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Steam for Mac Now Available as Native Apple Silicon App With Latest Beta Release
Steam for Mac will soon run natively on Apple Silicon Mac computers. The latest Steam for macOS beta release now allows the main Steam client and its helper app to run natively on M-series Mac models. This transition delivers faster performance and improved memory efficiency, by dropping the use of Apple's Rosetta 2 translation layer.
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Assassin's Creed Mirage Coming to Steam in October, Ubisoft Confirms
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is finally coming to Steam a year after its launch. Ubisoft has announced that the action-adventure title will be available on Valve’s platform later this month. While a release date is not yet confirmed, the Steam page for the game is now live.
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Valve Finally Announces Deadlock, Confirms Game Is in 'Early Development'
Valve has finally announced Deadlock, its upcoming hero-shooter that has appeared in several leaks over the past few months. The game is in early development and access is limited to invited playtesters. Footage and screenshots from Deadlock have previously surfaced online, but Valve had not confirmed the game’s existence until now.
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Sony Set to Release PS VR2 Steam App Next Month, Bringing Support for PC VR Games
Sony has been testing PC games support for the PlayStation VR2 to expand the library of VR titles available on the headset this year. The PlayStation parent had announced last month that it would roll out PC support for PS VR2 on August 7. A PS VR2 application has now surfaced on Steam, allowing access to PC VR titles on the platform when it launch...
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Hades 2 Doubles Hades' All-Time Peak Player Count on Steam Within Hours of Early Access Launch
Hades 2, the roguelike action-RPG from Supergiant Games, was released in early access on Steam and Epic Games Store Monday. The much-awaited sequel has since climbed the charts to become one of the most played games on Valve’s platform this week. In fact, the game has already more than doubled the all-time peak concurrent player count of its pred...
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Palworld Crosses 25 Million Players on PC and Xbox, 15 Million Copies Sold on Steam
Palworld, the action-adventure survival title that broke player count records on Steam at launch, has sold 15 million copies on Valve’s platform. Developers Pocketpair announced Thursday that the game’s total player count had gone past 25 million, with 15 million players on Steam and 10 million players on Xbox. Since its release last month, Pal...
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Palworld Hits Fifth-Highest Peak Concurrent Players in Steam History, Beats Cyberpunk and Elden Ring
Palworld, an open-world action-adventure title where players can combat and capture Pokemon-like creatures, has become a bon-fide phenomenon, rising to the top of Steam charts days within launch. The game, which also incorporates elements of the survival genre, now has the fifth-highest peak concurrent players in the history of the Valve storefront...
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Steam’s Best of 2023 Reveals Its Highest-Selling and Most-Played Games of the Past Year
Steam has unveiled its 2023 highlights, detailing its best-selling games, most played games overall, top early access purchases, and more. Instead of a numerical ranking, Steam has grouped the games into tiers, with both single and previously released multiplayer games taking up the top 12 category. Baldur’s Gate 3. Hogwarts Legacy, and even the ...
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Steam Deck OLED Release Timings Revealed by Valve Ahead of Launch
Valve has unveiled release timings for the Steam Deck OLED, releasing November 16. The device will be available to purchase from 10am PST in the US, UK, Canada, and Europe, in addition to some Asian regions. It comes with a 7.4-inch OLED screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, better battery life, and a bigger heatsink for heat dissipation. It will be ava...
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Diablo IV Is Headed to Steam This Month, Just in Time for the Vampire-Themed Season 2
Diablo 4 is coming to Steam on October 17, as part of Blizzard’s promise to bring more of its PC catalogue to Valve’s platform. The date coincides with its season 2 content launch — dubbed ‘Season of Blood’ — which grants players vampiric abilities and a new questline that has them team up with vampire hunter Erys, voiced by Hollywood a...
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Counter-Strike 2 Has Officially Launched on Steam, Replacing CS:GO
Counter-Strike 2 is now available to play for free on Steam. Serving as an upgrade, the game has replaced CS:GO on the store and brings a ton of improvements ranging from better lighting to new assets, volumetric smoke, and a responsive sub-tick architecture. Valve has also introduced a new ranking system that shows your skill rating among the worl...
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Overwatch 2 Is Headed to Steam in August, Select Blizzard PC Games Will Follow in Time
Blizzard is bringing a handful of its PC games to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2. The free-to-play team-based shooter arrives August 10 on the app, in what seems to be a change in Blizzard’s strategy due to its impending acquisition by Microsoft and the low player engagement of the game. The PC versions of all Blizzard games had been restricted...
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Counter-Strike 2 Revealed by Valve, Releasing This Summer
Valve has officially confirmed Counter-Strike 2, and it is set to release this summer. The game will run on the Source 2 engine and will be available as a free upgrade to the existing CS:GO. A limited test has also been announced, which will be presented to select players, based on factors such as account standing and time played on official server...
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Steam Reveals Major Sales and Fests Schedule for 2023: The Full List
Valve has listed the entire Steam Sales and Fests schedule for 2023. The calendar should serve as an advance notice for players to plan out their game purchases, without fear of missing out. This year’s schedule has four major seasonal sales, where almost every released title will be available at a discount — in addition to Fests, which are lim...
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Fntastic Denies ‘Scam’ Claims, Says The Day Before Delay Was Pre-Planned After MMO Gets Delisted From Steam
The Day Before, one of Steam’s most-wishlisted open-world survival MMOs, got pulled from Valve’s storefront earlier this week. The reason has been attributed to a trademark dispute, which developer Fntastic claims has caused Steam to block their game page. Turns out, the studio never bothered claiming a trademark for its name, before announcing...
