Steam and Valve's platform experience widespread outages during holiday sale

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Steam experienced a significant outage on December 24 affecting the store, community, and online APIs, impacting access to games like Team Fortress 2, Dota 2, and Counterstrike 2. The platform largely recovered by 6PM ET, though some services remain sluggish or partially functional.
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