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Xbox enters the 'faster PC launcher' arms race, its app loads faster now too

By Andy Chalk Published

news An updated version of the Xbox PC app available to Xbox Insiders loads up to 60% faster, and it's got some other nice improvements too.

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Left: Steam logo, right: Tim Sweeney, chief executive officer of Epic Games Inc., after an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Sweeney renewed his attack on the duopoly power of Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.s Google as the worlds dominant mobile platforms at a conference in Seoul Tuesday. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Epic Games chief Tim Sweeney claims 'Valve has held gaming back for years'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Sweeney says locking developers into the "walled garden" of Steamworks is a real problem.

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Discord Discoverable Server web search settings and examples.
Messages in certain large public Discord servers will be searchable on the web after December

By Tyler Wilde Published

news Discord is attempting to solve the 'this should've been a forum' problem with specially-designated channels whose messages can show up in search engines.

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A collage of Steam Next Fest demo screenshots, including a man smoking, a girl driving a car, and a wizard wielding some kind of gore pile
The 50 most-played Steam Next Fest demos include 7 incremental games, 4 AI disclosures, and only one instance of haystack slop

By Shaun Prescott Published

News Ten years ago, this list would have shocked most PC gamers.

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Steam and the Epic Games launcher represented as two cars on a race track.
Former Valve writer baffled by Epic CEO Tim Sweeney's attempts to compete with Steam via vibe coding

By Harvey Randall Published

News Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek had some strong words for the Epic boss.

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A detail from the Steam achievements page, and a Steam achievement icon
Steam achievements are getting a huge overhaul, with separate sets for DLC and season passes, and an easy way to compare with friends

By Shaun Prescott Published

News It's in beta now, but will likely release widely in about a month.

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Two sausage characters
'My idea of a Netflix for games doesn't work': Garry's Mod successor is getting 'sweeping changes'

By Christopher Livingston Published

News "I’m sorry—we are going to do better."

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Epic Games Store redesign
Epic says its new 'vibe coded' Epic Games Store launcher is faster than Steam

By Tyler Wilde Published

news The updated version is in beta for the time being, and represents a total rebuild of the EGS client.

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Valve's new Big Art Mode in the Steam client in Big Picture Mode.
Steam's new Big Art Mode is a lovely visual upgrade for my living room setup

By Jacob Ridley Published

News Big Art Mode is looking fiiiine.

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An angry face next to logos by DVD Video and Valve
Steam now has a maddening bouncing logo screensaver, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't perfectly hit the corners

By Shaun Prescott Published

News It sucks, get rid of it.

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