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Valve has just released a mobile version of its Steam digital distribution program, allowing users to check out the online store, purchase games and browse their library or screenshots, while interacting with their friends.
Valve’s Steam is the most popular digital distribution service on the PC and Mac platfo... |
27 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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The Steam application for handsets running under Google’s Android operating system is now available for download from the Android Market in a beta flavor. The app provides users with the possibility to get in touch with their Steam friends, while also keeping them up to date with the latest offerings from the... |
27 January 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Video game developer Bethesda has launched an update for the 1.4 beta patch that is now available for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim via Steam.
The developers mention the following changes:
- an audio problem that made the sound effects play louder than intended has been fixed;
- the Master Criminal achievement is now... |
27 January 2012
05:45 GMT |
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Valve has launched Steam Mobile, a portable version of their popular gaming platform for avid gamers who own an iOS device.
According to the steampowered.com site, Steam Mobile will let you connect with your buddies on the go, use the built-in chat client to communicate your thoughts, and even browse the extensive S... |
27 January 2012
05:18 GMT |
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Bethesda has just deployed the beta version of its patch 1.4 for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on the PC platform via Steam, alongside a little guide with what you need to do in order to get it before its full release.Skyrim was Softpedia’s Game of the Year in 2011 but, even if it amazed us with its open world, h... |
24 January 2012
02:31 GMT |
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Remedy Entertainment, the developer of the Alan Wake series, has just confirmed some more details about the PC edition of the franchise’s first game, including system requirements, information about its content, as well as a release date of February. Alan Wake impressed millions of Xbox 360 owners two yea... |
23 January 2012
06:55 GMT |
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At the beginning of the week we heard that Mass Effect 3 on the PC would appear on Electronic Arts’ Origin digital distribution service, as well as on a few other third party digital retailers, but not on Steam.
This didn’t surprised anyone, as EA has kept most of its recent products away from Steam, the... |
21 January 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Steam, the most popular digital distribution service on the PC platform, has apparently been affected by a series of errors today, January 20, 2012, with lots of users from all around the world encountering problems when trying to download games or log into their actual accounts.Valve won over many people with the st... |
20 January 2012
10:34 GMT |
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In a peculiar turn of events, the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo has been released for the PC platform both on Electronic Arts’ own Origin platform, as well as on Valve’s Steam.Electronic Arts saw most of its games kicked off of Steam due to Valve’s terms of service, so the company created its o... |
18 January 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Valve has manged to become the biggest gaming distribution platform in the world and until recently it was only available for the Windows platform, but now there is hope that a Linux version of Steam will follow. There have been some rumors, for a couple of years, that Valve will start to officially release a Linux v... |
18 January 2012
06:59 GMT |
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To the surprise of almost no one, given recent events, Electronic Arts’ upcoming Mass Effect 3 role playing shooter won’t be made available on Valve’s Steam service, being instead exclusively activated through Origin, the company’s own digital distribution service.
Mass Effect 3 is one of the... |
16 January 2012
05:59 GMT |
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Steam had another impressive Christmas showing, mixing a raft of impressive offers with some sort of meta game that involved further price cuts and special items, and all its big competitors, from Gamersgate to Origin, did something similar in concept although not as wide in terms of scope.On a personal note, the off... |
14 January 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced yet another pretty significant sale which seems designed to stock up gamer interest for the Origin digital distribution solution that it launched earlier during the year.Those who register on Origin before January 16 can take part in the Stock Up and Save promotion, ... |
10 January 2012
07:49 GMT |
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Steam, the video game digital distribution service from Valve, has reported that it has managed to increase its year over year unit sales during 2011 by more than 100 percent, the seventh year that it has managed this impressive feat.The company also says that overall sales value has increased during the same period,... |
9 January 2012
17:41 GMT |
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The winter holiday season has been extremely good to Valve’s Steam, as not only did it host a series of massive holiday sales, but it also saw more than 5 million players connected to the digital distribution service at the same time.Steam is currently the service to beat in terms of digital distribution, as Va... |
5 January 2012
02:37 GMT |
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Android users can now access their Steam accounts while on the go, courtesy of an official mobile client that has just landed in the Android Market.
The application is rather new to the official application storefront, but it has already tasted a series of updates aimed at improving its usability.
