In 2011, we added a feature to Steam that enabled users to trade in-game items as a way to make it easier for people to get the items they wanted in games featuring in-game economies. Since then a number of gambling sites started leveraging the Steam trading system, and there's been some false assumptions about our involvement with these sites. We'd like to clarify that we have no business rela... more.

Ellada Games today launched Niffelheim, their 2D action, exploration and crafting title set in a dark Norse-themed world, on Steam's Early Access platform. Available for $19.99 USD, Niffelheim combines beautiful hand-crafted art with a massive over- and under-world along with crafting to offer players an enthralling experience as they explore a land infested with evil. Ancient horrors never die... more.

Amanita Design, the independent developer of award-winning puzzle games like Machinarium and Botanicula, has launched Samorost 3 on Windows PC and Mac platforms. This point-and-click exploration adventure is a loose follow-up to the original indie hits Samorost (2003) and Samorost 2 (2005). It follows a curious space gnome who uses the magical powers of a mysterious flute to travel through the cos... more.

With the release of the Insurgency update today, we are pleased to announce that our community mod project, Day of Infamy, is compatible with the default version of the game and will no longer require players to opt into the beta branch. The change log for the update can be viewed at the bottom of this post. Day of Infamy (“DoI”) is an open-ended World War II total conversion for Insurgency... more.

Trendy Entertainment has released a massive content update for Dungeon Defenders II, its action tower defense game, on the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system. The ‘Loot & Survive’ patch significantly improves character progression in the pre-alpha access title by raising the Hero level cap from 25 to 50, expanding the loot and pet systems, and adding new gameplay and difficulty mo... more.

Trendy Entertainment has announced that Dungeon Defenders II, its action-tower defense game, is now available as a free-to-play open alpha on PC via Steam Early Access. Open alpha arrives on PC on the heels of last week’s new “Ascension” patch, which plays with Dungeon Defenders II in some fun ways. Towers are now bigger and stronger, and enemies have been rebalanced to match the challen... more.

Daedalic Entertainment has released their award-winning Point & Click adventure game, Deponia, for the iPad today. This exciting and comedic adventure, featuring the hilarious love story of Goal and Rufus, contains more than 10 hours of gameplay, and is now available in the App Store for $9.99 USD. Deponia is the story of Rufus, an eccentric tinkerer living on the trash planet Deponia. He ... more.

Ancient horrors never die…and neither do you. Rise up and face Death’s demonic hordes. Fight against raging spirits in defiance of the cruel and ancient forces that rule the land. Explore the darkness, battle the creeping evil – tunnel and search through the underworld, harvest food and resources. Explore eldritch caverns, set up a stronghold. Fight and trade. Hunt and build farms. Craft ... more.

Publisher Iceberg Interactive and Greek indie developer immersionFX are elated to announce the Steam launch of The Good Life (PC, 2012) after it was Greenlit by the Steam Community earlier this year. The Steam launch features an enhanced edition over the previous retail release, with the addition of Trading Cards and Achievements, as well as graphical updates and new features such as fishing. D... more.

New World Interactive (NWI) is excited to announce that the latest free content update for INSURGENCY, called Nightfall, is now available on Steam. As the name suggests, the DLC focuses on night-time operations, featuring night themed content such as night-vision goggles and flare guns, as well as an exciting new cooperative game mode called Survival. In this new mode, players must move from sa... more.