Tag Archives: Steam

It’s that time of year once again when hundreds and hundreds of people bring their PCs to a big convention center in Texas to celebrate all things id Software. Yup, QuakeCon is back and starts on August 7. And as is often the case, Bethesda and id Software are doing a giant QuakeCon sale on Steam, offering up a huge …

Horror game Vile: Exhumed, which sees you delving into a 90s computer to uncover a man’s obsession with an adult film actress, has launched as a free download after being “wrongly banned” from Steam over sexual content, according to developer Cara Cadaver of Final Girl Games. Initially released via Itch.io (where that version remains live), the game was set to …

As Steam and Itch.io continued to grapple with recent pressure by payment processors to withdraw NSFW games from their platforms, Mastercard has moved to distance itself from the ensuing censorship controversy, insisting it has not “required restrictions of any” game. But Valve says otherwise, pointing to a Mastercard rule saying the company can refuse to process anything it believes …

Huge day for people who hate spending money, because 21 individual games are currently free to download on Steam. If you’re one of those Steam users who will claim literally every free game on the platform, this article is going to be like Christmas morning for you. As always, thank you in advance to the Free Steam Games Twitter for …

Steam‘s ongoing promotions include three games that players can keep forever if they claim them before August 4. The current lineup likely has something for most kinds of Steam users, with genres ranging from lighthearted co-op brawler to roguelike shooter and racing simulation. August kicked off with a bang for free promotions, with PC players able to claim several free …

Published 00:00 4 Aug 2025 GMT+1 This is, somehow, shaping up to be this month’s most exciting release One of this month’s most exciting games just, somehow, got even more exciting. You really don’t see reviews like this every day. I’ve had my eye on today’s game for a long, long time, because I played the first game in the …

What just happened? Here’s a clear indication that the supply and pricing problems which have plagued Nvidia’s RTX 5000 series are easing: the cards experienced a large uptick in user share in the latest Steam survey. However, there’s still no sign of AMD’s 9000-series in the main GPU chart, where the RX 7600 XT has only just appeared. Elsewhere, we’ve …

Ever since the Steam Deck originally launched back in 2022, handheld gaming PCs have been blowing up in popularity. I’d even go as far as to say that Valve’s handheld has since been dethroned, with devices like the Lenovo Legion Go S and ROG Ally X greatly improving performance and display resolution. However, while there are more options than ever …

Mastercard has issued a statement claiming is has “not required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms”, despite allegations from both Steam and itch.io to the contrary. https://t.co/ORNC1ZIyck pic.twitter.com/T4B9cVUuLY — Mastercard News (@MastercardNews) August 1, 2025 In a post on Twitter/X today, Mastercard said the following: Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any …

Steam, like Rome, wasn’t built in a day. And just like the ancient city itself, for many of us, it feels like it’s always been a part of our lives. Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve, the company that made Half-Life, Portal, and PC’s biggest gaming storefront, gave a rare interview and shared a tip for how to succeed: …