On September 27th 2023 we lost CS:GO so Counter-Strike 2 could thrive. It's been two years and the game still has a lot of missing features and main content such as gamemodes, maps etc. Happy birthday CS2.

'Half Life Alyx - No VR Mod' shares another gameplay progress update video! youtu.be/PqKZOlx96EE

Today, September 26, the old gem Day of Defeat Source turns 20 years old!

Few days ago, Steam has removed another scam game (BlockBlasters) from the Store that contained a malware focusing on stealing user's crypto. It has been reported this scam took aprox $150K from many users, including $32K from a streamer raising funds for their cancer treatment.

In the latest Steam Client Beta, you can now check if Secure Boot and TPM is enabled or not in your current machine. In other Steam news, the new Store menu bar is now live for everyone!

Half-Life: Decay dev Mr Floyd shares an important message about his mod and life. Read: www.moddb.com/mods/half-li...

The Steamdeck LCD is currently on sale with 20% discount. store.steampowered.com/steamdeck

Lambda Fortress shares a big dev blog going into details all the work they've done so far, from new third-person animations, new menu UI, game art and bunch of other cool stuff. Check it out in the announcement below!

CSGO's latest Operation Riptide was released 4 years ago. Since then, Counter-Strike 2's latest ""Operation"" was 'The Armory' update introduced as a form of battle pass but without coop missions on Oct 2, 2024.

Today, Sept 21st, is Rick May's late birthday, where he would be 85 years old. Always remember Rick's wishing you a happy birthday video from a fan.

Thank you for participating the TROUBLE IN TERRORIST TOWN LambdaGeneration Gamenight! 🕵️ A LOT of crazy and funny highlights, A LOT OF EXPLOSIONS, MVP to the one bucket that killed more Ts than Innocents!!! 🪣 See you all in the next gamenight!

Clippy wouldn't cause a resonance cascade.

Steam will drop support on 32-bit version of Windows on January 1st 2026. "This change is required as core features in Steam rely on system drivers and other libraries that are not supported on 32-bit versions of Windows."

The CEO's of Discord, Steam, Reddit and Twitch have been invited to testify before Congress regarding the 'Radicalization of Online Forum Users'. Gabe hasn't stepped out from his yacht for long while. Will he show up? 🤔

TROUBLE IN TERRORIST TOWN - LAMBDAGENERATION GAMENIGHT🕵️ This week's LambdaGeneration Gamenight, we are playing TTT, come join us! 📆 Sat 20 September 🕖 7PM GMT / 8PM BST / 9PM CEST / 3PM EDT / 2PM CDT / 12PM PDT 📍 Join via gamenight.lambdageneration.com 🎙 discord.lambdageneration.com

In the latest Counter-Strike 2 update, players can now inspect each other's loadout when spectating. We finally got official scripting support for map creators/community modders via Javascripting!

On September 14th 2012, the firsrt part of @blackmesagame.com v1.0 (without Xen) was released on ModDB! You can still play this version for free there!

To celebrate Steam's 22nd anniversary few days ago; Credits: webdesignmuseum

Look who is turning 22 years old today! Happy birthday Steam! We got a nice looking 'Year of Service' badge color for the next couple of years! When did you create your first account? (or from where?)

We saw reports regarding this topic early this month, seems like there is a new rule for developers who want to publish their games as Early Access. If they are working on an adult only/mature content, they are NOT allowed to set their upcoming game as an 'Early Access'.

The Team Fortress 2 team gave us an update about the upcoming MVM update. They are 'going through all the submission and still working on it.' Seasonal updates are also coming and being worked on.

Last week, Minh Le (co-creator of Counter-Strike) has shared a screenshot of the very first playtest session of CS Beta 1 running the map cs_mansion! Poor Minh playing CS with 250+ ping and other with 400 💀

FUBAR celebrates 1 year of dev with a massive media update! @warpsync.bsky.social, the development team behind the mod, has published a 15+ min video showcasing all their work done through this one year. All available in latest ModDB article below! Go watch it and check it out!

Thank you for participating the LEFT 4 DEAD 2 10v10 LambdaGeneration Gamenight! 🧟 That was an insane game of versus, what a lovely and chaotic mess! See you all in the next gamenight!

Wilson Chronicles, a Half-Life 2 mod, shares a big media update after 6 years! The major update is currently available in their Steam beta branch as "devtest" for anyone to try it out!

Valve has just filed a trademark app for a new hardware called STEAM FRAME! "intended to cover the categories of computer game consoles for recreational game playing; video game consoles; video game accessories, namely, controllers for video games."

LEFT 4 DEAD 10 VS 10 - LAMBDAGENERATION GAMENIGHT 🧟 This week's LambdaGeneration Gamenight, we're going to be playing L4D2 10v10! 📆 Sat 6 September 🕖 7PM GMT / 8PM BST / 9PM CEST / 3PM EDT / 2PM CDT / 12PM PDT 📍 Join via lambdageneration.zombieislands.com:27015 🎙 discord.lambdageneration.com

Project Capture, an upcoming Portal 2 mod, shares an exclusive gameplay preview of their Act 1 and much more in their latest ModDB article. Watch it below!

