Now available in beta, Tagging gives Steam customers the ability to "Tag" any title with genres, themes, attributes, or any other term or phrase. The most popular tags on any given product will be surfaced on said product's Steam page and allow users
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Steam Tags Launches in Beta - Allows Users to Add Custom Genres to Games
Another beta has hit Steam today by way of the new "Steam Tags" feature. This new feature will allow users to assign custom tags to games and those tags that are most common to a game will be added to the store listing for those games.
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28 Sessions from Valve's 'Steam Dev Days' Now Available Online
Not a developer or couldn't make it out to the first ever Steam Dev Days last month? Not to worry as Valve has graciously put up 28 of the sessions from the event on the Internet for anybody to watch.
The offer up a small sampler video below.
But you want the whole shebang? Simply head on over to the special Steam Dev Days YouTube playlist to pick which subject interests you the most and get to watching. We've included the first video below to ge... -
Ali is the Second Players' Choice Map Coming in the Next CS:GO Operation
The community for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is busy voting on which maps will be included in the next "Operation" for the game. So far, Valve has revealed that Cache was the first map voted in.
Today, they revealed that Ali is the second map set to be included in the next Operation. They were even so kind as to include a handy infographic on the map and how each round played out.
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Valve Launches 'Recently Updated' Section on Steam
Today, Valve launched the "Recently Updated" section on Steam that will highlight "titles offering new and interesting updates, features, and/or content additions."
Designed to give developers more ways to communicate with gamers about their products on Steam, this public release was matched with a tools release that lets developers elect when to add their update to this product area and what to say about the contents of their latest update. "The more options developers have for communi... -
Team Fortress 2 Update Includes Weapon Changes, Quickplay Improvements, and More - February 7, 2014
Another update for Team Fortress 2 started to roll out today. It's got weapon changes, balancing, fixes to the Quickplay feature, and more.
Changelog for Team Fortress 2 for February 7, 2014Weapon Updates - The Shortstop -- Reduced extra knockback penalty from 80% to 40% - The Short Circuit -- Added Penalty - No longer gain metal from dispensers when active - The Cleaner's Carbine -- Changed OnKill effect from gain crits for 3 seconds to gain mini-crits for 8... -
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Adds Stickers, Underhand Grenade Throws, Map Fixes, and More - February 5, 2014
An update was released tonight for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that includes a wide variety of changes to the game. These include the addition ofhatsstickers to the game. They show up as "Sticker Capsules" that can be unlocked with a Sticker Capsule Key. You can apply these stickers to guns.
Changelog for CS:GO for February 5, 2014STICKERS - Added Sticker Capsules. Each capsule contains one sticker out of a series of sticker designs. - Sticker Capsules can be received... -
Tonight's Dota 2 Update Includes a few Fixes - February 5, 2014
The update for Dota 2 that's rolling out right now includes a few fixes, an additions, and a double drop rate on Ingots.
Changelog for Dota 2 for February 5, 2014- Ingot drop rate doubled - Added a chance of finding the Redhoof Courier in the Bloom Harvest and Bloom Bounty Jade Token rewards. - The Shopkeeper in the Year Beast fight now has limited stock of Firework Mines and Scare the Beast flags. - Wraith King’s Vampiric Aura has no effect against the Year Beast. - Ursa’... -
Introducing Steam Music
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Introducing Steam Music
Valve has added another feature to Steam today. Much like some of the other features, this one is also in beta! Today marks the start of the chance for users to join the Steam Music Beta. This new feature will be coming to those who utilize Big Picture mode and the SteamOS itself. As you may expect, you can show your interest in joining the beta by joining the Steam Music Steam group linked above. What can users expect? Well, you'll be able to stream your own music library while in a ... -
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Update - Leaked Images Show Off Supposed Source Engine 2 Screenshot and Half-Life 3 Development
Update: These slides are allegedly from a presentation Valve gave three years ago in 2011. It stands to reason that what we see in these screenshots then are already implemented, at least in part, in the current iterations of the Source Engine. The same Source version that we see at work in games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Original: It seems as though there's been yet another leak from Valve over the past day. CBOAT from NeoGAF, got his hands on a presentation that... -
Dota 2 New Bloom Festival Update Includes Terrorblade
Yesterday, the first day of reveals for the upcoming "New Bloom Festival" update for Dota 2 included a brief bit of background on the event. It will have new gifts and items galore as players take on the Year Beast.
Today, Valve has revealed the addition of Terrorblade to the roster. He's that friendly looking fellow at the top of the page.
Terrorblade is the demon marauder—an outlaw hellion whom even other demons fear. He stole from the Demon Lords and for his... -
Valve Uses Data Collection to Improve Cobblestone and Overpass in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Thanks to their intelligent data gathering, Valve is able to take a look at gameplay statistics in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and find trouble spots in various maps. Such was the case when it comes to Cobblestone and Overpass, both of which have been updated in the game's most recent update. The CS:GO team analyzed the win percentages of the T's vs the CT's and found that Cobblestone is most comparable to Nuke and Overpass is most similar to Dust2. The following charts are from the to... -
Team Fortress 2 Update Includes Fixes and Updates - January 23, 2014
An update to Team Fortress 2 was just released by Valve. This update seems like it's more of a bug fix release than anything else since almost everything in the changelog includes the words "fixed" or "updated."
Changelog for Team Fortress 2 for January 23, 2014- Add quickplay option to only connect to official Valve servers - Prevent game servers from redirecting players to alternate servers when players connect through quickplay - Fixed the show_htmlpage command bypassing the cl_disa... -
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released - January 23, 2014
An update was just released for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Changelog for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update for January 23, 2014- Significant improvement to server infrastructure to support growing CS:GO community....
UI - Fixed an alt-tab related memory leak - Added ability for Friends Lister to display two columns of friends. - Added ability for mouse wheel to scroll Friends Lister. - Added filtering by item name. Players can enter any part of a -
50 New Titles Given the Steam Greenlight Today - January 21, 2014
A batch of 50 new games were Greenlit today through Steam Greenlight.
- 1heart
- 4PM
- Aces Wild: Manic Brawling Action!
- AR-K
- Between Me and the Night
- Block Story
- Burning Cars
- Catlateral Damage
- Chronology
- Claustrophobia: The Downard Struggle
- Dawn of the Ronin
- Deadbreed
- Dethroned!
- Dungeonforge
- Dynamic Auto Painter x64
- Edge of Eternity
- Frozen State
- GTGD S1
- Heldric - The Legend of the Shoemaker
- Helicopter Simulator - Search and Rescue: Natural Disasters
- Hero
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Operation Bravo Extended for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Operation Bravo for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been extended until February 5. It was supposed to end yesterday, but sometimes these things change. Much like the first go at this with Operation Payback, Operation Bravo adds eight user created maps to the Casual mode, Deathmatch mode, and Competitive mode. Purchasing a pass to Operation Bravo also gives you access to 15 exclusive weapon finishes. Valve passes along word that players have already spent 2.8 million hours playi...
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