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Don't Expect a CS:GO International

Dota 2 recently held its largest tournament of the year boasting a prize pool of over $18 million. Viewership totals are still coming in, but looking across the various livestreams confirmed millions…

August 11, 2015 | 02:20 EDT

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Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Coming to PC

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is being re-released again. Square Enix has announced today that Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will be coming to the PC with a major graphical overhaul and new gameplay features,…

July 28, 2015 | 01:39 EDT

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Team Fortress 2 Gets a Sizable Update With Gun Skins and Contracts

8 Year old game? Doesn't matter, cause it's still getting content surprisingly. On The Team Fortress 2 website, information regarding the Gun Mettle Campaign has been posted for all to see, and it's…

July 1, 2015 | 10:45 EDT

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Dota 2 Custom Games Announced

Valve is continuing their Dota 2 Reborn campaign by announcing the next big thing: custom games. Anyone who was a big Warcraft III fan will be screaming for joy, as with custom games comes a tool to…

June 16, 2015 | 07:13 EDT

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Dota 2 Reborn Aims to Improve the Dota Experience

It appears that with Heroes of the Storm having recently released, the current MOBA juggernauts are not content to sit back and hope for the best. To that end, Valve has announced Dota 2 Reborn,…

June 13, 2015 | 09:49 EDT

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Steam Finally Offering Refunds For Games - Here's How To Do It

Steam announced today that it will start taking refund request for games bought on nearly any game for any reason. This announcement comes after many years of gamers asking for a refund policy that…

June 2, 2015 | 04:23 EDT

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[Update]Selling Games That Don't Work: Capcom's Dark Void Unplayable

Update #2: After being in contact with a Capcom PR representative, and making them aware of the situation, I've been informed today that an issue regarding securROM's end has been taken care of, and…

May 17, 2015 | 07:11 EDT

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Matchmaking is Coming to Team Fortress 2

After a lot of speculation, the guys at TeamFortress.tv have revealed that Valve is finally planning a competitive matchmaking system for the spectacularly popular Team Fortress 2. The group…

April 30, 2015 | 07:08 EDT

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Valve Removes Paid Mods From Steam

Valve announced today they are removing paid mods from Steam effective immediately. Since their announcement and institution, Valve's decision to charge for Skyrim Mods has been controversial to say…

April 27, 2015 | 09:11 EDT

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New Restrictions Added onto Steam Accounts To Fight Phishing and Scams

As an owner of several unusual Team Fortress 2 hats (I'm proud of virtual currency, I know), I have been overloaded at times with requests from new steam accounts who just want to ask me for my…

April 18, 2015 | 05:57 EDT

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Valve Posts Analysis of the Steam Discovery Update

Valve recently posted an analysis of the latest major update to Steam, which introduced the Discovery Queue and Steam Curators. Valve gave permission for the information within to be shared with the…

March 30, 2015 | 10:40 EDT

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Steam offers Oculus Rift competitor Vive, gratis

PC gaming hegemony Valve are offering their Vive VR headset, a direct competitor to the existing Oculus Rift, to several developers free of charge. In what is presumably a canny effort to popularize…

March 29, 2015 | 01:07 EDT

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Valve Received "F" from Better Business Bureau

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) recently gave Valve Corporation an "F" in their rating system (check here for more on how it works). That doesn't mean that Valve is untrustworthy, manipulative, or…

March 14, 2015 | 09:05 EDT

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Valve reveals Source 2, Steam-Link and more at GDC

While Valve already discussed some of their planned announcements for this year's annual Game Developers Conference, their presentation still contained some surprises. Following the announcements…

March 4, 2015 | 09:16 EST

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Valve To Devs - Stop Trading Keys For Votes

Many of us liked to imagine potential future prospects as children, one of these dreams jobs for many was getting into the video games industry and making it big. For aspiring game devs, Steam's…

February 18, 2015 | 12:31 EST

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Steam Inventory and Curated Workshops now available to Steamworks developers

Valve recently announced that Steam Inventory will be available for Steamworks developers, as well as Curated workshops for non-Valve games. While only currently in beta, it represents some exciting…

February 9, 2015 | 12:01 EST

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Tracking DLC on Steam just got easier

The latest update for the Steam beta has added a new feature that makes tracking DLC easier. The update: General Changed tools to not appear in the Recent games filters/lists unless…

February 6, 2015 | 05:40 EST

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Major Bug Discovered in Steam For Linux

If you’re a Linux user and a gamer, chances are you have Steam installed. But according to users on the GitHub page for the Linux version of Steam, Valve has a horrible bug in the current release…

January 17, 2015 | 12:17 EST

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Valve Removes Hatred from Steam Greenlight [Updated]

Update: Valve has reinstated Hatred's Greenlight page. Today, Destructive Creations posted their game "Hatred" to the Steam Greenlight service to see if the community would be interested in…

December 15, 2014 | 05:13 EST

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[UPDATED] Steam Stops New Auction System Due To Gem Exploits

  Update  @ 6:36 PM on 12/12: The steam auction system is back as they have apparently patched the problem. Well, that didn't take long at all. Less than 24 hours after Steam announced its new…

December 12, 2014 | 01:19 EST

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Valve Introduces A Holiday Auction Using Items From Steam Inventory

