If you’re into PC gaming, Valve Software’s Steam client is an almost essential application. Managing game purchases and libraries, while offering game community services, it’s an excellent program that has come a long way since its release almost seven years ago.
Now out of beta testing, we have a new version of Steam, 009 – and it’s much improved. The interface is cleaner, bolder and much nicer to navigate. There’s a new wishlist, so you can keep track of games you want, and your friends are shown more prominently too. Now you can see which games your friends play, and what’s on their wish list too. The community element of Steam is integral to why people use it, and this new version makes it a much more central feature.
There’s a more powerful library in the new Steam, allowing you to create your own categories and the search is now real time, making big game libraries much faster to navigate. Overall, it’s a great update, though I hope Valve can reduce the number of client updates they release for this one, as I find them pretty intrusive. Check out our review here.
