When thinking about the best online multiplayer shooters, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the first games people remember. Despite launching nearly ten years ago, the game’s player base was well over 23 million in January of this year. Thanks no doubt to its spot as a pillar of eSports, it clearly still has a devoted
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Originally launched back in 2011, Portal 2 is one of the critically acclaimed puzzle games of seventh generation of consoles and one of the Valve’s greatest IPs. For a single-player game, it would seem odd to receive a brand new update after ten years, but Portal 2 update 2021 is real and it brings some
Apex Legends has been hugely popular ever since its release in 2019. The squad-based battle royale has had seven successful seasons and is gearing up for an eighth. Apex was only recently made available on Steam in November 2020 to kick off Season 7. As of Saturday, the game hit an all-time high of concurrent players on
In a recent interview with 1 News, Valve co-founder and CEO Gabe Newell confirmed the company has multiple projects in the works. This news comes nearly one year after Valve released Half-Life: Alyx, the long-awaited next entry in the Half-Life series. Newell credited the release for rejuvenating the studio’s excitement when it comes to releasing games, saying “Alyx
Despite having a serious competitor over the last few years, Steam is still the biggest PC platform for gaming in the world when you take a look at the number of users that actively play games through this market every month. According to the latest data provided by Valve, Steam had an average of over
With the release of the Xbox Series X|S and PS5, that means the release of brand new controllers. Xbox brought back a very familiar design while PlayStation decided to mix things up with the DualSense. Since their release, Steam has added support for both controllers and the support has just been further enhanced. Players who
Cyberpunk 2077 has been all over the news for the last few weeks because of developer CD Project Red’s deliberate misrepresentation of the game on the base Xbox One and PS4 consoles. If you’re lucky enough to be experiencing the game in a playable state on a next-gen console or PC, you just might find
We all knew that the release of Cyberpunk 2077 was going to be a big release. I mean the game turned a profit on day one. However, it looks that and other titles have helped break the concurrent player count on Steam once again. Daniel Ahmad, a Senior Analyst at Niko Partners, posted on Twitter
Whether you enjoy the show or not, The Game Awards has essentially become the games industry’s equivalent of the Oscars, Grammys, or Emmys. Even though every other publication around the globe (including us here at DualShockers) ends up handing out annualized “Best Of” awards of their own, Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards is the showcase
The recently released PS5 has a strikingly different controller design compared to the previous PlayStation consoles. The new DualSense controller has a much different feel, size, and defining feature. While some of those defining features have not been supported yet, Valve has stated that it has added support for the new controller to the Steam
Half-Life: Alyx is one of the best examples of what virtual reality can do. The wizards at Valve put together an incredibly well-received product that truly gave the hardware its killer app. And with all the praise heading Valve’s way, it’s only natural to want to see how the sausage is made. To some degree,
It seems we can’t go a day without getting some news about Fall Guys’ in-game cosmetics. The Six Foot tall beans (yes really!!) seem to have a bigger wardrobe than mine and they’ve only been around for about 3 weeks. The game has had countless amazing designs made by the Fall Guys community and some
In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, production company Snoot Entertainment is developing an adaptation of 2016’s Firewatch with creator Campo Santo. Snoot Entertainment’s Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder will produce the adaptation alongside Firewatch developer Campo Santo’s Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin. No director, screenwriters, casting announcements, or release dates have been announced yet.
