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Steam UI adds experimental Oculus Rift mode

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 14, 2014 10:00am PST

Playing games in 3D with your Oculus Rift is all good and well, but no one will ever believe you're a super wizard class hacker if you remove your goggles between games to gawp at a plain old monitor. Thankfully Valve is thinking of you, and has brought an "experimental" VR ...

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Steam Family Options launches out of beta

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 09, 2014 6:15am PST

As Valve winds up for the first wave of Steam Machines to hit living rooms this month, it's making sure the software is in shape too. One important feature for a more console-y system is a way to parents to keep innocent young eyes away from horrid adult content, so they can...

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"That's about right. Also, I'd be satisfied if this were tightly restricted, aka every computer ..."

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Steam Controllers will get another round of beta testing

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 08, 2014 3:45pm PST

The Steam Controller is odd. Even after a bit of hands-on time, we were a bit confused. Valve is planning on shipping out another batch of Steam Controllers to developers and users to get feedback.

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"If only Batmans batarang could do all of this. Controller tight."

- kenclopz see all 2 comments

Rumor: Killing Floor 2, Batman Blackgate HD outed by Steam

By Steve Watts, Jan 08, 2014 12:45pm PST

An apparent Steam database leak seems to have outed several games: Killing Floor 2, Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate HD, BattleBlock Theater, Happy Wars, and Half-Minute Hero Two.

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"Damn, shouldn't have bought Battleblock Theater from a Xbox sale last year. I should've known ..."

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Live from Valve's CES 2013 press conference

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 06, 2014 4:47pm PST

We're reporting live from the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, where Valve is throwing a pre-CES press conference to talk all things Steambox.

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"I'll be content so long as that controller gains some mainstream support."

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Steam Machines available to purchase by the end of January

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 06, 2014 10:45am PST

Steam Machines will be launching at the end of this month. And at least one of them will include both Windows and SteamOS.

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"I don't want one. I'm very happy to see them. I feel like its a very smart move, but will pay ..."

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Steam Machine partners include Alienware, Falcon Northwest, Origin

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 06, 2014 9:45am PST

While Valve has made its own prototype, the official Steam Machine roll-out will be dependent on the efforts of Valve's third-party partners.

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Steam servers suffer DDoS attack

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 03, 2014 12:35am PST

Steam has suffered repeated DDoS attacks that have knocked its storefront down throughout Thursday evening, with a pair of troublemakers claiming responsibility on Twitter.

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"Good thing I prefer buying boxed copies. No worries about it going offline"

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Steam, PlayStation, Nintendo online services struggle with high volume

By Ozzie Mejia, Dec 25, 2013 2:30pm PST

Christmas means new toys for everyone and, as a result, high traffic volume is currently plaguing Steam, PlayStation Network, and the Nintendo eShop.

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"Please, come back my beloved networks. I need to buy Super Mario 3d Land."

- kenclopz see all 27 comments

Shack PSA: Steam winter sale begins

By Steve Watts, Dec 19, 2013 10:30am PST

The Steam winter sale has kicked off, with discounts running through January 3. The first set of them include deals on Batman: Arkham Origins, Metal Gear Rising, The Stanley Parable, and more.

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Total War: Rome II invading Linux and living rooms

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 08, 2013 6:30am PST

Total War is one of the PC series which seemed destined to stay on PC with mice and keyboards, too big and complex to make work well on controllers. Not any longer. Developer The Creative Assembly has been won over by Valve's Steam Controller, enough to bring Total War: Rome...

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You Don't Know Jack classics re-released on PC

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 06, 2013 4:00pm PST

Quiz series You Don't Know Jack has been pleasing people with its silly trivia for eighteen years (we're going to die soon), but countless questions have been lost to the sands of time, hidden on CD carousels in dusty stores. How wonderful, then, that creator Jackbox Games i...

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"This is fantastic news! Great series. One of the all-time best trivia games, ever!"

- wytefang see all 7 comments

Why Valve abandoned biometric feedback with its Steam Controller

By Andrew Yoon, Nov 04, 2013 11:45am PST

Valve had been experimenting with biometric controllers. However, its Steam Controller is missing any biometric functionality. What happened?

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"They didn't. Valve fired Jeri Ellsworth and her augmented reality team. Mike Ambinder was the ..."

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Steam scares up its Halloween Sale

By Ozzie Mejia, Oct 29, 2013 1:30pm PDT

Steam has kicked off its Halloween Sale, so now's the time to grab some bone-chilling games, like Outlast, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Don't Starve, at frighteningly discounted rates.

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"Dude pretty much invented them. No way we could make that kind of money right?"

- =]Milo[= see all 5 comments

Slender: The Arrival arrives on Steam October 28

By Steve Watts, Oct 21, 2013 6:15pm PDT

The indie game Slender: The Arrival is hitting Steam on October 28 for $9.99, with some new content.

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"I know when I marathoned the first 26 episodes of Marble Hornets, which was my first exposure to ..."

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