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Valve boss: "We want EA's games on Steam"
- As you've undoubtedly heard, some of EA's games have been retracted from Valve's digital distribution platform. When Crysis 2 first disappeared from Steam in June, gamers immediately assumed that the decision was part of an overarching strategy to force users…
Counter-Strike comeback set for early 2012
- It’s been a long while since Valve launched the remake of the original Counter-Strike using the Source engine in 2004. Then last Friday, out of nowhere, the prolific game publisher unveiled Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a new team-based action shooter being…
Steam Trading beta lets you swap digital games for virtual items
- Valve has announced a new exchange system that allows gamers to trade their Team Fortress 2 equipment for Steam games. Currently in beta, Steam Trading will partially resolve a fundamental flaw with any barter system: sometimes you can't obtain what…
Valve: We'll release Blood Harvest if 60,000 people beat Dead Air
- Hoping to rally the community and squeeze in some beta testing, Valve has called for gamers to complete Left 4 Dead 2's "Dead Air" campaign in versus mode and unlock the new "Connecting Fight" achievement (we believe it's a typo…
Valve announces Dota 2 public unveiling during $1 million tournament
- Valve today announced a tournament called the The International, during which Dota 2 will be shown extensively to the public for the first time. The Tournament, which will be broadcast in four languages (Chinese, German, Russian, and English) for free,…
Steam promises quicker downloads with upcoming update
- Valve has announced some tweaks to its content delivery system that should boost the speed of your game downloads. If you're fortunate enough to have a blisteringly fast Internet connection, you've probably noticed that the current system gets bogged down…
GameStop exec: Battlefield 3 won't appear on Steam
- EA and DICE's Battlefield 3 is perhaps the most anticipated shooter coming out this year and apparently it won't be available on one high-profile digital distribution service. Want to guess which one?
EA explains why Crysis 2 was pulled from Steam
- There has been some speculation about a possible break-up between EA and Valve, after Crysis 2 was pulled from the Steam platform and appeared on EA's new storefront sporting a misleading "only on Origin" tag. Although many of us saw…
Valve: Test new L4D2 campaign and we'll release DLC early
- Up for a challenge? Valve is calling for 20,000 strapping young lads to test drive a new Left 4 Dead 2 campaign. Dubbed "Cold Stream," the map began as a project of community member Matthew Lourdelet, creator of the popular…
Valve releases Team Fortress 2 for free, for good
- Valve has released Team Fortress 2 for free, and has announced that it is staying that way forever. Of course, the company hasn't entirely given up on making money from Team Fortress 2: gamers can still buy virtual goods in-game…
Steam bets on in-app purchases with free-to-play games
- Valve has taken the wraps off a new section on Steam reserved for games following the 'Free-to-play' model. Although the company has hosted promotional free-to-play weekends before, with games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops or Team Fortress 2…
Valve co-founder: good gamers should pay less, and vice versa
- Gabe Newell is the co-founder and managing director of Valve. He often has something interesting to say, and the recently lengthy interview with Develop is no exception (seriously, it's worth a read).
Valve to release Portal 2 DLC this summer
- Many gamers may have already beaten Portal 2, but they shouldn't just give up and wait for Portal 3. That's because Valve plans on releasing downloadable content (DLC) for Portal 2 this summer, according to a Fast Company interview with…
Valve considering Steam for iOS, Android
- A user on the Steam Powered forums who calls himself Political Gamer recently had a chance to check out Valve's headquarters as part of an interview. He took notes; here are his main points (although we'd like to point out…
Valve beefs up account security with Steam Guard
- Valve has announced a new security measure for Steam that should help safeguard accounts being hijacked, which is apparently the service's number one support issue according to Valve boss Gabe Newell. Called Steam Guard, the feature takes advantage of Intel's…
Valve teases 'Big Picture' mode for Steam
- Valve is looking to expand its popular digital distribution platform beyond PCs or Macs and is set to disclose its plans at the Game Design Conference (GDC) this week in San Francisco. In a pre-conference statement, the company teased a…
Valve: we're more profitable per employee than Google, Apple
- Speaking with Forbes, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell revealed that Steam represents between 50 and 70% of digital PC game sales. IHS Screen Digest analyst Ed Barton suggests that the wildly popular platform saw revenues in the high hundreds of millions…
Valve: Intel's Sandy Bridge is "a game changer"
- Gabe Newell, Valve's co-founder and managing director, took the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 and called Intel's Sandy Bridge processors "a game changer." Since the Sandy Bridge family puts a bigger emphasis on visual performance, thanks to…
Valve announces Dota 2 for PC and Mac, coming in 2011
- Valve has finally taken the wraps off its much-anticipated sequel to the popular WarCraft 3 mod, Defense of the Ancients (DotA). Simply titled Dota 2, the standalone game is headed to the PC and Mac in 2011. Valve is promising…
Valve releases Portal 2 co-op teaser trailer
- A couple of months ago Valve revealed that its highly-anticipated puzzle shooter Portal 2 would introduce an entire set of levels with their own storyline designed specifically for co-operative action. The new mode puts players in control of two "infinitely…
Valve: Steam for Linux isn't being developed
- Evidence of a Linux Steam client surfaces every few months, sprinkling hope throughout the neglected penguin gaming community. The proof is usually limited to a trace of Linux code in Valve's software or a seemingly related job listing. A pending…
Valve sets February 9 release date for Portal 2
- Countless release dates have poured out of Gamescom in the last week, including Crysis 2, Rage, Dragon Age II, and now Portal 2 has joined the party. After delaying the title from holiday 2010 to an ambiguous 2011 release window…
Valve apologizes for wrongful bans with free Left 4 Dead 2
- Valve Software is offering free copies of Left 4 Dead 2 to the 12,000 players it erroneously banned from playing Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 via Steam over the last couple of weeks. Apparently, non-cheating gamers were being flagged…
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