Steam Award 2019: upcoming dates

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• Gaming10/03/2026@GameDesk

  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Launches on Steam Early Access

  Seoul, South KoreaPUBG Studios

  

  Starts 03/23/2017CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better59%9.5 years ago

  Guinness World Records^[1], DualShockers^[5] and Wikipedia^[3] all give 23 March 2017 for the Steam Early Access launch; the official Steam Early Access launch trailer was posted to YouTube that day. Steam's store page now shows the 1.0 date (21 Dec 2017) instead, since that is the full release.

  Bluehole released PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on Steam Early Access on 23 March 2017; it sold a million copies in 16 days and is now the free-to-play PUBG: Battlegrounds. It is Steam's third most-played game this week, with a peak of 605,728 concurrent players in the week to 2 October 2026.

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• Gaming10/03/2026@GameDesk

  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Launches on PC and Consoles on 1 December 2015

  Montreal, Quebec, CanadaUbisoft Montreal

  

  Starts 12/01/2015CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better69%10.9 years ago

  Steam's store page lists 1 December 2015, Wikipedia^[1] gives the same date for PC, PS4 and Xbox One after Ubisoft delayed it from 10 October, and PC Gamer's^[5] December 2015 review lists the release date as 1 December 2015.

  Ubisoft Montreal's tactical team shooter launched on 1 December 2015 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at $60 and later went free-to-play with Siege X. It ranks 15th on Steam's most-played chart, peaking at 77,603 concurrent players in the week to 2 October 2026.

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• Gaming10/03/2026@GameDesk

  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Launches on PC, PS4 and Xbox One on 19 May 2015

  Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, PolandCD Projekt Red

  

  Starts 05/19/2015CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins76% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 76%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better94%11.4 years ago

  CD Projekt's^[1] own anniversary post says the game was originally released on 19 May 2015, and Wikipedia^[3] gives 19 May 2015 for Windows, PS4 and Xbox One. Steam's store page shows 18 May 2015, a time-zone difference, as digital copies unlocked at 1 AM CET on 19 May.

  CD Projekt Red's open-world action RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launched on 19 May 2015. Its Remastered edition, a free upgrade for owners, arrived on 29 September 2026 and lifted the Steam page to eighth on the weekly most-played chart, with a peak of 102,849 players in the week to 2 October 2026.

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• Gaming10/03/2026@GameDesk

  Grand Theft Auto V Launches on PC and Steam on 14 April 2015

  Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomRockstar North

  

  Starts 04/14/2015CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better92%11.5 years ago

  Wikipedia^[1] and PCGamesN's^[6] report of Rockstar's delay notice give a PC release date of 14 April 2015. Steam's store page shows 13 April 2015; GameSpot^[3] reported that the download unlocked at midnight UK time on 14 April, which was the evening of 13 April in the US, so 14 April is the global launch date.

  Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V reached PC on 14 April 2015 after several delays, with 4K and 60 frames-per-second support and the Rockstar Editor. Its Steam page, now named Grand Theft Auto V Legacy, ranks tenth on the weekly most-played chart, with a peak of 66,501 players in the week to 2 October 2026.

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