Coming off the Rumor that the Steam Winter Sale will start on the 18th,  Valve has posted on the Steam Store Page a new way for you to earn games: through an auction system. Valve has always been…

December 11, 2014 | 09:30 EST

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[RUMOR] Steam Christmas Sales Slated to Start on December 18th

It's that time of year again: hide your credit cards, as Gabe Newell is coming to town. As first reported by the Steam subreddit, the Christmas Steam Sales seem to have a starting date of December…

December 11, 2014 | 07:03 EST

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Valve announces an integrated broadcasting service for Steam

Did you ever find yourself stuck on a level and asked your friend for help via phone? Then you had to tell him what was happening while awkwarly following his instructions and more often than not…

December 2, 2014 | 04:18 EST

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Dota 2 Tease Oracle and New Update

Valve Corporation has released some new information on it's multiplayer online battle arena game DOTA 2. It seems that the next hero to be added to the roster is Nerif, the Oracle. Oracle is an…

November 15, 2014 | 03:28 EST

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The new Steam store is here!

To the surprise of some, Valve has redesigned the Steam storefront! The update adds plenty of new features, and they're all described after the break!  The biggest change to the store is how it…

September 23, 2014 | 02:00 EDT

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The dead have risen once more and Australia has spoken

Valve time takes a long time these days, but you can be rest assured Valve stick to their guns. After only 5 years, L4D2 has been resubmitted to the Australian classification board and been…

September 11, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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Australia Challenges Valve Over Refund Policy

Australia said "No" as of a few days ago regarding Steam's no-refund policy.  A government organization, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which oversees Australian consumer…

September 6, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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Long Awaited Dota 2 Techies Update

Notorious for being loved and hated by its respective player camps, the polarizing Techies hero finally makes its way into Valve Software’s MOBA Dota 2 along with new features and Compendium stretch…

September 3, 2014 | 06:00 EDT

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Steam update adds ability to install multiple games at once.

Now here's something that has been a long time coming; especially for people that have a long steam backlog like me! Don't you love it when a Steam update is actually useful? Earlier this month it…

August 27, 2014 | 09:47 EDT

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Steam may offer movies, music, and more

The digital games giant Steam may be looking at added functionality for its upcoming living room devices. Like the Apple TV and the Fire TV, Valve talked in the past about the possibility of the…

August 11, 2014 | 10:42 EDT

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Valve Feature at Sony's E3 Event?

It seems that industry veteran Andy McNamera may have just dropped some pre-e3 news. Today on his Twitter account the long time journalist stated that, in addition to possibly being an Xbox One game…

June 5, 2014 | 11:56 EDT

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Steam Machines and Steam Controller Delayed to 2015

Valve announced in an update on their "Steam Universe" group on Steam, that they will not likely hit their intended 2014 window for their Steam Machines and Steam Controller. This news is rather…

May 27, 2014 | 09:28 EDT

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Half-Life 3 Confirmed!... Maybe?

It's no secret that there is a large debate over the rumored production of Half-Life 3. Ever since the release of Half-Life 2: Episode 2, back in October of 2007, the Half-Life fan base has been…

May 25, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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Dear Esther Dev Leaves the Comfort Zone to Work at Valve

On March 11, successful indie developer Robert Briscoe announced via his blog that after a long work visa application process, he would be taking a position at Valve Software, creators of notable…

March 17, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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What We Learned from the Gabe Newell / Valve AMA

Today, March 4th, Gabe Newell and others from Valve held an AMA (Ask Me Anything, an interview of sorts) on Reddit.  You can find the whole thread here. The focus of this will not be what did we…

March 4, 2014 | 09:23 EST

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Valve Announces Its First Gen Steam Machines

That's right, it's that time! Steam Machines are here, and Valve has given us a list of over a dozen companies that will be creating the first generation of Valve's living room console. With…

January 6, 2014 | 10:00 EST

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iBuyPower Steam Machine announced

When the rumors started to appear that Valve was working on its own form factor computer, which would be aimed at the console market, I was quite shocked but excited to see what was announced, when…

November 29, 2013 | 09:00 EST

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Steam Universe Expansion: Steam Controller

On Friday, Valve finally announced the third and final part of its new Steam Universe Expansion. Here's what Valve had to say about its new device. A different kind of gamepad We set out with a…

September 27, 2013 | 02:02 EDT

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The Steam Family Sharing Beta Has Begun!

Quick! Check your inbox, because the Steam Family Sharing beta is up and running. Valve sent invites to the first 1000 participants this week, and if you got an invite, all you have to do is go to…

September 26, 2013 | 02:38 EDT

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Steam Universe Expansion! Steam Machines Details

On Monday, Valve and Steam released part 1 of 3 of their "Steam Universe Expansion", outlining the all new SteamOS, and we learned all about what can be done with the all new free operating system!…

September 25, 2013 | 02:02 EDT

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The Steam Universe Expansion! SteamOS Details

Last week, Steam posted a new page on their site, saying that it has a big announcement on the tail of its successful "Big Picture" feature for the Steam client. The all-new page says the following…

September 23, 2013 | 02:10 EDT

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Steam Family Sharing Feature Announced

Valve just released a press release stating that an all new feature, called "Family Sharing" is coming to Steam (in limited Beta) on Steam next week. Family Sharing, which will allow for close…

September 11, 2013 | 08:33 EDT