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Of course Steam said 'yes' to generative AI in games: it's already everywhere
By Tyler Wilde published
Opinion Here's hoping Steam's AI disclosure policy saves us from wasting so much time on speculation and sleuthing.
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Discord lays off 170 people, becomes latest company to say it grew too much during the pandemic and now needs to be 'more agile'
By Andy Chalk published
news CEO Jason Citron says Discord needs to "sharpen our focus," and that means some people have to go.
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Twitch confirms more than 500 people are being laid off: Despite earlier cuts, 'our organization is still meaningfully larger than it needs to be'
By Wes Fenlon published
News This will be Twitch's second large scale layoff in less than a year after cutting 400 jobs in March 2023.
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Valve updates its Steam policy on AI so it can 'release the vast majority of games that use it'
By Jody Macgregor published
News "It's taken us some time to figure this out," Valve says.
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Steam kicks off 2024 with its highest-ever concurrents and player count
By Rich Stanton published
news The Steam train keeps a-rollin' down the tracks.
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Twitch's new beta combines the encoder in your Nvidia GPU with some nifty OBS integration to take the pain out of streaming
By Andy Edser published
CES 2024 Higher bit-rates, resolutions and AV1 encoding are coming for RTX 40-series GPU owners, while streamers on older cards still get some tasty new hardware encoding features.
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Okay, 'Boomer Shooter' is now an official genre on Steam
By Andy Chalk published
news From an inside joke to a legitimate Steam tag, the boomer shooter has come a long way.
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Pour one out for the late great Windows 7: Steam has finally stopped supporting Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
By Wes Fenlon published
News "We strongly encourage all Windows 7/8/8.1 users to update sooner rather than later," Valve says.
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