The Citizen Returns, a classic Half-Life 2 mod, has been updated to SDK2013! After over a decade, you can now play it officially with Source SDK 2013 SP (as usual, make sure to also set to -upcoming). Download link below!

Mike Booth, creator of Left 4 Dead, announced on L4D's subreddit that he is working on a new 4 player coop shooter and its being developed by Bad Robot Games. He said they are opening up playtests to a limited number of players, so if you are interested, go check it out! Link below.

Time Wrap, an upcoming cartoony Half-Life total conversion mod (running on Xash), has just released a new trailer! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8uO...

Valve is now required, by the UK Online Safety Act (OSA), to verify Steam UK users age with a valid credit card logged into their account if they wish to access mature content on Steam. More information about this in the Steam support article below.

Half-Life: Insecure resumes development after author's GPU dying last month. After this slight inconvenience, he thanks all donors who contributed on the new GPU, shares some screenshots of the reworked chapter 6 and still plans to release the full mod this year!

The deadline to submit your MVM maps to the Workshop is up! We've got a lot of good entries for the Team Fortress 2 MVM focused update; sadly no confirmed date when it will drop. In the meantime, make sure to check out them and leave your support by voting on Steam Workshop!

Zero Signal, an Entropy Zero 2 mod, is releasing their first chapter later this year. The 'Prologue' chapter will serve as an introduction to the world and tone, while Part 2 will have a much larger scope. The author of the mod is planning to release both part 2 and full mod sometime in 2026.

Thank you for participating yesterday's PIRATES, VIKINGS & KNIGHTS || LambdaGeneration Gamenight! 🏴☠️⚔️🛡️ Yar maties, we did it! We captured the booty and sailed off yonder. 🪙 Special thanks to the PVKII team for joining the gamenight!

Today marks 8 years since Marc Laidlaw's Epistle 3 has been published. Late last year, we've got a few demo releases from fans that tried their best to recreate or reimagine Episode Three. Those being: Project Borealis Prologue, Interlude and Infinite Finality.

After 5 years in the making, Portal: Java Edition has been released to the public! Play this community project that fully integrates Portal's gameplay and mechanics using purely Vanilla Minecraft! Mappacks and the Github all available in their official website. Watch it here: youtu.be/8v7ZfuKZNis

Half-Life: Cross Product Multiplayer has officially launched on Steam! The update (Season 9 Patch II v2.9.2) brings major improvements, controller support, balance updates, and UI enhancements across the board. They also have a gamenight running right now to celebrate their Steam release. Go play!

Breadmans and his team has just posted a huge blog post celebrating Entropy : Zero 2's three year anniversary! The article feature lots of community-made content, goes into details what is next for the franchise/upcoming Episodes, and with a game patch! 🎨 AsterNerd

13 years ago, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was released to the world! Happy birthday CSGO! 🎂🎈🎈🎈

Entropy Zero 2 released 3 years ago on August 20th 2022! Everyone wishes happy birthday to our beloved Elite unit '3650'!

PIRATES, VIKINGS & KNIGHTS || - LAMBDAGENERATION GAMENIGHT 🎮 This week's LambdaGeneration Gamenight, we are playing PVKII, come join us! 🏴‍☠️⚔️🛡️ 📆 Sat 23 August 🕖 7PM GMT / 8PM BST / 9PM CEST / 3PM EDT / 2PM CDT / 12PM PDT 📍 Join via gamenight.lambdageneration.com 🎙 discord.lambdageneration.com

The Steam Market has got a juicy update on its search feature! It contains a new UI with a better-robust filter options to easily search any game items of your choice. The new advanced search has been shipped as a beta for now so make sure to provide your feedback!

The upcoming Valve title Deadlock has introduced six new heroes to the pool! This major update also includes a new character select screen, map visual improvements, a "hideout" as your personal area, and a 'hero voting' system of which hero you wish to unlock next.

You can now check and set Steam Reviews Score based on language-specific of your choice. "The Review Score displayed to users will be based on their primary language. [...] some languages may show more positive review scores, while others may show more negative ones."

'Skibidi' has been added to the Cambridge Dictionary. Yes you are living in this timeline. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Times, a Half-Life 2 mod that puts you in the shoes of a rebel trying to escape the Citadel during the events of Episode One, has announced its release date to August 23rd via ModDB!

Got a VR headset and little time to spare? Then dive into this 2 hour-long experience beyond worlds, dimensions and an exploration of your consciousness. "This is a consciousness expanding transmission that evolves those who play." The Great Way is available as a Workshop item for Half-Life Alyx.

Another Team Fortress 2 mod hit the Steam Store! @prefortress.com's store page has launched so make sure to wishlist! Pre-Fortress 2 v0.7.4 "Cold Snap" will be their last version of PF2 available to download. All future releases will be available right from the Steam store!