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Valve under pressure to remove sexual content, but has now seemingly reversed its decision and apologised to devs
Read More »Developers told to remove ‘explicit’ visual novels from Steam by Valve
Valve is taking Steam mobile with Steam Link app
Users will be able to stream games to mobile devices via Wi-Fi
Read More »SteamSpy looks to carry on with new algorithm
SteamSpy is dead… long live SteamSpy
Read More »Valve acquires Firewatch developers Campo Santo
"In Valve we found a group of folks who, to their core, feel the same way about the work that they do"
Read More »Steam privacy update spells disaster for Steam Spy
Analytics service "relied" on games data not being hidden by default
Read More »Steam made $4.3b in game sales in 2017, 50% from top 100 games
SteamSpy estimates say 0.5% of Steam's 21,000 games generated 50% of its game sales revenue
Read More »Valve boots Bitcoin payments from Steam
High fees and volatility are to blame
Read More »Steam ditches Bitcoin payments
Valve has removed the ability for users to pay for goods on Steam using Bitcoin, blaming the decision on ‘high fees and volatility’. The company highlights the fact that Bitcoin transaction fees have now jumped as high as $20 per transaction – a far cry from the $0.20 fee that …
Read More »Now Steam tweaks review system to combat spamming
Valve’s ever-lasting attempts to ensure fair use of the Steam reviews system have now turned their attentions to the problem of review spamming. The current system in part relies on users giving existing reviews a thumbs up or thumbs down for ‘helpfulness’. Like all of these mechanisms, it relies on …
Read More »Steam changes user reviews to help prevent bots and inaccuracy
Valve's gaming portal has been working on readdressing its systems to help prevent aggressive spam
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