Valve cracks down on 'wild west' of 3rd party battle passes and other real-money transactions for custom Dota 2 game modes By Ted Litchfield published 6 August 23 news There were a lot of shifty games in there, but some legit devs seem to be getting caught in the crossfire.
Linux overtakes Mac as Steam's second-most used OS, and it's all thanks to the Steam Deck By Ted Litchfield published 6 August 23 news Linux Guys rejoice.
Valve resets the rules on pro CS:GO tournaments: 'we've seen professional Counter-Strike drift away' from its ideals By Andy Chalk published 3 August 23 news The new rules will forbid business agreements between CS:GO pro teams and tournament organizers.
Twitch bans 'promotion or sponsorship' of CS:GO skin gambling By Rich Stanton published 3 August 23 news "We've observed renewed interest in CSGO skins, so we wanted to make our position clear."
Publishers thought they could take a bite out of Steam yet it's more dominant than ever By Jacob Ridley published 1 August 23 Pulling away Many have tried, few have ever gotten close. Now, Steam has further cemented itself as top dog among storefronts and launchers.
GuliKit Electromagnetic Joystick Module By Jacob Ridley published 1 August 23 Drift free The best way to upgrade or replace your Steam Deck's thumbsticks.
Valve adds 100-player support to Team Fortress 2, immediately tells people not to use it By Andy Chalk published 27 July 23 news The new 100-player option "is unsupported and not recommended," but it looks like a blast.
You can turn off Steam's annoying achievement notification sound By Jody Macgregor published 23 July 23 News Shut the hell up, Steam.
GPD's GPU dock lets you stuff desktop-ish graphics into your Steam Deck through the M.2 slot By Jeremy Laird published 21 July 23 news The question is not if you can but if you even should.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports league bans Crocs in a war against comfort By Mollie Taylor published 21 July 23 news Free my boy, he did nothing wrong!
OK, who's not on Steam at this point? By Tyler Wilde published 19 July 23 🤔 Blizzard has finally kissed the ring of Gabe, leaving very few big PC gaming companies that haven't.
Counter-Strike 2 adds Wingman mode and 'our first overhauled map' By Rich Stanton published 18 July 23 news Overpass has had one heck of a shine-up.
Team Fortress 2 smashes all-time player record while fans hail plump seal as 'the best thing they've ever added to the game' By Rich Stanton published 13 July 23 news Seal of approval.
Team Fortress 2's big Summer Update is live with 14 new maps and 25 cosmetics, and you bet Valve made absolutely none of them By Andy Chalk published 12 July 23 news The latest TF2 update is a big one, and you can thank the community for it.
Half-Life 2 mod lets you finally experience the game as it was meant to be played: in Lego form By Joshua Wolens published 11 July 23 News That Gordon's a real blockhead.
18 year old unboxes a $200K+ knife in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive after playing for 34 hours By Rich Stanton published 11 July 23 news There's luck and then there's this.
Half-Life: Alyx's NoVR mod is looking so good, I might finally play the game By Ted Litchfield published 6 July 23 news It's not the way it's meant to be played but I don't give a heck!
Counter-Strike 2 introduces the feature we've all been waiting for: grenade inspections By Rich Stanton published 3 July 23 news Check out the curvature on that smoke.
Nier creator Yoko Taro lost his freaky mask and replaced it with something even worse By Rich Stanton published 3 July 23 news At the end of the rainbow there's a pot of nightmares.
Valve is scrutinizing games with AI assets on Steam, says avoiding copyright violation 'is the developer's responsibility' By Rich Stanton published 2 July 23 news There's no full, formal policy as of yet, but Steam's boundaries are starting to materialize.
