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  The 2019 International Main Event Begins

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 08-19-2019, 11:27 PM
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  The 2019 International Main Event Begins

  Over $33 million is up for grabs.
  
  Valve just passed along word that the Main Event festivities for The International Dota 2 Championships for 2019 have officially kicked off. This is all going down at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
  
  This is the ninth annual event and, once again, it has broken all sorts of records by having the biggest community-driven prize pool of over $33 million. First place is looking to get $15,276,981 once all is said and done. I think...

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  Steam Workshop Items Need Approval from Valve

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 08-12-2019, 06:48 PM
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  Steam Workshop Items Need Approval from Valve

  But only for first-party titles from Valve.
  
  You may have already seen that news going around that items on the Steam Workshop must now be approved by Valve before they will appear for the public. This seems to include anything that you may typically find on the Steam Workshop, including custom maps, models, skins, sounds, and the like. This first showed up via a Reddit post on the Global Offensive subreddit.
  
  However, this approval process is not for every Workshop enabled...

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  Valve to Put an End to Abuse of 'Upcoming Releases' Section on Steam

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 08-07-2019, 03:34 PM
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  Valve to Put an End to Abuse of 'Upcoming Releases' Section on Steam

  Hopefully this puts a stop to studios that game the system to always appear on the first page of upcoming releases.
  
  If you ever tried to look at the "all upcoming releases" section on Steam, you probably noticed that a lot of games appearing on the first couple of pages didn't actually have set release dates. A lot of them would appear to be vague windows of time that would, for whatever reason, still show up before games that actually had set releases planned in the coming...

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  Valve Apologizes for Leaking Street Fighter V Character Reveal Early

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 08-03-2019, 05:33 PM
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  Valve Apologizes for Leaking Street Fighter V Character Reveal Early

  Valve apologizes for an incident they call "regrettable and unintentional."
  
  Just this past Thursday, Capcom made the big reveal that E. Honda, Lucia, and Poison were coming to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. For some fans, this was completely new and exciting news to read. For others, this was just a confirmation of a leak that happened on Wednesday of this past week.
  
  The leak in question was an early release of the reveal trailer for the three upcoming characters....

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  Full Index VR Kits Now Available Without a Reservation

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-24-2019, 01:11 PM
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  Full Index VR Kits Now Available Without a Reservation

  Other SKUs coming soon.
  
  Valve just put out a small announcement today saying that those looking to purchase the full Valve Index VR kit can do so right now without having to make a reservation. For the past month or so of release, the only way to actually purchase and obtain one of these kits was to make a reservation through Steam and wait patiently.
  
  Right now, Valve is only offering the full Index VR bundle without a reservation and only in the United States. They say...

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  Introducing Steam Labs - A Place to Test New Steam Features

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-11-2019, 01:27 PM
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  Introducing Steam Labs - A Place to Test New Steam Features

  Launching today with three experiments.
  
  Valve has just launched a new area on Steam where users can test out new, experimental features for Steam. They're calling this area the Steam Labs and it is here where users will be able to test out potential new Steam features. These tests may one day become commonplace on Steam, but for now they are mere experiments ripe for testing and potential changes based on user feedback.
  
  If you ever used Gmail, you may already know what...

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  Steam Will Not Support Ubuntu 19.10 and Later

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 06-24-2019, 05:01 PM
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  Steam Will Not Support Ubuntu 19.10 and Later

  But will still support Linux.
  
  Valve is one of the big reasons why gaming on Linux has seen such a massive surge in recent years. One of the biggest pushes came not from specially created Linux builds of games, but from Proton, a fork of Wine that Valve released to allow for games to become playable on Linux that may not have native Linux support. At present, there are over 5,400 games that work through Steam on Linux thanks to Proton.
  
  Over the years, Valve has recommended...

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  Valve Kicks Off Spring Cleaning Event

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-24-2019, 02:16 PM
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  Valve Kicks Off Spring Cleaning Event

  Play some old games before you buy new ones?
  
  Given that we already seem to know when the Steam Summer Sale will go live, it just makes sense that you should play and finish some of your back catalog first. That seems to be what Valve was thinking when they kicked off their Spring Cleaning Event today. This event rewards you for playing old games that have been sitting in your library, games you haven't played yet, and even some new, free games they're offering for the duration of this...

