its Stance On Blocking Games With AI-Generated Content And Assets 5y5d3w

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As the use of various AI generators becomes commonplace, Valve has addressed concerns surrounding potential copyright issues related to their use, particularly in Steam-approved games. The company recently started to discreetly remove Steam games with AI-generated content but clarified that their goal is not to discourage the use of AI tools but to ensure developers have sufficient rights to use [...]

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Steam Gets A Big Quality-Of-Life Update To Its Overlay System Featuring Sticky Notes 1fy4m

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Valve has released a refreshed version of the Steam client, which has been in beta testing since late April. The update brings several changes, including improved code sharing across the Steam Desktop Client, Big Picture mode, and Steam Deck. While some changes aren’t immediately visible, s will notice updated dialogs, menus, fonts, colors, and various improvements to the in-game overlay. [...]

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Steam Broke Its Concurrency Record This Past Weekend At 33 Million s 5m6f20

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Tens of millions of s logged-in to Steam over the past weekend, peaking at just over 33 million concurrent s early Sunday morning. The popular video game platform also logged over 10 million in-game s at its peak, according to data from SteamDB. This weekend’s numbers shattered both Steam’s previous 24-hour concurrency record of 30 million s back in March [...]

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Steam s Are Being Targeted By A Sophisticated Browser-In-The-Browser Attack 6u6n5t

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Steam s are being targeted by a clever new browser-in-the-browser phishing scheme disguised as a legitimate Steam message. According to cybersecurity company Group-IB, the scheme specifically targets professional and competitive gamers, sending them fake tournament invites through the platform’s messaging system. Upon clicking the accompanying link, it will redirect you to a professional-looking tournament website where you’ll be asked to [...]

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Steam’s Annual Summer Sale Is Now In Full Swing 6g6y2l

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Steam’s annual Summer Sale has officially begun, slashing up to 95% off on thousands of games for the next two weeks. Some noteworthy MMO and multiplayer titles on sale include: ARK: Survival Evolved - $9.89 Battlefield 2042 - $29.99 Black Desert Online - $0.99 Elder Scrolls Online - $5.99 Elite Dangerous - $7.49 Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker - $27.99 Grim [...]

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New Dev Tools Allow For Cross-Play Between Steam And Epic Games Store 731v4v

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Over the past few years, cross-platform play is slowly becoming the norm with Microsoft and Sony finally deciding to play nice with each other. On PC, however, there’s still the problem of cross-play between Steam and Epic Games Store, a problem that’s now been solved by Epic. The publisher has released new cross-compatibility tools which developers can use to [...]

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Steam Announces The Platform’s Best Games Of 2021 5s1qk

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Valve has revealed the biggest games on Steam this year just a few days before 2021 officially comes to a close. As is the norm on the game distribution platform, the list is categorized into Top Sellers, Most Played, and Top New Releases which include the usual array of titles along with a sprinkling of both AAA and indie games [...]

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