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Steam has pushed out an update to its Windows Phone app on the Windows Store. This is the 3rd update for the app, taking it to version 2016.902.2152.0, after the second one last week introduced a crashing issue in the app. For those who don’t know, the Steam app features: Ensure the security of your account with Steam Guard multifactor authentication; Send and confirm trades with friends; Sell your in-game items in the Steam Community Market straight from your Inventory; Browse the Steam storefront and keep up with the latest games, promotions, and sales; Remotely download and install your games straight to your PC at home. You can get Steam on your Windows Phone from the link below. Develop...

Steam has pushed out a small update to its Windows Phone app on the Windows Store. This is the first update for the app, which means it doesn’t introduce any new features and it only comes with some improvements for the initial release. With the latest update, you’ll notice that Steam has polished some parts of the user interface – for example, the hamburger looks slightly better and the typography throughout the app seems to be improved as well. In addition to this, Steam probably made some performance enhancements, which is why the app feels slightly faster with the latest update. For those who don’t know, the Steam app features: Ensure the security of your account with Steam Guard multifa...

Just about 2 hours ago, we reported that Steam’s official Windows Phone app has been spotted in the Windows Store. Now, it looks like the app is now available for download and you can install it on your Windows Phone. The app is something which a lot of Windows Phone fans have been asking for, and it’s nice to see Steam listening to Windows Phone users. The app itself may not be very exciting as it’s a classic Windows Phone 8.1 app. However, the app comes with the important features such as Steam Guard, ability to trade games, browse the Steam market, chat with friends, and more: Ensure the security of your account with Steam Guard multifactor authentication Send and confirm trades with frie...

Last year Steam introduces theirSteam Guard Mobile Authenticator, which is an app for iOS and Android which provides 2 factor authentication for trades on their Steam Community Market. They have since made it more or less mandatory to use the app, with users who are not able to use it being forced to wait 15 days to complete a sale. This of course left Windows Phone users out in the cold, though some 3rd party apps have arrived recently that do allow us to take part in the trading system more easily such as Winauth or Unofficial Steam Authenticator. It appears from the source code of theSteam Guard Mobile Authenticator app that Steam is looking to provide a first party solution to Windows Ph...

[embedded content] Moon Studios’ amazing 2D sidescrolling platformer Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is now available on Windows 10 and Steam. The game tells the story of Ori, a guardian spirit who explores the forest of Nibel – a breathtaking, haunting, and lovingly hand-drawn backdrop. The Definitive Edition makes a great game even better, adding new areas, music, story elements, fast travel options, and the additional Light Burst and Dash abilities. It also features a new Easy difficulty, for gamers who’d like to relax a little bit as they take in the awe-inspiring sights of Nibel. With the Windows 10 edition, this game comes with enhanced resolution and monitor support, as w...

[embedded content] Microsoft today aounced that popular 2D sidescrolling platformerOri and the Blind Forest: Definitive Editionwill be available forgamers on Windows 10 and Steamon April 27. This was released on Xbox One last month. “Immediately after the release of Ori and the Blind Forest, we heard cries from fans asking for even more content. Instead of ‘just’ releasing DLC, we decided to craft an entirely new package that includes both the new content as well as features that fans have asked us to add to the original game. We spent almost an entire year on this new release of Ori and the Blind Forest and hope that we have now delivered the ultimate ‘Ori experience’ for all of our fans ou...

The Rise of the Tomb Raider was the first triple A title to be distributed by the Windows Store, but it wasalready clear that it will not be the last, even before Microsoft aounced that “Quantum Break” will be available on both PC and the Xbox with cross-platform purchase, with Xboxbuyers getting a free version of the PC game with cross-platform save. The later aouncement was paradoxically met with much moaning, with Xbox gamers complaining about lack of exclusives for the platform. Of course with the Xbox One now ruing Windows 10 there is now increasingly less reason to discriminate in favour of the device. In fact Microsoft may in fact favour the PC platform, with Chinese site WPDang repor...

The Rise of the Tomb Raider was the first triple A title to be distributed by the Windows Store, but it wasalready clear that it will not be the last, even before Microsoft aounced that “Quantum Break” will be available on both PC and the Xbox with cross-platform purchase, with Xboxbuyers getting a free version of the PC game with cross-platform save. The later aouncement was paradoxically met with much moaning, with Xbox gamers complaining about lack of exclusives for the platform. Of course with the Xbox One now ruing Windows 10 there is now increasingly less reason to discriminate in favour of the device. In fact Microsoft may in fact favour the PC platform, with Chinese site WPDang repor...