Platforms June 8, 2017 More than 2 thousand games have been released on Steam since the beginning of this year From January to May 2017, over 2 thousand games were hosted on the Steam platform. This was announced by the gaming industry columnist Daniel Ahmad on Twitter.
Platforms June 7, 2017 Valve has closed the Steam Greenlight service Valve has closed Steam Greenlight, a service for publishing games by independent developers on Steam that have gained sufficient user support.
Games May 22, 2017 Paladins audience reached 11 million players 11 million people have registered in the free multiplayer shooter Paladins for 8 months, according to the game developer Hi-Rez Studios.
Platforms May 19, 2017 Pirates Bypassed Steam’s Protection with a Retro Game Pirates can launch hacked games via Steam, disguising them as the work of the retro game Spacewar built into the service, the GytHyp website reports.
Platforms May 11, 2017 Windows 10 S will block the oxygen of Steam and GOG The new version of the Microsoft operating system allows the installation of software only from the official Windows Store.
Platforms May 9, 2017 Valve receives 50,000 refund requests per day Over the past 24 hours, Steam support has received 49,896 user requests for refunds for purchased games.
Platforms May 3, 2017 Steam has shown how long it takes to respond to requests The Steam platform presented statistics on the work of the support service and the response time to user requests on various issues.
Games April 18, 2017 100 thousand copies of Bayonetta sold on Steam in the first week The Bayonetta action game sold more than 100 thousand copies in its first week on Steam.
Games April 11, 2017 Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds bought on Steam 1 million times Sales of the multiplayer action game Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds have crossed the milestone of 1 million copies in just 16 days after the release of Steam early access.
Platforms April 4, 2017 Valve discussed the future of Steam with YouTube bloggers Valve met with the leading popular YouTube channels and discussed with them the prospects for the development of Steam.
Games March 28, 2017 Shooter Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds earned $11 million in three days The multiplayer survival simulator Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds has collected more than $ 11 million in three days after its release on Steam.
Games March 16, 2017 Russian strategy Syrian Warfare is back on Steam The tactical game Syrian Warfare by the Moscow studio Cats Who Play is available again on Steam. It was removed from the store on March 1 after a complaint to the Valve service about copyright infringement.
Conferences March 15, 2017 White Nights Prague 2017: 1C about launching on Steam Report by Anton Ravin, Director of Business Development at 1C Publishing in Europe. He talked about how to launch games on Steam and shared the company’s experience.
Platforms March 10, 2017 Steam stopped taking into account the reviews of users who did not buy the game Valve has introduced several changes to the game rating system on Steam. Now it does not take into account the ratings of gamers who have access to the game for free.
Games March 7, 2017 For Honor lost 62% of the audience two weeks after the launch The number of people playing the new online slasher from Ubisoft has decreased from 39 to 15 thousand people in just two weeks after the launch.
Games March 5, 2017 Resident Evil 7 lost 90% of Players a month after release According to Steam statistics, the number of active players in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (RE7) decreased from 15 to 1.5 thousand in a month.
Development March 3, 2017 Gabe Newell called Source 2 “not an engine for everyone” The head of Valve, Gabe Newell, said that the company is preparing to present Source 2 to third-party developers, but first of all, development is carried out for its own needs.
Games March 1, 2017 The domestic strategy “Syria: Russian Storm” was removed from Steam Moscow-based Cats Who Play developers have reported that their “Syrian Warfare” strategy (Syria: Russian Storm) was removed from the Steam store without warning.
Marketing February 28, 2017 Conan Exiles completed its annual sales plan in 28 days The online survival simulator in the Conan the Barbarian universe Conan Exiles took less than a month to sell 480 thousand copies.
Platforms February 28, 2017 Twitch will start selling games and share the proceeds with streamers Video streaming service Twitch will start selling games and game content this spring. Viewers will be able to buy games directly during the broadcasts of their gameplay.