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  Valve Reveals the Top Steam Releases for April 2019

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-23-2019, 07:25 PM
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  Valve Reveals the Top Steam Releases for April 2019

  I guess this is a thing now.
  
  Valve just revealed the top selling games on Steam for April 2019. They compiled a list of the 20 best selling games that were released just in April 2019 alone and only through Steam. Duh.
  
  Alright, let's check out those games then, yeah?
  
  

  20. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
  19. Super Dragon Ball Heroes World Mission

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  Valve Releases Stand-alone Steam Chat App for Mobile

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-21-2019, 10:16 PM
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  Valve Releases Stand-alone Steam Chat App for Mobile

  As Facebook has Messenger, Steam has Steam Chat.
  
  Valve just released the new Steam Chat application for both iOS and Android mobile devices. This is a new stand-alone app that allows you to have all of the features of Steam chat in a more lightweight application.
  
  If you're still confused, maybe this will make it a bit easier to understand. You know how there is the bloated Facebook app for mobile phones? And you know how Facebook has a private messaging system that they...

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  You Can Now Play Your Steam Library on iOS Devices

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  • Published: 05-15-2019, 07:05 PM
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  You Can Now Play Your Steam Library on iOS Devices

  Steam Link now available on App Store.
  
  Valve continues to expand the ways in which you can play your game library. Today, iOS users can now play their desktop based Steam library on any modern iOS device. The studio released their Steam Link application through the App Store, allowing you to stream your desktop titles to devices like your iPhone. Other supported devices include the iPad and even Apple TV.
  
  So long as your device meets the following requirements, you should...

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  'DOTA Underlords' Trademarked by Valve

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  • Published: 05-15-2019, 04:50 PM
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  'DOTA Underlords' Trademarked by Valve

  It's probably DOTA Auto Chess.
  
  Valve was given a new trademark this week. This trademark is for an upcoming "computer game" called DOTA Underlords. Literally nothing else is known about this title. There is speculation that it may be the name of Valve's standalone release of DOTA Auto Chess, but that's as much of a guess as anything else.
  
  For all we know, it could be a VR title, something to do with Artifact, or something completely unexpected....

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  Valve Index VR Headset - Releases June 28 at $1,000 for the Full Package

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 04-30-2019, 02:34 PM
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  Valve Index VR Headset - Releases June 28 at $1,000 for the Full Package

  
  VR enthusiasts and VR hopefuls, I do hope you were sitting down when you read that headline. Valve announced the full details about their upcoming virtual reality headset that they're calling the Valve Index.
  
  The Index now has an official release date, a full list of specifications, and even a set of confirmed prices. There are also a list of games that have been updated to include support for the new Index controllers. It's an impressive bit of hardware, without a doubt, but...

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  Valve Being Sued by Native American Nation Over Skins Gambling

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 04-16-2019, 05:05 PM
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  Valve Being Sued by Native American Nation Over Skins Gambling

  
  Native American Quinault Tribal Nation members have filed a lawsuit in the state of Washington against Valve over skins gambling. The group accuses Valve of participating in "unethical, oppressive, and unscrupulous business conduct."
  
  The plaintiffs own and operate the Quinault Beach Resort and Casino. They argue that Valve has engaged in unfair competition with legally licensed gambling operations. Valve does not have a license to conduct gambling operations. The lawsuit argues that because Valve does not have a gambling license they are illegally facilitating gambling through the trade of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skins ...

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  European Commission Demands Valve to Stop Geo-blocking Games in EU, Valve Issues Response

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 04-05-2019, 06:10 PM
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  European Commission Demands Valve to Stop Geo-blocking Games in EU, Valve Issues Response

  
  Early this morning, the European Commission (EC) issued an official "statements of objections" today towards Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media, and ZeniMax. The EC claims that all of these companies are involved in anti-trust violations by placing geographic restrictions (geo-blocking/geo-locking) on the games that they sell.
  
  The EC says that these companies have geo-blocked Steam activation keys for games sold throughout Eastern Europe. Some of these...

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