The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Hirato]

I suspect they fucked up the database query to decide the first award winner, probably got a cross join or two in there.

 

[MRY]

And holy fuck steam is down!

:russia:
They've finally gone too far!

 

[HoboForEternity]

When gaben use the servers for his butt heater

 

[HoboForEternity]

It's all over guys. See you in Origin.

 

[Azalin]

FFS it's still down,are those Russian hackers working overtime during the holidays?

 

[Latelistener]

 

[oldmanpaco]

Inb4 all our credit card information has been compromised.

 

[MRY]

If only there were a sales portal that was DRM free and didn't require you to be connected to the internet to play your games...

 

[Infinitron]

http://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-down

Merry Christmas - Steam is down and you can't play any of your games

It’s either the end of the world, or Valve are having some big server issues, as Steam has been down for around an hour now.

Steam being down during a sale is nothing new, but this isn’t even intermittent - it just plain doesn’t work at all.

Not being able to play online is expected in times like this, but currently some players can’t even access their offline games - we've tried it with various titles, and one of our computers straight up can't even start Steam. We'd recommend leaving the program open if you already have it. Everything is on lockdown and it’s kinda bizarre.

Even Steam developers can't access their sales stats, as SteamWorks is also unresponsive.



We’ve reached out to Valve for comment, but we’re not expecting to hear back any time soon. I imagine they’re being inundated with emails right now.

Remember last Christmas on Steam when people could see each other’s bank details for a little bit? That was fun wasn’t it?

Unofficial status tracking sits Steam Stats is a good place to track the current status of things, but we will keep you updated if there’s any change.

It looks like there are quite a few people hoping for answers.

 

[Latelistener]

Not being able to play online is expected in times like this, but currently some players can’t even access their offline games - we've tried it with various titles, and one of our computers straight up can't even start Steam.

 

[Lady_Error]

7 Mages -75% http://store.steampowered.com/app/446590

One of the few sort of good blobbers lately. Thanks for reminding me!

 

[Baron Dupek]

so... how do you enjoy your always online, and dependent by outside services, entertainment of the future?

 

[pippin]

Let's see if they even have the decency to extend the sale because of this.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Lagole Gon]

What the fuck. I want to play some Blood Bowl 2. RIGHT NOW YOU HACKS!

 

[Lazing Dirk]

Oh no I can't look at all those wonderful guides because of this, boo hoo

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

https://steamstat.us/

Steam CMs 58.3% Online
Steam Community Normal

e.
Seems to be working for me now.

e2.

An error occurred while processing your request.

Oh well.

 

[Lady_Error]

If only there were a sales portal that was DRM free and didn't require you to be connected to the internet to play your games...

If only all the Steam games were available on that other sales portal...

 

[Infinitron]

http://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-down

Update: A self-proclaimed "cyber terrorism" group have claimed responsibility for the Steam outage.

A group who call themselves Phantom Squad have said they launched a "major DDoS attack" on Valve's gaming service. We have emailed them to see if they can provide proof and to find out their motives. Their Twitter account has since been suspended.

Back in November, the group claimed responsibility for a short Steam outage, along with one in Rainbow Six Siege. At the same time, they made threats against Steam, Microsoft and Sony for the holidays.

 

[Lurker King]

If only there were a sales portal that was DRM free and didn't require you to be connected to the internet to play your games...

You don't need to be connected to play your games on steam. In a sense, all games are DRM free because you can pirate them for free.

 

[Baron Dupek]

2016 has claimed its final victim

 

[Melcar]

Can't connect. Gaben is a racist fuck.

 

[Infinitron]

http://www.pcgamer.com/steam-is-down-everywhere-and-we-dont-know-why/

Steam is back! [Updated]

Update: It may still be wonky, and we still don't have an explanation for what happened, but Steam is at least partially back. At the moment, the store doesn't appear to be up, but the client is now connecting and your games should be working as normal. We'll keep you posted.

 

[racofer]

Store page just opened, albeit it's very slow.

 

[garren]

So I missed this outage, but how is it even possible that you cant access the offline client? I've done it before when my internet connection has been cut.