Fall Guys has been out for just shy of two weeks now and the game shows no sign of slowing down. Mediatonic’s overnight sensation has taken the world by storm and has managed to pull together some pretty nifty crossovers for in-game skins. So far we’ve had both Gordon Freeman and Alyx from Valve’s Half-Life
Since its launch on PS4 and PC earlier this month, Fall Guys has taken off as a big hit. The indie battle royale game has already reached over 2 million players on Steam in nearly two weeks, and developer Mediatonic doesn’t seem to be letting up any time soon on finding some creative crossovers for players
We’re due to see a new legend enter the arena in Respawn Entertainment’s Apex Legends, and while we saw a cinematic trailer showing off the new legend, Rampart, we didn’t know much about their backstory until the new character trailer launched. But there’s also news on some exclusive charms coming to those who may be looking at
It’s been some time since there’s been any news about the Left 4 Dead franchise, but that doesn’t stop the series’ rumor mill from going full steam. This time around we’re not hearing whispers about a new entry in the series, so don’t get your hopes up for Left 4 Dead 3. The rumor going around
Over the last few years, it’s been nearly impossible to avoid hearing about Death Stranding, and for good reason. Everyone in the gaming world seemed interested in what Hideo Kojima would create following his departure from Konami. The game’s teases were brief, mysterious, and widely discussed, leaving people to wonder what its gameplay would look
Well fellas, you guys almost had it. The perpetual meme of Half-Life 3 confirmed was almost made into reality. Valve has revealed that a big list of games had been canned by the studio between the release of Episode 2 and their latest VR title. That list includes both Half-Life 3 and an open world
If you were looking for something to play this summer, Steam has some excellent news for you. Starting today and running through July 9, the Steam Summer Sale is full of great games at a steep discount. Listing all the games on sale here would be nearly impossible, but rest assured there are some excellent
The Steam Game Festival event that is happening right now is a pretty great idea. With all the usual gaming conventions and events cancelled due to current events, why not utilize the expanding digital space? I’ve long been a proponent of game demos, since there’s little better way to know if a game will land.
Numerous video game developers have been pulling their games from the Steam storefront due to feeling uncomfortable with Valve’s silence surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests that are still taking place worldwide. Ever since the murder of George Floyd, protests have been held daily to encourage changes and ending police brutality, systematic
The latest update for Half-Life: Alyx arrived yesterday, bringing the version number to 1.4. While the majority of the update is just bug fixes, there’s a new physics element added that shows off something else the Source 2 engine can do well. Bottles found around the world of Half-Life: Alyx in City 17 now have liquid inside that
Since its release in 2018, Sea of Thieves has steadily become a thriving multiplayer experience like no other. To date, the game has amassed over 10 million players across Xbox One and PC while continually providing new updates and content to players. In just a few weeks, a new wave of players will have their chance
Half-Life: Alyx, a VR expansion of the Half-Life series starring Alyx, is now getting Steam Workshop support as detailed in a new Steam blog post. Players will be able to create new levels, models, textures, and animations. Then others, using Steam Workshop, can browse and play what the community has uploaded. Included in the first
Half Life: Alyx released a couple of months ago, rocking the gaming world to its core. It brought Half Life back into the gaming spotlight as if it had never even left. But that fantastic Half Life quality gameplay wasn’t the only thing this iteration in the series brought back. Half Life: Alyx also saw the resurrection of one
Team Fortress 2 has been updated to pay tribute to Rick May, the late voice of Soldier. Valve released released the update on Friday, which, among a list of other fixes, changed the menu to show May’s character saluting while a Valve Orchestra-recorded version of “Taps” plays in the background. In addition, a statue of
Earlier this week concerns were raised regarding the safety of Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 titles after outdated source code for the two titles were posted online. These leaks led to reports of RCEs (Remote Code Executions) being present within the games and so players were advised against playing online. Valve had investigated the leaks and had
Yesterday, the saddening news came about that Rick May, the voice actor behind Team Fortress 2’s Solider and Star Fox 64’s Peppy Hare and Andross, had passed away at the age of 79 due to complications stemming from COVID-19. Since that time, many in the gaming community have been mourning the passing of May, with many tributes
Since running its first iteration during last year’s The Game Awards, The Game Festival has continued to be a great way for developers to get early versions of their upcoming games into player’s hands. The Spring Edition ran as something of a replacement for GDC, and now Valve and Geoff Keighley are back again with
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