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Steam launches real money-based 'Community Market'

By Steve Watts, Dec 12, 2012 11:45am PST

Valve has kicked off the beta for it's Steam Community Market, which lets users exchange Steam Wallet funds for items. Currently the beta only supports Team Fortress 2 consumables.

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"I suppose you could transfer the money by trading it for a worhtless item, but you'd have to pay ..."

- Pulveri see all 47 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

Valve working on Dota 2 for tablets

By Steve Watts, Dec 10, 2012 9:35am PST

Valve boss Gabe Newell says the company is experimenting with Dota 2 on tablets, but has to wait for the devices to get a bit faster so they can run the game smoothly.

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"look at you checking up on me. i actually have a lot of positive things to say, but not about ..."

- landaishan see all 26 comments

Valve unveils 13 more greenlit games for Steam

By John Keefer, Nov 30, 2012 9:00am PST

Valve has unveiled the next batch of approved Greenlight games for Steam, with 13 getting the nod. It also approved the first six software titles.

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"Now if we can just get EA and Activision to get their heads out of their asses, and not only ..."

- TxJeepers see all 11 comments

Steam autumn sale kicks off with XCOM, Walking Dead deals

By Steve Watts, Nov 21, 2012 12:30pm PST

Steam's annual autumn sale has kicked off today, offering discounts on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, The Walking Dead, Darksiders 2, and more.

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"This is tough because I doubt I'll play these games by Christmas and they'll likely be on sale then."

- iamgoat see all 12 comments

Portal 2 PC patch adds split-screen co-op

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 21, 2012 6:10am PST

Now that Steam's all couch-friendly thanks to Big Picture mode, it'd be nice if more games were reconfigured for slouching. Oh, what luck! Just after I write that sentence apropos of nothing, I notice that Valve has released a Portal 2 patch enabling split-screen co-op in it...

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"Hopefully this allows dual monitor support for people who's rigs can handle it."

- EnhancedInterrogator see all 3 comments

Report: Steam autumn and winter sales dated

By Steve Watts, Nov 20, 2012 11:30am PST

Valve's autumn and winter sale dates have been outed by developers, who revealed that the first one starts tomorrow and lasts through November 27.

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"Piece of s**t, Right in the middle of a new build , Do they take IOU's , im good 4 it "

- smidgets see all 8 comments

Gabe Newell joining AIAS Hall of Fame, giving DICE keynote

By Steve Watts, Nov 15, 2012 11:30am PST

Valve president and co-founder Gabe Newell is joining the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame. He'll be inducted at the DICE conference in February, and is set to give the keynote address.

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"So is Steam going to undermine Windows and Mac with this whole Linux push? I hope so."

- EnhancedInterrogator see all 6 comments

Scribblenauts Unlimited pre-orders get Team Fortress 2 hat

By Steve Watts, Nov 14, 2012 9:00am PST

Pre-ordering Scribblenauts Unlimited on Steam gets you a "Rooster Hat" for Team Fortress 2, in the style of Scribblenauts' protagonists.

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"Ouch, I like Scribblenauts but 30 bucks is a tough sell after buying Scribblenauts Remix on iOS ..."

- nwillard see all 4 comments

Valve confirms Source 2, Ricochet 2 in development

By Steve Watts, Nov 12, 2012 8:15am PST

Valve boss Gabe Newell has confirmed the company is working on a new Source engine, along with a sequel to Ricochet.

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"er, hl2 was delayed like a year, beta leaked too, it was pretty obviously in development"

- kn00tcn see all 44 comments

Left 4 Dead 2 adds 'Warcelona' campaign, Workshop private beta

By Steve Watts, Nov 09, 2012 2:30pm PST

Left 4 Dead 2 is getting another community campaign this weekend, along with a private beta for the Workshop features that make finding and subscribing to campaigns easier.

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"You're absolutely right, silly mistake on my part. Thanks for pointing it out. "

- SporkyReeve see all 10 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 ..."

- jcupitt see all 23 comments

Steam Greenlight to announce next batch November 30

By Steve Watts, Nov 01, 2012 3:45pm PDT

Valve will announced the next set of Steam Greenlight games on November 30, the company has revealed.

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"Greenlight has some identity issues. Is it for mods or AA to AAA titles looking to be put on steam?"

- beef2187 see all 2 comments

Counter-Strike: GO free weekend starts today

By Steve Watts, Nov 01, 2012 1:00pm PDT

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is getting a free weekend, letting you try your hand at the game until Sunday at 1 PM PST.

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Portal 2 'In Motion' DLC coming to PlayStation Move on Tuesday

By Andrew Yoon, Nov 01, 2012 9:35am PDT

After making a quiet debut at E3, the "In Motion" DLC for Portal 2 will be available to download on the PlayStation Store next Tuesday, November 6th.

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"The motion pack stuff is great, I hope people give a try. It really does show what they can do ..."

- jaytima see all 4 comments