Steam accused me of stealing from them as a developer by andai

On 18th October, I purchased Steam Direct, so I can publish my game. I was granted access to the portal and I spent a week to create the steam page and upload the required promotional materials. On 24th October, I sent my Steam Page for review and raised a request to be considered for Next

ByHackTechNovember 10, 20231Comment

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Steam on ChromeOS Beta by nateb2022

Beginning with Chrome OS 108.0.5359.24, the Beta channel will include an early, beta-quality version of Steam on ChromeOS for a set of recent Chromebooks. If you have one of these Chromebooks and decide to give it a try, please send your feedback, we are in active development and want to incorporate as much user input

ByHackTechAugust 14, 20230Comments

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Steam on Linux Usage Spikes to Nearly 2% in July, More Than Apple macOS by LinuxBender

The Steam Survey results for July 2023 were just published and it points to a large and unexpected jump in the Linux gaming marketshare. According to these new numbers from Valve, the Linux customer base is up to 1.96%, or a 0.52% jump over June! That’s a huge jump with normally just moving 0.1% or

ByHackTechAugust 2, 20230Comments

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Steam Hardware and Software Survey by emmelaich

Steam conducts a monthly survey to collect data about what kinds of computer hardware and software our customers are using. Participation in the survey is optional, and anonymous. The information gathered is incredibly helpful to us as we make decisions about what kinds of technology investments to make and products to offer. PC Video card

ByHackTechJuly 2, 20230Comments

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Game Over: Steam won’t Run on Windows 7 and 8 after January 2024 by PaulHoule

closing windows — Windows 7 still runs on more Steam PCs than every version of Linux combined. Andrew Cunningham – Mar 29, 2023 3:03 pm UTC Microsoft PC gamers sticking with old versions of Windows may finally need to upgrade if they want to keep playing the games in their Steam libraries. Valve announced this

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Why Wasn’t the Steam Engine Invented in China? by socialdemocrat

Both steam engines and cannons involve making a metal cylinder strong enough to manage high-pressure gases pushing an object through the cylinder. A cannon push a cannonball through the barrel, while a steam engine push a piston through the cylinder. However, both deal with the same set of problems:How do you make a straight smooth…

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Making Steam: The Life and Times of a U.S. Navy Chief Engineer by tomohawk

David Taylor spent 22 years in the Navy, serving from 1969 to 1991. During that time he rose in rank from an enlisted Seaman Recruit to becoming an officer, and eventually retired as a Lieutenant Commander. The majority of his career was spent in one of the most thankless and hidden but absolutely critical jobs…

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Last British Steam for Raj [pdf] by rammy1234

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More than 80% of Steam Deck Verified/Playable Games Are From 2015 onwards by ekianjo

I was wondering recently what the distribution of games validated (i.e. considered as Playable and Verified) for the Steam Deck looked like. Turns out it’s a pretty trivial answer to get, since each appid has a release date (not always the actual release date on Steam, mind you!) that can give us some information about…

ByHackTechMarch 14, 20220Comments

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Steam Deck too “open” for Fortnite: Linux OS prohibits kernel-level anti-cheat by em3rgent0rdr

Enlarge / The Steam Deck.Valve In our recent review of the Steam Deck portable console from Valve, we noted that continued updates to the company’s Proton compatibility layer would help many games designed for Windows run well on the system’s Linux-based SteamOS. For a handful of popular online multiplayer games, though, inherent limitations to anti-cheat support…

ByHackTechMarch 4, 20220Comments

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