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Valve boss Gabe Newell keynoted the LinuxCon 2013 event, and there, amongst other things, he gave some new info about Valve’s upcoming Steam Box. He also spoke about the health of the PC market in general, and the opportunities to be had with Linux. A good watch. Read More »

Valve plans to revolutionize the living room with the Steam Box, basically a PC which plays games on a TV without all the extra hoops, and, of course, Valve’s touch. But we hadn’t heard about the thing for months until today, where Valve boss Gabe Newell declared Linux as “the future of gaming” at a keynote at LinuxCon 2013, and revealed ... Read More »

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 »

“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 »

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 »

“And it’s on.” Those were the words of Xbox front man Major Nelson, when he kicked off the hype train for Microsoft’s next Xbox two days ago. But what the Major failed to realize was that 2013 isn’t only “on” for Microsoft. No, it’ll be a big year for the games industry on a whole, as veteran console makers and ... 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 Software recently changed Steam’s EULA (End User License Agreement). The Federation of German Consumer Organization (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. in German, or VZBV) gave Valve time until October 10th, to respond to a claim that the new EULA is treating consumers unfairly, and unequally. If Valve fails to meet the deadline, the matter will be resolved in the court. The ... Read More »

It’s common knowledge that Valve was working to bring Steam to our TV’s – not a console, just plugging your PC onto your TV and letting Big Picture do its thing. Today, the beta started, and as Kotaku reports, it is a wonderful new chapter in gaming. Why would you get a console over a PC, if you intent to ... Read More »

Such a move would “disintegrate” the company, Valve owner Gabe Newell told the New York Times in a rather lengthy and telling interview. Read More »

Today, on the Counter-Strike Official Blog, it was announced that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be launched with a zombie mod. Read More »