All Stories Tagged: Valve, Page 49

With Game Developers Conference around the corner, Valve has offered a better look at the updated controller.

Portal is being adapted into a board game with the cooperation of Cryptozoic, and now we have a better idea of just how it will work.

Source 2, an engine Valve has confirmed in 2012 and has--in typical Valve fashion--spoken nothing of since. A new Reddit AMA with Valve's Gabe Newell gives us at least some insight into what's happening.

Valve is ready to bring families (or ten really close friends) a lot closer together, as the company has brought its Family Sharing program out of beta.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's Operation Phoenix offers eight community-made maps, 13 new weapon finishes, and an in-game coin to help track your competitive stats. It'll run through June 4 for $2.99.

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.

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

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

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 Ability Draft,' where players take turns to pick abilities for their heroes, resulting in some absurd combinations.

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.