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Numerous Steam users have reported that a game titled Abstractism is consuming way too much CPU power to mine for cryptocurrency. The game was also selling marketplace items that were masqueraded as goods from popular games such as Team Fortress…Read… Continue reading Steam Alert: Abstractism Game Exploited Gamers’ CPU for Cryptomining
A simple, 2D game raised eyebrows after it was found to be consuming big amounts of processing power. Continue reading Steam Bans Developer After Outcry Over Cryptomining, Scam Items
Valve has pulled a game from its online Steam store after allegations were made that it was exploiting players’ computer resources to mine for cryptocurrency.
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Valve has pulled a game from its online Steam store after allegations were made that it was exploiting players’ computer resources to mine for cryptocurrency. Warning bells rang for players of the game, a simple and minimalist platformer called &… Continue reading Steam game Abstractism pulled after cryptomining accusations
Steam game ‘Abstractism’ was pulled from the marketplace after users complained that it was hijacking their computers to mine cryptocurrency, and that the game developers were scamming players with in-game assets. Continue reading Steam Pulled an Indie Game Accused of Being an Elaborate Cryptocurrency Mining Scam
Steam updates its neglected chatting experience with modern features to take on Discord, but it’s a little too late.
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Remember when computer mice didn’t have scroll wheels? The greatest mouse of all time, the Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0, is back in production. This mouse was released in 2003, before the popularity of ‘gaming’ mice from the likes of Razer, and at the time it was the standard mouse for RTS and FPS professional gamers. After producing a few million of these mice, the molds died or the sensors were out of stock, Microsoft stopped shipping the Intellimouse Explorer 3.0, and the ones that were out in the wild slowly died. Now this fantastic mouse is back, and it’s only …read more
The change to comply with Dutch regulations came with no warning, leaving players stuck with valuable inventories. Continue reading Valve Disables Item Trading for Dutch ‘Counter-Strike’ Players, Making Their Expensive Gun Skins Worthless
Developers of games like Total War and Civilization are apologizing and removing the software from their games. Continue reading Game Developers Dump ‘Redshell’ Tracking Program After Privacy Backlash
‘Rag Doll Kung Fu,’ the first game on Steam not developed by Valve, showed that the platform was great for small, weird games. Continue reading The First Non-Valve Game on Steam was Weird as Hell