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Вчера пришла хорошая новость для геймеров. Компания Valve выпустила клиент игрового сервиса Steam для Windows Phone 8.1 и Windows 10 Mobile. Это еще не полноценное приложение, скорее временное решение для тех, кому не хватало Steam на Lumia.
В официальном описании выделены следующие возможности:
- защита аккаунта благодаря многофакторной аутентификации Steam Guard,
- торговля с друзьями,
- торговля на Steam Community Market,
- доступ в магазин и отслеживание новинок,
- удаленная установка игр на домашний ПК.
Почему-то еще не упомянута возможность общаться с друзьями.
В целом все работает, но как-то не идеально. Особенно удручает магазин, который представляет собой автоматически переформатированную веб-версию. Это не смертельно, но явно не то, чего мы ждем в плане дизайна и производительности. Очень надеемся, что это вопрос ближайших обновлений, а в идеале – выхода универсального приложения.
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Tags: Steam, Valve, Windows Phone, игры
If you’re a PC gamer, there’s a good chance you’re in some way involved with Valve’s Steam service. If you’re a Windows 10 Mobile user also, you’re possibly not using the Steam Guard verification system thanks to its reliance on the mobile app, which isn’t available on Microsoft powered phones.
And that’s a problem. Steam Guard is something everyone who uses the platform should be using, but Valve doesn’t seem to care if you don’t own an iPhone or one of the hundreds of Android phones out there.
Thankfully, as in many cases with Windows apps, the developer community has come up trumps again and we have an app we can use on both Windows 10 Mobile and Windows Phone 8.1: the Unofficial Steam Authenticator.
There’s not a lot to the app itself, which is fine. All it needs to do is give you your Steam Guard codes and access to trading, a feature which also requires the extra authentication.
A word of caution, though: If you already have it on another device on another platform, as I do, you’ll still need that phone first to be able to generate a code to log in to this app. You then need to remove the authenticator from that phone before you can link this app.
But once you’re in, it does exactly what it says on the tin. I’m not into Steam trading, so I haven’t used that, but otherwise it does what you need it to do, when you need to do it. There doesn’t seem to be any issue generating login codes, so all signs point to this one being a winner.
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Valve has released a version of of its Steam mobile app on the Windows Store for Windows Phones. The app, which has been available on Android and iOS for a good while, offers a multitude of handy features.
You can use it to browse the store and buy games, control your downloads remotely, view your profile, check your library and a lot more. There is, however, a more important use of the app: and that it allows you to use two-factor authentication when logging into your Steam account.
Recently, Valve made this requirement for all market listings and trades, unless you want to wait 15 days for your listings to appear on the market.
You can download the Windows Phone version through the store, but beware, it’s not as fully-featured as the iOS and Android ones. But, it at least covers the most basic needs.