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Deadlock Gameplay Update Patch Notes (30th April 2026)
Valve's latest Deadlock update takes a scalpel to lifesteal, reworks several items, and buffs Haze's Bullet Dance in ways that should shake up the current meta.
Nathan Lees1 min read
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Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (28th April 2026)
Cache is back in the competitive pool, Dust II gets a newly uncovered jump spot, and a handful of animation and sound fixes round out the latest CS2 update.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (28th April 2026)
Cache returns to Competitive, Casual, Deathmatch, and Retakes, and Dust II's mid box finally gives up a hidden jump spot.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Gaming News
50% Faster Isn't Enough? Valve's Wild Bar for Deck 2
Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais confirms the company is 'hard at work' on Steam Deck 2, but won't settle for anything less than a generational performance leap over the original.
Nathan Lees5 min read
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'This Doesn't Have RAM': Why Steam Controller Ships First
Valve's new Steam Controller arrives May 4, beating the Steam Machine to market for the simplest reason imaginable: there's no RAM inside it.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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New Steam Controller Leaked at $99 via Pulled Review
A YouTube channel broke embargo on Valve's new Steam Controller, revealing a $99 price tag before the video was pulled. The internet, predictably, saved the receipts.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Valve Hands Devs FPS Data to Fix Shoddy Deck Games
Valve is giving developers real framerate charts and player disagreement surveys so they can see exactly when a patch tanks their Steam Deck performance.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (24th April 2026)
Valve has pushed a CS2 update focused on Animgraph 2 animation fixes and a handful of miscellaneous bug patches, including a crash that was hitting players on startup.
Nathan Lees1 min read
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CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (21st April 2026)
Valve has pushed a CS2 update focused on recoil camera feel and aim punch consistency, with the changes explicitly targeting CS:GO parity.
Nathan Lees1 min read
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Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (21st April 2026)
Valve has pushed a small but meaningful CS2 update, bringing recoil camera behaviour closer to CS:GO while fixing several Animgraph 2 animation issues.
Nathan Lees1 min read
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Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (17th April 2026)
Valve has pushed another Animgraph 2 beta update for Counter-Strike 2, tightening up movement animations and fixing a HE grenade throwback.
Nathan Lees1 min read
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CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (17th April 2026)
Valve's latest CS2 beta patch is all about Animgraph 2, tidying up animation issues that have been bugging players in the opt-in build.
Nathan Lees1 min read
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Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (14th April 2026)
Valve's latest CS2 patch is all about the Animgraph 2 beta, cleaning up a string of animation bugs that have been making third-person movement look rough.
Nathan Lees1 min read
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CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (14th April 2026)
Valve pushes another round of Animgraph 2 beta fixes, tidying up animation glitches that have been bothering players in third-person and during weapon switches.
Nathan Lees1 min read
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CS2 Animgraph 2 Beta Patch Notes (1st April 2026)
Valve has pushed a beta build for CS2 that migrates the game's animation system to Animgraph 2, promising reduced CPU and networking costs alongside fully re-authored third-person animations.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Dota 2 7.41a Gameplay Patch Notes (27th March 2026)
Valve has pushed out 7.41a, a follow-up balance patch to 7.41 that also cleans up several crash issues and quietly removes the Hero Facet Names display option.
Nathan Lees5 min read
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CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (11th March 2026)
CS2's latest update drops the Dead Hand Collection, brings 22 new gloves as rare special items, and finally patches a pixel gap on Dust II.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Gaming News
Steam Doubled Its $100K Earners in Just Five Years
Valve's GDC numbers quietly dismantle the indie saturation panic: nearly 6,000 games cleared $100K on Steam last year, double the count from five years ago.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Lawsuit Claims Steam Loot Boxes Are Slot Machines
A class-action lawsuit filed in Washington state doesn't just argue that Steam loot boxes are gambling, it argues Valve engineered them to work like slot machines, down to the spinning animations and near-miss effects.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Deadlock 03-06-2026 Update Patch Notes (6th March 2026)
Deadlock's March 6 update reshuffles movement and Shrine balance in ways that will ripple through every match. Here's what changed.
Nathan Lees58 min read
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Team Fortress 2 Update Released Patch Notes (6th March 2026)
Team Fortress 2 received a patch on March 6, 2026, fixing a chat impersonation exploit alongside a wave of community-contributed bug fixes.
Nathan Lees5 min read
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Valve Erased 'We Hope' From Its Steam Machine Post
Valve published a Year in Review blog post with uncertain language about the Steam Machine's 2026 launch, then quietly rewrote it the same day. The edit tells you everything about where things actually stand.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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CS:GO Is Back on Steam With No Servers and No Explanation
CS:GO has quietly reappeared on Steam as a standalone listing, three years after Valve folded it into Counter-Strike 2. The servers are still offline, the page is hidden from search, and Valve hasn't explained any of it.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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NY Attorney General Takes Aim at Valve’s Loot Box Gambling
New York's attorney general has launched a lawsuit against Valve, alleging its loot boxes are illegal gambling that endangers young gamers.
Nathan Lees3 min read