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  Valve Announces Counter-Strike 2

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-22-2023, 12:01 PM
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  Valve Announces Counter-Strike 2

  Valve's massively popular FPS gets an engine upgrade and a test starting today.
  
  Valve officially announced Counter-Strike 2 today after weeks of teases, speculation, and rumors. The developer calls this "the largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike's history" and I'm inclined to believe it.
  
  Counter-Strike 2 will launch to everyone starting in Summer of 2023. Counter-Strike 2 will be a free upgrade to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Some Counter-Strike:...

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  New 'COUNTER STRIKE' and 'CS2' Trademarks Filed by Valve

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-18-2023, 01:47 PM
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  New 'COUNTER STRIKE' and 'CS2' Trademarks Filed by Valve

  New trademarks by Valve sure do seem to be hinting at something. But what ever could it be?
  
  March really started off with a bang for Counter-Strike fans when Nvidia included references to something called Counter-Strike 2. Specifically, the drivers starting with 531.18 included profiles for "Counter-strike 2 (cs2.exe)" and "Counter-strike 2 (csgos2.exe)."
  
  Since that time, the Counter-Strike community has gone a bit rabid in their desire for a Source...

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  Valve's Steam Deck is on Sale as Part of the Steam Spring Sale

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-16-2023, 01:57 PM
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  Valve's Steam Deck is on Sale as Part of the Steam Spring Sale

  You can save 10% off Valve's portable PC for a limited time.
  
  If you've been holding off on picking up a shiny new Steam Deck because the price was just a tiny bit too high, you may want to check it out now. From now through until March 23 at 10AM (PT), Valve's Steam Deck is on sale for 10% off. This discounted price is in honor of both a year of the Steam Deck's availability and it just so happens to coincide with the Steam Spring Sale.
  
  This 10% may not sound like a lot...

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  Counter-Strike 2 Reference Included in Latest Nvidia Driver

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-01-2023, 07:01 PM
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  Counter-Strike 2 Reference Included in Latest Nvidia Driver

  Is the long-awaited Source 2 release just around the bend?
  
  For a few centuries now, fans of Counter-Strike have been longing for their beloved FPS to receive an engine update to Source 2. After all, other Valve titles have received the treatment, some of which having been updated almost a decade back like Dota 2.
  
  This week, rumors of the mythical Source 2 release of Counter-Strike flared up when the official Counter-Strike Twitter account updated their Twitter banner....

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  All Steam Fest and Steam Sale Dates for 2023

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 02-23-2023, 01:21 PM
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  All Steam Fest and Steam Sale Dates for 2023

  Valve shared their 2023 schedule of events with developers.
  
  The entire schedule of big seasonal sales and themed Steam Fest events was shared yesterday by Valve. Now you'll know months in advance just how badly your bank accounts are going to hurt.
  
  The list includes four major seasonal sales that include the spring, summer, autumn, and winter sales. In between most of these are small "Fest" events, which also typically have themed sales of their own. There will...

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  Ray Traced Half-Life 1 Mod Released

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  • Published: 02-22-2023, 05:35 PM
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  Ray Traced Half-Life 1 Mod Released

  Experience the first Half-Life as you never have before.
  
  
  A user-created mod for the original Half-Life brings some new visual splendor to the 1998 classic. Those with capable Nvidia GPUs can try out a mod that adds path tracing into Half-Life. The mod is free and, if you like a little modern eye candy in your classics, can be downloaded right now.
  
  The mod utilizes a variation of the Xash3D FWGS engine along with a custom path traced renderer. So while this is technically...

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  Valve Bans 40,000 Dota 2 Cheaters with Clever Trap

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 02-22-2023, 05:03 PM
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  Valve Bans 40,000 Dota 2 Cheaters with Clever Trap

  Valve says this is just one step in the ongoing fight against cheating.
  
  It's not too often that Valve comes out swinging their big ban hammer, but yesterday was one such occasion. On the official Dota 2 blog, Valve revealed that they have recently permanently banned over 40,000 accounts that were caught using third-party software to cheat. Valve used the cheaters' access to information "that wasn't visible during normal gameplay" to confirm their suspicions and dish out some...

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  Local Network Game Transfers Added to Steam

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 02-17-2023, 08:14 PM
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  Local Network Game Transfers Added to Steam

  This new feature, currently in beta, will let you install games between PCs on the same network.
  
