Entries in 'steam' (268)
Limbo getting PSN release
One of the most celebrated Xbox Live Arcade titles of 2010 is finally spreading its wings onto new platforms.
Team Fortress enjoys user boost
Counter-Strike’s deeply-embedded position as the most played Steam game has finally been dismantled, following a daring and controversial change in pricing policy from Valve.
EA: Valve pulled Crysis 2
Publisher EA has denied that it took the decision to remove Crysis 2 from Valve's download service Steam.
Steam introduces free-to-play games
The first wave of free-to-play games have now gone live on Steam.
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EA announces Steam rival
Publisher EA has today launched a direct rival to leading PC digital distribution portal Steam.
Valve: Steam is good for retail
Jason Holtman, the chief of Valve's digital distribution network Steam, has said that the success of the service is nothing but good news for retail.
Chart-Track: ‘Steam must join the 21st Century'
Chart-Track has hit back at download platform Steam for dismissing the need for a digital chart.
OPINION: Letting off Steam
Committed readers of MCV will know that the contrast between last week’s cover stories and this week’s couldn’t be starker.
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Digital charts won’t pick up Steam
PC kingpin Valve has insisted it is not interested in handing over data for a digital games chart.
Fans await early Portal 2 release
Developer Valve has teased fans with the prospect of an early release for the PC and Mac versions of Portal 2.
Steam 'is peaking'
Steam's dominance of the PC video games digital distribution sector is on the wane, according to the CEO of rival digital games portal GamersGate.
PS3 Portal 2 includes PC version
Buyers of Portal 2 on PS3 will receive a code that also allows them to install the game on PC.
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Sega downplays Steam fears
The UK MD of publisher Sega has downplayed fears expressed by retail last month concerning the rising power of Valve’s digital distribution network Steam.
Bad Company 2 Vietnam due December
The Vietnam add-on pack for EA’s popular Battlefield: Bad Company 2 shooter will go on sale next month.
Why retail and Steam should work together
It’s not surprising that PC gamers turned to different methods of distribution, and that Steam has filled that need perfectly.
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Perry warns of Steam danger
Industry veteran and Gaikai founder Dave Perry has warned that while Valve’s Steam network is obviously a very appealing proposition for publishers, companies should be careful about handing over their ...
OPINION: Steam sceptics must be quick
Everyone MCV spoke to about Valve and its towering digital distribution system Steam has been massively positive about it.
‘Valve monopoly is killing PC market’
Steam’s grip on the PC download sector has made the market far too competitive to bother with, rivals warn.
MCV understands that at least two big-name digital retailers are facing ...
EU versions of Black Ops banned in Germany
German consumers hoping to get their hands on the PC version of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops will not be able to play PAL versions imported from other ...
Steam hits 30m users
Valve’s digital games retail network Steam now has over 30m active accounts, the company has announced.
Steam vs Windows 'hurting PC market'
The developer of the upcoming Duke Nukem Forever has claimed that the Steam and Games For Windows platforms are damaging to the PC industry.
Lara Croft heads to PS3 and PC
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light arrives on PSN and Steam on September 28th.
Steam introduces pre-pay option
A new payment option has been quietly rolled out onto Valve’s digital distribution portal Steam that allows users to pay money into their accounts to be used at a later ...
Steam ‘saved’ Introversion
Cult developer Introversion has claimed that it would have closed its doors for good in March of this year were it not for the massive impact that Valve’s Steam digital ...
