Do You Want To Know How Much Time & Money You've Spent On Steam?
Steam's annual holiday sale just recently ended and I know some of your wallets are really hurting right now. Day after day, flash sales and daily specials hit us in the face and it was hard to resist. Hundreds of titles were discounted on the Internet's premiere gaming giant, and hundreds of thousands must have been purchased. I'm at a point in time where I'm finding less time that I can put towards gaming, but my shopping habits remain unshaken.
9 Ways to Speed Up Steam and Download Games Faster
Get the feeling that PC gaming with Steam is slow? Wonder why Steam downloads are throttled? Here's how to make Steam run faster.
4 Digital Distribution Gaming Clients You Might Like More Than Steam [MUO Gaming]
Although we've been taught to worship anything Steam's Gabe Newell pushes out at us, it's very important to remember that you have other options to explore. I won't argue that anything beats Steam's annual sale during the summer, but make sure you keep your eyes open. Although Steam's community is unrivaled, there are a lot of other desktop and laptop clients that will allow you to buy, download, and manage your digital copies of games.
Why I’m No Longer Buying Games On Steam [Opinion]
Steam is now approaching 10 years old. Its impact has been undeniable. Millions of gamers enjoy the service’s seamless community services, low prices and excellent selection. I have been one of them – until now. While I will be keeping my current Steam games (of course) I will no longer be buying products there. If a game is released only through Steam, I will not play it. Here’s why.
How To Migrate Steam To a New Hard Drive
Unlike most Windows applications, Steam can be easily moved between hard drives without redownloading or reinstalling anything. If you want to put Steam on a new hard drive – say, if you’ve bought a new computer or a larger hard drive for your games – you can copy your games over without going through a long download process. This is just one of the things that makes Steam awesome.
Buy, Trade & Giveaway Steam Games With This Awesome Network Of Sites
Steam! You either love it for being one of the largest and most successful gaming communities online, or you absolutely hate it because you're completely against all that hoopla over digital rights. With that in mind, allow me to introduce you to a network of three websites that will make your Steam experience even steamier.
The Secret To Capturing Top Quality Screenshots With Steam [MUO Gaming]
Grabbing an action-packed screenshot from a video game can be tough. More often than not using the standard Print Screen command in Windows will result in a blank screen being captured; this is true for the manual Print Screen-and-paste method as well as employing apps that use this function. So how can images from games be captured?
What’s The Deal With EA's Origin & Is It Really That Bad?
There’s been a plenty of uproar, whinging and general dismay at EA’s decision to combine their online store and download client into one “Steam-beating” package: Origin. Since its announcement the software has been on the receiving end of bad press, much of it from disgruntled gamers on forums, message boards and social networks. Is it time to shut up, or put up?
A Selection Of The Best Free-To-Play Steam Games
Content delivery service Steam is a real money-spinner for Valve, prompting publishers like EA to shy away from it in pursuit of their own system. That doesn’t mean there aren’t a couple of free gems in the service, and all you need is a Steam account in order to play. The service is free to use and no credit card or other payment information is required.
Game Booster 3 Adds Diagnose Feature, Plays Nice With Steam [News]
Sometimes, the gaming experience can be legitimately distorted by computer hiccups caused by background processes or problems with a game’s files structure. One solution that we’ve reviewed in the past is Game Booster, which has just received an update to its third incarnation.
The 3 Best Modern Alternatives To SimCity
One game genre that’s unfortunately withered is the city simulator. This type of game was never a huge success compared to action-packed shooters and real-time strategy games, but it’s always had a place in the hearts of some PC gamers. While the vaunted SimCity series has ended (for now), there are a few games that carry on the legacy.