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Similar to Microsoft’s reward and achievement system for the Xbox, Valve has come out with their own reward system for PC gamers on Steam, and they’re calling it Trading Cards . It’s launching in beta and it lets you earn rewards for playing Steam games. The Trading Cards will add to your “Steam...

Steam is introducing Trading Cards, a beta system that lets you earn rewards while you play Steam games. Similar to Xbox Achievements, the Trading Cards system will add to your "Steam Level," a system-wide XP bar of sorts, but Valve is also giving users the chance to earn rewards through collecting...

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A profile decked out with the spoils of a trading card collection. Cool, but go back to the part about coupons? Steam Steam will release a new beta feature within its service called Steam Trading Cards according to an announcement from the company. The trading cards integrate with a handful of...

Google I/O has begun and in addition to the incredibly impressive Android activation numbers that were announced at the start, Google has some good news about Google Play as well. According to Google VP Hugo Barra, Google Play has crossed the milestone of 48 billion app installs, and the revenue...

You already know that Half-Life 2 for Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and OS X is excellent, but have you tried it on Linux? Well, yes, technically speaking , you couldn't actually play that version until this week when it launched on Steam for Linux , but our question stands! Yeah, that's what...

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Jack Lumber is an excellent game that arrived on iOS last year. It's reminiscient of Fruit Ninja, in that you drag your finger around the screen to chop through wood, though I think it's an improvement on Halfbrick's formula -- it's got a more complex meta game, and the mechanic is a little deeper...

Users of Valve’s Steam for Linux client will be getting access to the beta version of Left 4 Dead 2 later this week. The L4D2 beta will come with the new Enhanced Mutation System (EMS), which adds advanced scripting options to the multiplayer zombie survival game. In fact, all Left 4 Dead owners...

If you are a fan of post apocalyptic games and ebooks, there is a new deal to be had. Users who purchase the new PC game Metro: Last Light will be offered a free digital copy of the novel Metro 2033 when authenticating on Steam. The digital book is available as a standalone purchase and will be...