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Steam Greenlight adds 21 more games

By Andrew Yoon, Oct 15, 2012 1:30pm PDT

The second batch of Steam Greenlight game approvals has been announced as promised.

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"bleh...not sure what Steam is greenlighting these days but i'm not sure if most of these titles ..."

- Gipson see all 6 comments

Team Fortress 2 Mann vs Machine update adds new tours

By Steve Watts, Oct 10, 2012 2:30pm PDT

Team Fortress 2 has issued an update for its Mann vs Machine mode, featuring new Tours of Duty, new loot, and improved matchmaking options.

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"If we can get a group of 6 shckers together, this won't be an issue! I do want to play since I ..."

- DHAvatar see all 10 comments

Steam launches 'Beyond Games' initiative

By Steve Watts, Oct 02, 2012 12:30pm PDT

Valve has kicked off its non-gaming initiative with six software applications, most complete with Steam features like automatic updates and cloud saving.

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"I can see your point there. I think this is more of thinking in terms of future content. They ..."

- TheEmissary see all 12 comments

Steam Linux closed beta launching in October

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 27, 2012 7:30am PDT

If you're waiting for the Year of the Linux Desktop to begin, take a deep breath and cross your fingers. Valve said yesterday that "Things have been going well" for its Steam Linux client, so it plans to launch an internal beta next week then an invite-only external beta for...

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"There's less operating system to get in the way so they CAN be faster. I remember WoW used to ..."

- melkore see all 13 comments

Shack PSA: Saints Row 3 gets free weekend

By Steve Watts, Sep 21, 2012 12:30pm PDT

Saints Row: The Third is getting a free weekend on Steam, along with a hefty discount for purchase.

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Valve to reveal next batch of Greenlight titles on October 15

By John Keefer, Sep 20, 2012 1:30pm PDT

Valve has announced that it will reveal the next bath of Steam Greenlight titles on October 15.

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"This game is already out and available free for download. And it's fucking epic."

- vortex6930 see all 12 comments

Team Fortress 2 tests Valve's 'long-term survival' ideas

By Steve Watts, Sep 14, 2012 2:45pm PDT

Valve's Robin Walker talks about how Team Fortress 2 became a test bed for shifting marketplace trends.

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"Persistant items.... microtransactions... you can test all you want but it helps to have a great ..."

- dookiebot see all 9 comments

Morning Caffeinated! -- Torchlight 2, Neverwinter, and the power of music

By John Keefer, Sep 12, 2012 8:40am PDT

Ramblings and musings of occasional significance to the Shacknews audience. This is the morning edition for September 12, 2012. Topics include: Torchlight 2 should fill the Diablo 3 void for some players; Neverwinter's mod tools are intriguing; and Planetary Annihilation is ...

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"I originally wasn't going to fund this because I already funded too much stuff. Yesterday I went ..."

- Mecha Tofu Pirate see all 10 comments

Legend of Grimrock editor beta now available

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 12, 2012 8:15am PDT

If you own delightful dungeon-crawler Legend of Grimrock on Steam, you can get cracking on many your own hellish holes as developer Almost Human Games today released a beta version of the editor. Initially available only on Steam, it lets you make everything from your own le...

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"Same. I got pretty far but stopped playing because I couldn't find some stupid key I must have ..."

- jtthe2nd see all 18 comments

First batch of titles gets Steam Greenlight

By John Keefer, Sep 11, 2012 2:00pm PDT

Steam Greenlight launched on August 30 to much fanfare--and numerous pranksters--but Valve has announced that 10 titles garnered enough fan support to get a coveted spot on Steam in the coming months.

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"It's nice to see Project Zomboid make it. It still needs work but it's pretty fun so far."

- Mecha Tofu Pirate see all 17 comments

Steam Big Picture Mode to start public beta today

By John Keefer, Sep 10, 2012 6:55am PDT

Valve will be launching a public beta today of its Steam Big Picture mode, according to a New York Times report.

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"I let out a 'Holy Shit' in a duke nukem voice when i loaded it for the first time."

- Sir_Shaggy see all 148 comments

Critter Crunch hitting PC and Mac next week

By Steve Watts, Sep 07, 2012 1:00pm PDT

Critter Crunch is hitting Steam on September 11 for $6.99, developer Capybara has announced.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown experiments with pre-order bonuses on Steam

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 07, 2012 6:00am PDT

Ever keen to experiment with digital distribution, Steam is trying something unusual on XCOM: Enemy Unknown pre-orders with publisher 2K. Rather than offering fixed bonuses, Steam will unlock increasingly fancy goodies as more people pre-order, including extra character cust...

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"Stack of Doom was a pretty crappy mechanic though. It always did seem like a weak spot of the ..."

- Grape Flavor see all 22 comments

Shack PSA: Steam Community update live

By Steve Watts, Sep 05, 2012 4:15pm PDT

Valve has rolled out its large Community update for Steam, offering widespread changes to game hubs, groups, personal content, and friends lists.

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"Thanks, I only used to access them through the "forums" link available with each game on my Library."

- gzubluck see all 4 comments

Steam Greenlight adds $100 submission fee

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 05, 2012 6:00am PDT

Steam Greenlight was flooded with hundreds of games, including countless hoax and illicit entries, within hours of launching last Thursday, which apparently makes it quite difficult to fulfil its purpose of filtering Steam store submissions. To bring the volume down and ward...

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"Solution to problem: give the $100 back on successful submission to Steam with Greenlight. So ..."

- fade2black244 see all 60 comments