Activision seems set to bring many of its fan-favourite licensed games back from the dead, thanks to updated listings on SteamDB.
Read More »Black Myth: Wukong surges to 2.2 million concurrent Steam players on day-one
The newly launched Black Myth: Wukong has swiftly garnered a staggering 2.2 million concurrent players on Steam, a figure confirmed by SteamDB. The action RPG saw a peak of 1,443,570 users simultaneously shortly after launch, a figure that has since grown to over 2 million over the launch day period. …
Read More »Epic Games Database leaks a bunch of unannounced titles
SteamDB has long been a popular tool which uses specific APIs to offer users a ton of information on all the goings about happening on Steam – letting you track things such as game updates, concurrent users and more. An equivalent for the Epic Games Store was recently launched – …
Read More »Former Valve dev slams SteamDB and its impact on Early Access games
Chet Faliszek, former Valve veteran and writer for iconic games including Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead and Portal, has expressed some heavy criticism of the Early Access model this week. Faliszek left Valve a few years ago to start up a new studio, which released its first game, The Anacrusis, …
Read More »Sackboy: A Big Adventure seemingly coming to PC soon
Earlier this year, we reported that PlayStation exclusive Sackboy: A Big Adventure looked to be coming to PC thanks to an update on SteamDB which seemed to suggest that the platformer would be leaving the closed walls of the PlayStation ecosystem. Though we have yet to get an official announcement …
Read More »PS5 exclusive ‘Returnal’ is heading to PC
Returnal was a huge hit on PS5 at launch and now a year later, it looks like the game will be heading to PC. Returnal was already mentioned as a PC title during the GeForce Now leak, which has largely been accurate so far. Now, SteamDB shows that Returnal is …
Read More »Gotham Knights Beta build briefly went live on Steam, revealing 82GB install size
Recently, a GameStop store in Ireland began advertising Gotham Knights as releasing in April. Given how soon that is, and the lack of any official announcements, this was quickly shrugged off as a placeholder date. However, there is new, strong evidence to suggest that we could be playing Gotham Knights …
Read More »Babylon’s Fall flops on PC, branded a ‘cash grab’ by Steam reviews
After several delays, PlatinumGames and Square Enix officially launched Babylon's Fall today – Platinum's first attempt at a live-service style game. Unfortunately, the game appears to be a flop on PC, with launch player numbers barely scraping past 1,000 concurrents. There has been some concern for Babylon's Fall for a …
Read More »Evidence suggests Ubisoft is returning to Steam
Over the last couple of years, Ubisoft has moved away from Steam and has instead embraced the Epic Games Store, with all newer releases being made available through Ubisoft Connect and EGS, dodging Steam entirely. Ubisoft would still continue to advertise its newer releases on Steam through community posts for …
Read More »PUBG falls below 1 million peak concurrent players for the first time in a year
Player Unknown's Battlegrounds dominated gaming all throughout 2017 and despite some stiff competition from Fortnite this year, the game has continued to do incredibly well on Steam. Every single day for 365 days straight, PUBG managed to maintain a peak concurrent player count of over 1 million. That streak unfortunately …
Read More »Bungie confirms that Destiny 1’s Steam Database listing was a mistake
Update (15/08/17): As we previously thought, Destiny's listing on the Steam Database was in fact made in error, as was the appearance of Destiny Silver on the Steam Store. In a tweet earlier this morning, Destiny Community Manager, ‘DeeJ' apologised for the confusion and added that Valve shall issue refunds …
Read More »Wildstar might land on Steam as F2P title
It looks like Wildstar might be heading to Steam as a free to play MMO, if a recent Steam Database update is anything to go by. If you have been following any of the MMOs that launched last year, then you are probably aware of Wildstar's troubles. The subscription based …
Read More »Valve doesn’t want devs trading keys for Greenlight votes
Valve has warned developers against offering up free game keys for votes on Steam Greenlight. Buying votes in order to get your game on Steam isn't a tactic Valve particularly appreciates, in order to address the problem, the company posted a message on a developers-only page on the Steam Community. …
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