Steam Sets Another Record with 36 Million Concurrent Users

We've datamined updated 3-piece set bonuses from Sunken Temple item sets, now providing interesting class-specific effects. Prior to today's build, they were quite generic with bonuses giving passive stat gains. A new level-up raid coming in Phase 3 Season of Discovery, Sunken Temple will be on a weekly lockout and contains hundreds of new pieces of loot from eight new bosses. In addition to the item sets with changes detailed below, you can preview more of the datamined loot in our Sunken Temple Guide: Sunken Temple Raid Loot Today's datamining had even more notable item updates, including reputation levels, dungeon reitemization, and P3 item tuning: More Item TuningReitemized Dungeon LootReputation Levels for Emerald Wardens Rewards

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Vladimir Putin has signed off on a plan to create Russia's own consoles and Steam-like platform. This is one of nine instructions that are supposed to promote the socio-economic development of the region of Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave located between Lithuania and Poland. The region is a Special Economic Zone where manufacturers can enjoy tax breaks; moreover, a silicon production facility was recently established there.

The launch of the new Beach Properties DLC for Cities: Skylines 2 has sparked a significant wave of discontent within its player community. Despite eager anticipation for fresh content, many gamers are left disheartened as they delve into the first DLC for Cities: Skylines 2.

A talented Pokemon fan has devised a few fictitious ads for Kool-Aid starring popular monsters from the Pokemon franchise. The fan came up with four flavors of Pokemon-inspired Kool-Aid based on creatures such as Tentacruel, Pikachu, Blastoise, and Chansey.

NVIDIA revealed today that the sci-fi first-person shooter/tower defense/base building hybrid game Outpost: Infinity Siege will support DLSS 3 (Frame Generation + Super Resolution) and Reflex at launch.

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There are few games out there that fit the bill of an evergreen experience better than Stardew Valley does. The beloved indie life sim game has grown massively in popularity in the near-decade that it’s been out, and incredibly enough, its graph is continuing to touch new heights even now.

Following the 1.6 update, more people are playing Stardew Valley on Steam than ever before, breaking records eight years after its initial release.

Steam has just set another record for the most concurrent players just a week after clearing its previous milestone. Valve’s PC gaming outlet has been the go-to platform for digital purchases over the past few decades, giving players access to a vast catalog of classic gems and modern-day hits. Even with the “console wars” between Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox raging ever on and the Epic Game Store rising as a new competitor in the PC gaming landscape, Steam still benefits from a large community of users that continues to grow to record-setting numbers.

Over the course of the first couple of months of 2024, Steam has seen several boosts in activity, which have seen the platforming hitting record-high peaks of concurrent users multiple times in the space of a few weeks. Recently, it hit another milestone on that front.