Valve show off their new Steam Library design and a new Events page

I had my, hell, large library all sorted and categorized. About a year ago, every category vanished:'(. Since I had categorized them as soon as they were installed, it is still not yet finished.:><:

Quoting: BielFPsSomething that I miss in the current interface is a direct option to see the store page of a game in my library.

Wait, can't we do that now? Every title in my library has a link to "Store Page" on the right of the screen when I click on the title...

I was a bit disappointed at first. I don't want the library to show friends, I want it to show my collection and relevant information about the game. I'd like more information from the store page to be shown for the games in the library, and I'd like for important things like the workshop and the DLC to be more prominent. Initially I assumed the "updates" given so much attention would be the "news" currently shown (every article on a website that mentions the game), which would be horrible, but if it is actual updates that is actually very nice. But I do like the new visual style, and the filtering is very nice indeed, so the change is for the better in general. The flexibility of the search coupled with the saving searches option will be so much more convenient than creating categories and then classifying every game.

I also love the "events" page, and the idea that you can set up reminders for it is great. Many games I play have somewhat frequent updates that add more stuff (Kingdom Rush Origins comes to mind as it was featured here just today, but also Northgard), or some very old games that get a completely unexpected updates (Sins of a Solar Empire), and it would be nice to see those things. Particularly for games that I might not have played in a while (Paradox games have so many additions, but I follow dev diaries so I know about them months in advance...), or are not so big (no chance of missing a Civilization DLC). And then, there are actual mini-events like Amplitude often does (the Endless Day each year, the time when Sega made a competition between their strategy franchises).

In general, I'm excited.

I welcome the refreshing look.

Another thing I would like is to wish list a game I already own so that I can get notified when to buy it for a friend. :)

I wonder what that Mirror's Edge Catalyst is doing there in the first screenshot.

Any info regarding the console tab that is shown in the screen capture?

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoPractically every days Tim Sweeney is kicking Gabe Newell in the balls, and the fat guy doesn't even react because He lies on the floor almost passed out!

Tencent kicking Valve's ass? I think you need to re-check your numbers. While Epic did quickly rise to nearly the same total user count as Valve, it seems like most of that is Fortnite players. People are also starting to take note of their bad business practices (exclusives up the wazoo) and many are dissatisfied. Check the twitter announcement that Outworlds is gonna be an Epic exclusive the coming year. Seems like they're not gonna have many sales on PC until they can release on other platforms.

That fancy site better not be loading pictures from the web every time one starts it... looking at you current banner view library.

Quoting: x_wingAny info regarding the console tab that is shown in the screen capture?

If you start Steam with -console parameter you'll have it too. :-)

Kinda mixed feeling. Got some itch client vibe there which not necessary good or bad, but if it's smooth and simple I'm OK with it.

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoPROTON is OK, but it is not enough for to compensate what EPIC is doing with the big industry players.

EG is paying (read: bribing) every publishers or developers (note the difference), based on future revenue which means zero loss, to get distribution rights on their client exclusively. Any publishers especially so-called AAA plus to extend some devs, love risk-free business with free cash upfront. Bottomline is important yo! Not gamers..

Thanks to EGS, now I know which publishers + devs either AAA or indie who really hated my cash. I'm plan to buy PS1 Classic next month or so but no thanks to this deal, I canceled my plan. Plus, If I had my PS4 right now, I will end PS Plus subs and delete my credit card/paypal from PSN, if possible I'm blacklist PSN.

For me, better we move on and supports people who wants our money. After all, what I learned after I'm switch gaming Linux platform is AAA publishers with AAA games are totally overrated and always under-delivered.

And for hostile indies, their loss. AFAIK, no other gaming community willingly paid for your game at the same time helping you to fix your game FOC, except Linux.