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Valve introduces 'achievement sets' for Steam, letting developers group achievements by base game or DLC with separate progress bars, plus support for seasonal, archivable sets. The feature is available in the latest Steam client beta alongside a refreshed achievements page.

Sega and Creative Assembly pulled the Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition remaster from storefronts after a disastrous launch marked by bugs, an 'Overwhelmingly Negative' Steam rating, and player accusations that artwork was poorly upscaled by AI. The companies promised to restore the original game and investigate the issues.

Valve pushed a quick update to the Steam client that makes it boot faster than Epic Games' newly launched AI-assisted 'vibe coded' launcher, neutralizing Epic's main marketing claim just 24 hours after its release.

Epic Games Store reportedly used AI-assisted 'vibecoding' to optimize its client, becoming twice as fast as Steam after previously being much slower.

A hobbyist details how they revived Valve's 2011 Adobe AIR/Flash e-book 'The Final Hours of Portal 2' by decompiling its SWF files and patching broken external web dependencies, publishing a Steam guide so others can restore its polls, panoramas, audio, and demos.

Steam Frame is a new hardware product from Valve, starting at a price of $1059.

GameToMac is a new tool that allows users to play Age of Empires IV on Apple Silicon Macs with high fps and stability, with more Windows games planned for future support.

Valve warns that a data breach at its European shipping partner CEVA Logistics may have exposed customer names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses for orders of Steam hardware, urging users to beware of phishing messages.

A blog post detailing the quirks and challenges of running the unofficial Steam arm64 client on postmarketOS, including the client's obliviousness to being arm64, missing Proton/runtime downloads, and references to FEX and graphics-provider manifests for Valve's upcoming Steam Frame.

Misfits Attic announces Duskers 2.0, the sequel to the award-winning command line horror game, funded by Stray Signal and showcased at the PC Gaming Show.

Running Train is a hyper-realistic train simulation game created by a solo developer, Novatetsu Games, set in a fictional Japanese region. It features 42 routes, detailed environments with logical infrastructure, and has been praised as the best train sim ever made.

A review of the puzzle game 'What's the Password?' which presents over 100 puzzles requiring four-digit passwords, with creative clues and a relaxing atmosphere.

GloriousEggroll's GE-Proton custom build has been rebased on Proton 11, providing the latest Wine improvements and additional patches for better gaming performance on Linux.

A developer shares his experience turning his desktop into a Steam Machine using a 50ft fiber optic HDMI cable and the Steam Controller 2, running Bazzite for a console-like PC gaming experience on a TV.

Steam Machine is a gaming hardware product by Valve that allows users to play Steam games on their TV.

Valve explains why it is not subsidizing the Steam Machine, citing commitment to open ecosystems over the traditional console model of selling hardware at a loss.

Moves of the Diamond Hand is an early access dice-based RPG from Cosmo D, set in the surreal Off-Peak City, with a focus on strange conversations, numerous sub-mechanics like cooking and music, and risk-based skill checks.

Dozens of malicious wallpapers on Steam Workshop have been found to contain malware that steals accounts, installs backdoors, or crypto miners, primarily targeting Chinese and Russian gamers.

Valve is discontinuing its physical Steam gift card program due to widespread scammers, ending its last link to brick-and-mortar retail despite the significant revenue from physical cards.

Valve is discontinuing physical Steam gift cards by the end of 2026 due to persistent scam issues, while continuing to offer digital gift cards.