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All questions related to silly phone games will be directed to Gabe Newell and responded with "WHY U NO PLAY STEAM?"

According to an email from Blue Isle Studios, Slender: the Arrival will be available on Steam by Halloween:

Shh…

Something new is coming to Slender: The Arrival

Only you are allowed to know about it.

This Halloween we'll be on Steam.

More importantly, there's new content.

Here's a sneak peak, Keep it Quiet. The rest of the world doesn't know.

In an interview with IGN, product designer Greg Coomer said, "you won't see an exclusive killer app for SteamOS from us. We're not going to be doing that kind of thing." Business developer Anna Sweet also explains Valve's philosophy on third party exclusives, saying, "Whenever we talk to third-party partners, we encourage them to put their games in as many places as possible, including not on our platforms."

From the article:

Valve's added an option for developers and publishers to disallow cross-region gifting and trading. In addition to the obvious ramifications, this may pull the rug out from people who use those features to get around arbitrarily raised regional pricing and/or censorship.

After watching the gameplay it all makes sense, but how was this released in the first place?

The publisher is offering refunds for the people who were unfortunate enough to buy the game and expect something competent.

Bring on the self published titles!

If you're having the issue, try the fix posted here.

Woooooohooooooooooooo

Scribbles out 2015, writes 2016

If you've got an Oculus Rift, you can try out SteamVR right now in big picture mode! Valve is also said to be debuting a prototype VR HMD in the near future.

From the video description:

Optimized for modern high-definition PCs and fully integrated with the Steam platform, this version includes a range of new features such as a Magic Booster that enables players to power up their spells, Steam cloud support, and 45 integrated achievements to encourage players to explore various facets of the game. Also included is the Chocobo World, previously unavailable to Western players on the original release.

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Are you ready for this Attack on Your Wallet?

Mouse & keyboard PC gamers, do you want to try the Steam controller? Would you ever switch?

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