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"What? I got banned?" - Dota 2 pro finds out on-stream that he's been perma-banned in Valve's Christmas culling, then admits to buying "a behavior score boost"

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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says he's open to Fortnite on Steam or 'any serious store', but that 'the end of these ridiculous 30% fees' is a requirement

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says he's open to Fortnite on Steam or 'any serious store', but that 'the end of these ridiculous 30% fees' is a requirement

30% cut, 30% skill, 15% concentrated power of will.

"This might be the funniest thing I've ever seen...” Esports journalist praises Valve for giving cheating DotA2 players an absolutely brutal holiday gift

"This might be the funniest thing I've ever seen...” Esports journalist praises Valve for giving cheating DotA2 players an absolutely brutal holiday gift

Cheating players looking forward to the Frostivus event in DotA2 have been served with a holiday gift to remember from Valve.

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Valve brings the ban hammer down on 10,000s of Dota 2 smurf accounts and other "bad actors" with a lump of Christmas coal

“Regardless of how you’ve been naughty, we've been watching you (not while you're sleeping, calm down)"

Valve lures thousands of Dota cheaters into bans with fake Christmas presents as it declares 'this year is gonna be a bloodbath'

Call it the smurfs' Christmas special.

Steam Deck OLED is the must-buy handheld of 2023 — and the perfect holiday gift for gamers

Love video games? This is the one piece of tech you need to buy above all others this holiday season.

Epic CEO suggests Fortnite would come to Steam as soon as Valve drops "these ridiculous 30% fees"

"We'll also put Fortnite on any serious store that gives all developers an awesome deal"

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When is the Steam Winter Sale? — Find game discounts to play on Steam Deck, gaming PC, or ROG Ally

When is the Steam Winter Sale? — Find game discounts to play on Steam Deck, gaming PC, or ROG Ally

The Steam Winter Sale is the perfect time to get PC games for yourself or your loved ones. You can even find the Steam Deck and new Steam Deck OLED at a great discount. Here's when the sale event is live.

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Valve asks Steam Deck owners to 'please refrain' from huffing its exhaust fumes, PC gamers immediately respond: 'No'

Valve asks Steam Deck owners to 'please refrain' from huffing its exhaust fumes, PC gamers immediately respond: 'No'

The nose knows what it wants.

Valve recommends users not huff Steam Deck exhaust vents for TikTok views

Valve recommends users not huff Steam Deck exhaust vents for TikTok views

Valve responds to support forum post asking whether it's a good idea to sniff exhaust fumes from the Steam Deck's vents.

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Don't buy a Steam Deck! For $400, the ASUS ROG Ally Z1 is a much better 'portable Xbox.' Here's why

Don't buy a Steam Deck! For $400, the ASUS ROG Ally Z1 is a much better 'portable Xbox.' Here's why

The ASUS ROG Ally Z1 has been $399 for a few weeks now, and at that price, it competes head-to-head with the base model Steam Deck but is a much better purchase.

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Forget Steam Deck OLED — you can make the LCD model look just as good with this amazing accessory

Forget Steam Deck OLED — you can make the LCD model look just as good with this amazing accessory

The Asus ZenScreen monitor can help take the washed-out colors and subpar black levels of the OG Deck and bring them up to the image standards of Valve's new OLED model.

Phison To Unveil 14.7 GB/s PCIe 5.0 SSD and Cheap USB4 Drives at CES 2024

Phison To Unveil 14.7 GB/s PCIe 5.0 SSD and Cheap USB4 Drives at CES 2024

CES 2024 is a few weeks away, so Phison shared its plans for the consumer electronics industry's biggest trade show this week. Among the headliners of the event will be the company's latest PS5026-E26 Max14um platform for top-of-the-range PCIe Gen5 SSDs, as well as the PS2251-21 (U21) single-chip platform for…

The Game Awards 2023 results: All the winners

The Game Awards 2023 results: All the winners

Here are all of the winners from the annual videogame awards show.

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Halo Infinite jumps to a 'Mostly Positive' Steam rating as Firefight makes its mark

Days after Halo Infinite's Firefight went live, the game's Steam rating has risen.

The Game Awards 2023 live coverage - All the news as it happens

Join us as we cover this year's The Game Awards live

'Skyrim's Paid Mods Change Repeats a Major Bethesda Mistake

Bethesda Game Studios Creations is a new marketplace for Skyrim mods. Players and modders alike are voicing their frustrations the day after its debut.

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New Steam hardware survey results are in: Windows 11 surges, but 1440p gaming takes a hit

The data from Steam's November 2023 hardware survey is here. These are the highlights.

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Link up! Meta Quest headsets just got a massive upgrade for PCVR gaming

PCVR gaming on Meta Quest headsets has never been as straightforward as it could be, until now. Valve's latest release to the Oculus/Meta store could change everything.

Nvidia's Ampere GPUs continue to dominate Valve's monthly hardware survey, though Ada is slowly building in number

AMD and Intel might want to look away, though, as it's not a great read for them.

Steam survey suggests players are leaving 1440p gaming monitors behind

Valve's Steam hardware survey for November suggests 1440p gaming monitor usage is on a decline, as PC players could be now switching to 4K.

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AMD makes CPU and GPU comeback in latest Steam Hardware Survey — Red Team regains lost ground from Nvidia and Intel

The sudden uptick in Nvidia GPU and Intel CPU usage from October was wiped away in November, and now things are back to normal.

Steam is dropping support for old versions of macOS -- and that's bad news for beleaguered Mac gamers

Mac gamers running macOS High Sierra or macOS Mojave will not get Steam updates starting from February 2024.

Lenovo Legion Go review: The best Windows gaming handheld yet

The Lenovo Legion Go is arguably the best Windows 11 handheld thanks to its unique features. Despite its virtues, it can’t topple the Steam Deck.

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32-bit Mac holdouts will find games like 'Half-Life 2' and 'Metro 2033' unplayable soon, as Valve ceases Steam support for older versions of macOS

Mac users can say goodbye to 32-bit games as Valve's Steam ceases support for older macOS operating systems.

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