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| Out of Steam: Gaming distribution platform goes down | |
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| Online gaming distribution platform Steam has gone offline. Reports of outages come a day after its winter sale went live. | Online gaming distribution platform Steam has gone offline. Reports of outages come a day after its winter sale went live. |
| It's understood the outage is affecting users around the world, although the cause is not yet known. According to GameSpot, there is no access to Steam’s store, communities or game servers. | |
| More than 125 million users are active on Steam, which was developed by Valve Corporation. The platform allows its users to both publish and download games. | More than 125 million users are active on Steam, which was developed by Valve Corporation. The platform allows its users to both publish and download games. |
| Earlier this year, both Tumblr and WikiLeaks crashed after suffering DDoS attacks on their sites. | |
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| Popular games such as ‘Counter Strike’, ‘Half-Life’ and ‘Left 4 Dead’ are available on Steam, as well as a numerous titles from smaller publishers. | |
| This week Steam was fined AU$3 million (US$2.15 million) after an Australian Federal Court ruled they had disregarded the country’s laws in refusing refunds for as many as 21,124 users, reported The Sydney Morning Herald. | |
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