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• PUBG has lost half of its player base on Steam since January

  In January, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds peaked with over 3.2 million concurrent players on Steam.

• Killing Floor 2 is free to play this weekend for PS Plus and XBL Gold users

  Killing Floor 2 is free to play this weekend on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

• Steam Summer Sale 2018 is live: discounts on Fallout, Halo Wars, Tyranny, more

  The Steam Summer Sale is live with various discounts highlighted.

• Warhammer Vermintide 2 character classes guide: all hero careers, subclasses and skills

  If you want to smash the rat-dudes to pieces, you’ll need to master the heroes and their classes.

• Warhammer Vermintide 2 Loot System primer: character progression, how drops work, and cosmetics

  After coming in for criticism last time around, Vermintide 2 features an all-new loot system.

• Warhammer Vermintide 2 weapon traits and item traits: every bonus trait effect detailed

  Weapon Traits can seriously change the way you play Vermintide 2, and there’s quite a few of them. Here’s how they all work.

• Valve has disabled CS:GO and Dota 2 trading in the Netherlands

  Valve has removed the ability to trade or transfer Counter Strike: Global Offense and Dota 2 items on the Steam Marketplace in the Netherlands.

• Steam now lets you see how much money you spent on the store and the market

  There is now a page on Steam with a simple job: to tell you how much money you’ve spent on Steam since creating your account.

• PUBG gets first ever discount on Steam, take 33% off until July 5

  PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is on sale for the first time ever on Steam to celebrate a large milestone.

• Publisher and developer pages on Steam now look a lot nicer, have better navigation

  Like it’s doing with Steam chat, Valve is also bringing another aspect of Steam into the modern age.

• Valve submits an updated version of Steam Link iOS app

  The Steam Link App on iOS, which was recently pulled off the iTunes Store, is now available for beta testers.

• Layers of Fear is free right now on Steam and yours to keep forever

  Layers of Fear is free on Steam, and not just for a weekend jaunt.

• Steam Summer Sale 2018 date leaked

  The starting date for Steam’s next big sale, the Summer Sale, has made its way online.

• Steam will soon end support for Windows XP, Vista

  Valve has announced that Steam is dropping support for legacy Windows operating systems. Namely: Windows XP, and Windows Vista.

• Valve's Discord-like chat overhaul for Steam is in open beta

  Valve’s new chat system for Steam is in open beta.

• Steam is officially coming to China

  Valve is bringing an official version of Steam to China.

• Totally Accurate Battlegrounds How to Play guide: Full controls and matchmaking tips

  It doesn’t take many guesses to work out the hottest genre in gaming right now. Battle Royale is the latest big trend around, so much so that it’s starting to attract its fair share of parodies.

• Totally Accurate Battlegrounds is the most popular battle royale game on Steam since PUBG launched

  Totally Accurate Battlegrounds, a game that began life as a joke, is the biggest battle royale game on Steam since PUBG launched.

• Valve removes AIDS Simulator, ISIS Simulator and more from Steam

  After yesterday’s raging social media debates about Valve abdicating responsibility for store curation, the company has removed a bunch of games from Steam.