Last night a temporary glitch hit some Steam users in the worst way possible, removing games and additional purchases like DLC from some player’s libraries.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
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Valve Failed To Make A Lot of Half-Life Games Before Alyx
Back in March, after 13 years of waiting, Valve finally released a new Half-Life game. Half-Life: Alyx, a VR-only prequel to Half-Life 2, was a big success for Valve, garnering lots of positive reviews and pushing many folks to buy a VR headset. But before Alyx, Valve tried and failed to create more Half-Life, with…Read […]
Valve Failed To Make A Lot of Half-Life Games Before Alyx
Back in March, after 13 years of waiting, Valve finally released a new Half-Life game. Half-Life: Alyx, a VR-only prequel to Half-Life 2, was a big success for Valve, garnering lots of positive reviews and pushing many folks to buy a VR headset. But before Alyx, Valve tried and failed to create more Half-Life, with…Read […]
I Turned My Steam Profile Into A GeoCities Disaster
A new Steam rewards program that just launched lets players obtain Steam profile items and backgrounds using points earned by purchasing games. Some of these can turn your profile into an ugly mess. I decided to see just how ugly.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Counter-Strike Is Now Old Enough To Drink
On June 19, 1999, Minh Le and Jess Cliffe released a humble little mod for the original Half-Life called “Counter-Strike”. In 2020, 21 years later, it is still one of the most popular video games on the planet.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Racist Team Fortress 2 Bots Are Devising New Tactics To Evade Valve’s Crackdown
For months now, Team Fortress 2 has been wilting under a concerted assault from spam bots, many of which overwhelm chat with racist and homophobic messages. Now Valve, which has otherwise largely abandoned the game, has stepped in. But that doesn’t mean the problem has been entirely solved.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Racist Team Fortress 2 Bots Are Devising New Tactics To Evade Valve’s Crackdown
For months now, Team Fortress 2 has been wilting under a concerted assault from spam bots, many of which overwhelm chat with racist and homophobic messages. Now Valve, which has otherwise largely abandoned the game, has stepped in. But that doesn’t mean the problem has been entirely solved.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Steam Game Festival Lets You Try Out Upcoming Games
It is mid-June. We are now deep into what would have been E3 season, if E3 existed on another planet that wasn’t plunging deeper and deeper into turmoil with every passing second. But hey, digital events are fun. On that note, the Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition, which Valve rescheduled from last week while…Read more… […]
Steam Switcheroo Swaps “Pirate Action” Game For Hentai
There’s a small but growing trend on Steam where developers take existing games that few people have ever seen or played and just…swap them out, replacing them with entirely different games, albeit ones using the same store page.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Racist Spam Bots Are Running Rampant In Team Fortress 2
If you hop into a Team Fortress 2 match right now, there’s a good chance that you’ll be greeted by some very unwelcome guests: spam bots who overwhelm chat with everything from annoying troll-speak to full-on racism. Bots of various types have been giving players fits since early this year, but they took a turn […]
Racist Spam Bots Are Running Rampant In Team Fortress 2
If you hop into a Team Fortress 2 match right now, there’s a good chance that you’ll be greeted by some very unwelcome guests: spam bots who overwhelm chat with everything from annoying troll-speak to full-on racism. Bots of various types have been giving players fits since early this year, but they took a turn […]
Somebody Turned Half-Life: Alyx Into P.T. In Case You Never Want To Sleep Again
Even though P.T. was just a playable teaser for a game that we will never actually get to play, it still haunts many people’s memories. Now, someone is trying to recreate the terrifying game using the Half-Life: Alyx engine. Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
EA Brings A Bunch More Games To Steam [UPDATE: Titanfall 2 Added]
Electronic Arts released a handful of its games on Steam today. This move, combined with last year’s release of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, marks a significant return for the publisher, which left Valve’s digital games distribution platform for its own Origin launcher in 2013.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Game Companies Say They’re Supporting Black Lives Matter, But Few Are Offering Specifics
As protests over the killing of George Floyd by police spread throughout the country last weekend, some of the gaming industry’s biggest companies put out statements in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. But while a few have shared some specifics about what they’re doing to help fight systemic racism, almost…Read more… Continue Reading […]
Dota 2’s New Summer Battle Pass Adds Female Anti-Mage, Guilds, And More
Valve unveiled Dota 2's long-awaited summer battle pass today and it’s full of stuff to get even lapsed players like me excited about playing again.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
World-Class DOTA2 Team Newbee Banned Over Alleged Match Fixing
Newbee, a Chinese DOTA2 organization who won the 2014 DOTA2 International and is a founding member of the Chinese Dota Association (CDA), has been banned indefinitely from participating in any CDA events due to alleged match fixing. Read more…
Steam’s New ‘Play Next’ Recommendation Feature Mostly Sticks To Hits
Steam’s latest new feature is undeniably useful: The “Play Next” library widget generates a list of games already in your possession that you might be interested in trying. As someone who has a miniature existential crisis every time I finish a game, it’s perfect for me.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Even After A Large Increase Due To Half-Life: Alyx, Less Than 2% Of Steam Users Own VR Headsets
Half-Life: Alyx helped lead a large surge of new VR headsets being connected to Steam, according to data from Valve. However, the percentage of Steam users who own VR headsets is still hovering at around 1.9%.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
You Have To Use Cheats To See The Only Hidden Watermelon In Half-Life: Alyx
Watermelons could be found hidden in a few spots throughout Half-Life 2. But for whatever reason only one melon is hidden in Half-Life: Alyx and it can’t even be seen unless players use console commands.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Memorial Statues Honoring Soldier Voice Actor Rick May Appear In Team Fortress 2
Valve has updated Team Fortress 2 and added memorial statues featuring the Solider as a tribute to Rick May, who died last month.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com