Tag Archives: Steam

WARNING: Is Wallpaper Engine A Security Risk? 

Wallpaper Engine

Wallpaper Engine We all love a beautiful desktop, especially with tools like Wallpaper Engine. But what if the thing making your screen look cool is actually trying to break into your system? Right now, a serious discussion is brewing across Reddit and Steam forums about the hidden dangers lurking in the Wallpaper Engine Workshop. We are not talking about a simple …

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Valve Nukes 960k CS2 Bots in Huge Purge

You might think these are real friends in the lobby. But they aren’t. Specifically, Valve took a huge action yesterday. They banned 960,000 accounts in one moment! Obviously, this is big news for us all. Let’s look closer at the situation. Comment byu/Positive-Carpenter53 from discussion incs2 The Massive Purge First of all, check the number again. Nine hundred and sixty …

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Steam Steps Up Security to Address 77,000 Monthly Account Hacks

Hacking Steam accounts isn’t a new phenomenon, it’s something that’s been going on since its inception. However, it’s now more common than ever before and “essentially all Steam accounts are now targets,” Valve stated in a blog post talking about security. Valve pegs the number of Steam accounts that are hijacked and pillaged each month at 77,000 and points out …

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Steam Client Update Adds Broadcasting Support and FPS Overlay

Steam Client Update

Fancy new features graduate from beta In case you need any added incentive to hop on Steam and play games, there’s a Steam client update available that adds a few new features and a bunch of bug fixes. One of the big additions is that of Steam Broadcasting, support for which was first introduced to beta client users last month …

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Steam for Linux Bug Can Wipe Out All Files on a PC

Even files on external storage devices are not safe Barely a fortnight into the year and we have already got ourselves a strong contender (if not a shoo-in) for the year’s scariest Steam bug. The good news is that the vast majority of Steam users don’t have anything to worry about as the bug in question, which was reported by …

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Naujienos / ’15 / 2 savaitė — Liūdesy ir džiaugsme, visuomet mes su Jumi!

Sveiki atvykę į 2015–uosius. Šioje laidoje: Lietuvos GameJam 2015 ir Gamefest 2015 anonsas lydimas labai pikantiško gando, konsolių karo 2014 nugalėtojai, naujų žaidimų anonsai, Steam rekordai ir kita! Naudingos nuorodos: Lietuvos GameJam 2015: http://2015.gamejam.lt Geibenas: http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/fi… Subnautica: http://unknownworlds.com/subnautica/ http://www.facebook.com/ZaismoDNR

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Potential Steam Controller Design Leaks to Web

Welcome back, D-pad Had things gone to plan, official Steam Machines would have already begun flooding the market by now, though those plans got put on hold when Valve decided to delay the initiative so that it could have extra time to tweak its Steam Controller. Valve dropped the bombshell just shy of seven months ago, and while there’s still …

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Steam Autumn Sales Runs Until December 3

Bad news for your wallet There’s a reason your wallet is cowering in the corner in the fetal position, it knows it’s about to be gutted. That’s the inevitable fate that befalls the funds of gamers each and every time Valve decide to hold a major sale on Steam. Big Steam Autumn Sales discounts ensure you’ll lighten your load of cash while …

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Skins Alive: CS:GO Gets Realistic Weapon Skinning Tool

CS:GO is the 4th, 6th and 9th most popular games on Steam, it’s only recently begun to feel like one of Valve’s games. They’re now honoring the M4A1 fetishism of the game’s tens of thousands of players by adding player-created Weapon Finishes. Valve have added the Workbench to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a tool for viewing and creating Counter-Strike skins. The community has been …

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