Recently, the Game Developers Conference GDC launched a game industry survey, with more than 3,000 game developers participating. According to the survey, 94% of developers believe that the 30% percentage of the Steam platform is too high, 3% of developers believe that the percentage is appropriate, and the remaining 3% of developers believe that the percentage is too low.

Scavengers, the hybrid battle royale from Midwinter Entertainment, arrived in Early Access on Wednesday. Well, sort of. Claiming a key to the free-to-play team-based shooter required players to watch 30 minutes of the game streaming on Twitch, then claim a key in a Twitch drop. But the process didn't go entirely smoothly.

The number of daily average users playing a Steam game with a controller has more than doubled in the past two years, Valve has said. In a post announcing that all games currently using the Steam Input API are now fully compatible with the new PlayStation 5 controller (that means full support for the DualSense's LED, trackpad, rumble and gyro features), Valve revealed that people really do play PC games with controllers.

The Steam Machines initiative from Valve is now a thing from the past. What happened to the idea of Linux based gaming hardware? No Future?

Microsoft Flight Simulator will launch on Steam, and VR support is coming later this year as part of a free update. "Microsoft Flight Simulator for PC will support VR via the HP Reverb G2. This will be available later this fall," head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann revealed during a press briefing. In an accompanying post on the Xbox blog, it was announced that the game will be coming to Steam on launch day as well as Windows 10 and Xbox Game Pass for PC, which is currently in beta.

Aim Trainer is a free browser game that is specifically designed to improve the player’s aim in various First-Person Shooter games such as Fortnite, Counter-Strike: GO, and Call of Duty.

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There likely has never been a more vibrant community around this 21-year-old game.

One of the developers behind SteamDB has revealed that Valve is seemingly working on a loyalty system that could potentially reward users with game discounts and virtual items. Pavel Djundik posted the news to Twitter, noting that the "loyalty awards" system would feature accruable points that can be redeemed for badge levels, and will allow reactions to user reviews. According to Djundik, there will also be "reward items" and perhaps a system where players can receive discounts on games as a reward for their loyalty to Steam.

As noted by UploadVR, Mac users will still be able to use SteamVR by running Windows with virtualization software like Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion. Valve says legacy builds of the virtual reality platform will also remain accessible on the Mac by right-clicking on SteamVR in Steam and selecting Properties > Betas.

Another free game is up for grabs this week: Total War: Shogun 2, a strategy game set in Feudal-era Japan.

Half-Life: Alyx is out today, it's a great VR game and a great Half-Life game, and perhaps best of all we don't have to stop joking about "Half-Life 3 confirmed!" because neither that nor the semi-sequel-ish Half-Life 2: Episode Three are still nowhere in sight. In an interview with IGN, level designer Dario Casali explained why, after 13 years, a proper Half-Life sequel still hasn't happened.

On a tense weekend when many people might be staying home instead of going out in public, Steam has shattered its previous record for concurrent players.

Grand Theft Auto IV is returning to Steam on March 19th, a little over two months after its use of the defunct Games for Windows Live platform forced Rockstar to pull it from sale. Rockstar made the announcement on the game’s Steam page where it said that the game will be undergoing a few changes for its return, including the loss of its multiplayer mode.

Metro Exodus is performing “great” on Steam following its recent return to the platform, according to the parent company of publisher Deep Silver. 4A Games’ post-apocalyptic shooter was originally due to launch on Valve’s storefront on February 15, 2019, but just two weeks before the planned release its publisher confirmed that the PC version would instead to be available exclusively through the Epic Games Store for one year.

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It appears that the 2019 holiday shopping season may have been the best ever for PC VR headsets. The latest data released this week from Valve shows VR on Steam making its single biggest leap yet, on a path toward an estimated 2 million monthly-connected headsets.

Analysis shows that Steam's VR-connected population is growing, hitting a record high of 1.3 million in December

As the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China continues to make headlines, residents in affected areas have been advised to avoid travel, avoid contact with others, and stay home. If there’s one thing that can encourage videogame fans to stay inside, it’s pornography, so one Steam developer is giving away its racy, flagship title to Chinese players.