A mysterious ‘Shrek 5’ game has been appearing in random Steam libraries over the last year. As reported by Vice (opens in new tab), for the last year gamers have been finding a game called ‘Shrek 5’ mysteriously appear in their Steam library. To make things even weirder, it’s not …
Read More »Valve is indeed working on a Switch-like portable console, says new report
Update: Valve really is working on a portable console similar to the Nintendo Switch, and it’s hoping to have it in stores by the end of 2021, according to a report that backs up details from a recent leak. The new info comes from Ars Technica (opens in new tab) …
Read More »The Steam Summer Game Festival is live with hundreds of free game demos
Demos are great, and the Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition (opens in new tab) is probably the most extensive collection of free demos out there, with over 900 to choose from at the time of writing. The third, and biggest-by-far Steam Game Festival runs from now until June 22 at …
Read More »There were 18,801,944 concurrent players on Steam earlier today – the highest the platform has ever recorded
Steam has hit a new milestone, hitting a record-high 18.8 million concurrent users a little earlier today. As spotted by SteamDB (opens in new tab) (via PCGN (opens in new tab)), Steam’s previous record of 18,537,490 users – set in January 2018 – was surpassed at 2.20pm UK time today, …
Read More »How much have I spent on Steam? Well, you can now find out, and it might hurt a bit
There’s a few certain points in the year that you might start to wonder, just how much have I spent on Steam over the years? With Steam Summer Sale 2018 deals (opens in new tab) now in full force, offering discounts on top notch games from Rise of the Tomb …
Read More »The Typing of the Dead: Overkill bites into Steam
This is no time for stiff fingers: The Typing of the Dead: Overkill burst onto Steam today, a keyboard-tapping version of The House of the Dead: Overkill. Players bang out kill words one by one as the dead lurch into frame, trying to stop a mutant outbreak in Bayou City. …
Read More »Valve threatened with legal action by German consumer group
A German consumer advocacy group has challenged Valve for allegedly unfair enforcement of Steam’s latest end-user license agreement and failure to allow users to resell game licenses. CinemaBlend reports the Federation of German Consumer Organizations has given the Washington-based company until October 10 to respond or it will take the …
Read More »Indies angry about Steam Greenlight fees, Valve says its a work in progress
Independent developers werenone too pleased (opens in new tab)to learn that Valve is now charging a $100 fee to list games on Steam Greenlight, a new service which allows users to vote on which games will be offered for sale on Steam. The fee came into being because lots of …
Read More »Portal 2 DLC trailer: Cave Johnson walks you through the Perpetual Testing Initiative
Yesterday you heard from us that you had some Portal 2 DLC coming soon, with free map editor (opens in new tab) content, to look forward to. However, we’re well aware that in the hierarchy of things, we’re not as high on the informational food chain as fictionalized plutocratic caricatures …
Read More »Supertrailer: Week 03/20 – 03/25
Not a lot of great trailers this week, but the one’s that were awesome were REALLY AWESOME. Most notably, the Crysis 2’s launch trailer, which is where we stole the song “New York, New York” by B.o.B. Find all of the trailers showcased below in their entirety… CRYSIS 2 – …
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