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Marketing guy invents the concept of 'Real Steam' to explain why 'magic' games, AKA good games, end up selling: 'Don't tell Valve'

The return of the Ministry of the Bleeding Obvious.

PC Gamer

"Valve would never ship another game": Former exec forced Half-Life publisher's hand by saying Gabe Newell and the team would pivot away from game dev

"I knew Gabe had interesting ideas that had nothing to do with games"

GamesRadar

Lenovo Legion Go S gaming handheld pre-orders are live for "SteamOS" models — I might break my loyalty to the Steam Deck

You can now pre-order the Lenovo Legion Go S with AMD Ryzen Z2 Go and Z1 Extreme chips for SteamOS and Windows 11.

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Microsoft is adding a powerful new feature for using Xbox controllers with Windows 11

Microsoft has implemented a new gamepad keyboard for Xbox controllers on Windows 11, geared towards handheld use

TechRadar

Valve literally gives Half-Life away now, but 27 years ago it was carefully crushing its angry pirates: "None of them had actually bought the game"

The launch of Half-Life, straight from Valve's founding CMO

GamesRadar

"Don't tell Valve I told you this": Industry expert warns devs that Steam "is an engine that turns magic into money," and you can't break into "Real Steam" until you have the magic

Chris Zukowski loves Real Steam

GamesRadar

It's not perfect, but Assassin's Creed Shadows' performance is impressive - it runs smoothly on the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadows seems to be a demanding game, particularly for high-end hardware, but that doesn't stop it from running well on Valve's Steam Deck and the Asus ROG Ally.

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Steam expert says devs need 250 reviews "in the first month" after launch or else it's probably "not gonna happen," but admits one ingenious factory game defied the odds: "They somehow pulled it off"

Beltmatic managed to gain success months after launch

GamesRadar

"Valve knows it, I know it, and you need to know it": Steam expert tells indie devs to "give away" demos, because actually playing a game beats all other marketing

It's not until you get your demo that you get your visibility. So get that demo playable."

GamesRadar

NVIDIA's latest drivers bring DLSS 4 to some of the year's biggest releases so far, including Half Life 2 RTX

NVIDIA's newest driver gets you going in Half Life 2 RTX, inZOI, The Last of Us Part 2 and more besides.

Windows Central

I'm ready to gamble on this alternative gaming-focused underdog to Windows 11, are you?

As Microsoft closes the door on Windows 10, Valve opens a weird and accessible Linux-shaped window to gamers

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A gorgeous ground-up remake of Counter-Strike 1.6 is on its way to Steam, and one of the game's original creators says 'it really gives me old vibes'

"Hopefully Valve allows this to get released without any issues…"

PC Gamer

There's a new Portal game and it costs $12,500

Valve's famous puzzle games are now available in pinball form, and it's really not cheap.

PC Gamer

The day is almost here when every gaming handheld can be a Steam Deck

We know SteamOS is coming to non-Steam Deck handhelds, and the latest preview release has the first work on making that happen.

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A new and improved desktop experience just landed on Steam Deck and SteamOS is readying 'support for non-Steam Deck handhelds'

That'll be the Legion Go S then, presumably.

GamesRadar

Valve "followed" 1.7 million Steam users for over a year, and now reports those gamers spent $20 million on microtransactions and another $73 million on games and DLC

"The 1.7 million customers who originated from a top 2023 release went on to enjoy more than 141 million hours of playtime in additional games"

PC Gamer

2024 was Steam's 'best year ever' of users buying newly released games—but I wouldn't celebrate the end of the forever game era just yet

Number goes up. Or does it?

PC Gamer

Valve tracked 1.7 million Steam users who joined in 2023 to see if they stuck around—they did, and they spent $93 million

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Go ahead and complain the discounts aren't as steep as they used to be, but Steam just had its biggest year ever for seasonal sales

Themed sales too.

PC Gamer

'The future of hardware at Valve is bright': Valve celebrates the success of Steam Deck and Steam OS

Hours spent playing on Steam Deck rose by 64% in 2024.

Inverse

'Assassin's Creed Shadows' Will Follow PC Gaming's Best Trend, After All

Following one of the better recent trends in PC gaming, Assassin's Creed Shadows will be Steam Deck compatible at launch, practically ensuring the title will run on a wide variety of devices.

Tom’s Hardware

Asus rumored to launch Xbox handheld in 2025 — OEM working with Microsoft to 'unify' Windows and Xbox libraries

Sources say that Asus and Microsoft are working together to build the first Xbox handheld gaming console for launch later this year.

PC Gamer

I just played Half-Life 2 RTX, a fully ray-traced overhaul of the original, and its meaty headcrabs have me hankering for more

It's time to dust off the ol' crowbar.

PC Gamer

Ubisoft backflips, says Assassin's Creed Shadows will support Steam Deck at launch, but I doubt I'll actually want to play it there

The studio is working with Valve on classification.

PC Gamer

There's hope yet for Classic Offensive after its Steam rejection: The team behind the Counter-Strike 1.6 revival mod is in touch with Valve about its 'concerns'

The CS:GO mod Classic Offensive hasn't come back to life, but it's not dead, either.

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