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Steam for Mac Now Available as Native Apple Silicon App With Latest Beta Release
Steam for Mac will soon run natively on Apple Silicon Mac computers. The latest Steam for macOS beta release now allows the main Steam client and its helper app to run natively on M-series Mac models. This transition delivers faster performance and improved memory efficiency, by dropping the use of Apple's Rosetta 2 translation layer.
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Assassin's Creed Mirage Coming to Steam in October, Ubisoft Confirms
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is finally coming to Steam a year after its launch. Ubisoft has announced that the action-adventure title will be available on Valve’s platform later this month. While a release date is not yet confirmed, the Steam page for the game is now live.
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Valve Finally Announces Deadlock, Confirms Game Is in 'Early Development'
Valve has finally announced Deadlock, its upcoming hero-shooter that has appeared in several leaks over the past few months. The game is in early development and access is limited to invited playtesters. Footage and screenshots from Deadlock have previously surfaced online, but Valve had not confirmed the game’s existence until now.
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Sony Set to Release PS VR2 Steam App Next Month, Bringing Support for PC VR Games
Sony has been testing PC games support for the PlayStation VR2 to expand the library of VR titles available on the headset this year. The PlayStation parent had announced last month that it would roll out PC support for PS VR2 on August 7. A PS VR2 application has now surfaced on Steam, allowing access to PC VR titles on the platform when it launch...
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Hades 2 Doubles Hades' All-Time Peak Player Count on Steam Within Hours of Early Access Launch
Hades 2, the roguelike action-RPG from Supergiant Games, was released in early access on Steam and Epic Games Store Monday. The much-awaited sequel has since climbed the charts to become one of the most played games on Valve’s platform this week. In fact, the game has already more than doubled the all-time peak concurrent player count of its pred...
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Palworld Crosses 25 Million Players on PC and Xbox, 15 Million Copies Sold on Steam
Palworld, the action-adventure survival title that broke player count records on Steam at launch, has sold 15 million copies on Valve’s platform. Developers Pocketpair announced Thursday that the game’s total player count had gone past 25 million, with 15 million players on Steam and 10 million players on Xbox. Since its release last month, Pal...
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Palworld Hits Fifth-Highest Peak Concurrent Players in Steam History, Beats Cyberpunk and Elden Ring
Palworld, an open-world action-adventure title where players can combat and capture Pokemon-like creatures, has become a bon-fide phenomenon, rising to the top of Steam charts days within launch. The game, which also incorporates elements of the survival genre, now has the fifth-highest peak concurrent players in the history of the Valve storefront...
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Steam’s Best of 2023 Reveals Its Highest-Selling and Most-Played Games of the Past Year
Steam has unveiled its 2023 highlights, detailing its best-selling games, most played games overall, top early access purchases, and more. Instead of a numerical ranking, Steam has grouped the games into tiers, with both single and previously released multiplayer games taking up the top 12 category. Baldur’s Gate 3. Hogwarts Legacy, and even the ...
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Steam Deck OLED Release Timings Revealed by Valve Ahead of Launch
Valve has unveiled release timings for the Steam Deck OLED, releasing November 16. The device will be available to purchase from 10am PST in the US, UK, Canada, and Europe, in addition to some Asian regions. It comes with a 7.4-inch OLED screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, better battery life, and a bigger heatsink for heat dissipation. It will be ava...
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Diablo IV Is Headed to Steam This Month, Just in Time for the Vampire-Themed Season 2
Diablo 4 is coming to Steam on October 17, as part of Blizzard’s promise to bring more of its PC catalogue to Valve’s platform. The date coincides with its season 2 content launch — dubbed ‘Season of Blood’ — which grants players vampiric abilities and a new questline that has them team up with vampire hunter Erys, voiced by Hollywood a...
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Counter-Strike 2 Has Officially Launched on Steam, Replacing CS:GO
Counter-Strike 2 is now available to play for free on Steam. Serving as an upgrade, the game has replaced CS:GO on the store and brings a ton of improvements ranging from better lighting to new assets, volumetric smoke, and a responsive sub-tick architecture. Valve has also introduced a new ranking system that shows your skill rating among the worl...
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Overwatch 2 Is Headed to Steam in August, Select Blizzard PC Games Will Follow in Time
Blizzard is bringing a handful of its PC games to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2. The free-to-play team-based shooter arrives August 10 on the app, in what seems to be a change in Blizzard’s strategy due to its impending acquisition by Microsoft and the low player engagement of the game. The PC versions of all Blizzard games had been restricted...
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Counter-Strike 2 Revealed by Valve, Releasing This Summer
Valve has officially confirmed Counter-Strike 2, and it is set to release this summer. The game will run on the Source 2 engine and will be available as a free upgrade to the existing CS:GO. A limited test has also been announced, which will be presented to select players, based on factors such as account standing and time played on official server...
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Steam Reveals Major Sales and Fests Schedule for 2023: The Full List
Valve has listed the entire Steam Sales and Fests schedule for 2023. The calendar should serve as an advance notice for players to plan out their game purchases, without fear of missing out. This year’s schedule has four major seasonal sales, where almost every released title will be available at a discount — in addition to Fests, which are lim...
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Fntastic Denies ‘Scam’ Claims, Says The Day Before Delay Was Pre-Planned After MMO Gets Delisted From Steam
The Day Before, one of Steam’s most-wishlisted open-world survival MMOs, got pulled from Valve’s storefront earlier this week. The reason has been attributed to a trademark dispute, which developer Fntastic claims has caused Steam to block their game page. Turns out, the studio never bothered claiming a trademark for its name, before announcing...
