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Steam now says ‘game’ you’re buying is really just a license

Steam now says the ‘game’ you’re buying is really just a license

Valve is now explicitly disclosing that you don’t own the games you buy from its Steam online store. The company has added a note on the payment checkout screen stating that “a purchase of a digital product grants a license for the product on Steam,” as reported earlier by Engadget.

Ars Technica · 15h

Steam adds the harsh truth that you’re buying “a license,” not the game itself

The harsh truth is timed to a new California law against false advertising.

Hosted on MSN · 20h

Steam now tells gamers up front that they're buying a license, not a game

Steam appears to have started posting a notice in its shopping cart that purchases on its storefront are only for a license and not a game, according to a notice spotted by Engadget. It looks like an attempt by the company to get ahead of a new California law coming next year that forces companies to admit that buyers don't actually own digital content.

Sparking Zero Smashes Steam Record

Yahoo · 16h

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is trouncing the fighting game competition on Steam, with nearly double Street Fighter 6's all-time players record

Sparking! Zero released on Steam earlier today and, oh boy, it's doing numbers. At the time of writing there are 121,330 players according to SteamDB which, with a little bit of context, proves to be an overwhelming number.

GameRant on MSN · 20h

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Smashes Steam Record Before It's Even Out

Sparking Zero sets a major Steam record before its official launch, showing potential for the fighting game's future.

Eurogamer on MSN · 20h

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Review - arena fighters don't get much better than this

Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero is everything Dragon Ball fans will have wanted, but it's also just a blast for those unbothered by its extensive fan-service.

Webb telescope finds 1st clear evidence of a 'steam world'

Mashable on MSN · 20h

Webb telescope finds first clear evidence of a 'steam world'

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership of NASA and its European and Canadian counterparts, have indeed detected a sauna-like planet about 100 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pisces.

Space on MSN · 11h

Nearby exoplanet is a 1st-of-its-kind 'steam world,’ James Webb Space Telescope finds

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found a "first of its kind" world, an exoplanet that is twice the size of Earth and has an atmosphere packed with steam.

SciTech Daily · 20h

Webb Telescope Unveils an Early Universe Galaxy Growing From the Inside Out

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have for the first time observed a galaxy in the early universe growing from the inside out, a mere 700 million years after the Big Bang. This galaxy,

Upcoming Steam Game Is Free If You Download Within 24 Hours

An upcoming Steam game — which is to say, a Steam game not even out yet — is free to download right now, for the next 24 ...

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Metaphor: ReFantazio is bad for graphics nerds but good for the Steam Deck

Metaphor: ReFantazio might not be the most graphically sophisticated RPG of 2024, but that does make it easier to run on a ...

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WATCH: Big Boy, the world's largest steam locomotive, arrives in Fort Worth

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, will be in Fort Worth for a free event. The ...

Game Rant6h

The Steam Deck is Coming to a New Region

Please verify your email address. Valve's Steam Deck is finally coming to Australia in November, with LCD and OLED models ...

Steam Next Fest countdown – here's when Valve's October 2024 free demo event kicks off

But first, you have to know when the event starts, and that's what brings us together today. Here are the Steam Next Fest ...

This homebrew plugin that lets you install GOG and Epic games on your Steam Deck is getting a standalone Steam release

Junk Store, a plugin for the open source Steam Deck homebrew launcher Decky Loader that allows the installation of games from ...

Game Rant20h

Assassin's Creed Mirage Confirms Steam Release Date

Steam users will soon be able to check out the latest installment in the Assassin's Creed series as Ubisoft confirms its ...

1don MSN

Valve will finally sell the Steam Deck in Australia

Australians will finally be able to officially buy Valve’s Steam Deck in their home country — two and a half years after the ...

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