Category: Steam
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Why Fallout 4’s Crafting Outdoes Rust’s
Before the Bethesda press conference last night we had no idea that Fallout 4 would include so much player driven customization. I mean we did expect that the next version of the game would go in some new direction with weapon modding and player owned buildings, but the level of customization was totally unexpected. The […]
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Fallout 4 E3 Trailers! Releasing November
So we knew it was coming thanks to the announcement earlier this month, but now we have all the E3 goodness from Bethesda we could ever want. Bethesda were not being secretive and didn’t seem to miss much in there fantastic show, giving us a ton of Fallout 4 at their E3 conference on Sunday. […]
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Steam Controller Finally Available for Pre-order only $50/£40
It’s been almost two years since we first saw a concept for the steam controller, Valve has now shown us the final version of the Steam Controller. Here it is: “With one-to-one positioning, the controller can virtualize familiar controls, like a trackball, a mouse, or a scroll wheel, providing a degree of precision that controllers […]
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Steam Starts Offering Refunds
Steam is finally getting a proper refund system. Starting this month, users of Valve’s PC platform will be able to get a full refund on any game for any reason, provided it’s been less than 14 days since purchase and they’ve spent less than two hours playing the game. Seems pretty reasonable, you’ll be able […]
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Heroes Of The Storm Launches Tomorrow
The MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) genre has fast become one of the biggest money makers in the gaming industry, but a lot of people may not be in the loop about just where it started. The original MOBA arguably was DOTA, or ‘Defense Of The Ancients’, which came out originally as a mod for […]
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Steam Withdraws Paid Mods Feature
The announcement that Steam were to begin allowing users to charge for their home created modifications was met with mixed reactions. We reported on the feature being opened for The Elder Scrolls Skyrim a few days ago, and since then the service has swiftly been withdrawn. Apparently the addition of the feature that lets modders […]
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Steam to Monetize Mods
Valve have been fairly tight lipped, aside from a few menial whispers about the ability to monetize a heap of community modifications. Starting with one of the most highly modded games on Steam is Bethesda Softwork’s triumphant RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The process supposedly hands over a great deal of control to the […]
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HTC Vive Developer Edition Virtual Reality Headset Now Available To Developers
HTC Vive VR headset, which is a collaboration between Valve and HTC, is now available to Developers. The HTC Vive Developer Edition, as expected, is now available for developers to register for and will be issued by Valve to selected developers for free. Yes free. Unfortunately the HTC Vive Developer Edition is not available to […]
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GTA 5 PC Patch Released, Reduces CPU Usage
This weekend, GTA 5’s first PC patch went live. Hoping to fix a few remaining bugs missed during the month long delays for polishing. 1.01 will fix the infamous Windows special character issue, it will also reduce the CPU usage of the GTA 5 launcher something that continued to run after launching the game for […]
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Steam Now Locks Out Chat Prior To Payment
There’s always been a certain lingering problem of fake or bot accounts on game distribution service Steam. There are occasionally benefits to subscribing with a separate account on the game app, but now owner Valve has decided that in order to fully use the service and messaging functions users must spend a minimum amount of […]
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GTA 5 PC Launch Issues and Fixes
GTA 5 on PC is no exception to the rule that all games break on day one, personally mine launched perfectly, but my partners not so much. So with that in mind heres a list of the day one issues and possible fixes. Let me know if you find anymore and check Rockstar’s support page. […]
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GTA 5 Available for Preload April 7th
Grand Theft Auto 5’s PC release is in 10 days (14/04/15), those of us with a preorder though will be able to start downloading the incredible PC version of GTA 5 as of April 7. Ready to play as soon as it goes live on the 14th. The announcement popped up on Rockstar’s support section, […]