Nintendo has made plenty of headlines recently, having successfully shut down the popular Switch emulator, Yuzu, earlier this year. Now, Nintendo is turning its attention to copyrighted mods, aiming for the removal of hundreds of Steam Workshop items for the game Garry's Mod. Garry's Mod is two decades old at …
Read More »Steam Workshop came about after Gabe Newell began gold farming in WoW
Steam Workshop has been around for years now and many of us just assumed that the idea came about due to Valve's history with the modding community. As it turns out though, part of the reason Workshop came into existence is thanks to World of Warcraft, as Gabe Newell got …
Read More »CS:GO skin scammers are now targeting Steam review sections
Over the years, Valve has opened up the Steam platform a ton, adding lots of features and making it easy participate in the Steam community via the Workshop, Marketplace, Reviews and groups. Unfortunately, this also opens up the door for scammers attempting to take advantage, with CS:GO skin scammers making …
Read More »Valve cracks down on Steam Workshop skin scams
Last week, we learned that Valve was making changes to Steam in an effort to crack down on developers abusing the store’s ‘upcoming releases’ list. Now this week, the Steam team’s attention is turning towards the community workshop, where CS:GO, Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2 items will now need …
Read More »Overwatch introduces player-created content with its new Workshop feature
While Overwatch undoubtedly has a beautiful style and an emphasis on skill-based combat, fans of the shooter have noticeably been yearning for more. It seems as though Blizzard has been listening, with its brand new Workshop feature allowing player-created content through “a simplified scripting system.” Currently only available on PC’s …
Read More »Steam Workshop support coming to Rocket League in December
One of the keystones of Rocket League's popularity, has been the developer's willingness to not settle with a single effective game mode, but continued releasing new ones that shake the experience up for all involved. Starting in December users will be able to help with that too, with the introduction …
Read More »Valve, Bethesda remove Skyrim paid mods
Valve and Bethesda have reversed their decision to sell a select number of mods through the Steam Workshop, amid a violent backlash from gamers that saw thousands around the world up in arms over what many perceived was an assault on the community driven mod scene. While initially talked about …
Read More »Petition against Valve paid mods gains traction
Valve opened up a can of worms last night when it announced that it would be allowing developers to sell their mods on the Steam Workshop, with no quality control, curation process, or guarantee of future support or compatibility. The main issue people seem to be having though, is just …
Read More »Killing Floor 2 is now out on Steam Early Access
Update: Killing Floor 2 is now available on Steam Early Access. Right now, the game includes three levels; Burning Paris, Outpost and a re-worked version of the Biotics Lab from the original Killing Floor game. There are four perks, 27 weapons, 11 Zeds and seven playable characters as well. The game …
Read More »Bethesda to remove 100MB size limit on Skyrim Workshop mods
The Steam Workshop will soon contain even bigger mods for Skyrim as Bethesda is updating things to remove the 100MB file size limit, allowing for mods of any size. The feature is currently being beta tested before going live, those that want to can get in on the beta. The creation …
Read More »Defense of the Legends puts LoL in DotA 2
It was bound to happen eventually, just like the cease and desist notice that will follow its popularisation, but Defense of the Legends is a new modification being worked on for Valve's DotA 2 and it changes the game quite dramatically, with the eventual intention of making it so you …
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