  A new beta release for the Steam client rolled out this evening and with it came support for what Valve is calling "Local Network Game Transfers." To put it simply, this is a new feature that will let users copy existing Steam game installations and update files from one PC to another across their local area network (LAN).
  
  Valve says that this feature will let you...

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  Steam Mystery Fest Begins February 20

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 02-16-2023, 04:15 PM
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  Steam Mystery Fest Begins February 20

  A Fest wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, smothered in secret sauce.
  
  Valve just announced that there is another Steam Fest right around the corner. This one is for all of you mystery fans out there in the world, and there are probably a ton of you.
  
  On February 20 at 10AM (PT) the Steam Mystery Fest will begin. This new Fest will run until February 27 and will feature lots of the usual Steam Fest stuff like sales, maybe demos, probably some developer streams, and the...

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  Valve is Trying to Put Together a Major Team Fortress 2 Update for Summer

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 02-09-2023, 06:45 PM
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  Valve is Trying to Put Together a Major Team Fortress 2 Update for Summer

  Heavy update? Is it the Heavy update? Probably not. But what if?
  
  A major update is being put together for Team Fortress 2 that Valve expects to deliver to players at some point this coming summer. This update will add in new items, new maps, taunts, content from select few from the Steam Workshop, and more.
  
  The announcement for this update came via the Team Fortress 2 website via something Valve calls a "blog" or "blog-post." In today's posting, Valve...

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  Steam Next Fest for February 2023 is Live

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 02-06-2023, 02:15 PM
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  Steam Next Fest for February 2023 is Live

  Demos, demos, demos, and did we mention, demos?
  
  The February 2023 edition of the Steam Next Fest is officially underway. This Steam Next fest, like the ones that have come before it and the ones that will come after it, is offering up hundreds of free demos to try out!
  
  From now through February 13 at 10AM (PT), you can check out demos for all sorts of games across all sorts of genres. The games that have demos as part of this Steam Next Fest will be released on Steam at...

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  Steam Next Fest: February Edition Coming in February

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 01-26-2023, 04:41 PM
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  Steam Next Fest: February Edition Coming in February

  In honor of the year's shortest month, a new Steam Next Fest is coming.
  
  Valve just announced that they are bringing back Steam Next Fest: February Edition for another year. This year's event will run from February 6th (10AM PT) through the 13th at 10AM (PT).
  
  As usual, there will be hundreds of free demos, lots of developer livestreams, and plenty of chats with developers. We all know the drill on these by now. ...

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  Steam Base Builder Fest Begins January 23

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  • Published: 01-19-2023, 04:45 PM
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  Steam Base Builder Fest Begins January 23

  There are enough base building games out there that Valve is dedicating an entire Fest to them.
  
  There is apparently no shortage of base building games out there on the market. There are so many of them, in fact, that Valve is able to dedicate an entire Steam Fest to just this game type.
  
  From January 23 at 10AM (PT) through January 30 at 10AM (PT), the Steam Base Builder Fest will be held. As with most Steam Fests, this one will feature plenty of discounts on games, only...

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  Steam Surpassed 10 Million Concurrent Players and 33 Million Online Users this Past Weekend

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  • Published: 01-09-2023, 03:35 PM
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  Steam Surpassed 10 Million Concurrent Players and 33 Million Online Users this Past Weekend

  Online players surpassed 33 million.
  
  Steam has once again hit all new highs. Just this past weekend, Steam reached a new high of 32 million users online at at the same time. During this record-breaking peak, Steam also saw over 10 million of those players actually in-game concurrently. This is the first time that Steam reached 10 million concurrent in-game players.
  
  These milestones were shared first by SteamDB. They show that these new records were set on Saturday, January...

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  Steam Users Chose Some Interesting Winners for The Steam Awards 2022

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 01-03-2023, 03:30 PM
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  Steam Users Chose Some Interesting Winners for The Steam Awards 2022

  Do you agree or disagree with each winner?
  
  The Steam community has spoken and the winners of The Steam Awards for 2022 have been selected. Like all of the nominees, the winners were picked strictly by the Steam community. Surely, the Steam users have a good head about them and wouldn't pick something like the actually terrible VR version of Hitman 3 for VR Game of the Year, right?
  
  Yeah, about that.
  
  The winners can be found below. I have put all winners in...

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