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Valve has published its annual report for 2024, which highlights the company's significant achievements, including the success of Steam Deck. Players spent more than 330 million hours playing games on this portable console, which is 64% more than the previous year. This figure is a testament to the growing popularity of portable gaming and the impact Steam Deck has had on the market.

The development team of the Classic Offensive mod, which aimed to recreate the Counter-Strike 1.6 experience on the CS:GO engine, faced a refusal from Valve to place their project on Steam. After eight years of development, in January 2025, their mod was rejected without explanation.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 managed to get into the top 10 on Steam Deck as well

The new record is due to the immense popularity of Monster Hunter Wilds

Hazelight Studios has taken care of all categories of players

The game could be announced in 2025

Sales of handheld gaming devices shows steady growth

Valve has released a major patch for Deadlock, which has significantly changed the gameplay and map of the game. One of the most important changes was the reduction of the number of lines from four to three, which simplifies the map and changes the strategy of players.

In response to a request to add such a filter, many users supported this idea.

The event will run until the evening of 3 March

This is one of the most massive patches in the history of the game

Valve has announced the release of a new software development kit (SDK) for Team Fortress 2, which will allow developers to create completely new games based on Team Fortress 2. This update opens up many opportunities for modifications and creativity.

PC gamers are actively pre-ordering Monster Hunter Wilds as well

Valve has updated Steam's rules to ban games that require players to view adverts to continue playing or receive bonuses. This decision is aimed at preventing the emergence of monetisation models on the platform that are typical for mobile games, where players are forced to interact with ads to access content.

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