Game News & Features
Rumor: Valve's Steam Box will be revealed in 2013 and will use Linux as its operating system
NEWS (Posted on: 01/07/2013)
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German tech site, Golem.de has reported that Valve will unveil the much-rumored Steam-powered console, currently referred to as the "Steam Box", sometime this year. According to the site, the... [more+] |
Report: Valve is opening an office in San Francisco
NEWS (Posted on: 12/14/2012)
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According to a former PopCap Games programmer, Valve has acquired two-man development team Star-Filled Studios, which will now be opening an office in San Francisco's Bay Area. Star-Filled was created... [more+] |
Valve launches Steam's Big Picture; celebrates with huge sale on controller-friendly games
NEWS (Posted on: 12/03/2012)
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Today, Valve debuted its Big Picture service on Steam; a new mode that allows gamers to access their Steam games through their TV with support for both gamepads and a mouse-and-keyboard setup. Players... [more+] |
Valve's Gabe Newell is this year's AIAS Hall of Fame inductee and 2013 DICE Summit keynote speaker
NEWS (Posted on: 11/15/2012)
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The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences announced today that Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve Corporation, will be the 17th inductee into the AIAS Hall of Fame. As such, the gaming... [more+] |
Valve is seeking software and hardware playtesters
NEWS (Posted on: 10/10/2012)
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A new Valve survey on has revealed that the company is looking for playtesters to try out software and hardware. An announcement on its website states that Valve is looking for people to try out... [more+] |
Nexon and NCsoft discussing $893 million deal with Valve
NEWS (Posted on: 09/27/2012)
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According to JoongAng (essentially the New York Times of South Korea), Nexon and its largest shareholder, NCsoft, met with Valve yesterday at Nexon's developer's summit. Details are fairly scarce,... [more+] |
Valve's Big Picture Mode beta goes live today; brings Steam to your TV
NEWS (Posted on: 09/10/2012)
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Later today, the beta for Valve's 'Big Picture Mode' will go live. For those who don't know, Big Picture Mode is a new interface for Steam designed for TV screens. All one has to do is... [more+] |
Valve is expanding Steam content beyond games
NEWS (Posted on: 08/08/2012)
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Next month, Steam will begin to expand (pardon the steam pun) beyond games. Valve today announced that, on September 5, it will bring a set of new software to Steam, a move that they described as "a... [more+] |
Valve's Gabe Newell talks about the future of digital commerce and PC gaming
NEWS (Posted on: 07/27/2012)
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Valve's Gabe Newell went out to dinner at the Casual Connect conference, making a rare public appearance where he talked to former Microsoft VP of game publishing Ed Fries about Steam, Valve, Windows... [more+] |
Valve hiring diverse talent, as well as engineers, for R&D dream team
NEWS (Posted on: 04/13/2012)
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In an attempt to form what has been referred to as a "R&D dream team", Valve has put up job openings on its website. According to said website, the company is preparing to offer consumers... [more+] |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive public beta delayed after pro feedback
NEWS (Posted on: 10/31/2011)
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In an interview with Eurogamer, Valve's Chet Faliszek told the video game website that the development team is heading back to the drawing board just a bit longer before launching the Counter-Strike:... [more+] |