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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.

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've heard this before, but next year will surely be The Year of the Linux Desktop.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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