by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 4, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
The Steam Awards are what would happen if the community at Rotten Tomatoes – not the critics – were in charge of the Oscars. We aren’t sure exactly what that would look like – except maybe that Bright would win best picture – but we do know what it looks like with...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 21, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Started last year, the Steam Awards are the only unbiased, completely community based video game awards on the planet. While the eponymously named Game Awards aren’t bad, and were certainly quite good this year, we aren’t entirely convinced Blizzard didn’t back a...
by Jordan Love | Dec 15, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Each week, Fast Travel helps you get caught up on everything going on in the gaming industry. We start by highlighting a few of the week's biggest news pieces. Then it's on to a little dollop of indie news. Followed by a helping of "The Best Thing on the Internet,...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 14, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
There is a lot of weird stuff on Steam. It isn’t just issues of poor content, though there is plenty of that, and it isn’t just an issue of toxic developers. Steam currently has an issue of how it wants to regulate its own marketplace. Because Steam does not follow...
by Jordan Love | Dec 6, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Bitcoin is an unpredictable animal right now. The price has jumped nearly $2,000 in the last 24 hours and over 1,500% this year. While that's good news for anyone who bought in at a low rate, it's pretty bad for everyone else. Now, Valve is taking action against the...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 5, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Dayz will release on PC after five year of early access alpha on Steam. Few games can claim to have been in development for so long, especially by smaller studios. Mass Effect Andromeda had a similar development time, and after it was released, it was discovered that...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 22, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Though Steam currently has one of the best review functions for all of gaming, that hasn't stopped them from looking for ways to improve it. This started with efforts to reduce review bombing, a phenomena where a region specific issue would result in tons of negative...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 11, 2017 | News Section, Videogames
Ten years ago, the Orange Box came to stores and changed the course of games forever. It included Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. For the price of a single game, Valve released five different games in one...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 4, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
We recently covered the removal of nearly 200 titles from the Steam store for publishing fake games. For many, this may seem like a first strike from Valve, but toxic developers are nothing new to Steam or gaming, and while most gamers are worried about toxic...
by Jordan Love | Sep 29, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Valve has a pretty big problem on its hands. Earlier this week they removed 173 titles from the Steam library because of what they say were "extreme actions" that were "impacting the functionality of the store and our tools." Polygon first broke the story earlier this...
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