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Steam Deck OLED is the same powerful handheld PC, but with an HDR OLED screen, a longer lasting battery, faster WiFi, and a slew of tweaks and improvements across the board.

Steam is implementing this with two new pricing regions: LATAM - USD (which includes Argentina) and MENA - USD (which includes Turkey).

Valve commits to refresh these price suggestions on an annual basis.

The days of uncontrollably downloading old game versions on Steam might be over

Reservations available starting July 16; shipping begins in December 2021

Valve has partnered with Perfect World to bring an onshore version of Steam to China.

As we are approaching the end of 2020, Valve have announced the dates for the halloween, autumn, and winter sales in an email to all Steam partners.

Taking a quick dive into how the Steam download and preload system works.

You might have seen news that there are over 1 billion registered Steam accounts. If you go solely by the account id, then sure you can assume that. However, the reality is that not all account ids are actually registered.

Valve did an AMA regarding Half-Life: Alyx right on reddit over at /r/HalfLife today.

Nzyme32 from resetera noted that Valve added a complimentary package which contains an unknown app (AppID 546560) to Valve Index related packages. In this post we'll delve into some of the history this app has.

After roughly one month in beta, Steam Remote Play Together is now released to all Steam users. With this feature, local multiplayer gaming is now extended to iOS and Android devices. Remote Play Together enables cross-platform play among friends across Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android.

In response to today's statement of objections from the European Commission, Valve sent out the following press release:

This is not an April fools joke, here's a web archive of the Steam store page.

The opportunities on PC have never been bigger or more exciting, but capitalizing on those opportunities is easier said than done.

Lunar Sale begins today at 10:00 PST and will end on February 11th, 2019.

Perfect World and Valve announced an extension of their ongoing partnership to begin work on Steam China, which will provide Chinese gamers and developers with a new way to access Steam's expansive selection of games and entertainment.

The Steam Link app, designed to extend Steam's suite of services and accessibility, is now available free of charge for iOS and Apple TV users.

In recent time PUBG has made history largely thanks to Chinese players by becoming the most played game on Steam.

A short write-up on how the rating algorithm was made, and why it's probably a better estimate of the score.