California judge Thomas Hixon says that Valve must comply with a subpoena from Apple in their legal fight with Epic Games. Apple subpoenaed Valve because they feel certain Steam information will be important in their case that they are building against Epic. Valve claims that Apple's case is all about mobile and their data has no bearing on this case. They also say that Apple is using this only to obtain a bunch...
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Judge Rules Valve Must Hand Over Subpoenaed Data in Apple vs Epic Case
Valve is pulled into this legal battle whether it wanted to be or not.
California judge Thomas Hixon says that Valve must comply with a subpoena from Apple in their legal fight with Epic Games. Apple subpoenaed Valve because they feel certain Steam information will be important in their case that they are building against Epic. Valve claims that Apple's case is all about mobile and their data has no bearing on this case. They also say that Apple is using this only to obtain a bunch... -
Dota Becomes Anime with New Netflix Series
Oh no.
Valve and Netflix just announced a new anime based off of the Dota franchise. This claims to be a look at "the Dota universe like you've never seen it before." This new anime series, called DOTA: Dragon's Blood, will debut on Netflix on March 25.
The announcement video for the series can be found below. You can also find additional information about the series by checking out the Dragon's Blood section of the Dota 2 client. There will also be additional... -
PSA: The Steam Lunar New Year Sale is Live
Save money, or don't.
It is that time again. That time where Steam puts up a sale and you either spend money on games you won't play for weeks or months later, or you don't. You know how these sales go by now and this one is no different. This sale is the Steam Lunar New Year Sale and it's offering big savings on tens of thousands of titles.
This Lunar New Year Sale will run from today through to February 15 at 10AM (PT). Who knows, you may even find some special Valentine's... -
The Steam Game Festival is Now Live
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The Steam Game Festival is Now Live
Play hundreds of demos right now.
Just a friendly reminder, in case you forgot, that the Steam Game Festival: February 2021 Edition is live right now! This event will run from now through Tuesday, February 9 at 10AM (PT).
There will be hundreds of demos for players to try out across a huge variety of genres. As an added bonus, there will be developer-hosted livestreams and chats with the community. There will also be a livestream today on the main Steam Game Festival ... -
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The Steam Game Festival: February 2021 Edition Begins in One Week
Over 500 demos are planned for release.
Valve just let us know that The Steam Game Festival: February 2021 Edition will kick off on February 3 at 10AM (PT). This event will feature hundreds of brand-new demos for fans to play for free through February 9 at 10AM.
This event will be like its predecessors in that it will contain tons of demos, developer hosted livestreams, and special chats for a ton of games. Valve is promising to deliver over 500 demos across multiple genres.... -
Valve Boss Says Company Still Has Games in Development
These are games that the company are "going to be announcing."
In an interview with New Zealand's 1 News, Valve head honcho Gabe Newell said that his company is still very much in the business of developing games. Though he refused to talk specifically about Citadel or Half-Life 3, Newell did give some good news to fans that are interested in Valve's game offerings.
He says that Valve "definitely have games in development that we're going to be announcing."... -
Valve and Other PC Publishers Fined by EU Commission
The issue revolves around the companies "geo-blocking" various games.
The European Commission has fined Valve and five publishers a combined total of €7.8 million for a breaching of antitrust rules. The other publishers in question include Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media, and ZeniMax. Valve's portion of the fine is merely €1.6 million while the rest of the €7.8 million is split up unevenly between the five publishers. The degree to which the... -
Source 2 Engine Might Get RTX Support Soon
Ray tracing support mentioned in Artifact's game files.
Valve recently made an update to their digital card game Artifact. That isn't the big news here, what is the big news is that hidden within the files were a couple of references to RTX and real-time ray tracing. This marks the first time that any sort of ray tracing support was noticed in any of Valve's Source 2 files.
The mentions were first discovered by SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik. Djundik noticed that the latest... -
Steam Had 120 Million Monthly Active Players and Other Fun 2020 Stats
Valve dishes the details in their 2020 year in review.
Valve just put out their third ever "Year in Review" for Steam, the Community, Labs, and the Steam Store. First up are some interesting facts about player counts for the year that was 2020, a year like none other before it.
Valve divulged that in 2020, they had 120 million monthly active players. This is in combination with the 62.6 million daily active players. That means that in any given day, roughly half... -
Steam's Best Selling Games of 2020
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Steam's Best Selling Games of 2020
Checking out the year's top 100 games on Steam.
2020 has sucked all kinds of ass. You know it, I know it, people who haven't even been born yet will eventually know it. If there's one thing that made the year a little more bearable it's the fact that we probably gamed a lot more than usual thanks to, you know, everything.
Some of that is reflected in Valve's end of the year "Best Of" list for Steam. With gaming still being big in 2020, here are just a few of... -
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PSA: Hey, The Steam Winter Sale is Now Live
In case you still feel the need to spend money.
It's that time again! It's the time in which your wallet begs for mercy and you just keep ignoring it. It's time for the 15th annual Steam Winter Sale that is live right now through January 5, 2021. This sale once again offers big savings on tons of titles across Steam.
Not only that, but it's time to get your votes in for the final nominees in the 5th Annual Steam Awards! Cast your vote for categories that range from "Game...
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