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Valve
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News
Helldivers 2 was delisted by Sony, not Steam, Valve rep says
"This game is not available for specific regions as decided by the publisher."
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News
Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut PC players are getting auto-refunds if they cannot legally sign up for PSN
"The publisher of this game is now requiring a secondary account and this account cannot be created from your country."
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Feature
Digital Foundry | Steam Deck has quietly become a reasonably capable ray tracing handheld
And the Asus ROG Ally is even better.
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News
Garry's Mod ordered to remove all Nintendo content from Steam Workshop
"Honestly, this is fair enough."
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News
Half-Life 2 actor Louis Gossett Jr dies aged 87
"It's about the humanity of the people that he stood for."
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Review
Counter-Strike 2 review - despite everything, it's still you
A shiny new rebuild of a core that has appealed for 20+ years.
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Blog
Digital Foundry | As esports streams improve, live stage shows are evolving too
Lessons from ESL's IEM Katowice Counter-Strike 2 tournament.
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News
Valve likely earned over $1bn in Counter-Strike 2 loot boxes last year
400 million cases unboxed.
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News
Portal 64 developer asks fans to not be mad at Valve
"The project was probably doomed to be taken down from the beginning."
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News
Valve asks Portal 64 developer to cease project following Nintendo concerns
Also issues takedown notice on Team Fortress fan game.
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News
Steam adds in-game reporting of "illegal content" in AI games
"Today's changes are the result of us improving our understanding of the landscape and risks in this space."
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