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The Steam Deck has increased prices to $789 and $949, and it is still out of stock. This likely won't have any consequences for Steam sales of high-fidelity AAA games, but will ot change sales for Steam Deck-enabled, less spec-intensive games? 🤔

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🚨MAYG's new gameplay trailer is out 🔥 A social competitive turn-based shooter of destruction and luxury. Fight for love. ♥️🍑 Official game nights restarting next week.

If you've never understood or seen what MAYG's gameplay is like, here is a full narrated 5 player game. It takes you through some of the design choices as well as what is unique about the game as a social competitive game. The game is set in 90's Tokyo and so we kept the game art stylized as the main point is really the competitive gameplay itself. Ask me any questions about it.

Today is a great day to build in the programmable economy on Arbitrum.

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Past: Markets were siloed systems with manual clearing, limited hours and settlement measured in days. Today: Markets run on programmable infrastructure 24/7, where transactions, rules and agreements execute automatically.

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This summer showcases are heating up with over 15 showcases going live between now and June 10th, including Summer Game Fest. Most showcases will have Steam events associated with them which pushes games up in the algorithm. Which shows are you watching this summer?

Since being acquired by Microsoft in 2019, Double Fine has released 4 games. With Xbox now prioritizing multi-platform launches, we may be starting to see stronger Steam sales performance from Xbox-owned studios compared to the earlier Game Pass-first era.

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Do review bombs impact active user numbers? Slay The Spire II which has had critical success got review bombed twice and still is in the top 10 played games on Steam with consistent peaks ranging from 127,000 players and back to 134,000 players in a 7 day spread.