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Towerborne seems like a perfect Steam Deck game, and it's just gone into Early Access on Steam, here's everything we know about Towerborne being playable on the Valve handheld.

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Steam Families Now Available, Lets Players Share Games More Easily

The new Steam Families feature is out of beta and available on Valve's platform to make sharing games a much easier endeavor.

Player One

Valve politely asks that you only use Steam's family sharing for 'close family members' in a 'household,' but let's be real: everyone shares their games with Discord friends

The new Steam Families system left beta this week, but Valve's "intended" use for it probably isn't how many people actually use it.

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If you get kicked out of your Steam Family, the slot is locked for a year, so you'd better get along—here's how Steam's new family sharing system works

Steam Families left beta this week, replacing the old Family Sharing feature with new functionality and rules.

PC Gamer

As Team Fortress 2 veterans gaze at Deadlock with interest and envy, steadfast fans are still waiting for Valve to notice them

The bots may be thwarted, but Valve’s support still feels infrequent and offhand—especially compared to the new kid on the block.

PC Gamer

As cheating in Deadlock rears its head, Valve goes, yeah, maybe anti-cheat for its new hero shooter is a good idea

Valve is already working on Deadlock's cheating problem

GamesRadar

Steam Families lets you control how your children play video games

It’s now easier than ever to access Steam’s game-sharing and parental control features following a big update to the digital store for PC games.

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Steam says you officially only get one family per year as its new game sharing feature leaves beta

If you leave a Steam Family, you can't join another one for another year

GamesRadar

Steam Families is out of beta testing, letting a household share PC games with ease

Valve's Steam Families feature is now out of beta testing, letting everyone try the new method for sharing games.

Windows Central

Deadlock gives me the same feeling Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2 did before they consumed my life

Valve’s new MOBA blends the futuristic with the tried and true, brilliantly sailing the genre into uncharted waters.

PC Gamer

Every Deadlock hero and all abilities

All 21 Deadlock hero names, abilities, and 13 more unreleased heroes found in console commands.

PC Gamer

Should you buy a Steam Deck instead of a PS5 Pro? How about instead of a new car you buy a boat?—these things are not the same

Even as a Steam Deck fan, I'm surprised to see Valve's handheld suggested as some sort of like-for-like replacement for Sony's newest home console.

PC Gamer

Valve's Latest Shooter 'Deadlock' Already has a Cheater Problem

Valve's latest 6v6 hero shooter, Deadlock, already has a cheater problem that has fans thinking of the studio's other titles that have similar issues.

Player One

Another reminder that your digital library isn't forever: Oxenfree will be completely removed from Itch.io next month

The Netflix-owned studio has already delisted the game from the site.

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A book with names from a 340,000-player TF2 petition has been hardbound and sent to Valve, as part of the #SaveTF2 campaign

Mann versus Machine.

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Turns out the Acer Nitro Blaze 7 already exists, but I’m not mad about it

The upcoming Acer Nitro Blaze 7 seemingly features the same design as the $1,000 Terrans Force Handle 5, but that could be great news in terms of price.

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New Valve shooter Deadlock is still in invite-only alpha, but it's already got "very blatant" cheaters

Look away, Team Fortress 2 fans

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Chaotic scamp hijacks Deadlock's official Discord bot, announces a fake shutdown, immediately accuses mods of lying, and plunges chat into anarchy

False alarm.

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'What a sad existence': The first cheaters in Deadlock have been spotted, giving players some pretty bad flashbacks to TF2 and CS

What is the actual point?

GamesRadar

Deadlock players find new in-progress hero Slork, some sort of shark man who chomps people and resembles a Dota 2 hero, and I already know he's my main

Slark, meet Slork

GamesRadar

Valve cuts off Deadlock stat tracking and the community understands why: "This game is in beta and they clearly aren’t ready for stats sites yet"

Tracklock's gotta step back for now

PC Gamer

'They clearly aren't ready for stats sites yet': Valve prevents a Deadlock tracker from getting any more information on matches

Even before this, the trackers weren't gospel.

PC Gamer

Deadlock's pause update changed one of its most annoying features to try and stop players from turning the MOBA into a slideshow

Hold up, wait a minute, something ain't right.

PC Gamer

Counter-Strike 2 pro falls foul of the SnapTap ban and fesses up: 'embarrassing and amateur'

Not so HEROIC.

PC Gamer

If Deadlock is your first MOBA, here are 6 tips to suck less at it

A little game sense goes a long way.

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