This holiday season, Valve is introducing a new event that gives gamers the chance to recycle  Community items in their Steam Inventory for new games. From now through next Thursday, gamers may recycle unused items - such as Trading Cards, backgrounds, and emoticons - and exchange them for "Steam Gems." Then gamers may use those Gems to bid on nearly 200,000 new games. The bidding begins now, ... more.

Starting today Steam gamers may watch their friends' games through the click of a button via Steam Broadcasting, now available in beta. Steam Broadcast is designed for ease of use, allowing anyone to view a friend's game by simply clicking on "Watch Game" on their Friend's profile or Friend's List to open a window into their gameplay - no game ownership, special fees, or additional apps requir... more.

The Steam Exploration Sale is here! For the next six days, take advantage of huge savings throughout the Steam store on thousands of titles. Plus, discover new and recommended games on your personalized Exploration Sale page. The Steam Exploration Sale runs from now until 10AM Pacific Time, December 2nd. Complete information on Daily Deals and other special offers can be found at store.st... more.

GungHo Online Entertainment America (GOEA), a multiplatform publisher for the online gaming community, today launched a Steam Greenlight campaign for its side-scrolling, puzzle-based adventure PC game Dokuro. Already available on the PlayStation Vita handheld entertainment system and mobile devices (iOS and Android), Dokuro is expected to be released on Windows PC based on the support of the St... more.

The annual Steam Summer Sale is on, and this year marks the introduction of the Steam Summer Adventure. Offered for free, the Summer Adventure offers the chance to earn in-game items, community rewards, and even free games by collecting Summer Adventure Trading Cards. Meanwhile the Sale, which runs for the next 10 days, offers massive savings on more than 3,000 games and software products fr... more.

The International Compendium was launched Friday and, within 24 hours, eclipsed the total contribution of last year's debut effort. As a result, this year's total prize pool is already over $3.8 mil, up from $2.8 mil last year, with Compendium sales continuing for another two months. The Compendium was first introduced last year for The International as a method for the community to drive up th... more.

The 11 "automatic bids' and 40 teams looking to qualify for this year's Dota 2 International Championships have been revealed. The 40-team qualifying rounds begin May 12th, and are divided into four regional divisions. The winner of each division will earn an automatic bid to The International, and the four runners up will compete in an onsite qualifier for the final spot. To be held July 18th -... more.

The 11 "automatic bids' and 40 teams looking to qualify for this year's Dota 2 International Championships have been revealed. The 40-team qualifying rounds begin May 12th, and are divided into four regional divisions. The winner of each division will earn an automatic bid to The International, and the four runners up will compete in an onsite qualifier for the final spot. To be held July 18... more.

To survive the dangers of space exploration and planet terraforming in Edge of Space, where lethal Jetpack Space Penguins, Space Laser Sharks, and other monstrosities lurk in the dark, it’s better to have allies around. That’s why Handyman Studios is very excited to announce a slew of new features for the upcoming content update this week, including the long-awaited deployment of Multiplayer m... more.

Deadly Premonition is a PlayStation 3 release that has made its way to the Windows PC platform. To the dismay of gamers, this port had a very rocky launch on Steam. Gamers went to the official Steam forums to complain about in-game glitches that affected gameplay. Some of these glitches include unexplainable crashes and poor performance on high-end gaming rigs. Rising Star Games listened to the... more.