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The Times They Are A-Changin': How Valve is trying to update Steam for the modern games industry Feature Aug 23rd, 2019

The Times They Are A-Changin': How Valve is trying to update Steam for the modern games industry

Designer Alden Kroll tells us more

Devcom 2019 - Valve clarifies what to expect from its own SteamSpy solution News Aug 19th, 2019

Devcom 2019 - Valve clarifies what to expect from its own SteamSpy solution

"We have constantly been working on ways to improve the way that developers can make smart decisions based on the data that they see and give them better ways to make those decisions"

Codemasters pulls Grid 2 from digital stores News Aug 12th, 2019

Codemasters pulls Grid 2 from digital stores

Likely owing to licensing issues

Over 10,000 games have been added to wishlists on Steam from the Interactive Recommender News Aug 1st, 2019

Over 10,000 games have been added to wishlists on Steam from the Interactive Recommender

New tools are being developed for the recommendation feature

Valve is letting its users see experimental storefront features with new Steam Labs News Jul 12th, 2019

Valve is letting its users see experimental storefront features with new Steam Labs

Most of the proposed additions are centred on discoverability

STEAM CHARTS: Castlevania spiritual successor Bloodstained sinks its teeth into Steam No.1 spot News Jun 24th, 2019

STEAM CHARTS: Castlevania spiritual successor Bloodstained sinks its teeth into Steam No.1 spot

Charts ahead of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds

Valve's Auto Chess title Dota Underlords hits 121k Steam concurrent users 24 hours after launch News Jun 21st, 2019

Valve's Auto Chess title Dota Underlords hits 121k Steam concurrent users 24 hours after launch

Double the number of players Artifact attracted, but that was a premium title so it's far from a fair comparison

Total War: Three Kingdoms is the fastest-selling game in the franchise's history News May 30th, 2019

Total War: Three Kingdoms is the fastest-selling game in the franchise's history

"We knew we had something special with Three Kingdoms but the response from players has exceeded all expectations"

Valve launches new resource for marketing games on Steam News May 15th, 2019

Valve launches new resource for marketing games on Steam

Make the most of Steam's store model with a new guide on marketing for the platform

There are one billion accounts on Steam now News May 1st, 2019

There are one billion accounts on Steam now

But that doesn't mean there are that many users

Anno 1800 might not be on Steam anymore, but it’s tripled the franchise’s player count on the platform News Apr 30th, 2019

Anno 1800 might not be on Steam anymore, but it’s tripled the franchise’s player count on the platform

Steam Charts claims Anno 1800's first-day concurrent player count hit over 25,000

European Commission says games firms including Valve, ZeniMax and Bandai Namco are in breach of EU anti-trust laws News Apr 8th, 2019

European Commission says games firms including Valve, ZeniMax and Bandai Namco are in breach of EU anti-trust laws

Body claims geo-blocking of keys is breaking the rules

Bethesda to release upcoming Rage, Wolfenstein and Doom titles on Steam News Mar 26th, 2019

Bethesda to release upcoming Rage, Wolfenstein and Doom titles on Steam

As opposed to its own launcher, Fallout 76 also coming to Valve's platform

Here's what Steam is going to look like in the near future News Mar 25th, 2019

Here's what Steam is going to look like in the near future

Valve shows off new Events feature and what the store's library will look like

Scottish politicians call for legislation after Steam’s distribution slip-ups News Mar 8th, 2019

Scottish politicians call for legislation after Steam’s distribution slip-ups

"The culture to seek forgiveness rather than permission is a stain on an industry"

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