Quoting: ThibugNext news, Epic laid off 50% of their staff because they are losing money ?

They just recently got rid of over 800 people...

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Quoting: dpanterIt's not a classic GE release if it doesn't get at least one hotfix! :happy:

Why have just one, when you can have two? Article updated.

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Article updated to note the hotfix.

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Quoting: Deleted_UserAlso @Liam: you just copy-pasted their i5-125400 CPU.

Thanks, they listed this incorrectly in a number of places. It's actually a i5-12400. Have let them know.

In future, so we don't miss errors, please use the corrections as we don't read all comments. There's a Send Correction button on the comment box, or a "For spelling, grammar and other corrections to our article—click here" right below articles.

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Quoting: Liam DaweWhile Valve generally limit key generation, I've no doubt they would work with bigger publishers on this.

That's quite the assumption. Valve hasn't shown much of a will to bend to publishers. They've let them leave steam because the publishers didn't get what they wanted.

Back at ya, you're assuming something that neither of us actually know. I'm just coming from the side of: we know Steam keys are already a thing and have been for a long time, and it would be to Valve's benefit to do it and would take little effort from Valve.

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Quoting: EhvisValve would never allow them to generate so many free Steam keys.

What makes you say that? I see no reason Valve wouldn't allow it for such a publisher.

If small publishers can't, why should big ones be able to? Don't see Valve setting such a precedent.

Small publishers absolutely can. How do you think they do it for itch sales? For Kickstarter backers? For Steam keys on other stores? It's been a thing for a long time.

While Valve generally limit key generation, I've no doubt they would work with bigger publishers on this. There's nothing to say they wouldn't. It would be a win for Valve, because then they would get the extra cut from DLC and micro.

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Quoting: EhvisValve would never allow them to generate so many free Steam keys.

What makes you say that? I see no reason Valve wouldn't allow it for such a publisher.

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumWhy is the game blurred? This developer should put their hands up and admit they failed basic computer security. They compromised their customers safety, so realistically it should be public knowledge (else, a customer could be infected by their infected game and not even know it!). Even if that may only be "less than 100 Steam Accounts". I doubt this is the first incident.

They should absolutely be public about this.

The developer only seems to have posted about it on their Steam forum [External Link] but not in any announcement.

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Quoting: neolithSeveral of the games on that sale page are not on sale at all – including most of the games listed here in this article. :neutral: Am I misunderstanding the word 'sale' or is this a regional thing and the pricing is not the same everywhere?

I think that's my bad, it's an event not specifically a sale. Have adjusted the wording.

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Quoting: VardamirIf the top sellers list is by revenue, how come that Counter Strike 2 [External Link] is number 1?

probably microtransactions volume. especially considering players trading cs2 items on steam's marketplace, and valve also takes around 10% cut from each transaction.

Yeah it’s from micro and prime status upgrades. Revenue counts everything for a game.

Never thought of it that way. Thanks for the explanation! I've not played any games like this, so this might be a stupid question, but does that mean Valve requires all micro transactions to go through Steam or can a dev run it in their own, independent, platform?

I'm assuming, if the latter is allowed, there could be sin gaps in the data??

From Valve's documentation:

For any in-game purchases, you'll need to use the microtransaction API so Steam customers can only make purchases from the Steam Wallet.

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/microtransactions [External Link]

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