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  Valve Cancels Ticket Sales for The International 2021

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  • Published: 10-03-2021, 04:30 PM
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  Valve Cancels Ticket Sales for The International 2021

  Blame the rising Covid rates for this one.
  
  This weekend, Valve announced that they are suspending sales of tickets for The International 2021 Dota 2 tournament. The reason, as cited in a new blog post, is due to the rising Covid rates in Romania.
  
  Back in July, Valve announced that The International 2021 would be held in Bucharest, Romania. This was the second venue announced for the tournament, with the first choice being Stockholm, Sweden. At the time, the Swedish Sports...

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  Steam Next Fest October Edition is Live

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  • Published: 10-01-2021, 01:07 PM
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  Steam Next Fest October Edition is Live

  Seven days and hundreds of demos.
  
  It's October 1st, which means a few things. One, it's officially spooky season. Two, Christmas displays have been in stores for almost a month now. Three, it's the start of the big release season for video games (if you ignore early 2022). Four, it's the start of the latest Steam Next Fest.
  
  It's that last one that we'll be talking about today.
  
  That's right, the latest Steam Next Fest is officially underway. From now through...

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  Valve Might Be Working on Standalone VR Headset

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  • Published: 09-29-2021, 04:21 PM
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  Valve Might Be Working on Standalone VR Headset

  Viable competition might be coming for the Oculus Quest.
  
  According to datamined information shared first by YouTuber SadlyItsBradley, Valve might be working on a standalone VR headset. This means that they are possibly working on a device that will allow you to play in VR without the need for wires or external tracking satellites.
  
  SadlyItsBradley noticed several references to something called "Deckard" in the latest update for SteamVR. He says that information...

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  Operation Riptide Announced for CS:GO

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  • Published: 09-21-2021, 09:31 PM
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  Operation Riptide Announced for CS:GO

  Sharks are SO en vogue this year.
  
  Despite Steam apparently being super mega down right now for a significant portion of us in North America, that didn't stop the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team from releasing a new Operation for players. Meet Operation: Riptide, the latest major push of seasonal content that brings new maps, an overhauled mission system, and "new ways to play your favorite game modes."
  
  This new Operation comes alongside a new title upd...

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  A Decently Sized Team Fortress 2 Update is Now Available

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  • Published: 09-16-2021, 06:33 PM
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  A Decently Sized Team Fortress 2 Update is Now Available

  I guess there is a TF2 team at Valve after all.
  
  Valve just released a fairly chonky update today for Team Fortress 2. This update does not seem to add in any additional content to the game, but rather focuses on bug fixes and updating various pieces of content.
  
  Some of the major points in this update include a fix for an exploit that let players impersonate other Steam accounts, disabling player sprays by default, and some changes to the map cp_snakewater_final1.
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  Fans are Remaking Team Fortress 2 in Source 2

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  • Published: 08-09-2021, 02:20 PM
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  Fans are Remaking Team Fortress 2 in Source 2

  A group of modders are working together to update the game they love.
  
  Facepunch Studios is hard at work developing a spiritual Garry's Mod successor that they're calling s&box. The sandbox style game started life out as an Unreal Engine project but has since swapped to using Source 2, the engine developed by Valve that is currently in use in games like Dota 2 and Half-Life: Alyx.
  
  Thanks to the limited public availability of s&box to eager developers, Source 2 is...

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  Valve Clears Up '30 FPS Target' for Steam Deck

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  • Published: 07-26-2021, 01:43 PM
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  Valve Clears Up '30 FPS Target' for Steam Deck

  30 FPS is the bare minimum accepted by Valve.
  
  In speaking with IGN, a Steam Deck designer Pierre-Loup Griffais, said that Valve has a target of "30Hz" for their output framerate with Steam Deck. He says that everything they (Valve) have tested have run "without issues" and have hit that 800p and 30Hz target really well.
  
  Obviously, some people took this to mean that the Steam Deck would only run games at a 30FPS cap. Some have even begun to doubt the...

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  Valve Announces a $1 Million CSGO 'Dreams & Nightmares' Art Contest

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  • Published: 07-21-2021, 03:34 PM
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  Valve Announces a $1 Million CSGO 'Dreams & Nightmares' Art Contest

  Might be one of the largest art contests ever.
  
