And it was to be expected. Valve launched its Steam Halloween Sale and today Steam set a new record for concurrent users. As we can see, a couple of hours ago there were 13,480,916 Steam users online, thus showing how successful Valve’s distribution service actually is. Yeap, that’s over 13 million Steam users online simultaneously. Continue reading Steam Sets New Record for Concurrent Users – Over 13 Million Steam Users Online Simultaneously
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Valve’s Dan Ginsburg: “Not much reason to ever create a DX12 back end for your game”, Praises Vulkan
At this year’s SIGGRAPH event, Valve’s Dan Ginsburg talked a bit about the new upcoming APIs that will offer low-level access to the GPU and CPU, thus improving performance in games, DirectX 12 and Vulkan. Continue reading Valve’s Dan Ginsburg: “Not much reason to ever create a DX12 back end for your game”, Praises Vulkan
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Latest Update Introduces New Player Animation System & Hitboxes
Valve has released a new update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that – among other things – introduces a new player animation system, as well as new hitboxes. Moreover, this update fixes improper stencil state in glow pass rendering and adds dynamic player culling to prevent players and weapons poking through thin walls and revealing their position. Continue reading Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Latest Update Introduces New Player Animation System & Hitboxes
DOTA 2 Is The First Game Powered By Source 2 Engine, Reborn Update Now Live
Valve has released a new update for DOTA 2 that brings its title to the new Source 2 Engine. DOTA 2 Reborn is now available to everyone and comes with a new UI and “New Ways To Play” (as the game now sports a Custom Games feature). Continue reading DOTA 2 Is The First Game Powered By Source 2 Engine, Reborn Update Now Live
Valve’s Marc Laidlaw Responds To Recent “Half Life 3 Will Never Release” Rumour
A new rumour surrounding Half Life 3 surfaced yesterday, suggesting that even though the game’s script has been completed, it won’t be ever released due to fear. Naturally, fans contacted Marc Laidlaw who decided to respond and comment on this recent Half Life 3 rumour. Continue reading Valve’s Marc Laidlaw Responds To Recent “Half Life 3 Will Never Release” Rumour
The International 2015 Prize Pool Just Broke $15 Million
Did anybody expect it this quickly? It’s happened, TI 2015’s prize pool has broken $15 Million USD versus TI 2014’s final prize pool of $10,931,105. Continue reading The International 2015 Prize Pool Just Broke $15 Million
Valve Introduces The Steam Controller Via A New Video
Valve has released a new video, introducing the Steam Controller. As the company noted, the Steam Controller will let you play your entire collection of Steam games on your TV and will work fine even with the ones designed without controller support in mind. A limited quantity of orders will be shipped October 16th, weeks in advance of their official launch. Enjoy! Continue reading Valve Introduces The Steam Controller Via A New Video
Steam Gets New Refund Policy
Valve has updated Steam’s refund policy, making now easier to get your money back for games that did not meet your expectations – or were falsely advertised. This is undoubtedly great news, though there is a possibility that some gamers may exploit some of Steam’s new refunds policy. Continue reading Steam Gets New Refund Policy
Speedrunners Finish Half-Life 2: Episode Two in Just 30 Minutes, Making a New World Record
YouTube’s ‘SourceRuns’ has released an incredible speedrun video in which the team completed Half Life 2: Episode Two in around 30 minutes. Do note that this is not a single-segment run. This is a compilation of 441 segments on Hard difficulty using various scripts. Still, it looks epic so make sure to watch it! Continue reading Speedrunners Finish Half-Life 2: Episode Two in Just 30 Minutes, Making a New World Record
Valve Removes Payment Feature From Steam Workshop
Valve has just announced that it has removed the payment feature from Skyrim – and from Steam – Workshop. Valve talked with Bethesda and both of them agreed into the removal of this feature, and all those who spent money on a mod will get a refund. Continue reading Valve Removes Payment Feature From Steam Workshop