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A new name in the Steam community has appeared, and it’s turning heads for all the right reasons. A user by the name SonixLegend from China has managed to do something no one else has ever done before: build a Steam library with over 40,000 games. The milestone is so huge that even Valve had to award them a special …

PC Guide is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More The Steam Deck is still considered one of the best handhelds out there. It’s the device that really kicked off the gaming PC handheld market when Valve launched it in 2022. It comes with a stunning display (especially the OLED …

Valve appears to have quietly updated its Steam Early Access policy to no longer accept games with mature themes. The decision comes in the wake of pressure from payment processors against adult content on digital storefronts like Steam and itch.io. Dammitbird, developer of the adult game Heavy Hearts, applied for Steam Early Access but failed review “because …

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 …