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Want a Steam deck?  Now you can buy one without waiting

Want a Steam deck? Now you can buy one without waiting

picture: Valve / Kotaku Patience is a virtue because somehow, two years after launch, it’s still hard to find a PlayStation 5. But thankfully, if you’re in the market for a Steam deck, you no longer have to chase a distant pre-order: Valve now ships them right after purchase. No waiting, no lines, no $5 ...

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Valve built a huge vapor deck for TGS in Japan

Valve built a huge vapor deck for TGS in Japan

picture: Valve / Kotaku The Tokyo Game Show kicks off tomorrow, just as Valve is about to launch its hugely successful Steam deck in Asian markets. What better way to get moving than building a super-large version of the portable PC that towers tall over the exhibition floor? While Valve’s new mini-PC prodigy has outdone ...

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Steam pulls game after Dev’s transphobic rant against Keffals

Steam pulls game after Dev’s transphobic rant against Keffals

screenshot: Dolphin Barn Incorporated Well well well. If these aren’t the consequences of an asshole’s own actions. On August 31, the developer introduces the Gladiator game femdom posted patch notes that contain a transphobic screed Attack on transstreamer Clara “Keffals” Sorrenti. Some Twitter users discovered this last night femdom had been removed steam, with a ...

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Steam bans scammers after developer reveals shady game resale

Steam bans scammers after developer reveals shady game resale

picture: Valve / Kotaku Earlier this week, a developer’s Twitter thread about shady Steam curators who may be lying to get free game codes went viral. in the thread, with a somewhat piercing operation To back up his suspicions, the developer theorized that these shady curators are taking game keys and selling them instead of ...

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Dev yells on steam about keffals, transphobia for some reason

Dev yells on steam about keffals, transphobia for some reason

screenshot: Dolphin Barn Incorporated / Steam femdoma small indie game on Steam about managing gladiators has been trending online lately, but not because it’s a really good game or just got a cool update or something. No, instead the developer behind the game inserted a wild and crappy tirade about trans-political commentators and streamers Clara ...

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Episode 3 concept art appears online

Episode 3 concept art appears online

The “BreenGrub”picture: David McGreavy / Valve / Kotaku Avid Valve fan and collector David McGreavy just shared a vast trove of unseen concept art for Half-Life 2: Episode Three and other unreleased Valve projects as part of its efforts to preserve this history for the future. Over a decade ago, Valve began releasing smaller episodic ...

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Dev explains how Steam curator reviewers can be scammers

Dev explains how Steam curator reviewers can be scammers

Steam is both an easy-to-navigate storefront for digital games and a rabbit hole of seedy shit filled with weird, archaic remnants of past ideas that Valve never finished or improved upon. One such example is the curator system. Most users barely interact with it, but recently an indie developer believes the system is being used ...

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Half-Life players set new simultaneous record on Steam

Half-Life players set new simultaneous record on Steam

picture: Valve Yesterday, half-life Fans came together at an online event created by the community. The goal? Getting as many people as possible to play the 1998 original half-life on Steam to set a new record for concurrent players. And not only did they manage to do that, but they had fun remembering a game ...