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PC Guide is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More Steam users have recently started to notice that PayPal is no longer available as a payment option in their region. Reports caused confusion as some users were blocked from PayPal, while others were unscathed. Now, Valve has confirmed which currencies …

If you’ve tried to pay for something on Steam via PayPal over the past month and a bit, only to be told you can’t, Valve have now offered an explanation as to why, pointing to a bank that previously handled PayPal transactions in certain currencies as having suddenly terminated its support. Folks in affected countries first noticed notifications informing them …

‘Only a Stream Remains’: Minnesota Lake Is Drained After Valve Malfunction  The New York Times “Mechanical issue” unexpectedly drains one of Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes, state DNR says  CBS News Lake Alice disappears from William O’Brien State Park after drainage failure  5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Minnesota works to replenish lake level after draining from mechanical failure  The Guardian Stuck valve drains Lake Alice in William O’Brien …

Bad news if you’re one of the handful of people using Steam to play games on a Chromebook: Google and Valve are preparing to end support for the still-in-beta ChromeOS version of Steam on January 1, 2026, according to 9to5Google. Steam can still be installed on Chromebooks, but it now comes with a notice announcing the end of support. “The …

from the nice-try dept This whole attempted censorship of adult games on gaming platforms is becoming a thing. Collective Shout—a group out of Australia that wraps itself in a feminist flag while behaving like the religious right to get anything it doesn’t like out of the video game industry—put on a pressure campaign with payment processors, writing in to demand …

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 …

Payment provider Mastercard has denied forcing video game platforms such as Steam and Itch.io to restrict the sale of adult and NSFW content. Valve and Itch recently curtailed the sale of adult content and said they were acting at the behest of payment services. Indie marketplace Itch specifically claimed those companies had been targeted by a pressure group called Collective …

Valve has disputed Mastercard’s claims that it had not raised concerns over NSFW adult content on Steam. On August 1, Mastercard released a statement “clarifying recent headlines on gaming content” – in other words, to address claims that Mastercard is among the payment processors putting pressure on gaming platforms, such as Steam and itch.io, to remove or censor NSFW adult …

Valve’s Gabe Newell says young people should learn how to use machine learning systems and AI, calling it a ‘cheat code’ to success. In a rare interview with YouTuber Zalkar Saliev, Valve founder and CEO Gabe Newell spoke about his early days, current technology, and even his stance on using social media. Saliev asked Newell what he thinks younger people …

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: …