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US stocks slip again as Wall Street’s rally loses steam

US stocks slip again as Wall Street’s rally loses steam

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes drifted lower on Wednesday as a seemingly relentless rally on Wall Street takes at least a pause. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% for a second straight, modest loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 171 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.4%. All three are still near their all-time highs, which …

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Meet the first person to own over 40,000 paid Steam games

Meet the first person to own over 40,000 paid Steam games

With those games excluded, SonixLegend’s collection actually encompasses the vast majority of the 45,000 or so “full profile” paid games tracked by SteamDB. But with thousands of new games being released on Steam every year, it might not be long until a badge for 50,000 owned games becomes a real possibility. So what’s good? It’s hard to gauge just how …

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Steam gets a navigation-based overhaul and a much needed storefront tidy up

Steam gets a navigation-based overhaul and a much needed storefront tidy up

Steam’s had an overhaul. The world’s biggest PC gaming storefront has had a tidy-up, making it appear much less cluttered and busy when you browse. Central to the overhaul is a new search and navigation bar, which absorbs all of the messy navigation which used to sprawl down the left-hand side of Steam’s homepage, and relocates it to a horizontal …

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Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version – Hacker News

Baldur’s Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version  Hacker News Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix 34 Adds Native Steam Deck Build, Reduces Framerate Spikes in Busy Areas Such as the Lower City in Act 3 Across All Platforms  IGN Not content with being the best modern CRPG, Baldur’s Gate 3 is going above and beyond to treat Steam Deck players with a native …

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PC Gaming Legend Wins Steam With Achievement For Buying 40,000 Games

PC Gaming Legend Wins Steam With Achievement For Buying 40,000 Games

Valve awarded Steam user SonixLegend a special achievement on Tuesday. It’s called the “Game Collector” badge, and it was bestowed upon SonixLegend after they purchased over 40,000 Steam games. As far as we know, they’re the only person to have ever done it. Cool! But also how? As Gamesradar reports, SonixLegend has a reputation in the Steam community for being …

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New Baldur’s Gate 3 Update Includes Steam Deck-Native Version Of The RPG

New Baldur’s Gate 3 Update Includes Steam Deck-Native Version Of The RPG

Baldur’s Gate 3 is apparently even better to play on the go now, as Larian Studios has released a new native version of the RPG for Steam Deck as part of a hotfix update. The developer states that the game has “a more stable frame rate, lower loading times, and smoother gameplay” on the PC handheld. Larian detailed what’s included …

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Baldur’s Gate 3 gets a Native Linux version to improve it on Steam Deck

Baldur’s Gate 3 gets a Native Linux version to improve it on Steam Deck

Larian have just released a fresh update for Baldur’s Gate 3, which brings a Native Linux version made for the Steam Deck. I mentioned they were doing this in a recent GamingOnLinux article talking about an issue it had and now it’s here. Originally, it used Proton to run the Windows version (like a lot of games) but Larian say …

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Malware ‘Game’ On Steam Stole $32K From Cancer-Stricken Streamer

Malware ‘Game’ On Steam Stole K From Cancer-Stricken Streamer

Given the endless waterfall of garbage that arrives on Steam, it might seem like you can upload and sell absolutely anything on the storefront. However, there are meant to be some verification checks in place to prevent the most egregious examples of nefarious content from reaching the platform—it’s just it doesn’t always work. Hence BlockBlasters, a Trojan-Horse 2D platformer that …

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