Steam Summer Sale brings discounts for Steam Deck as well
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Down by up to 20 percent

Valve's handheld console, the Steam Deck, has been discounted by up to 20 percent during the Steam Summer Sale, with the most expensive model now priced at $519.20.

Steam won't work on Windows 7/8/8.1 as of 2024
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Valve closes that window

Valve has announced that it will be ending support for Steam on the Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 operating systems as of January 1st, 2024.

Steam Deck clears the 8,000 games mark on Steam
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2,988 Steam games now listed as verified

Valve Steam Deck has been doing quite well, selling out and finally bringing some of those AAA titles to a handheld device, and now its list of games have passed the 8,000 games mark.

A third of Steam users are running Windows 11
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Wednesday, 08 February 2023 12:02

A third of Steam users are running Windows 11


Milestone

The latest Steam Hardware and Software Survey show that Microsoft's Windows 11 is being used on nearly a third of machines

Bible appears on Steam
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Tuesday, 08 November 2022 10:57

Bible appears on Steam


Packed full of adult content 

A developer has put the first voiced version of The Bible on Steam.

AI generated game appears on Steam
Published in AI
Tuesday, 20 September 2022 10:45

AI generated game appears on Steam


But they are not that great 

AI generated games are starting to appear on Steam, but any fears that coders might have to find new jobs filling bags in supermarkets might be a little premature.

Developer banned from own Steam Forums
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Monday, 22 August 2022 11:03

Developer banned from own Steam Forums


Sorry mate you are getting a bit right wing even for us

Steam has made an exception to its hands-off approach to its forums by kicking Domina developer Dolphin Barn off his own game's forum.

Windows 11 losing gamers
Published in Gaming
Friday, 05 August 2022 12:44

Windows 11 losing gamers


At least on Steam 

The latest Steam Hardware and Software Survey results show that  Windows 11 experienced a 0.11 per cent decline in its Steam market share, going from 21.23 to 21.12 per cent.

Gamers starting to abandon Intel for AMD
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 03 June 2020 11:59

Gamers starting to abandon Intel for AMD


Give me Steam

Number crunchers working for the Steam gaming platform have noticed that punters are slowly giving up the Intel chip based machines for something more AMDish.

Intel reverses the trend in Steam's processor usage survey
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Gamers suddenly interested in Chipzilla again

Intel has witnessed a surprising reversal of fortune in Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey for March in terms of processor usage.