  Valve just announced that they are launching what they believe to be one of the largest art contests ever in gaming. Starting tomorrow, July 22nd, Valve will kick off the $1 million (USD) "Dreams & Nightmares Content Contest."
  
  Valve will be looking for "10 original and shippable, dream-themed weapon finishes for CS:GO." Each of the 10 winners will earn $100,000 for their work. Entry is pretty simple:...

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  Steam Next Fest Returns on October 1

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  • Published: 07-20-2021, 01:31 PM
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  Steam Next Fest Returns on October 1

  Another chance to play tons of demos.
  
  It feels like we just had one of these Steam Next Fest events, but that doesn't mean we can't look ahead to the future. Valve announced today that the next Steam Next Fest will begin on October 1.
  
  This new event will run for seven days and once again feature hundreds of playable demos for you to try out. And yes, once again there will be a good number of livestreams from developers and publishers where you can peep even more games...

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  Steam Deck Technical Details

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  • Published: 07-15-2021, 02:14 PM
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  Steam Deck Technical Details

  You've seen the announcement, now it's time for the nitty-gritty details.
  
  Valve just announced the Steam Deck, a handheld, fully-featured portable gaming machine. It's a powerful little device that starts at $399 (USD), but we didn't really share just how powerful this hardware is.
  
  Let's take a little look at the Steam Deck's technical specs, its design, the hardware, and the software powering it all.
  
  
  Valve notes that things like the software...

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  Valve Announces Steam Deck, A Handheld PC Starting at $399

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  • Published: 07-15-2021, 12:12 PM
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  Valve Announces Steam Deck, A Handheld PC Starting at $399

  This new device is the first in a new series of handheld PC from Valve.
  
  Back in May 2021, a rumor came out suggesting that Valve was working on a new handheld PC device called the SteamPal. While that is partially true, the one thing that didn't stick through to the end was the name. These devices are officially called Steam Deck and they start at a pretty affordable $399 (USD) MSRP.
  
  Valve says that Steam Deck is a "powerful all-in-one portable PC." It has a...

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  The International 10 - Dota 2 Championships is Headed to Romania

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  • Published: 07-07-2021, 03:48 PM
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  The International 10 - Dota 2 Championships is Headed to Romania

  Valve just announced that their annual esports event will be held in Romania this year.
  
  The International 10 - Dota 2 Championships will be held this October in Bucharest, Romania. The Arena Nationala will host the major esports event that is set to take place between the world's top teams from October 7 - 17.
  
  Group Stage will run from October 7 - 10. Starting on October 12 the Main Stage events will begin to kick off. Finally on October 17, the top two remaining Dota...

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  Buyer Beware, the Steam Summer Sale is Here

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  • Published: 06-24-2021, 12:38 PM
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  Buyer Beware, the Steam Summer Sale is Here

  Every dollar you spend extends GabeN's stay in New Zealand.
  
  It's that time of the year again, the time where you scour Steam for the biggest savings on the hottest titles. No, it's not the Holiday Sale. No, it's not the Lunar Sale. No, it's also not the Autumn Sale or the Halloween Sale or even the Golden Week Sale. That's right, it's the Steam Summer Sale!
  
  From June 24th through to July 8th at 10AM (PT), you can save big on probably thousands of titles contained within...

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  Valve Again Cracks Down on Region Hopping to Buy Cheap Steam Games

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  • Published: 06-23-2021, 03:21 PM
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  Valve Again Cracks Down on Region Hopping to Buy Cheap Steam Games

  Users are now limited to one region change every three months.
  
  Valve has now made it even more difficult for super-savvy consumers to region hop on Steam in an effort to buy Steam games at a cheaper price.
  
  Because of how Steam has individual regional pricing on games, set by game publishers, this often means that the prices of games in some regions is significantly lower than what they would be in your native lands. Regions were games are cheaper is usually in line with...

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  Steam's Top 20 Releases for May 2020

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  • Published: 06-22-2021, 01:20 PM
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  Steam's Top 20 Releases for May 2020

  May had a little bit of everything, from man eating sharks to dodgeball.
  
  Valve just released their list of the top games released on Steam in May 2021. From the looks of things, May 2021 included a little bit of everything. It's got man eating sharks, villages full of evil, legendary editions of classics, and much more.
  
  Of course, before even getting into that Valve always takes a moment to give some special highlights for what went on for the month. For instance, we...

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