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Steam trading enters beta for games & hats

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 10, 2011 7:10am PDT

Steam's introducing a way to easily trade gift copies of games and TF2 & Portal 2 items with other players. The trading feature's now in public beta testing, if you fancy a go.

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"Another shacker and I play Hoard in coop. I'm Dick Cancer on steam if you want to add me for a ..."

- Rooster Cockburn see all 32 comments

Valve offers 'Blood Harvest' in Left 4 Dead 2 as a beta test incentive

By Xav de Matos, Aug 05, 2011 8:15pm PDT

Valve is offering up the original Blood Harvest campaign to users for use in Left 4 Dead 2, if they can meet a hefty achievement goal.

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"Do I really have to go through all this AGAIN? Google it for fuck's sake, I'm not typing ..."

- Mystery0000 see all 32 comments

Team Fortress 2 items celebrate QuakeCon 2011

By Garnett Lee, Aug 05, 2011 5:30pm PDT

Team Fortress 2 classes get bonus items for owning, buying, or pre-ordering Quake IV, Rage, Fallout: New Vegas, Brink, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as part of Steam's QuakeCon promotion.

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"Can't pre-order Skyrim in the UK on Steam thanks to some bully boy tactics of the only remaining ..."

- Beady see all 8 comments

Valve announces million dollar Dota 2 tournament

By Xav de Matos, Aug 01, 2011 5:10pm PDT

Valve has announced a million dollar tournament featuring Dota 2, which is set to take place in Cologne, Germany, during Gamescom 2011.

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"^^ also a poor dota fan. like a crack addict or someone with stockholm syndrome. RIP jinky :("

- abrasion see all 50 comments

Steam rolling out faster, smaller downloads

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 18, 2011 7:00am PDT

An all-new Steam content system client is bringing faster speeds and smaller patch sizes, along with new publishing tools that'll help Steam release more games.

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"If only they would add the option to route voice output to a headset... "

- abzorba see all 17 comments

Valve comic book coming in November

By Steve Watts, Jul 11, 2011 9:30am PDT

Valve and Dark Horse Comics have teamed up to bring a hardcover collection of the various comics from the Valve universes, including Team Fortress 2, Portal, and Left 4 Dead.

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"And console, handheld gamers. (Don't kill me! everyone deserves happiness!)"

- InfernoAblaze see all 8 comments

Portal 2 Summer Mapping winners announced

By Steve Watts, Jun 28, 2011 9:15am PDT

Valve has announced the winners of the Summer Mapping Initiative contest, granting some Portal 2 swag to three skilled map-makers.

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"Super happy for free Portal content. They should have patched the game with these as challenges ..."

- amrbean see all 4 comments

Team Fortress 2 goes 'free to play'

By Andrew Yoon, Jun 23, 2011 6:30pm PDT

Valve is preparing "the most ambitious update in the history of Team Fortress 2." And what's one feature of the update? The game is going to be free to play.

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"At GAF, they're getting lulz over using the Dead Ringer on n00bs over and over. I'm gonna ..."

- Gentlegamer see all 106 comments

Valve interested in Wii U

By Steve Watts, Jun 23, 2011 11:15am PDT

Valve's Gabe Newell talks about the viability of developing for the Wii U platform, and says the upcoming console fits more into the company's development model.

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"If it's anything like the Wii Remote (i.e. Bluetooth), it shouldn't take an enterprising hacker ..."

- Agrona see all 17 comments

Team Fortress 2 'Uber' Soldier content detailed

By Xav de Matos, Jun 22, 2011 6:00pm PDT

Valve introduces players to 'World War Wednesday' by revealing new content coming to those who favor the Soldier in Team Fortress 2 in tomorrow's 'Uber' update.

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"The Soldier's actually holding the Riding Crop in his left hand in the image over the headline."

- SentryDown see all 16 comments

Portal 2 sells three million

By Andrew Yoon, Jun 22, 2011 10:30am PDT

Portal 2 is quickly on its way towards matching the sales of the original game.

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"Globally only 50% have finished Portal 1, so you're not even close in your statement."

- project13 see all 34 comments

More Team Fortress 2 'Uber' details revealed

By Xav de Matos, Jun 21, 2011 6:00pm PDT

Valve has revealed additional gear for the Sniper and Demoman, which will arrive alongside the "Uber" update this Thursday.

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"I guess it's more for Scouts that need to deal more immediate damage, like when dealing with a ..."

- SentryDown see all 37 comments

Team Fortress 2 'Uber Update' this Thursday

By Xav de Matos, Jun 20, 2011 6:45pm PDT

Valve has dropped details on what it calls the "biggest, most ambitious update" in the history of Team Fortress 2, as well as hints on the next "Meet the" short.

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"Haha, same here. I'd be curious to know what % of their sales stem from drunk shopping, as it's ..."

- atom519 see all 79 comments

Portal 2 Hydra-specific DLC available

By Steve Watts, Jun 17, 2011 9:00am PDT

Portal 2 DLC that focuses on motion controls has now been released for those who bought the $140 Razer Hydra controller for the game.

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"I hope they do release this for free. Would be interesting to see if people could get it working ..."

- Beady see all 5 comments