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Download of the Week: Black Mesa 1.0
- Black Mesa, the long-anticipated fan remake of Half-Life, has officially gone live today after eight years in development. For those hearing about this mod project for the first time, it involves a ground-up rewrite of Half-Life using Valve's Source Engine,…
Steam Big Picture mode previewed, Valve goes after consoles
- Today, Valve will launch the beta of Big Picture mode, a version of Steam designed for your television. That's right. The de facto central hub of PC gaming is now designed to run while you're lounging in your living room—and…
Opinion: The stalemate against piracy in PC gaming doesn't help anyone
- The PC's biggest asset, for users, is its amazing flexibility. The modern computer is both a tool and a toy, a generalist device customizable to nearly any needs. With the barest amount of prodding, comparatively speaking, it can be, and…
Valve job posting reveals intent to develop hardware
- A job posting for an industrial designer on Valve’s website points out that the software company will soon be shifting gears to focus on hardware. This has only added more fuel to the fire that ignited earlier this year when…
How to Access Region-Locked Content From Anywhere: Proxy, VPN, DNS Redirections Tricks and More
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Online services like Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, Spotify and many others have brought upon an era of instant, on-demand digital media consumption in a world where linear programming, bundled content, and physical formats no longer fit many people's lives.
Unfortunately this is a revolution not everyone can partake in (not yet or not as easily, at least). In this article we’ll offer you three alternatives to get around region locks. Each has their advantages and disadvantages and whichever route you choose will depend on the services you need to access as well as the devices you need to access them from -- not to mention whether you are willing to pay or not.
Steam Greenlight goes live, lets you vote on hundreds of games
- Following up from its announcement last month, Valve has officially flipped the switch on the new Greenlight feature that will allow users to vote and comment on what games and content should be released on Steam. Developers can submit games,…
Sleeping Dogs PC demo now available on Steam
- Sleeping Dogs was released last week and the game has since been garnering positive reviews from critics and gamers alike -- it currently has a metascore of 83 in our Product Finder engine. If you’re on the fence about spending…
Steam's 'big picture' mode beta launching in early September
- Steam’s Big Picture mode, a new full-screen option for the PC client aimed at bringing your game library to the living room, is set to launch in beta next month. Speaking on last Thursday’s episode of GameTrailers TV, Valve designer…
Team Fortress 2 Mann vs. Machine update intros co-op horde mode
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Valve has announced a new mode for Team Fortress 2 that pits Red and Blu against a common threat: robots. Set to launch Wednesday, August 15, the Mann vs. Machine (MvM) update will introduce a co-op component that tasks you and up to five friends with stopping swarms of robots...
Valve: Non-gaming software titles coming to Steam September 5
- Valve has announced that a set of non-gaming software titles will be hitting Steam next month. The new applications will range in category from creativity to productivity and will take advantage of popular Steamworks features such as easy installation, automatic…
Evidence of Source 2, Half-Life 3 found in Source Filmmaker SDK
- Observant developers over at ValveTime have made some interesting discoveries which suggest Valve is working on Source 2, the next version of its almost decade-old game engine. The Source engine powers a number of titles like Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines,…
Steam's updated user agreement bans class action suits
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Following the lead of EA, Microsoft, Sony and other gaming outfits, Valve updated its Steam Subscriber Agreement (SSA) Tuesday to forbid users from filing class action lawsuits. The change comes as a surprise to many gamers, who generally regard Valve as one of the "good guys"...
Valve: L4D2 runs 20% faster on Ubuntu than Windows 7
- With the advent of Steam landing on Linux drawing closer, Windows vs. Linux comparisons will become an inevitability. Although Valve's effort to port Steam over to Linux fans is still a work in progress, some onlookers may be surprised at…
Steam posts hardware and software survey results for June 2012
- Steam has published the results of its June 2012 hardware and software survey, providing some interesting -- albeit hardly surprising -- views at the technology people using Valve’s digital distribution platform are relying on. When it comes to CPUs, for…
Weekend game deals: Steam's summer sale continues
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Steam's summer event continues with fresh daily deals and flash sales, which currently includes big savings on Deus Ex, Crysis 2, Driver, F.3.A.R., Splinter Cell: Conviction and more. Although it's tough to beat some of Steam's dailies, there are plenty of noteworthy deals abroad...
It's official: Valve is working on Steam for Ubuntu 12.04 Linux
- Valve games running on Linux moved a step closer to reality yesterday with the company confirming the development of Steam for Linux. The team working on the Linux port will first focus with on compatibility for Ubuntu 12.04, with games…
New Steam categories suggest Valve may plan to offer applications
- Keenly observant users have discovered categories in the Steam mobile app not found in the desktop client, namely sections like "Design and Illustration", "Photo Editing" and "Web Publishing". Although a precarious conclusion worthy of much skepticism, the addition of such…
Weekend game deals: Steam's summer sale has begun
- Steam's long-awaited summer sale has finally commenced, with over 5,000 games currently discounted. Naturally, we can't include that many titles here, so we've just added today's hottest promos (some of them will expire in mere hours, so act quick). Although…
Valve's Source Filmmaker is now available for download on Steam
- Valve’s Source Filmmaker tool kit is now available in open beta status, allowing anyone to create animated short films using the same tools that the company utilized to create the Meet the Team shorts over the past five years. Source…
Valve will let you vote on what games are released on Steam
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Valve has announced a new feature that will let gamers vote on what titles appear on Steam. Currently, the company has an internal group that determines what games launch on the service, but since Valve doesn't employ psychics, it can be tough to please the community...
Valve's Steam summer sales plan leaked
- Valve’s annual Steam Summer Sale may be a bit behind schedule this year, but fear not as a Reddit member has revealed what is being billed as the complete sale list for summer 2012. The unconfirmed list features 55 games…
Valve releases simplifed Portal 2 level editor for PC and Mac
- Portal 2 fans rejoice: Valve has released the Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC, otherwise known as a level editor / puzzle maker. The free content was automatically rolled out to PC and Mac title owners yesterday via Steam.
Steam gets remote game downloads with new beta update
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Valve has launched a new Steam beta that lets you manage your game library remotely, plugging one of the primary shortcomings of its mobile application. In January, the developer released iOS and Android apps providing access to core Steam features, such as chatting with friends...
Valve confirms Steam and Source engine for Linux
- It's been a long wait but it looks like Linux users will finally get some native gaming action on Steam soon, according to Michael Larabel of Phoronix. Despite denying the existence of a port last year, the revelation comes straight from…
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