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Discord Introducing 'AI' Stuff Nobody Asked For, Or Needs
10.3.2023
In a blog post published earlier today, Discord—a communications platform, and nothing more—announced plans to introduce what they call “AI” (but which should more accurately be called “machine learning”) to the service’s moderation, support and chat.Read more
The Top Ten Most Played Games On Steam Deck: February 2023 Edition
6.3.2023
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Soviet City-Builder Back On Steam After Rogue Fan's DMCA Spree
6.3.2023
Last month the niche city-builder Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic had one hell of a time, after a fan went rogue and got the game’s website and Steam store page taken down.Read more
Valve Just Revealed All Steam Sale Dates For 2023
23.2.2023
Trying to predict the biggest gaming sales events of the year can feel a bit like staring into a crystal ball. PC gamers used to guess the dates based on the historical patterns of previous years, but that was still never any guarantee of accuracy. Valve has finally taken out all the guesswork...
Massive Pokémon Discord Owner Banned For Allegedly Sexually Preying On Minors
3.2.2023
The r/Pokémon subreddit Discord is one of the bigger online meeting places for players and fans of the hit Nintendo series. It boasts over 300,000 users who use it to battle, trade, or just hang out in between work, classes, or whatever else is going on in their lives. And this week its owner...
The Top Ten Most Played Games On Steam Deck: January 2023 Edition
2.2.2023
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Amazon Bans Lost Ark Bots, Humans Caught In Crossfire
16.1.2023
Amazon’s Diablo-like RPG, Lost Ark, had over 1.3 million people playing it at launch. It’s cooled off since then, but there are still tens of thousands of people who log on every week to enjoy it. Or they would, if they hadn’t been banned for no reason.Read more
12 Things Every New Steam Deck Owner Should Try Or Consider
10.1.2023
As one of the most powerful handheld devices out there, the Steam Deck is a great, one-of-a-kind gaming platform. While some games might require you to fiddle around with the graphical settings to get the best performance out of them, the experience of playing a game on the Deck is often...
The Top Ten Most Played Games On Steam Deck: December 2022 Edition
3.1.2023
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The Steam Winter Sale Has Started, Here Are The Best Deals
22.12.2022
It’s not truly the holidays until Gabe Newell flips the switch over at Valve HQ that activates the digital storefront’s annual winter sale. This year the sale runs from today until January 5. To help you get to take advantage of this massive sale, I’ve dug through Steam to find 30+ deals worth...
The Steam Deck Had A Phenomenal First Year
14.12.2022
Though it’s hard to say whether or not “Steam Deck” has become a household name yet, it certainly deserves such a status after an impressive introduction. Valve’s mini-PC has had a one-of-a-kind first year, one that might make other platforms envious. After various attempts at getting into...
Milf Hunter Won A Steam Deck And You Didn't
9.12.2022
One of the main advertising gimmicks of tonight’s Game Awards was a promotion being run by Valve that would see one viewer win one of the company’s prized Steam Deck handhelds every minute.Read more
No More Launchers For PC Games, Thank You!
4.11.2022
The was once a golden age of PC gaming where you could open up Steam (or even just launch an executable yourself!), boot up a game and the next thing you would see would be the game itself. For many big (and small) releases those days are now long gone, replaced by an era of launchers that are,...
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Fans Upset As Steam Pulls Family Sharing After Launch
2.11.2022
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II fully launched on October 28 on consoles and PC via Steam and Battle.net. Initially, like many Steam games, it supported the service’s Family Sharing function. Though as of yesterday, folks looking to share a single copy of the latest CoD on Steam won’t be too happy...
Top 10 Most-Played Steam Deck Games, October 2022 Edition
2.11.2022
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30 Million People Were Logged Into Steam Today
24.10.2022
Valve’s Steam platform launched all the way back in 2003, and for much of that time saw slow and steady growth as it grew from a place you could buy Half-Life games to the PC’s default gaming marketplace. What has happened over the last two years, though, has been incredible.Read more
Steam Finally Has A Modern Phone App
13.10.2022
While the main Steam application itself has got better over the years, it’s still pretty easy to look at Valve’s approach to store and platform design, look at competitors like Google and Apple and see how everything feels a little quaint. Steam’s mobile app was one of the main offenders in this...
Valve Might Soon Start Selling Steam Deck Boot Videos
12.10.2022
Data miner and SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik has found solid evidence that Valve is planning to introduce Steam Deck startup movies, brief videos triggered by turning on your Steam Deck, to the Steam Points Shop.Read more
Phasmophobia Dev Kicks Alleged Racist, 'Sex Pest' Admin From Its Official Discord Server
3.10.2022
An admin on the official Discord servers for Kinetic Games’ extremely popular indie horror game Phasmophobia was recently removed after a Twitter user issued a public condemnation of the studio for not keeping its community safe from sexual harassment and racism.Read more
Steam Has New Sales & Popularity Charts, And They're Great
23.9.2022
People like to buy games from and play games in Steam, but anyone interested in really poking around the site (like us, it’s our job) has two things they want to know: which games are selling the most copies, and which games are being played the most.Read more