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Generally games, generally Steam. Business at Valve.
A contractor building Meta's data center flushed its "closed-loop" cooling system straight into Cheyenne's sewer. It carried a bacterium and knocked the city's water-reuse system offline for months. They sell these as sealed systems that barely touch the water. This one poisoned a city's.
store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfes... Monkey bomb squad. Dieselpunk artillery. Offroad driving. Cthonic jungles. Spelunking on other planets. Electronics repairs. Gold mining. 5v5 soccer. V I D E O G A M E S.
Most-played demos of Steam Next Fest: June 2026 Edition
These are the 50 games with the most-played demos during the week of Steam Next Fest, by number of unique players
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The summer showcase of summer showcases, on Steam. Lots more where this came from over at store.steampowered.com/sale/summer_...
New: A Refreshed Steam Store Home Page. After a bunch of testing and improvements in the client beta, the new storefront design is live. Personal Calendar, smoother discoverability queue, improved gamepad nav, and way more. steamcommunity.com/games/593110...
Steam :: Steam News :: A Refreshed Steam Store Home Page
Wider, higher res images, new personalized sections and more
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Big day for devs working on a desktop companion game where a capybara escapes from a zoo, organizes and cleans a house, starts a poker game with some wolves, and learns a new language! (new tags and other tag improvements) store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...
Steam News - Update to Store Tags: Additions, Removals, and Edits - Steam News
Ongoing work in support of browsing and recommendations
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Steam "House and Home" fest is zany and wonderful and raises important questions like "Are you insane" and "wait can I play as the racoon" and "What else has The Rat Zone presented because my interest is extremely piqued" @therat.zone
This morning somebody at GDC asked me if there was any chance we could make Wishlist data easier to access... Well would ya lookie here! steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...
Steam :: Steamworks Development :: NEW: Steamworks Wishlist Data API
Programmatic access to your game's wishlisting data
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Slay the Spire 2's concurrent Steam players just hit 179,456, the highest ever for any roguelike. When StS1 first launched back in 2017, it had 193 concurrent players. That's a 92,982% increase, meaning StS3 is on track to hit 166,861,777 concurrent players by 2035. 💪
lol here's a good one from just yesterday. Love me some material efficiency. All about that pressure and performance rating.
tomg@tomgiardino.bsky.social · 6mo agoHydraulic valves, piston valves, pressure regulator valves... you name a type of valve, somebody has emailed me a price sheet for it. "Valve business guy" means wildly different things depending on whether you make video games or not.
Another cool thing about developer homepages: when you follow a game studio you like, we automatically let you know about new games that they release, for instance... @strangescaffold.bsky.social
tomg@tomgiardino.bsky.social · 6mo agoDeveloper/Publisher home pages are already super valuable, especially for building an audience over time.This morning we launched a huge update to customization. If you haven't already made a home page for your game studio, now is a good time to start! store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...
Developer/Publisher home pages are already super valuable, especially for building an audience over time.This morning we launched a huge update to customization. If you haven't already made a home page for your game studio, now is a good time to start! store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...
Steamworks Development - Powerful New Tools For Customizing Developer/Publisher Homepages - Steam News
Better tools for presenting your studio's brand and showcasing the games you make
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Hydraulic valves, piston valves, pressure regulator valves... you name a type of valve, somebody has emailed me a price sheet for it. "Valve business guy" means wildly different things depending on whether you make video games or not.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 6mo agoYou would not believe how many automated emails I get from various fruit and vegetable expos because of my job title.
Steam Next Fest is back with new demos from now until March 2! Check out of demos of every genre and wishlist your favorites. Browse by genre, theme, or feature, or check out the For You tab for recommendations based on what you've been playing! store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest
Next Fest February 2026 - LIVE NOW!
Steam Next Fest is a week-long celebration featuring hundreds of FREE playable demos as well as developer livestreams and chats. Players try out upcoming games on Steam pre-release, developers gather ...
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happy next fest day to all who celebrate, 'tis the season for getting alerts that a bunch of studios & games are dropping new demos. store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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By including the i-shaped trophy in their roman numerals logo, the NFL made it look like Super Bowl 59 instead of Super Bowl 60. LIX <> LX This concludes my sports analysis for the day.
Is your game currently released and playable in Early Access on Steam? If so, you have a new (totally optional) tool to share your planned 1.0 release date, once you are ready to do so! store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...
Steamworks Development - New: Early Access developers can list their planned "1.0" release date - Steam News
This optional tool allows games in Early Access to officially display their expected 1.0 release date
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2026 has already been very busy for the Steam team with a bunch of new updates and tools in the first few weeks of the year. Follow the Steamworks Dev blog below, or here on bsky @partner.steamgames.com , to stay up to date. steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...
Steam :: Steamworks Development :: Events
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"You deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations."
On Fox 9 just now they interviewed a woman at the scene in Minneapolis. She says she’s not an activist but felt a call to action like she hasn’t felt since 9/11. She says she was raised to love America. She says she’s never felt scared of the government in her life, until now.
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Steam@steampowered.com · 7mo agoSteam Detective 🔍 Fest is now live! Check out games about the whodunit, the whydunit, and the howdunit. Solve murders, crack open the secrets of a cult, or discover who stole the last pudding out of the fridge - discounts galore from now until Jan 19. store.steampowered.com/category/det...
New options on Steam make it easier for developers and mod authors to work together in ensuring compatibility of mods as games evolve. Extremely cool for games that have an active mod community! store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...
Steamworks Development - New! Version Control For Steam Workshop Mods - Steam News
New Steam APIs and Workshop item options work together for better control as games and mods get updated
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“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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