Valve doesn’t want to miss the cloud gaming bandwagon. As PC Gamer spotted, The company quietly released a beta version of Steam Link Anywhere. As the name suggests, it lets you turn your gaming PC into a cloud gaming server and stream games from… anywhere. The company’s strategy is a bit puzzling here as Valve […]
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The legendary and indescribable Dwarf Fortress goes non-ASCII and non-free for the first time
Among the growing field of indie games, one truly stands alone: Dwarf Fortress. The unbelievably rich and complex and legendarily user-unfriendly title has been a free staple of awe and frustration for years. But the developers, in a huge shift to the status quo, have announced that the game will not only soon have a paid version on Steam — it’ll have… graphics.
View More The legendary and indescribable Dwarf Fortress goes non-ASCII and non-free for the first timeThe gaming clips service, Medal has bought Donate Bot for direct donations, and payments
The Los Angeles-based video gaming clipping service, Medal, has made its first acquisition as it rolls out new features to its user base. The company has acquired the Discord -based donations and payments service Donate Bot to enable direct payments and other types of transactions directly on its site. Now, the company is rolling out […]
View More The gaming clips service, Medal has bought Donate Bot for direct donations, and paymentsWhy longer term sheets are better
Recently in a conversation, the length of term sheets came as a topic (I assure you, it was a riveting conversation). The complaint was that a term sheet which had recently been received was too long, and therefore the VC who sent it wasn’t being founder friendly. The travails of successfully raising money! Actually though, […]
View More Why longer term sheets are betterValve bans an astounding number of cheaters after ‘CS:GO’ goes free
The Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) system was working overtime in December, banning a record number of players who were using cheats and hacks in various games on the Steam platform, but mostly effecting Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
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A storm is brewing among video game stores. Here’s what it means.
Early in December, Fortnite developer Epic Games launched an online video game store. On Friday, voice and text chat app Discord revealed it will launch its own online store in 2019.
Both companies are undoubtedly aiming to take on Steam, and the way…
Fortnite-maker aims for Steam’s head with Epic Games Store
Fortnite-maker Epic Games is capping off their insanely successful 2018 with an even more ambitious product launch: a desktop games store built to take on Valve’s Steam Store. The store, which is “launching soon” on PC and Mac, is going to be an attractive proposition to game developers with a revenue split that leaves them […]
View More Fortnite-maker aims for Steam’s head with Epic Games StoreValve changes revenue-sharing tiers on Steam
Valve announced new Steam rules over the weekend. It might sound like a small change but it’s the first time the company is changing revenue-sharing tiers. Before the change, Valve would keep 30 percent of all revenue on Steam, including full games, DLCs, etc. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo also take similar cuts on their own […]
View More Valve changes revenue-sharing tiers on SteamDiscord is launching a game store
Just a few weeks back, Valve moved into Discord’s turf a bit with a dramatic overhaul of Steam’s chat system. Today, Discord is returning the favor by playing with the idea of selling games through its namesake chat platform. The company says it’ll launch a beta of the game store later today, though it’ll initially […]
View More Discord is launching a game storeValve’s answer to Discord is now live for everyone
Just a month ago, Valve announced Steam Chat — an overhaul to its aging chat system, and the company’s answer to rapidly growing competition from apps like Discord. At the time, it was a beta limited only to those who were granted access. Today it’s opening up to all. As Devin put it when the […]
View More Valve’s answer to Discord is now live for everyoneAI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in GDPR research project
Technology is the proverbial double-edged sword. And an experimental European research project is ensuring this axiom cuts very close to the industry’s bone indeed by applying machine learning technology to critically sift big tech’s privacy policies — to see whether AI can automatically identify violations of data protection law. The still-in-training privacy policy and contract […]
View More AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in GDPR research projectValve sets sights on Discord with updates to Steam Chat
Discord has risen among the ranks of gamers as the most common choice for game-related communications. And it’s easy to see why: it works well and the competition is pretty dismal. But Valve is looking to keep users in-house with an overhaul of the chat options on its game platform Steam.
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