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Valve-produced Dota2 documentary Free to Play releases March 19

By Ozzie Mejia, Feb 19, 2014 11:15am PST

Valve is making a feature-length documentary called Free to Play that follows three Dota 2 players as they venture to the Dota 2 International Tournament.

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"You are not alone! I'd rather play PS 2 games with Breivik than watch a documentary about this. "

- Kerranger see all 15 comments

Steam Dev Days videos let you stream Gabe Newell

By Andrew Yoon, Feb 11, 2014 1:00pm PST

Chances are you did not go to Valve's exclusive Steam Dev Days event. So now you can virtually attend with these videos.

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Steam Music announced, beta starting soon

By Steve Watts, Feb 03, 2014 11:30am PST

Steam will be getting a new Music feature soon, in beta testing on both the Big Picture and SteamOS interfaces.

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"Seems bizarre at first but I reckon they picked up on the fact that people like to listen to ..."

- enyakk see all 53 comments

Dota 2 adds two new heroes and 'Random Ability Draft' mode

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 30, 2014 9:00am PST

With Chinese New Year nigh, Valve has launched a honking great Dota 2 patch heralding a new special seasonal event. Yesterday's patch brought over two new heroes from the original DotA mod, Terrorblade and Phoenix. More weirdly, it added an astonishing new mode named 'Random...

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"You're talking about a DOTA player - for whatever reason, the communities for these types of ..."

- wytefang see all 10 comments

The Witness will support Valve's VR tech

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 25, 2014 4:00pm PST

Despite some early pessimism, The Witness creator Jonathan Blow is sold on the idea of Valve's VR prototype and his upcoming puzzle game will fully support it.

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"Ahh damn, I wondered why it looked familiar, he already confirmed it like six weeks ago."

- Kolzig73 see all 11 comments

Automatic refunds now available for Steam pre-orders

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 25, 2014 11:00am PST

Those suffering buyers remorse on a pre-order PC title will be relieved to know that Valve has streamlined the process of pre-order refunds, now issuing funds directly to a user's Steam Wallet.

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"Drama much. If you know it won't be released immediatly then you didn't get ripped off. If you ..."

- Curike see all 34 comments

SteamOS installer adds dual-boot support

By Steve Watts, Jan 23, 2014 10:00am PST

The latest beta version of SteamOS allows you to dual-boot your system, letting you try out the gaming-dedicated OS without reserving an entire box for it.

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Alienware Steam Machine has 'restricted' upgrades, PC is 'better' for hardcore

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 21, 2014 12:45pm PST

Alienware is speaking out about their upcoming Steam Machine model, noting that new models will arrive every year. Oh, and you can't upgrade your Steam Machine. That's an important detail.

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"You don't have to upgrade each year. Alienware will have an upgraded system each year. You can ..."

- DukeToma see all 47 comments

Best of 2013: #6 - Dota 2

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 20, 2014 11:00am PST

Dota 2 is brilliant, but an absolute pig and a game I cannot recommend you play. You should, because it's the best game. But you won't like it, so don't. But honestly, do.

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"Couldn't have put it better. Its a horrible, horrible, wonderful, engrossing game."

- Zatric see all 3 comments

Valve's Abrash: VR could 'cause a sea change in the entertainment industry'

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 20, 2014 9:00am PST

Virtual reality really is happening for real this time, we're to believe, with the backing of industry luminaries like John Carmack and Valve. According to Valve's Michael Abrash, we should see worthwhile consumer-level hardware "within two years" which makes users feel like...

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"What? High end PC sales are growing. It's the low end of the PC market that is collapsing. "

- Wisp! see all 7 comments

Steam Machines support up to 16 players

By Steve Watts, Jan 17, 2014 10:00am PST

Steam Machines will support up to 16 controllers on a single device, according to developers attending Valve's Dev Days.

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"$200 Steam Streaming device which also streams media from the streaming PC and Media Centre that ..."

- Early_Grayce see all 18 comments

Steam in-home streaming enters beta

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 16, 2014 2:45pm PST

One of the fancy features promised by SteamOS is the ability to stream Windows games over your home wireless network. And it's entered beta.

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"I was actually wondering how much power you need. Maybe Raspberry Pi could do it. "

- K1Bond007 see all 8 comments

3DMark attempts to benchmark Steam Machines

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 16, 2014 10:30am PST

There sure are a lot of Steam Machines to choose from. However, what offers the best bang for the buck? Futuremark has taken an early stab at benchmarking these systems with 3DMark.

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"The price and compact size on some of them makes for a nice way to bring your Steam library into ..."

- Junktown see all 12 comments

Steam Controller drops touch screen, adds physical buttons

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 15, 2014 3:00pm PST

New reports from Valve's developer-only Steam Dev Days reveal that the Steam Controller has been significantly revised

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"depending on the spacing, pressing button up + button right to give you up-right is really ..."

- SlingBlaze see all 50 comments

Valve: Steam Greenlight will eventually 'go away'

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 15, 2014 12:35pm PST

Valve is holding its Steam Dev Days conference and is hinting at an imminent demise for Steam Greenlight.

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"Hey Man, you know your totally right this is how the internet and tech works one goes down ..."

- valcan_s see all 21 comments