Steam News

In 2011, Steam launched the 'Potato Sack' indie bundle, crammed full of hidden references to Portal 2. As well as a canny piece of marketing, it was a fantastic bargain for players, and now the Sack has very briefly returned, offering 13 fine indie games for $19.99.

The head of EA's digital distribution platform Origin has spoken against offering big discounts, as Steam does, because it "cheapens your intellectual property."

Ooh, "E3 this" and "E3 that," it's like AAA mega-blockbusters are all that exists this week. Undaunted, Dungeons of Dredmor has pressed on and released its free DLC expansion. Plus, Steam Workshop on Steam! And it's on sale for $1.50! Hurrah!

Firaxis is cutting out Civilization V's existing mod browsing system to slip in Valve's sleek and chic Steam Workshop. As in Portal 2 and Skyrim, it'll let you easily peruse, download, rate, and submit mods through your browser or the Steam client.

Valve announced today that Dota 2 will be free to play at launch and opened an in-game store so current players can start customizing their characters.

Civilization V is getting a free Steam weekend, along with a 75% off sale on the game and its associated downloadable content.

You may, this very day, start downloading a Steam game on your home computer while stuck bored behind your desk at work, to have it ready to go when you arrive back home. Yes, Steam remote downloads have now officially launched in the regular client.

Prepaid "Steam Wallet" cards are now available at all US GameStop locations. They will be available in $20 and $50 denominations.

After only a few days, Portal 2 content creators have made 35,000 maps that have been downloaded 1.3 million times. Steam is hosting a Weekend Workshop sale to mark the occasion.

As promised, Portal 2's "Perpetual Testing Initiative" DLC is now available for everyone that owns the game on Steam.

Tiny & Big: Grandpa's Leftovers, a charming indie puzzle-platformer with a dynamic cutting laser and some smashing onomatopoeia, is coming to PC and Mac via Steam on June 19, developer Black Pants has announced

Steam's getting the option to initiate game downloads remotely through a web browser, so your games can be ready and waiting for you when you get home from work.

Completing the campaign in Total War Battles for iOS grants a code to download the Sendai Clan Pack in the PC game, Total War: Shogun 2.

Undeterred by the launch of the clicking juggernaut that is Diablo III in a fortnight, Runic Games has opened pre-orders for its own action-RPG, the charming Torchlight II. You can slap your $20 down now, or club together with three chums for the $60 four-pack.

Valve Software is reportedly a few months away from completing a port of Steam and the Source Engine for the Linux OS.