Baldur’s Gate 3 Wins Steam’s Game of the Year Award

Palworld, an open-world action-adventure title where players can combat and capture Pokemon-like creatures, has become a phenomenon, rising to the top of Steam charts days within launch. The game, which also incorporates elements of the survival genre, now has the fifth-highest peak concurrent players in the history of the Valve storefront, going past heavyweight titles like Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy. Palword developers Pocketpair also confirmed Monday that the game has sold over five million copies within three days of launch.

With almost half of the world's population heading to the polls in a national election in 2024, leaders at the World Economic Forum are grappling with how the arrival of ChatGPT will affect these democracies — and how governments will in turn regulate AI.  Leaders in artificial intelligence including OpenAI's Sam Altman and Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates weighed in this week at Davos, the gilded annual conference where billionaires hold forth on global problems. While all said they took the threat of artificial intelligence on elections seriously, there was a split in whether they thought major disruption was likely.Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella somewhat downplayed the risks. “It's not like this is the first election where disinformation, or misinformation, and election interference is going to be a real challenge that we all have to tackle,” he said, speaking at Bloomberg House at Davos on Tuesday.

The nominees for the 24th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) have been revealed.

is set in the 1800s, long before any of the events in the series take place. Despite that, Hogwarts' magical campus is full of familiar names, but the familial relationships may not be obvious, especially for those who haven't read the books. Going through and seeing which characters from are related to characters from the novels can make the next playthrough a bit more interesting.

Steam broke its record for concurrent users on Sunday.

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Humble's come out of the gate swinging with its first Choice Bundle⁠—available through the charity-focused initiative's $12 subscription service⁠—of the year. Marvel's Midnight Suns, alongside a collection of seven other games, are available to keep for subscribers at no additional cost.

It’s no secret Baldur’s Gate 3 took the gaming community by storm once released. Whether it was the intense turn-based battles or the immersive storylines and dialogue , Baldur’s Gate 3 took the victory as Game of the Year during the Steam Awards 2023. 

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To the surprise of absolutely no one, Baldur's Gate 3 has claimed the Game of the Year award in the 2023 Steam Awards, along with the crown for Outstanding Story-Rich Game. It probably would have won even more, but the Steam Awards rules limit games to nominations in a maximum of two categories, presumably to avoid any across-the-board ass-kickings.

If you’ve already wrapped up your second run of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and you’re bored waiting for the next season of Andor to drop, you might want to check out the deal happening on the Star Wars Complete Collection. This compilation of 26 classic Star Wars games from the Lucasarts era (plus some newer games) is a $293 value, but you can add all of them to your Steam library for just $76. These discounts will last through Jan. 4, 2024.

Steam has revealed its "Best of 2023" list that reveals the best-selling games on the platform alongside which titles were played the most on PC, Steam Deck, VR, Controller, and more.