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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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.

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

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.

32-bit software should be functionally obsolete, but it turns out to live on in a 64-bit computing world. So, Canonical is putting 32-bit libraries back in to its next Ubuntu Linux releases.

This year’s Grand Prix-themed Steam summer sale was a bumpy ride, to say the least. Two weeks ago, Valve apologized and altered the sale’s meta game—in which players join teams and “race” against each other for prizes—after players found it unbalanced and confusing, and developers suffered a bloodbath of sudden wishlist deletions. Now, with the sale winding down, it seems that Valve’s efforts weren’t enough to undo the damage the confusing sale structure did to indie developers.

Linux has never been a hot gaming platform. Valve, creator of the Steam game engine and network, has long wanted Linux to replace Windows as the PC gaming platform. Indeed, Gabe Newell, Valve's CEO, once said, "Linux is the future of gaming." That didn't happen, but Valve didn't give up on Linux. Now, Valve is doubling down on Linux, by proposing changes to the Linux kernel to make it more gaming-friendly.

Looks like some game achievements on Steam just got a lot shinier. Following the new new-look Steam library beta’s arrival, which went live yesterday, some users have spotted something pretty dazzling – some rare achievements now glow gold.

French Steam users have the right to resell games, a Paris court has ruled in a case brought by a consumer group. The years-long case isn’t fully settled because Valve can yet appeal, and why would they not? This is still a big decision. The official line so far has been that games bought in a downloadable form, without a physical form like a disc backing them, cannot be resold.

A visual history of what became PC gaming's preferred way of buying, playing, and updating games.

"Worldwide fraud networks have recently shifted to using CS:GO keys to liquidate their gains. At this point, nearly all key purchases that end up being traded or sold on the marketplace are believed to be fraud-sourced," Valve says.

The last Steam Controllers ever made are gone, sold out in a fire sale during this week's Steam Autumn sale for a fraction of the price.

If you have thus far delayed your wild west adventures because you don’t care to use either Rockstar or Epic’s store, your wait is over. One month after debuting on PC, Red Dead Redemption 2 is sold on Steam too.

Do some last minute Christmas shopping today.

The key to success is to have both a TV show and a deep, deep sale.

/u/Autumnal created a steam group for us Snapzites to game in. Come join!

We are currently organizing a Civ 5 game with only snapzu members and no AIs

I am Bread is the dumbest thing to come along since Goat Simulator.