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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 ..."

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Dota 2 adds 'Least Played' mode

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 18, 2013 6:00am PST

Now that Dota 2 is up to a whopping 96 characters, it's a fair bet that a good proportion of them are something of a mystery to most of its 3 million players. To help introduce you to a few more, without the fear of being stomped by people playing their best heroes, Valve ad...

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"I would recommend trying random draft instead of single draft to try out new characters. The ..."

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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed adds Team Fortress characters on PC

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 17, 2013 11:30am PST

Today, Sega and Valve have announced a partnership that will result in a delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwich of mascot racing.

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"They mentioned it only has Heavy, Pyro, and Spy, and I believe they are essentially one ..."

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Valve has turned down movie offers for Half-Life, Left 4 Dead

By John Keefer, Jan 15, 2013 3:15pm PST

There are quite a few video game movies in the works, from Assassin's Creed to Mass Effect, and even Angry Birds. But if you were hoping for a movie adaptation of Half-Life or Left 4 Dead any time soon, don't hold your breath.

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"For anyone Valve fans, those two episodes of Nerdist where they talk about Valve: The Company ..."

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Valve announces new batch of Greenlight games

By John Keefer, Jan 15, 2013 1:30pm PST

Valve has announced the latest group of titles to be approved through the Steam Greenlight process, and Leisure Suit Larry from Al Lowe's Replay and Akaneiro from American McGee's Spicy Horse Games.

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"So glad we get yet another Dragons Lair release. The world was aching for one, i mean golly, ..."

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Half-Life 2: Episode 4 media details the 'Return to Ravenholm'

By Steve Watts, Jan 14, 2013 8:00am PST

Half-Life 2 "Return to Ravenholm" has been publicly canceled for quite a while, but we have a better look at Valve's former partner-project with Arkane Studios thanks to some new concept art and animation tests.

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"Ravenholm wasn't my favorite part of HL2 but I liked the change of pace/setting it offered. Kind ..."

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The Cave pre-orders offer Team Fortress 2 items

By Steve Watts, Jan 10, 2013 7:00am PST

The Cave pre-orders on Steam include a set of items to be worn around in Team Fortress 2.

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"Couldn't they have done something cool instead of some stupid shit like this?"

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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 ..."

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Valve's 'Steam Box' revealed as Xi3 Piston

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 08, 2013 6:15am PST

For yonks, rumours have buzzed about Valve selling its own pre-built PC, fondly nicknamed the 'Steam Box' by fans. Yesterday Valve and Xi3 announced that the Half-Life creator and Steam mastermind had invested in the fledgling hardware company, and that the pair are working ...

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"Yep. If I have $1000 to spend and I want to buy a machine to play games on, I don't see how ..."

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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."

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Team Fortress 2 rings in holidays with 'Mecha Update'

By Steve Watts, Dec 20, 2012 9:30am PST

The Team Fortress 2 "Mecha Update" brings a new Mecha-Engineer to the Mann vs Machine mode, along with a large new MvM map, three new weapons, and the return of Naughty and Nice crates.

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"Yeah, I thought this was gonna happen with that VIP bobblehead in the Meet the Sniper video."

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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 ..."

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Dota 2's Greeviling holidays event kicks off

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 20, 2012 6:45am PST

Actual Christmas is often a dreary, miserable affair, but in video games it's always beautifully snowy with merry hijinks galore. In short, virtual Christmas in Dota 2 is better than your fleshy Christmas can ever be, after the festive 'Greeviling' event launched last night.

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"Not as crazy and fun as Diretide IMHO but I like being able to have shorter matches and I LOVE ..."

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Valve hires former Plants vs Zombies devs

By Steve Watts, Dec 14, 2012 10:00am PST

Valve has acquired an two-man indie start-up, which is now setting up a subsidiary of the company in San Francisco.

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"Update: Doug Lombardi of Valve confirmed that Semple and Gates have been hired, but offered a ..."

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Steam launches 'Game Guides' beta

By Steve Watts, Dec 14, 2012 7:30am PST

Valve has released a beta for "Game Guides," a new feature that lets experienced players publish walkthroughs that appear right inside a game's Hub page.

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"Thats the last guide I owned as well, haha. Definitely one of the better guides as well, ..."

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