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Steam is replacing its manual, calendar-based discount structure with a dynamic system tailored to individual players. The change aims to surface more discounted games and make sales events more discoverable.
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Valve's closed-beta shooter Deadlock reached a new Steam record with over 228,000 concurrent players following the City Never Sleeps update, which adds six new characters and overhauls the game's central New York City map.
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The roguelite action game Eternal Palace Sakura is scheduled to launch on November 5 for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.
1 min readValve is replacing Steam's manually curated Discounts & Events page with an algorithm-based system designed to show 10 times more games to users. The change aims to give more discounted games visibility on the platform.
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Valve is replacing Steam's hand-curated discounts and events section with personalized recommendations, showing 10x more games daily but raising questions about which developers will benefit.
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AUTOMATON West reports that the upcoming RTS Giantess Naval Defense, where players control a giant orca girl defending against kaiju, will launch on Steam in 2027.
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An analyst from Erste Securities Polska forecasts The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered will generate 100-125 million zloty through December 2026, driven by new players despite the free upgrade for existing owners.
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Valve has announced its Steam sales and genre festivals through June 2027, with the Autumn Sale kicking off October 1. The company posts dates far in advance, letting players plan their purchases across quarterly sales and themed events.
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Valve has added Pyrowave to Steam Remote Play's beta, a new video codec designed to reduce latency during in-home game streaming. The trade-off is significant: Pyrowave requires roughly five to ten times more bandwidth than existing codecs.
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The third-person spaceship extraction shooter Nova Era: Atom has begun an open playtest on Steam, inviting players to test the game's core MMO gameplay loop.
1 min readTwin Beacon Studio and Loopr Partners have revealed All Rats on Deck, a four-player co-op adventure where players operate a makeshift steamboat as rat survivors crossing dangerous waters.
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The independent studio launches its chaotic bus-driving comedy simulation on PC following its separation from Microsoft.
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