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Valve Bans Game Publisher After It Sues Players That Gave It Bad Steam Reviews
Video game developer Digital Homicide, it would seem, is out to commit digital suicide. The studio already earned a bit of bad press earlier this year by slapping game critic Jim Sterling with a ridiculous $10 million lawsuit for posting rude video reviews of their games since 2014, and that still isn't settled. Now, however, they're casting a wider net that's only provoking more anger. Based on legal documents posted on Google Docs recently by YouTuber SidAlpha, Digital Homicide developer James Romine is now suing 100 users of Valve's Steam digital distribution platform for $18 million for the heinous crime of leaving bad reviews...
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Steam will soon natively support PlayStation 4 controllers
While it's been possible to link a DualShock 4 to a PC to play Steam games, the functionality has been provided by third-party apps, not the companies themselves. Luckily, that will soon change, after Valve's Jeff Bellinghausen confirmed to Gamasutra that the game company is working to include native support for other gamepads, starting with the PlayStation 4 controller. "Believe it or not, when you use the PS4 Controller through the Steam API, it's exactly the same as a Steam Controller.
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Full DualShock 4 Support is Being Added to Steam
The PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4 controller is arguably one of the best gaming controllers on the market. However, if you wanted to use it to play games on Steam, you needed to run a third party program in order to do so. Those days will soon come to an end as Valve is going to be adding full DualShock 4 configurability to Steam in an upcoming update.
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Facebook officially announces Gameroom, its PC Steam competitor
After losing mobile gaming to iOS and Android, Facebook is making a big push into playing on PC with today’s developer launch of its Gameroom Windows desktop gaming platform. After months of name changes, beta tests and dev solicitation, Facebook opened up the beta build for all developers and officially named it Gameroom. The app is openly available for users to download on Windows 7 and up.
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One Gamer has reached Level 1060 Steam Rank and owns almost half its games
Steam has gone above and beyond to promote community and connection between gamers. Sometime though, it serves mainly as a reminder of how time is running out and that you don’t have nearly as much money as other people.
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Developer claims Linux forced Microsoft to up its Windows game support
A few years ago, thanks to Valve and Steam, Linux looked like it was going to become a major game platform. That didn't happen. But, the threat may have forced Microsoft to improve its Windows game support.
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Valve Kills Steam Greenlight, Steam Direct is the Replacement - Niche Gamer
Valve has announced they’re killing off the typically abused or forlorn service, Steam Greenlight. Its replacement is known as Steam...
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Stellaris: Utopia on Steam [Free DLC]
The stars have called you for millennia and now you walk among them. A universe of possibilities is open to your species as it takes its first fitful steps into the great unknown. Here you can turn your back on the divisive politics of the home planet. Here you can build something new.
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Humble Wild Frontier Bundle
Pay what you want for new frontier to explore – and support charity!
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This sounds like one hell of a Steam sale
Everything* is 20 percent off on Steam *—The game called "Everything." Other games sold separately.
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Steam Summer Sale 2017 Dates Revealed
The Steam Summer Sale 2017 dates have been revealed. June 22nd to July 5th. Mark your calendars and maybe hide your wallets as Steam gets ready to slash it’s prices once again. The leak comes from a Valve email to developers as per the usual leak. The date is only one and a half months away. Many believe the sales have been a bit lackluster in recent years due to the removal of the Flash Sales. However, they had to be removed thanks to the new refund system.
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Valve is not your friend, and Steam is not healthy for gaming
The illusion behind the "Good Guy Valve" reputation.
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Destiny 2 on PC will skip Steam and use Blizzard’s Battle.net service instead
Destiny 2 players on PC will have to install the Blizzard launcher if they wish to play the game. Announced today during the Destiny 2 livestream, Activision-Blizzard will skip using Announced today during the Destiny 2 livestream, Activision-Blizzard will skip using Steam for the PC version, as it has opted to make use of its service formerly known as Battle.net instead. It makes sense when you think about it, even though Activision offers it PC games on Steam, it’s likely more convenient to use its own service – not to mention Destiny is all about the server-side progression.
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Fallout 4 is free this weekend on Steam for the first time ever
Fallout 4 is pretty fantastic, but it's also been out for well over a year and so there must be a reason if you haven't played it by now, right? If that reason happens to be price (which is still hanging in at the $60 mark), then get ready to rub your face in the post-nuclear future, because beginning tomorrow and until May 28, Bethesda is making the game free to play on Steam.
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The Director of ‘District 9’ Is Releasing Wild Sci-Fi Films on Steam
Thousands of decaying bodies adorn a near-future Eiffel Tower, twisted and mangled amongst its ironwork the way creeping ivy would blend with a trellis. A handful of the bodies dangle loosely, strung up by some unknown material. Some drip down to the ground. Are they already dead, or dying?
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Bohemia’s tactical multiplayer shooter, Argo, will be available for free to everyone on June 22nd
Bohemia Interactive today revealed that its new tactical first-person multiplayer shooter, Argo, will be launched on June 22nd for free to everyone on Steam. Argo features a variety of multiplayer game modes, a weapon and gear unlock system, leaderboards, a scenario editor, and more. The announcement of Argo’s release date is supported by new screenshots that can be viewed below.
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Oats Studios - Volume 1 - Rakka
RAKKA is the story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak harrowing and unrelenting, the humans we meet must find enough courage to go on fighting. Starring: Sigourney Weaver
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Obscure Steam games and digging for Hidden Gems
Looking through Steam game data for little-known but highly-rated games, seeing what can be found and how common it really is to have a great game that doesn't sell.
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Steam just keeps growing according to a presentation Valve did recently, UI update is coming
I knew Steam would be growing, but I didn't think it would be growing that quickly. By the looks of it, since 2015 they're about 2.4 million away from doubling the concurrent users record. It might sound like a lot, but they've already gone from 8.4 to 14 million.
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More than 40,000 Steam users were banned the day after the Summer Sale
The end of the 2017 Steam Summer Sale also marked the end of the line for more than 40,000 Steam users who were hit with the Valve Anti-Cheat banhammer. The big swing took place on July 6—the Summer Sale ended on July 5—and is far and away the biggest single-day ban wave in the history of Steam, nearly tripling the previous mark of 15,000 bans that was set on October 12, 2016.
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