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Valve launches player-written Steam Guides

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 18, 2013 7:30am PST

One day, you'll be able to download groceries through Steam, ingesting the nutrients through a Steam Port at the base of your spine. While Valve is forever expanding the platform in pleasing ways, it's not quite there yet. Still, you can now read and write game guides on Ste...

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"Keeps going but then loses its luster again when she is going for town council. Why would a show ..."

- pauk111 see all 6 comments

Valve working on mobile hardware, biometric controllers

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 08, 2013 4:10pm PST

Valve's Gabe Newell talks about installing Windows on the Steam Box, their mobile Steam Box ambitions, and how they will use biometrics in new controllers.

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"The point is to get the open platform of PC games as accessible as consoles. To a current PC ..."

- pantsburgh see all 9 comments

'Magical realist adventure' Kentucky Route Zero launches first act

By Jeff Mattas, Jan 07, 2013 4:15pm PST

Indie Developer Cardboard Computer releases Act 1 of its five-chapter "magical realist adventure" game, Kentucky Route Zero, along with a new trailer.

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Dungeon Keeper-ish War for the Overworld secures Kickstarter funding

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 04, 2013 10:10am PST

We may never get a third Dungeon Keeper game, but something awfully similar is coming following a successful crowdfunding campaign. Let's generously say inspired by the Bullfrog classic, War for the Overworld is due to bring the giddying thrill of being an evil dungeon overl...

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"I backed this, it's going to be fucking tremendous. Can't wait to pimp-slap some chickens again."

- niceguynick see all 2 comments

Grim Fandango playable on modern PCs thanks to ResidualVM

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 27, 2012 8:15am PST

December 21 brought a lot of good news, including the fact that the world somehow didn't end after all, but the real revelation to celebrate was that the classic Grim Fandango is now playable on modern PCs. The first stable release of ResidualVM hit on that fateful day, doin...

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"DId they fix the controls? Holy crap that game is hard to play"

- ForcedEvolutionaryVirus see all 16 comments

Steam 2012 Holiday Sale now live

By Steve Watts, Dec 20, 2012 1:00pm PST

The Steam Holiday Sale has started up, offering discounts on Scribblenauts Unlimited, Mirror's Edge, and various Borderlands, Prince of Persia, and Hitman franchise titles.

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"Only if it specifically states that on the store page for that bundle deal."

- ShoCon see all 21 comments

Steam Linux client enters open beta testing

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 20, 2012 9:00am PST

Santa Tux has visited early this year, dragging an open beta version of Steam's Linux client behind his Gentoo-powered sleigh. Now, all who've embraced the free software revolution can try and test Valve's crack at making Linux a viable gaming platform. Now, stop me if you'v...

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"It couldn't have hurt since the number of Mac ports increased. About half of my ~350 Steam games ..."

- Serpico74 see all 12 comments

THQ evaluating Linux following Humble Bundle feedback

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 17, 2012 12:15pm PST

The Humble THQ Bundle may have raked in more money than almost another other Humble Bundle, but not everyone was thrilled with Humble's first AAA bundle. It was Windows-only, lacking the customary Mac and Linux versions, and also busted the 'no DRM' rule with Steamworks game...

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"I would love to switch to Linux for my main machine but its simply too fragmented and no clear ..."

- TheEmissary see all 19 comments

Heroes of Newerth hacked

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 17, 2012 9:00am PST

A naughty hacker has busted into the database of S2's Heroes of Newerth, gaining access to account login information. If you've played the DotA 'em up and use a password shared with any other online account, you'll want to get changing those passwords and, honestly, start us...

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"well, since I only use the DB for keepass, good luck. Oh, and I have one BIGASS password to ..."

- vertdang see all 16 comments

Valve boss says living room Steam PCs coming with Linux support

By Steve Watts, Dec 10, 2012 1:30pm PST

The pieces are coming together for Valve to push into the hardware space, as it increases software support for Linux boxes and points out that the OS would allow more flexibility for hardware plans.

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"Valvebox exclusive for 6 months maybe but that will piss off a lot of people"

- et72 see all 95 comments

Side-scrolling roguelike Red Rogue released for free

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 04, 2012 6:45am PST

Hip, cool, and jolly nice free roguelike Red Rogue is now available for your dungeon-crawling delight. It's been making waves in certain indie circles for a while, if you've had your ear to the ground, but is only now finished in all its open-source glory. Go, brave warrior,...

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Humble Android Bundle adds five more games

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 16, 2012 9:00am PST

The pay-what-you-want Humble Android Bundle #4 was already a pretty flipping great offer, and now it's ludicrously so. As is customary, Humble Bundle has boshed in a whole load more multiplatform games for those who pay above the average price, namely Canabalt, Cogs, Zen Bou...

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"Yeah, some of the good ones are tablet only. I guess I'm lucky that I also have a tablet ..."

- Gwyndion see all 5 comments

Johann Sebastian Joust officially coming to PS3 and PC via Sportsfriends

By Andrew Yoon, Nov 08, 2012 2:30pm PST

Johann Sebastian Joust is a critically acclaimed multiplayer game for PlayStation Move that features no graphics. And it's going to get an official PS3 and PC release--with your help.

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"These are pretty much the four best multiplayer video games, okay. You should all back this. All ..."

- Alice O'Connor see all 4 comments

Sir, You Are Being Hunted hits Kickstarter goal

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 07, 2012 5:30pm PST

Tweedpunk first-person survivor Sir, You Are Being Hunted has released the first snippets of actual gameplay from its alpha build to celebrate hitting a modest Kickstarter goal. You'll catch a peek at dodging and fighting robotic gentlemen in a procedurally-generated British...

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"I don't get it, is this against bots? Who would be that stupid as to go look where the big ..."

- furdude see all 3 comments

Steam for Linux launches in beta, with two dozen games

By Andrew Yoon, Nov 06, 2012 12:30pm PST

Steam, Valve's popular portal for PC games, is now available on Linux.

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"He's doing some dodgy jiggery pokery to get the beta to work where it shouldnt. It'll be much ..."

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