Valve Unveils Steamworks - briefly
(hx) 08:39 PM CET - Jan,29 2008
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Valve has just released
a complete set of
publishing tools for developers to make use of. Dubbed
Steamworks,
the tools are free of charge for all developers and offers a fairly robust set
of features. Specifically, Steamworks offers:
- Real-time stats on sales, gameplay, and product activation: Know exactly
how well your title is selling before the charts are released. Find out how
much of your game is being played. Login into your Steamworks account pages
and view up to the hour information regarding worldwide product activations
and player data.
- State of the art encryption system: Stop paying to have your game
pirated before it's released. Steamworks takes anti-piracy to a new level
with strong encryption that keeps your game locked until the moment it is
released.
- Territory/version control: The key-based authentication provided in
Steamworks also provides territory/version controls to help curb gray market
importing and deliver territory-specific content to any given country or
region.
- Auto updating: Insures all customers are playing the latest and greatest
version of your games.
- Voice chat: Available for use both in and out of game.
- Multiplayer matchmaking: Steamworks offers you all the multiplayer
backend and matchmaking services that have been created to support
Counter-Strike and Team Fortress 2, the most played action games in the
world.
- Social networking services: With support for achievements, leaderboards,
and avatars, Steamworks allows you to give your gamers as many rewards as
you would like, plus support for tracking the world's best professional and
amateur players of your game.
- Development tools: Steamworks allows you to administer private betas
which can be updated multiple times each day. Also includes data collection
tools for QA, play testing, and usability studies.
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