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ADL’s report on racist Steam Community posts prompts a letter from Virginia senator
17 Nov

ADL’s report on racist Steam Community posts prompts a letter from Virginia senator

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A damning report from the Anti-Defamation League published Thursday on the “unprecedented” amount of racist and violent content on Steam Community has prompted a US Senator to take action. In a letter spotted by The Verge, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) asked Valve CEO Gabe Newell how he and his company are addressing the issue.“My concern is elevated by the fact that Steam is the largest single online gaming digital distribution and social networking platform in the world with over 100 million unique user accounts and a user base similar in scale to that of the ‘traditional social media and social…
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Valve celebrates Half-Life 2’s 20th anniversary with a big update
16 Nov

Valve celebrates Half-Life 2’s 20th anniversary with a big update

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It’s Half-Life 2’s 20th anniversary, and in celebration, Valve has released a special update that adds the Episode One and Episode Two expansions to the base game so you can play it all straight through, along with a two-hour documentary, developer commentary, and much more. The game is also free on Steam until November 18. Valve’s announcement itself is an interactive experience — grab the gravity gun at the bottom of the page and you can pick up just about anything on the screen and toss it around (including that can, which you can then put in the trash).“Every map…
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A white Steam Deck OLED can be yours for $679
11 Nov

A white Steam Deck OLED can be yours for $679

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After briefly offering a transparent Steam Deck OLED last year, Valve has announced its next limited edition variant featuring a bold new color: "white." It'll cost you $679 when it's available on November 18, and it features the exact same hardware as the 1TB Steam Deck OLED. (Most importantly, it sports that gorgeous 7.4-inch display with HDR and a 90Hz refresh rate). There's also a white carrying case, naturally. While the perils of white console hardware are hard to ignore (especially for a hefty portable that'll surely trap plenty of hand grease), this new variant may convince early Steam Deck…
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Steam’s game recorder is now available to everyone
06 Nov

Steam’s game recorder is now available to everyone

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Steam's Game Recording function has come out of beta and is now available to everyone on Mac, PC and Steam Deck, Valve announced. It provides a native tool to record gaming sessions and also offers basic editing tools to trim clips. Users can either run it in the background or manually start or stop recording. On top of that, there's a replay option that lets you quickly review recent recordings. You can then add markers for key moments, and if the game supports Game Recording's Timeline feature, Steam will add its own markers.The new feature negates the need for third-party…
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Steam Deck comes to Australia in November
11 Oct

Steam Deck comes to Australia in November

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Australian gamers won't have to buy Steam Deck at exorbitant prices from a reseller anymore or to import them into the country with help from a friend overseas. At PAX Australia, Valve has announced that it will start selling the handheld PC gaming device in the country starting in November. Currently, the Steam Deck is still only available in the US, Canada, UK and EU, as well as in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong via Komodo's website. But Valve has updated the console's official page with an announcement that says "Your Games, down under November 2024."Both LCD and…
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Valve’s Deadlock lets you turn cheaters into frogs
27 Sep

Valve’s Deadlock lets you turn cheaters into frogs

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is continuing the wonderful tradition of messing with people who feel the need to cheat in multiplayer games. In the latest update to Deadlock, the company's , Valve added the game's first anti-cheat system.When the system detects a cheater, Deadlock will . They can have the rulebreaker banned immediately and end the match right away. Behind door number two is the option to transform the cheater into a frog for the rest of the game. Valve will ban them afterwards. Valve will roll out this approach to bans over the next day or so. The results of affected matches won't…
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Valve cuts binding arbitration from its Steam user agreement
27 Sep

Valve cuts binding arbitration from its Steam user agreement

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If you booted up Steam in the last 24 hours, then you probably saw the pop up window asking you to agree to a new . Valve laid out the changes in an official blog post on , and notably, binding arbitration is no longer part of the SSA.Binding arbitration is a requirement that disputes be resolved by a legal proceeding that takes place outside of courts. Instead of a judge, these disputes are overseen by an arbitrator, who is paid by the company for their service. You can imagine why there might be some conflict of interest inherent (or…
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Valve finally confirms its next game, Deadlock, with a bare-bones Steam page
24 Aug

Valve finally confirms its next game, Deadlock, with a bare-bones Steam page

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It’s seemed like everyone this summer has been talking about Valve’s in-development MOBA shooter, Deadlock, except Valve itself. Thousands of people , some of whom have . But Valve has remained silent on the subject. Now, the company has finally confirmed the game’s existence with an official , which notes that Deadlock “is in early development” and in the hands of playtesters. Unfortunately, that’s about it for the details.Deadlock is still only available to play via invitation. There’s no release date or even release window on the page, and the 22-second teaser it includes isn’t particularly enlightening. But now that…
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Valve’s new game racks up 16k concurrent players, without officially existing
12 Aug

Valve’s new game racks up 16k concurrent players, without officially existing

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Valve’s next game, which has yet to be officially announced, had over 16,000 concurrent players over the weekend. As of this writing, that number sits at 16,600 via SteamDB. The game is called Deadlock and we’ve known that Valve was working on it for a while, but now it seems as though we are in the midst of a soft launch of some kind.Again, this game hasn’t been officially announced by the company, though something’s certainly going on. It’s likely that Valve has opened the game up to play tests to gauge how successful the title could be with a…
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Valve reveals the most-played games on Steam Deck
28 Jun

Valve reveals the most-played games on Steam Deck

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Valve has added a new chart to its roster of publicly-available data: a list of the . The information can be sorted by the past week, month, or year, and will be updated daily.These charts can play a big part in game discovery on the platform, so it's worth noting that making the list isn't only about the sheer number of players. Lawrence Yang from Valve told more about the process. "The metric we’re using to determine top-played is a combination of unique users and interest," Yang said. "Hades 2 has only been out for a month, but so many…
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