“Steam fo... |
4 January 2012
16:01 GMT |
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A new research paper that was published by a team at the University of Tampa has shown that those who cheat in video games have a tendency to pass this habit to their friends and then lose many of the fellow players who do not share the habit.Researchers worked with Valve to get access to the playing habits of its 12... |
3 January 2012
17:41 GMT |
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In the coming year one analysts believes that the video game industry will see a shift from platforms like Facebook and Google to custom game portals that will be controlled by the developers and publishers themselves.Speaking to IndustryGamers, Scott Steinberg of TechSavvy Global, who is both an analyst and a market... |
3 January 2012
15:01 GMT |
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The developers at Supergiant Games have announced that they have managed to sell more than half a million copies of their action adventure game Bastion, mainly because of the recent sales that took place both on the Xbox Live Arcade service for the Xbox 360 home console and on the Steam digital distribution service f... |
3 January 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Some Steam users have gotten a peculiar gift from the digital distribution service today, as those who bought the Renegade Ops 4-pack, which gave them a copy of the game plus three extra ones to give to friends, have now received three new copies of the twin-stick shooter made by Avalanche Games and published by Sega... |
27 December 2011
05:36 GMT |
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Depending on your religious orientation, you’re almost sure to celebrate something in the next few weeks, even if it’s just the New Year. Unfortunately, while this should be a time of peace on Earth and getting together with your family, friends or relatives, it’s quite a difficult time to be a game... |
24 December 2011
09:31 GMT |
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GamersGate is expanding its offers in terms of digital distribution, and its CEO, Theo Bergquist, has talked about the competition in this part of the games industry, specifically about Valve’s established Steam and Electronic Arts’ recently launched Origin.PC gamers have more than enough choices when it ... |
21 December 2011
03:10 GMT |
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GamersGate, the digital distribution service that was initially launched by Paradox Interactive and has since become independent, has reported a growth rate of 50 percent for 2011 and has big plans when it comes to the future.Theo Bergquist, who is the leader of GamersGate, told IndustryGamers that, “Streaming ... |
20 December 2011
17:41 GMT |
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After the acquisition of Direct 2 Drive, GameFly has announced that it has launched the open beta stage of its PC digital distribution service.The highlight of the launch is the fact that the Unlimited PC play section of the service offers more than one hundred games that can be directly played through the service, i... |
20 December 2011
07:55 GMT |
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Once again, Valve has kicked off the traditional Steam Winter Holiday Sale, with the digital distribution service being host to a series of daily discounts on great titles, as well as to price cuts for many other games and even a special competition that has a huge prize.Steam has always marked special occasions with... |
20 December 2011
06:25 GMT |
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Remedy Entertainment has revealed a few more details on the upcoming Alan Wake PC edition, confirming that it will be released on Steam using its Steamworks suite and that support for Microsoft’s Games for Windows Live system has yet to be decided upon.While most PC game developers these days choose to use Valv... |
19 December 2011
04:30 GMT |
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I bought Trine a while ago during a Steam sale but neglected it for quite some time. After hearing that the sequel is coming, I tried it out to see if it’s worth getting excited about its successor. That was probably one of the best decisions I made last summer, as its top notch platforming and puzzles delighte... |
17 December 2011
05:01 GMT |
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Bethesda has just published a brand new update on the performance of its The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim role playing game, confirming it’s shipped over 10 million units across the world and that the game is now the fastest selling title ever to be released on the Steam digital distribution network.Skyrim has been ... |
16 December 2011
15:41 GMT |
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Valve, the company behind the Steam digital distribution service, has introduced a new coupon feature to its platform, allowing video game developers and publishers to offer targeted discounts to groups of gamers.The coupons are linked to the Steam Inventory feature, which was originally introduced in order to allow ... |
9 December 2011
09:31 GMT |
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GamersFirst has confirmed that Steam users can now try out the open beta stage for APB Reloaded, the revived and enhanced edition of 2010’s APB online shooter, for free.APB was released last year as a ‘cops and robbers’-type MMO by Realtime Worlds, trying to attract fans of open world sandbox titles... |
8 December 2011
01:41 GMT |
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Bethesda lived up to its promise and has just deployed the third patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, taking it to version 1.3, and fixing quite a lot of issues that appeared after last week’s update 1.2.Millions of gamers were delighted with Skyrim, despite its sometimes hilarious glitches, but patch 1.2 pra... |
7 December 2011
13:30 GMT |
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Nowadays video game reveals happen many months or even years in advance, but Strategy First and Team 6 Studios have trumped the trend and announced their FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction title a week before it’s actually going to be released on the PC, via the Steam digital distribution service.The original FlatO... |
7 December 2011
12:31 GMT |
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Batman: Arkham City has just received a brand new PC patch that fixes some of the variety of DirectX 11 issues that appeared once the game was released a couple of weeks ago for that platform.Arkham City delighted millions of gamers that owned a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 back in October and, after a couple of delays,... |
7 December 2011
04:39 GMT |
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English and German speaking Steam customers are advised to beware of a website that allegedly offers an anniversary upgrade. In reality, the site is carefully designed by phishers to steal the login details of unsuspecting users, reports GFI.
