Valve adds new security check after attackers compromise Steam accounts of multiple game devs and update their games with malware

The Steam accounts of multiple game developers were recently compromised and used to update their games with malware. Fewer than 100 Steam users had the games in question installed when the malware was added, and they’ve been directly notified of the risk by email, according to Valve. The company confirmed details of the story, reported…

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Ark: Survival Evolved studio settles legal dispute over alleged code theft, and in a surprise twist they’re now helping to ‘re-release’ the game they said ripped them off

A dispute between Ark: Survival Evolved developer Studio Wildcard and the makers of Chinese strategy game Myth of Empires has come to a happy ending, as all parties involved say they’re now going to work together to “re-release” Myth of Empires on Steam and other platforms in early 2024. The trouble began in December 2021,…

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Paradox says The Lamplighters League sales were ‘a big disappointment,’ confirms recent layoffs at developer Harebrained Schemes

Paradox Interactive is taking a big financial hit on the turn-based tactics game The Lamplighters League, saying that sales of the game have been “a big disappointment.” Paradox also confirmed that significant layoffs had been made at developer Harebrained Schemes, but clarified that those layoffs occurred in the summer, a few months before The Lamplighters…

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2023’s biggest sleeper hit Dave the Diver just got a hefty content update featuring auto farming, new missions, and the electrifying concept of a ‘lobster party’

2023’s best game about managing an underwater sushi restaurant is getting even better. The already ludicrously deep Dave the Diver got its first content update yesterday, bringing a surfeit of improvements to the undersea management sim and, crucially, introducing the spellbinding notion of the “Lobster Party”. The update arrived yesterday, and although Mintrocket had already…

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