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Valve has introduced a series of software tutorial videos to Steam’s library. The tutorials were created by community members of the various software offerings. The first batch includes nine videos covering instruction for asset creation in Blender, introduction to 3D prop modeling and design, texturing a sci-fi gun in Substance …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: October 18-24
Valve has released Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart, with pre-orders for Fallout 4 outpacing the rest for the second straight week. Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide jumped onto the chart and all the way up to the runner-up spot for its top ten debut. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Knight PC re-release arrives this week
The PC edition of Batman: Arkham Knight will be relisted for sale on Steam later this week, Warner Bros has announced. The publisher posted the news on the game’s Steam community hub, stating it will re-release on October 28th. The game was removed from from Valve’s service in June, following …
Read More »Die in Greenlight title One Life and you can never play again
Permadeath has become pretty common in modern games – but new PC title One Life interprets the concept far more literally. Titles such as DayZ, Rogue Legacy, Galak-Z, Binding of Isaac and Spelunky punish the player by making them start over entirely if they die in-game. Greenlight title On Life, …
Read More »Square Enix throws weight behind fan-made ‘Revision’ mod for original Deus Ex
The Steam edition of the original Deus Ex has received a facelift thanks to the fan-developed Revision mod, and Square Enix is surprisingly in full support of the release. Instead of the standard cease and desist letter one might expect, the development team received the backing of Square Enix’s marketing …
Read More »Steam top ten: October 11-17
Pre-orders for Fallout 4 have vaulted the upcoming game to number one on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. There’s a fair chance that’s where Fallout 4 will stay, with the game coming out in less than a month. That said, this week’s runner-up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive seems to …
Read More »Steam Controller and Steam Link aren’t working with Macs
Mac owners who have invested early in Valve’s recently released Steam Controller and upcoming Steam Link have been told that neither device will currently work with their machine. Unfortunately, there are some temporary software issues that prevent the hardware from functioning with Macs,” Valve said in an email to customers, …
Read More »Valve pulling Linux games from Steam that fail to meet SteamOS standards – report
Valve has removed its SteamOS icon from a batch of Linux-compatible games on Steam, which has reportedly resulted in Linux players no longer having the option to download said titles. A Gaming on Linux piece states Valve is removing the linux-based SteamOS icon from Linux releases that don’t work perfectly …
Read More »Adverts on Steam? No thanks, says Valve
Valve’s PC platform Steam looks to remain out-of-bounds for advertising partners for the foreseeable future. One of the key ways Steam differs from the likes of PSN and Xbox Live is that partners are not able to pay for advertising space within the interface. That seems unlikely to change, too. …
Read More »Valve survey says bulk of PC users won’t upgrade for VR
Developers working on VR projects would do well to keep PC players’ current set-ups in mind as most potential adopters plan to hold on to their current rig. In a survey carried out buy Valve, 42 per cent of 2,000 respondents said they were not planning to upgrade their computer …
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