During a tour of Valve’s offices by members of the Dota 2 subReddit, people claim Left 4 Dead 3 and Source 2 Engine have been spotted on a Valve change log. Valve hasn’t officially announced either project, but the studio has previously hinted that both are likely to happen. Last November, Gabe Newell said that the company has been “working ... Read More »
John Guthrie, Half Life 1 and Half Life 2 level designer, claims the next entry in Valve’s acclaimed franchise will land in 2014, on consoles and PC. Noshitshurlock spread the rumor. “i can’t confirm all too much since the development is still in early stages, but for now i can confirm that we are going to release on both current ... Read More »
It has been confirmed that PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be playable at Europe’s equivalent to E3 called GamesCom, happening in Cologne, Germany on August 21st-25th. Read More »
Ah, drink this rumor water with skepticism, as it may be contaminated, but Valve fan site, Valvetime, has uncovered an image of a bug tracking list of games made by Valve, and it includes the titles Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3. Could this mean that Valve has quietly been working on the aforementioned games? Read More »
What, misgivings already? Valve has has made known to Eurogamer that it’s cut all ties with Xi3, the company that introduced the first Steam Box called Piston over the weekend, giving no further explanation behind its decision to part ways with the firm. Read More »
Valve wants Steam Box to compete with PS4 and Xbox 720, as the new “couch PC” will be vying for that little space underneath your TV. Well come this holiday season the competition heats up — as the first Steam Box will be available in tandem with Sony and MS’s new consoles…. There’s just one problem: $1,000. Read More »
“The scale of products and things that are being brought to market are probably a little bit richer when I look at Sony, Nintendo, Apple, and Google.” Microsoft president of Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattrick, speaking at Microsoft’s TechForum. Via The Verge. Read More »
It all started when Jeri Ellsworth, a very important person of Valve’s exciting hardware R&D team tweeted that she was suddenly fired by the company. Soon after Gamasutra reported that it had learned about 25 people were let go. A storm was building, obviously, and Valve boss Gabe Newell sought to calm the weather with a response. Read More »
Gabe Newell spoke in length to The Verge at CES yesterday, making known basically everything we need to know about the pending Steam Box. It’s a threat Sony and Microsoft had better take seriously. Read More »
Valve has partnered with Xi3 Corporation to develop technology designed to support Steam and its Big Picture mode on HD TV screens, and it is being exhibited at CES this week. Xi3 released a video showing off the Steam Box prototype likely to be in living rooms of many PC fans. Read More »
We said in our New Years piece that 2013 will be the most exciting year for gaming. It’ll also be the most disruptive, as Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, otherwise known as the ‘big three’, will finally see some competition. First big fight: Valve’s Steam Box. Read More »
Star Filled Studios, a two-man development house in San Francisco, has reportedly been acquired by Valve to set up a new Valve office. Read More »
Steam Big Picture is now available, and to celebrate Valve is holding a sale on 30 controller-friendly games. Read More »
Valve boss Gabe Newell has confirmed that his company is working on a brand new Source engine, and since it’s not just a remodeling of the old, some are calling it ‘Source 2′. More next generation evidence, folks. Read More »
Valve’s Chet Faliszek has gone on recording stating that Left 4 Dead 3 could happen later “down the road”, but warned fans not to expect it anytime soon, or at all. Said Faliszek to Eurogamer: A 3? You know, some time down the road,” he theorised, “Like anything, I would say that to all of our games. So that’s not ... Read More »
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