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• Valve releases first batch of Steam Labs experiments

  Experimental features in the works at Steam can be tried by users thanks to a new feature called Steam Labs.

• Opinion: Epic Games is so aggressive because it wants the PC games market to itself

• Total War: Three Kingdoms mod support is here, but no nude mods will be allowed

  Mod tools have officially been released for Creative Assembly’s Total War: Three Kingdoms, but the developer won’t be allowing any ol’ mod on official channels.

• Epic is covering Shenmue 3 refunds, will work with other stores in future to prevent repeat of this situation

  Epic Games has revealed that it’ll shoulder the cost of Shenmue 3 refunds so it doesn’t take away from the game’s budget.

• Valve makes a couple of changes to Steam's confusing Summer Sale 2019 game

  Valve has outlined some of the behind-the-scenes changes it’s made to Steam’s Summer Sale 2019 metagame.

• Steam devs seeing larger than usual removals from wishlists because of the Summer Sale

  Quite a few developers have noticed Steam users deleting games off their wishlists since the Steam Summer Sale started this week.

• Shadowverse: Temporary cards and gems explained

  Shadowverse received a new update this week that introduces new temporary cards and gems which you can earn from playing matches.

• Epic Games founder says exclusives are the "solution proportionate to the problem" of Steam's 70/30 cut

  Epic Games’ outspoken founder, Tim Sweeney, has explained why the company is courting developers to release games exclusively on the Epic Store.

• Steam Summer Sale 2019 kicks off with a Grand Prix mini-game racing event

  The 2019 Steam Summer Sale has started and like in prior years, there’s a mini-game in which to participate.

• The Steam Summer Sale 2019 starts this week

  We now have a date for Steam’s next big sale.

• Steam now officially recognises LGBTQ+ as a game tag

  Steam has created an official hub page for all games tagged LGBTQ+.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies mode back online following a few days of outage

  The original Call of Duty: Black Ops has run into issues over the past few days on Steam, but things have returned to normal.

• Alpha Protocol mysteriously taken off Steam "at the request of the publisher" [Updates]

  Alpha Protocol, developer Obsidian’s 2010 espionage, action-RPG, is mysteriously not for sale on Steam anymore.

• Destiny 2 is coming off Battle.net because “it made the most sense at this point in time”

  Recently Activision and Bungie announced that they were parting ways, ending a partnership that was supposed to span four games two games early.

• Valve reveals Dota Underlords, an official take on Auto Chess

  Valve’s next game is Auto Chess-inspired Dota Underlords.

• Destiny 2 won't become a Steam exclusive on PC

  Destiny 2 won’t be locked down to one PC store.

• Valve shares first official look at Steam's updated library UI ahead of public beta

  After months of leaks and speculation, Valve has finally revealed what that whole Steam library overhaul is all about.

• Planet Zoo out in November, check out the fun E3 trailer

  Frontier Developments showed the first gameplay trailer for Planet Zoo today and announced the release date.

• Steam's new UI has leaked through a Chinese CS:GO update

  Steam’s ageing library page is about to receive a makeover.