Steam’s Best of 2023 Reveals Its Highest-Selling and Most-Played Games of the Past Year

Steam’s Best of 2023 Reveals Its Highest-Selling and Most-Played Games of the Past Year

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Valve has unveiled its annual ‘Best of 2023′ list on Steam, revealing which titles dominated sales on PC. The titles haven’t been numerically ranked, but have been grouped into tiers — Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze — based on data collected from January 1 through December 15, 2023. The Top…

Steam Deck OLED Release Timings Revealed by Valve Ahead of Launch

Steam Deck OLED Release Timings Revealed by Valve Ahead of Launch

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Steam Deck OLED, Valve’s updated handheld gaming device, is launching later this week. Ahead of the Steam-powered console’s release, Valve has unveiled release timings. The handheld gaming device will be available to purchase November 16 at 10am PST in the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe via the Steam store….

SteamVR 2.0 Launched With New Store UI, Dual-Cursor Typing, More

SteamVR 2.0 Launched With New Store UI, Dual-Cursor Typing, More

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Valve has launched its much-awaited SteamVR 2.0 update, following a one-month beta testing period in September. While it’s unclear whether the company is laying the groundwork for a new virtual reality headset, the update brings a complete overhaul to the user interface, in a way that matches the current Steam…

Diablo IV Is Headed to Steam This Month, Just in Time for the Vampire-Themed Season 2

Diablo IV Is Headed to Steam This Month, Just in Time for the Vampire-Themed Season 2

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Diablo IV is coming to Steam, merely four months after its multi-platform launch. The devilish loot RPG is headed to Valve’s game storefront on October 17, keeping with creator Blizzard’s promise to bring more of its PC catalogue to the commonly preferred choice of platform. You see, all PC games…

Counter-Strike 2 Has Officially Launched on Steam, Replacing CS:GO

Counter-Strike 2 Has Officially Launched on Steam, Replacing CS:GO

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Counter-Strike 2 is finally available on Steam, after spending months in limited testing. Billed as the ‘largest technical leap’ in the perennial shooter’s history, CS2 replaces the original CS:GO and is ready for download on the platform. Running on the Source 2 Engine, which powered the acclaimed Half-Life: Alyx, the…

Steam Is Ending Support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 in January 2024: Details

Steam Is Ending Support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 in January 2024: Details

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Valve is ending Steam support on some older editions of Windows. Starting January 1, 2024, Steam will cease to function on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 operating systems. The official blog post reads, “The newest features in Steam rely on an embedded version of Google Chrome, which no…

Valve Sets Trap, Permanently Bans Over 40,000 Dota 2 Players for Cheating: Details

Valve Sets Trap, Permanently Bans Over 40,000 Dota 2 Players for Cheating: Details

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Over 40,000 Dota 2 players have been banned in the past couple of weeks, having been caught using third-party software to cheat in games. Dota 2 developer Valve hasn’t revealed what the software was, but stated in a detailed blog post that the app in question was able to access…

Steam Replay 2022: PC Gamers Get a Recap, With Statistics on Their Past Year

Steam Replay 2022: PC Gamers Get a Recap, With Statistics on Their Past Year

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Steam Replay 2022 has arrived, detailing your personal experiences on the platform, over the past year. Akin to Spotify Wrapped and PlayStation 2022 Wrap-Up, the feature offers a statistical analysis of your gaming milestones on PC — ranging from most played games, total achievements unlocked, a monthly breakdown, and more….