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Steam Greenlight allows gamers to vote on which games get on Steam

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 09, 2012 1:30pm PDT

Getting onto Steam is a huge boost for any indie game, but Valve's submission process is slow and opaque. How splendid, then, that Valve has announced it's using the Steam Workshop model of community ratings to winnow the indie chaff from the indie wheat with a new 'Steam Gr...

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"Since Greenlight has launched today, I just upvoted your game. Cheers. :)"

- vai90 see all 78 comments

Left 4 Dead 2 Cold Stream DLC coming July 24

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 02, 2012 7:30am PDT

After over a year of public testing, Valve will officially launch Left 4 Dead 2's Cold Stream DLC for PC and Xbox 360 on July 24, alongside a patch making all mutations available at all times.

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"I'll be getting both the XBLA and PC versions, I guess...at least I only need to pay for one of ..."

- RowjinZee see all 49 comments

Team Fortress 2 update adds Pyro goggles, new weapons

By Steve Watts, Jun 28, 2012 7:30am PDT

Team Fortress 2's "Pyromania" update has revealed its last bits of item additions, including a spiffy pair of goggles to let you see the world through the Pyro's eyes.

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"you can get them after the event by dominating someone wearing them"

- dignan see all 10 comments

Adult Swim and Valve present: a Team Fortress 2 hat

By Andrew Yoon, Jun 27, 2012 2:00pm PDT

Adult Swim and Valve's collaboration has been revealed... and it is a hat.

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"The correct answer is... a Captain Murphy outfit and gray hair wig for solider."

- neotrick see all 11 comments

Source Filmmaker lets you create your own Source engine movies

By Andrew Yoon, Jun 27, 2012 11:30am PDT

Meet the Pyro... and then make your own Team Fortress 2 movies with Valve's new Source Filmmaker, now in beta.

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"Between Garry's mod and TF2 there is already a significant number of hilarious videos, I imagine ..."

- Finchypoo see all 7 comments

Community Spotlight: Steam Control 360

By Ozzie Mejia, Jun 26, 2012 4:30pm PDT

With Valve's "big picture" mode MIA, one Shacker created his own stopgap solution: Steam Control 360.

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"because if you are going to use a controller for everything else, why even OWN a wireless ..."

- theDrMikey see all 17 comments

Team Fortress 2 'Pyromania' update launching this week

By Steve Watts, Jun 25, 2012 10:00am PDT

Team Fortress 2 is launching the "Pyromania" update this week, with a new game mode, the Meet the Pyro video, and something to do with Adult Swim.

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"You are completely ignoring the fact that TF2 requires Steam, and Valve's main goal is getting ..."

- Poor Yurik see all 39 comments

Valve teaming up with Adult Swim for something Team Fortress-related

By Andrew Yoon, Jun 22, 2012 12:15pm PDT

Valve has teamed up with Adult Swim to create something based on Team Fortress 2.

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"I wonder what kind of hats this collaboration will bring about..."

- howlthorne see all 47 comments

Dota 2 to sell in-game tournament spectator passes

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 20, 2012 1:30pm PDT

Dota 2 boasts a jolly impressive in-game spectator system, supporting multiple audio streams from commentator and oodles of camera options. How natural, then, that Valve plans to sell in-game spectator passes for tournaments, much like web streams are sold now.

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"It's not OK "since it's Valve", it's ok because it's really cool tech and is being implemented ..."

- bolange see all 6 comments

Valve opens 'Steam for Schools' education initiative

By Steve Watts, Jun 20, 2012 11:00am PDT

Valve has opened a "Steam for Schools" initiative, offering a special educators version of Steam that includes Portal 2 and the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker, along with various lesson plans for science, technology, engineering, and math.

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"Hello! It's a relief to know there are services available to help students with their homework. ..."

- lanareyy23 see all 15 comments

Payday: No Mercy explains 'how the Left 4 Dead series began'

By Andrew Yoon, Jun 15, 2012 3:15pm PDT

Overkill Software promised it was working on a Left 4 Dead thing. Well, here it is.

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"Virgin birth? Fratricide? What is the most overdone trope in existence?"

- ghostdad see all 19 comments

Valve hires economist to enhance user experience

By Steve Watts, Jun 15, 2012 12:30pm PDT

Valve has hired on an economist to study the various real, digital, and social economies at work in the company and its games, to enhance the user experience.

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"It seems like they are just too busy with Steam to work on HL3."

- dlr(2) see all 26 comments

Shack PSA: Dota 2 International tickets on sale today

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 12, 2012 6:00am PDT

Valve's Dota 2 tournament The International introduced the game to the world last year, and now it's returning to show people how far both it and the professional scene have come. Here's a reminder that tickets go on sale this morning.

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"Yea, played as a CK for the first time with a PA. I could have done better but the PA was ..."

- MetaSaval see all 5 comments

Portal 2 adding PlayStation Move support, new levels later this year

By Andrew Yoon, Jun 07, 2012 10:00am PDT

The PS3 version of Portal 2 will be getting the MotionPack DLC. Previously exclusive to the Razer Hydra motion controller, this version will use the PlayStation Move controller.

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"I was hoping for move support when Portal 2 was released, but better late than never."

- Proven28 see all 10 comments

Join Dota 2 with Early Access Bundle

By John Keefer, May 31, 2012 9:10pm PDT

Valve announced today that Dota 2 will be free to play at launch and opened an in-game store so current players can start customizing their characters.

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