When Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was announced to be going free-to-play, it was also announced that it would feature a new battle royale mode called “Danger Zone.” My social timeline was populated with various people complaining that the title going free-to-play would ruin the experience, but not many people seemed to be talking about the new game
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After winning this year’s Dota 2 championships, The International, it looks like Team OG is getting a documentary to record their historic victory. Valve is releasing the documentary, titled True Sight, in Copenhagen on January 15 for a special screening with the team. The documentary takes people into the action of The International finals between Team OG and Paris Saint
With the weather getting colder, the opportunity to cozy up by the fire and play a deep strategy-RPG, an intense shooter, or the latest hit indie game gets more and more tempting, and if you’re looking to stock up on PC games for the winter ahead, Steam has you covered. As is tradition, Steam has
There’s something interesting going on within the new Counter Strike: Global Offensive’s Danger Zone mode, or at least, it could be interesting. Basically, players have uncovered a weird message being broadcast that when translated appears to read lyrics from Portal’s iconic “Still Alive” song. Valve recently made CS:GO free-to-play, and they also introduced a new Battle Royale game mode called, Danger
You may remember last week’s extraordinary report that esports team TNC Predator alleged that organizers for an upcoming event threatened the safety of one of their controversial players. Following many big players in the Dota 2 scene and blowback on the dedicated community, developer Valve has stepped in, claiming that the points that TNC brought up were
If you aren’t in the esports or MOBA scene, you may tune out regarding the abundance of drama, feuds, and backlash within the growing field. But after some mean-spirited conversation, the upcoming Chongqing Major for Dota 2 is under a magnifying class, with reported veiled threats coming from the tournament’s organizers. It may turn out to be
Steam has announced a new set of updates that include everything from new revenue share tiers to updates to the Steam Distribution agreement. To start, Steam has introduced new revenue share tiers for titles that hit certain revenue levels. Starting from October 1, 2018, titles that make over $10 million on Steam, the revenue shares for
Game developer Valve, who brought us games like Left 4 Dead, Half-life, and Portal has announced that their newest endeavor into the card trading world is available on Steam. Artifact is muchly based on Dota 2 and also designed by Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield, which sees players go head-to-head against each and the
Recently after the NDA for Artifact was lifted from beta players, many swarmed to the internet to voice complaints, specifically the payment model. In fact, the top post on the Artifact subreddit calls to players to cancel their pre-orders to force Valve to resolve these complaints. Well, Valve listened and is now pushing for a beta update
Microsoft just keeps on improving the Xbox One backward compatibility list, this time around by improving a handful of games from of the industry’s most heralded developers. Today, Microsoft announced that four of Valve’s most popular games of all-time have now been enhanced for Xbox One X platform holders. The games in question include Portal, The Orange
Valve’s latest update for Dota 2 makes some big changes to the game’s loot-based microtransactions. Players will now be able to see the percentages for various drops before they purchase keys to unlock treasure chests. You’ll be able to see your exact chances of getting higher rarity loot based on the number of keys you buy. The
Players can mute their opponent’s chat in the card game Artifact from Valve. When it was revealed that Artifact would have a global text chat that included the opponents you face off against in matches there was some blow back concerning the toxicity that exists sometimes when playing online competitive games. Speaking to IGN, Jeep
If you’re somehow a PC gamer that hasn’t picked up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive… how? Anyways, the game has gotten a free-to-play version that’ll allow you to play against AI opponents. You can also view competitive matches. You’ll need to purchase the full game for a chance to go online, but Counter-Strike: Global Offensive frequently goes on sale so
In the past couple of months, Valve has certainly kept busy with a number of new game projects like Artifact and more, but recently it appears that the company may also be turning an eye towards streaming. In a report from Venture Beat (via SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik), details surfaced that Valve has registered the domain for “Steam
As Valve has been expanding and re-immersing itself into developing new games over the past few years, one of the first of the company’s new upcoming titles is the collectible card game Artifact, which as we now know is only a few months away from being released. Artifact has officially been confirmed to release for Steam
Summer has officially started, and you know what that means — it’s time to indulge in dozens of deeply discounted PC games (and go bankrupt in the process), as the annual Steam Summer Sale strikes again. Steam has officially kicked off its annual Steam Summer Sale for 2018, and this time around the sale has
Valve is working to address fake games on Steam, as uncovered by Reddit user deliteplays. Just like the measures to deal with exploiters of Trading Cards last year, games will now have to go through a “confidence metric” in order to have their achievements matter as some are inflating their achievement count for players to display
Valve and Steam have been under scrutiny lately about the games considered acceptable for listing on the popular digital storefront. A few weeks ago, the publisher sent threatening correspondence to several developers of visual novels containing mild adult content, demanding further censorship, with the removal of the games as an alternative. A few days after,
It seems like the feud between Apple and Valve is only just heating up. Following an official delay into the iOS version of Valve’s Steam Link, the company blamed Apple for blocking approval. Not wanting to receive the brunt of loyalists’ ire, Apple’s Senior VP of Marketing responded to emails about the conflict. Notably, he
For a moment there, gamers almost had a reason to buy at Apple TV. Almost. That was until Apple decided to revoke a previously approved application from Valve to bring Steam Link to iOS. In an effort to drive Apple to reconsider, Valve is doing a healthy bit of shaming from the sidelines. It was
Valve has gotten in on the exploit-hunting trend according to recent public releases of documentation from HackerOne, a community of white-hat hackers who engage in vulnerability coordination and bug bounty. According to the statistics on Valve’s HackerOne page, $109,600 have been paid out in bounty rewards to individuals who are able to find and document loopholes,
While it’s primarily an accessory for Switch owners that want some added control, the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller has proven itself as a worthy add-on for Switch owners to grab, but now those with a PC can also make use of the controller if they would like. Over on the Steam Community forums, Valve has
Firewatch developer Campo Santo announced today that the studio has been acquired by Steam owner Valve. According to the announcement, all twelve members of the team have agreed to join Valve, where they will continue to work as game developers as they did until now. On top of that, their current project that was announced at The Game
Valve has notoriously shifted away from developing software over the past few years as they have instead focused on creating hardware and catering the infrastructure of their Steam service. Going forward though, it seems like the company is ready to focus again on making more games. During a recent event focused on the upcoming Dota
Thanks to the massive success of games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and the numerous other popular titles on the service, Steam has had a banner year in terms of player counts and numbers, with the service having hit a new record for players online at once. Over the past few days, Steam has hit a new concurrent
2017 was an embarrassment of riches when it came to the year in games, and with the year now behind us, Steam’s annual user-voted awards gave a spotlight to the best titles of 2017, while also throwing in a few nods to some old favorites of the past. Valve has revealed the winners of its
Black Mesa, a fan-made remaster of the original Half-Life, has received a new update that adds a myriad of new changes to make the 1998 title look even better. The new update adds real-time dynamic lighting, lens flares, god rays, and a whole host of other new features that make the game run smoother. For a fan-made project, the
Reviving one of the most iconic game series to come out of the 90s, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD served as a healthy dose of fan service for Pro Skater fans by revisiting the series’ first two titles with remastered visuals and more – however, next week the title will be delisted in case you