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Valve's VR headset is basically ready to ship. it still doesn't have a price

the storefront section is live, the hardware has cleared customs, the FCC paperwork is public. everything about Steam Frame is ready except the one number that decides whether anyone actually buys it — and I think I know why Valve is stalling.

Diego Santos · 13h ago · 8 min

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Steam just had its biggest half-year ever. new games were only 21% of it

$11.1 billion in six months, up 14.5%. but the share coming from games actually released this year dropped to 21%, from 27% a year ago. Steam has never made more money — or cared less about new releases.

Diego Santos · 20h ago · 6 min

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Ubisoft's biggest launch in years is a 13-year-old game — and pirates beat its DRM before it even shipped

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced sold 3 million copies in a week and set an AC record on Steam. it also got cracked up to a month early, by a method so risky security experts say don't touch it.

Diego Santos · 1d ago · 6 min

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EA's college football game finally came to PC — and that changes more than it sounds

EA's college football game finally shipped on PC. that sounds like a footnote and I think it's the most consequential thing about this release — because of what PC communities do to sports sims.

Diego Santos · 1d ago · 7 min

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building a PC for GTA 6? put the wallet away — it's console-only, and PC could be 18 months out

GTA 6 lands Nov 19 on PS5 and Xbox — no PC version, and Rockstar hasn't said a word about one. GTA 5 took 19 months to reach PC. here's why your 'GTA 6 build' can wait, and what to actually prioritize when it's finally time.

Diego Santos · 2d ago · 6 min