Post-Gaming: Steam Now Selling Useful Things Too

The GameMaker Studio/Steam Workshop thing people have picked up on is very interesting.

Post-Gaming: Steam Now Selling Useful Things Too:

Not entirely sure whether this is relevant to our readership, but I guess it’s important to keep documenting the eternal war between Valve and Microsoft. While MS does all sorts of strange things to Windows in the divisive upcoming 8, Valve have elected to move Steam beyond games. You can now buy several software packages on there, including 3DMark, 3DCoat, ArtRage and, most interestingly (or at least relevantly), GameMaker Studio. “These are just the first. Many more to come” is the claim.

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