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When Does the Steam Summer Sale 2017 End?

By Shack Staff, Jul 03, 2017 3:15pm PDT

It's a burning question given how much money you can save before it all vanishes into thin air.

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Steam Refund Requests Hit More Than 300,000 a Day After Summer Sale Launch

By John Keefer, Jun 29, 2017 11:10am PDT

That number has dropped to around 205,000, but those are still a lot of return requests.

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"That means they're selling 3m+ games per day, which is pretty damn impressive. "

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Steam's Summer Sale Has Officially Begun

By John Keefer, Jun 22, 2017 11:05am PDT

It will run through July 5, with some massive sales to kick things off.

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"If it's not $4.99 or less, I don't buy anything. My queue is so long, I can't justify anything ..."

- pockets71 see all 4 comments

Steam Summer Sale Launch Possibly Outed By PayPal

By John Keefer, Jun 20, 2017 2:25pm PDT

Mark you calendars for June 22 and check your bank accounts and credit card balances. 

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"Who in the world could possibly have predicted that there would be a steam sale more or less at ..."

- MagicWishMonkey see all 2 comments

Valve Loses Another Writer as Jay Pinkerton Departs

By John Keefer, Jun 07, 2017 8:10am PDT

That's four writers gone now over the last two years.

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"Fuck Valve, if you guys aren't interested in making games anymore how about selling off the HL ..."

- jtthe2nd see all 8 comments

Valve Settles On $100 Publishing Fee for Steam Direct

By John Keefer, Jun 02, 2017 9:35am PDT

Developers will be able to recoup the fee, which could have been as high as $5,000.

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"Trouble is that 500 is prohibitive in some countries for smaller teams. One price fits all is ..."

- SLUDGE^ see all 11 comments

SteamVR Home Gets More Customization, Social Features, Workshop Update

By John Keefer, May 19, 2017 9:45am PDT

The new update for the beta brings many things that users have been seeking, or creating themselves.

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Steam Currently Processing Around 49,000 Refund Requests a Day

By John Keefer, May 04, 2017 3:07pm PDT

Whether actual money is returned is a different issue, but that works out to more than 343,000 requests in a week and almost 18 million in a year.

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"I have returned 2 games on steam. Within the first 45 minutes I figured out that they were not ..."

- chadg033 see all 26 comments

DOTA 2 Will Soon Require Competitors To Cough Up Their Phone Number

By John Keefer, Apr 24, 2017 1:52pm PDT

Smurfing is out of hand, people, and Valve wants to pin down the jerks griefing the noobs.

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"It says competitors, not players. Sufficient to avoid click bait I think."

- TraptNSuit see all 5 comments

HTC Invites Everyone to Celebrate Vive Day this Wednesday

By Asif Khan, Apr 03, 2017 1:00pm PDT

April 5 will be the first Vive Day. Head to their website on Wednesday for some awesome savings!

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"Neato. Anyone here already on viveport and can report good or bad with it? I haven't been ..."

- spazzium see all 11 comments

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Gets a New Map, Better Looking Phoenix Terrorist

By John Keefer, Mar 17, 2017 11:10am PDT

The popular multiplayer eSports title gets a map based on Venice called Canals.

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Valve to Show New HTC Vive With Eye-Tracking Tech

By John Keefer, Feb 28, 2017 12:05pm PST

The company adds SensoMotoric Instruments to the firms it is collaborating with for its OpenVR platform.

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"Can't wait to see this. I'm amazed Valve can implement foveated rendering so quickly within ..."

- spazzium see all 3 comments

LG to Debut New VR Prototype Headset at GDC

By John Keefer, Feb 27, 2017 12:25pm PST

Valve is involved so it will likely be compatible with Steam VR.

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"my guess is we will be stuck with maybe barely higher than now resolution until someone builds a ..."

- razorblade79 see all 3 comments

Valve's Gabe Newell is Worth More Than Donald Trump

By Cassidee Moser, Jan 17, 2017 2:27pm PST

Valve boss Gabe Newell is worth more than both Donald Trump and Oprah. 

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"Sort of related: Gabe Newell will have an AMA at the_gaben on Reddit at 3pm PST today"

- FirstPersonCooter see all 9 comments

How to watch HTC's Vive Live at CES 2017 Stream

By Asif Khan, Jan 05, 2017 11:45am PST

Hosted by online personality Taryn Southern, the livestream will feature product giveaways, mixed reality demos, developer interviews, panels, and more.

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