“Valve gives to you one of 1000 available Steam-gold-account upgrad... |
6 December 2011
04:52 GMT |
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Valve has kicked off a brand new promotion on its Steam digital distribution service, this time in the form of the Daily Wishlist Giveaway, which offers ten lucky users the top 10 games on their wishlist, every day into the holiday season.Steam just ran a massive series of offers as part of its Autumn sale and now, i... |
2 December 2011
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Counter-Strike fans can finally rejoice as Valve has kicked off the beta stage for the newest installment the series, Global Offensive, on the PC, through its Steam digital distribution service.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was announced earlier this year and, with the promise of combining the best elements from t... |
1 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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The general consensus, at least according to all the feedback we’ve gotten, is that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been pretty much ruined by the newest patch released by Bethesda this week for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.Seeing as how the company has declined to even comment on the new issues sparked b... |
1 December 2011
08:39 GMT |
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Piracy might be a big problem on the PC platform but the creators of the Serious Sam 3 first person shooter believe that the way to fight it is not with Digital Right Management measures but with very good gameplay.Fork Parker, who is the Chief Financial Officer working at Devolver Digital, told Destructoid that, &ld... |
29 November 2011
20:11 GMT |
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Steam is the biggest player in the digital distribution market on the PC and it seems that the quality of service that has brought it to the fore of the pack also allows it to dismiss any real threat from the piracy phenomenon.
Speaking to The Cambridge Student, Gabe Newell, who is the leader of Valve, stated, &ldqu... |
29 November 2011
02:31 GMT |
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Michael Pachter, who is an analyst watching the video game industry for the firm Wedbush Morgan, has said that he is unsure whether the Origin digital distribution service from Electronic Arts is a good fit for the upcoming Nintendo Wii U home console.Speaking to IndustryGamers about the rumors which link Electronic ... |
24 November 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Just in time for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Valve has unleashed a new edition of its annual Autumn Sale on its Steam digital distribution service, slashing the prices on a huge number of games and DLC.Steam has gotten users accustomed to lots of high quality discounts around certain holidays, including the winter... |
24 November 2011
06:48 GMT |
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Valve has finally confirmed just when the closed beta stage for its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive online shooter will debut, as at the end of the month players will get to see just how the new game actually feels.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was revealed earlier this year and, with the promise of combining the... |
21 November 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Super Meat Boy, the tough as nails 2D platformer from Team Meat, is celebrating its 1-year anniversary this weekend on Steam by slashing the price on a huge variety of indie games, offering each with a 50 percent discount, or all of them as a bundle for 75% off.Super Meat Boy was a cult hit, last year when it was rel... |
18 November 2011
07:31 GMT |
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Developer Arrowhead Games and publisher Paradox Interactive have announced that their free form magic powered action adventure, Magicka, will be free to play over the weekend for all those who installed the Steam digital distribution service from Valve.Also those who install the game and like the experience have the ... |
18 November 2011
03:29 GMT |
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Gamers can now purchase and download the space based strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire, created by Ironclad Games and published by Stardock, from Steam and the publisher is saying that this is just the first game from their catalog that arrives on the Valve made digital distribution service.The game can now be pi... |
17 November 2011
07:25 GMT |
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A source inside Nintendo is claiming that the company is working with publisher Electronic Arts to make the recently launched Origin digital distribution service the only way to deliver content on the soon to be launched Wii U home console.The fan site WiiUGo cites information obtained from an anonymous intern workin... |
15 November 2011
08:45 GMT |
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Publisher Electronic Arts has worked hard to push its digital distribution service Origin but a number of analysts watching the video game market believe that the effort is not enough to make it more relevant than Steam from Valve.Speaking to IndustryGamer David Cole, who is an analyst working for DFC Intelligence, s... |
14 November 2011
21:31 GMT |
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Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has dwarfed Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on Steam in terms of popularity, with statistics from the digital distribution service showcasing that more than 287,000 of its users simultaneously played the role playing, as opposed to just 86,000 players who e... |
14 November 2011
05:16 GMT |
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Fronzebyte has confirmed that the sequel to its popular Trine side-scrolling puzzler, the cleverly titled Trine 2, will be arriving at the beginning of December both as a digital download all around the world, as well as a retail release in Europe, in the form of the already announced Collector's Edition.
Trine... |
14 November 2011
02:37 GMT |
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CD Projekt has announced that its role playing game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings have managed to sell 195,000 copies on the Steam service from Valve, 35,000 copies on Good Old Games and another around 10,000 copies using other digital outlets.Marcin Iwiński, one of the leaders of CD Projekt, stated, “The d... |
11 November 2011
10:50 GMT |
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