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While Steam has been focusing on maintaining its position as the most popular PC storefront, Valve’s video game output on other platforms has very much been seemingly demoted to a secondary focus for the company. In a recent Q&A however, Gabe Newell teased the return of Valve to other systems. …

Resident Evil Village officially released last night and as our performance analysis shows, it is an excellent game on PC. A lot of people are finding that out for themselves, as the game launched to over 100,000 peak concurrent players on Steam.  As shown on SteamCharts, Resident Evil Village peaked …

Back when the Oculus Rift and HTC VIVE first launched, there was a constant back and forth in the Steam hardware rankings, with both VR headsets consistently overtaking each other. Now five years on, Oculus seems to have taken the majority lead.  The latest Steam Hardware Survey (via UploadVR) results …

Wolfire Games, the studio behind games like Overgrowth, Receiver and the original creator of the Humble Bundle, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Valve. The studio alleges that Valve abuses its dominance in the PC gaming market and suppresses competition.  The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday this week in the …

It has been a full year since Predator: Hunting Grounds first released on PS4 and PC. The Sony-published title has been exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC since launch, but that changed today, with the game finally landing on Steam.  Predator: Hunting Grounds is an asymmetrical multiplayer shooter, …

Earlier this week, we heard that Microsoft was due to make some announcements about its PC gaming store. Now, we know what changes are coming, as Microsoft is reducing its revenue cut for PC games sold through its store from 30 percent to 12 percent.  This is the same strategy …

Following on from some issues with its catalogue on Steam last night, Rockstar has pushed out updates for two older titles – LA Noire and Max Payne 3. The update now rolling out to owners of the games on PC unlocks all DLC for free. LA Noire is of course …

We've known for a while now that Days Gone is the next major PS4 console exclusive to be coming to PC. Now, we have a date and our first look at the PC version in action ahead of launch next month. Days Gone is coming to PC on the 18th …

Ever since its launch all the way back in 2017, NieR: Automata has suffered from a number of rather significant problems on PC in particular, including stutter and resolution scaling issues, to name a few. Most of these were never resolved, leading to a great deal of frustration from fans. …

Over the last few years, developers from Valve's SteamWorks forum have regularly leaked upcoming sales dates. Now, Valve is done trying to hide upcoming sales and is announcing them publicly ahead of time. This all starts with the “Steam Open World” sale, which will take place next month. In a …

Deadly Premonition 2 released last year on the Nintendo Switch, surprising many fans of the first game. Released a decade after the original, Deadly Premonition 2 suffered from a number of controversies, not least of which was the game’s frame rate, which was incredibly poor in many instances. This will …

Following the success of story-focused adventure games such as Life is Strange and TellTale’s games, the FMV genre saw its return to gaming. Popular back in the 90s, FMV games such as Her Story and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch revitalised the genre. One of the most well known modern FMV games …

As a brand new IP, it was difficult to estimate how successful Outriders would be at launch, even after the game’s very successful demo. Fortunately, now we have some hard data to look at and so far, Outriders is doing a lot better than Square Enix’s previous online co-op attempt.  …

Valve has announced plans to launch its dedicated Steam Link app for macOS this week. The app, which is available on other platforms already, allows users to stream their Steam games from a PC to any device with the app installed.  Steam Link is already available on a couple of …

Last April we reported that the popular 2D action-adventure sandbox title Terraria had sold 30 million copies. Despite the final major update releasing last October, the game has continued to sell incredibly well, with the developers Re-Logic announcing that Terraria has now surpassed 35 million copies sold. Making the announcement …

With each new week, it seems as though the popular Vikings survival game Valheim manages to sell another million copies. Just under 7 weeks since its Early Access launch on the 2nd of February, Iron Gate has announced that Valheim has sold 6 million copies. Making the announcement, the team …

SEGA has been working on bringing the full Yakuza series to PC for a few years now and the final piece of the collection is officially coming later this week. Ahead of the PC launch for Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, the game's minimum and recommended system requirements have …

Each week, Valve releases its Steam weekly sales charts, giving insight into which titles are performing well on its platform and which are not. Since its launch on the 2nd of February, Valheim has steamrolled the charts, maintaining its position at the top for 6 weeks in a row. For …

It seems that something has gone wrong over on Steam, as a set of games just disappeared from the Steam Store. Making matters worse, one of these is CS:GO, one of the biggest and most-played games on Valve's platform.  At the time of writing, CS:GO can not be viewed on …

Recently, we reported that the open world viking-themed survival game Valheim had sold 2 million copies in just two weeks. This trajectory for success has not slowed down at all, with the studio now announcing that the game has reached 5 million players in just over 1 month. Making the …

The Oculus Quest 1 shook the virtual reality platform by introducing a viable and competitive standalone VR headset. This was doubly the case with the Quest 2, which launched last October. Adoption of the Quest 2 has been quick, with the headset already becoming the most used VR headset on …

Valve is making Steam's Remote Play Together feature more accessible this year. As part of the most recent Steam Client beta update, Play Together can be used without a Steam account, requiring just a link invite from the host to join a game.  For those who don't know, Remote Play …

Last week, we learned that Apple was attempting to force Valve into revealing sensitive business information about Steam. At the time, Valve was refusing to give Apple the data it needs to strengthen its defence in its legal battle with Epic Games over the App Store revenue tax. Now, a …

Valheim is the latest surprise success story, after the Early Access game quickly gained traction. Just a few weeks after launch, the game has sold over 3 million copies. The developers have now commented on this success, announcing their commitment to expanding the studio in order to keep supporting the …

The Steam Game Festival is an event which offers PC players the opportunity to try hundreds of different game demos all for free during a limited time window. Offering the chance to play unreleased games is exciting, however has been overwhelming in the past due to the sheer number of …

As we all know, Epic Games is fighting Apple over its iOS App Store policies across many fronts, from lawsuits in multiple countries to official antitrust complaints with regulators. In its efforts to defend itself, Apple attempted to drag Valve into the fight, delivering a subpoena back in late 2020.  …

Every so often a new game releases which takes much of the industry by storm, launching to immediate success and fanfare. Currently, this game is Valheim. Having launched in Early Access on the 2nd of February, the open world survival game has already sold 2 million copies. Making the announcement, …

While Microsoft committed to bringing its Xbox Game Studios exclusives to Steam quite some time ago, there are still a few big games that haven't transitioned over yet. Last year, Microsoft finally brought Sea of Thieves and State of Decay 2 over to Valve's platform and this year, Steam is …

World of Tanks is a hugely popular MMO with a focus on PvP encounters all taking place between historical tanks. Since its launch in 2010, the game has seen massive success across its many platforms, including PC. While PC players in the past would have to install and launch the …

Valve first released its own game controller back in 2015, dubbing it the Steam Controller. While the gamepad has since been discontinued, it looks like it was infringing on a patent during its time on sale and as a result, Valve will now need to pay out $4 million.  SCUF, …