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2025’s Remaining Steam Sale Dates Announced

David Sanders — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:00:57 +0000

Valve has now publicly announced the dates of the second half of this year’s planned Steam sales, both major and minor alike. They’ve also revealed the dates for 2025’s Steam Next Fests, those glorious occasions when we can all download tons more demos of upcoming games than we could ever realistically play within a week. I shall now cover the deluge of dates Valve has decreed so that we can all…

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Is PC Gaming Reaching a Singularity?

David Sanders — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:00:39 +0000

I realized something a couple of nights ago. Toward the end of 2024, Rockstar Games finally ported the original Red Dead Redemption to PC and released it on Steam and Epic. Ubisoft has been adding Steam achievements to much of its catalog for a while now and has pledged to release Assassin’s Creed Shadows on Steam and Epic on day one. Just a couple of weeks ago, EA re-released complete editions of…

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Steam Real-Time Strategy Fest Suggestions

Mike Reitemeier — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:00:38 +0000

With Steam Sales coming about on a more frequent basis than ever, it seems each genre is getting their time to shine. I sunk a pretty penny into the Bullet Heaven fest last month, and now it’s time for a fan favorite genre to receive a ton of discounts to encourage players to put dozens of hours into them. Real-time strategy games are cherished for their quick-thinking gameplay…

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David’s Steam Winter Sale 2024 Recommendations

David Sanders — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:00:11 +0000

The weather this past summer was obscenely hot in my hometown, so to say I’m glad winter is finally here is one heck of an understatement. No matter how cold it might be outside, there are tons of hot deals to be had on Steam between now and January 2nd, 2025. I’m here once again to recommend a decently long list of discounted games with which I’ll most definitely be curling up under a blanket for…

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Great 90% off deals in the Steam Autumn Sale

Mike Reitemeier — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:00:45 +0000

Steam sales are plentiful, but they’re also the gift that keeps on giving. It seems like the vast majority of the store is on sale, and the vast majority of those sales are exceptionally deep discounts. Some so much so, that you’re paying 10% of what you would if the game were full-price. Whether that means a game is worth $5.99, or even less, you’re spending about a cup of coffee for a title that…

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There’s now a Steam Page for Valve’s next game

Keiran McEwen — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:00:42 +0000

It seems the moon turned blue, then red, then exploded into a dragon and became an egg in that awful episode of Doctor Who all at once this weekend. No, hear me out. Valve has formally announced a game. I know, that’s about as rare as a rich White guy going to prison for as long as normal folk would for the same crime. I don’t think I need to explain what I am talking about, Deadlock has been on…

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David’s Steam Summer Sale 2024 Recommendations

David Sanders — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:00:46 +0000

Ah, summer: The birds are singing, the sun is shining at its brightest, and that means I’m ensuring my bedroom’s blackout curtains are closed because the immense amount of glare on my computer monitor is driving me mad. The reappearance of summer also means the biggest Steam sale of 2024 is now upon us, and I’m here once again to grant a spotlight to some personal gems from my library that I think…

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“Don’t Sniff Your Steam Deck,” Says Valve

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 13:00:29 +0000

Do I really need to explain this one? The internet is once again at the height of, “Why do you exist to do these things?” In a now-viral post on Reddit, one user by the name of Metapod100 asked Steam Support: “Is it safe to inhale the exhaust fumes from the top vent of the Steam Deck? It’s somewhat of a meme to enjoy the fumes[,] but I think I kinda… like it?” Ahh, the smell of thermal paste…

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Gabe Newell Ordered to In-person Deposition

Keiran McEwen — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 13:00:29 +0000

Oh, you better watch out, you better not sue, better not pirate, I’m telling you why, Santa Gabe is coming to court! Ok, yeah it’s a touch contrived, but you write about anti-trust lawsuits and make it sound interesting. It is not easy. According to a three-page court order (via Gamesindustry.biz) the 61-year-old co-founder and president of Steam developer Valve has been ordered to make an in…

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Fortune’s Run: Why Did Steam Reject Its Build?

Mike Reitemeier — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:00:27 +0000

WARNING* This article discusses depictions of sexual assault. Viewer discretion is advised. There are a lot of games on Steam, more than you could fathom. The de facto online gaming marketplace that got its start as a Half-Life 2 hub has become Valve’s main revenue stream for almost two decades. Now, you can find a wild variety of games on the platform as other launchers still struggle to…

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