Dota 2 adds new hero Largo in patch 7.40 update
Valve released Dota 2 patch 7.40 on Dec 15, 2025, and the headline change is Largo, a froglike support who uses a two-stringed instrument to buff allies, dispel units, and ...
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Vitality beat FaZe 3-1 to become back-to-back Major champions in Budapest
Vitality defeated FaZe 3-1 on December 14, 2025, in the StarLadder Budapest Major grand final to claim a second straight Major title, the first team to do so since Astralis ...
Hooded Horse says Steam’s discovery system outperforms rivals
Tim Bender, CEO of publisher Hooded Horse, wrote on LinkedIn this week that no platform matches Steam's discovery system and that a bigger problem for makers is building games at ...
Dota 2 is definitely not the game for me now
After years of regular play I reached a point where the day-to-day matches were dominated by verbal abuse, griefing, and intentional disruption, and I no longer find the game worth ...
Team Fortress 2 Smissmas 2025 brings a flood of festivized weapons and six new community maps
Team Fortress 2's Smissmas 2025 arrived with a big dose of holiday cheer, adding six community maps, three community taunts, 20 community-made unusual effects, and a major expansion of which ...
Counter-Strike 2 Workshop adds paid licensing for community skins and a Call to Arms contest
Valve introduces optional Supplemental Terms for releasing Counter-Strike 2 Workshop items on December 5, 2025, and the change arrives after recent work on a CS2 beta build. The new Supplemental ...
Steam’s most used GPU is the RTX 4060 Laptop while RTX 50 series grows in usage
Valve's latest hardware survey puts the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU at the top of Steam's most-used list, a reminder that a lot of PC gaming still happens on ...
Over 18,000 Games Launched on Steam in 2025, Details and more
SteamDB shows 18,015 releases so far in 2025 and 8,782 of those titles have fewer than 10 user reviews.
Steam runs its first Black Friday sale as Autumn Sale shift leaves late-November gap
Valve has launched a Steam Black Friday sale with discounts across the store including 60% off Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and a 20% reduction on the 256GB Steam Deck ...
Valve reportedly generates nearly $50 million in revenue per employee, report says
Research firm Alinea Analytics estimates Steam brought in about $16.2 billion in 2025 and with roughly 350 staff that works out to almost $50 million per employee