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Steam is a digital distribution platform created by Valve Corporation. It offers digital rights management (DRM), multiplayer gaming, social networking services, and even video stream function. Steam provides its users with installation and automatic updates of games on multiple computers, as well as various community features. Said features include: friends lists, groups, cloud saving, and in-game voice and chat. Though initially developed for use on Microsoft Windows, versions for OS X and Linux were later released. Mobile apps (with the main software) were released for iOS, Android, and even Windows Phone. Steam is currently the largest digital distribution platform for PC gamers with almost 75% of the market space. It has over 130 million registered accounts (with over 13 million concurrent users). The success of the Steam platform has led to the development of Steam Machine micro-console, as well as SteamOS. Steam’s user-friendly design and frequent sales, only increase its popularity among PC gamersWith the advancement of the internet, video games started to evolve as well. One of the major changes was an introduction to the Multiplayer mode. In Multiplayer, more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time. Before the internet era, video games were mostly Single Player activities, putting the player against preset challenges and AI-controlled opponents (which lacked the flexibility and unpredictability of human mind). Multiplayer games allow players to interact with each other in partnership, rivalry or competition, giving them a level of social communication absent in Single Player titles. In Multiplayer games, players may compete against two (or more) human contestants, work cooperatively with a human partner to achieve a common goal, and even supervise other players' activity. Multiplayer games typically require players to share the resources of a single game system or use networking technology to play together over a greater distance. A video game franchise commonly associated with multiplayer is Counter-Strike. Massively Multiplayer Online games (also called MMOs) are a variation of multiplayer games in which a very large number of players can interact with one another within a virtual world. The best example of an MMO game is World of Warcraft.Who doesn’t know the LEGO brand? Their colorful plastic bricks (accompanied by a wide array of blocks, gears, and figurines) are extremely popular all around the world. But LEGO is active also in other fields, such as movies industry and video games. These games are usually of the action-adventure genre but one can find also few racing and even RPG titles. Since 1995, more than 60 LEGO-themed video games have been released, with more titles already announced. There are original LEGO games (e.g. Lego Chess, Lego Racers, Bionicle Heroes, etc.) as well as games based on other franchises (Lego Star Wars, Lego The Lord of the Rings, Lego Batman, Lego Harry Potter, and more). They are generally considered to be aimed at the younger audiences but are massively popular nonetheless. Do you like LEGO aesthetics? Or maybe you are a fan of the legendary blocks? If so, check out the best LEGO games in the business. Only top titles for PC and consoles!Hide
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