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  • Valve to start selling non-game software on Steam!

  • RUMOR: Source 2 engine coming soon!

  • Gabe Newell calls Windows 8 a catastrophe

    Operating system Windows 8 will be a "catastrophe" for PC game makers, according to Valve Software’s boss. Speaking at the Casual Connect game conference in Seattle, Gabe Newell said the next version of Windows could mean big changes to the PC market. Many took his comment as a criticism of the changed user interface in…

  • What’s yours is not yours

      Last week the European Parliament stated that it’s illegal to not let customers resell their own software, even if it’s been bought on a digital delivery platform. What Valve answered, about the chance to let customers resell their legally bought software, is basically a very simple, direct, straight middle finger. “We don’t have any…

  • Valve counters EA’s Steam sales "cheapen intellectual property" accusation

    "If we thought having a 75 per cent sale on Portal 2 would cheapen Portal 2, we wouldn’t do it." Valve has countered EA’s accusation that Steam sales "cheapen" intellectual property, saying they in fact benefit games, publishers and gamers. Last month EA’s David DeMartini, who runs rival digital platform Origin, said Steam sales, which…

  • Steam Greenlight announced!

  • Canonical in touch with Valve to ensure Steam is well supported on Ubuntu

        Lots of Steam on Linux news this week after Michael Larabel visited Valve office and confirmed Steam and Source Engine on Linux. Now, in a Live QA session for Ubuntu 12.04 release, Ubuntu Developer and Community Manager Jono Bacon said that he knows Canonical has been in touch with Valve to ensure top…

  • Valve’s new business model – pay less if you’re nice?

    This one is interesting, Valve is trying to charge morons and jerks more for their games, nice people would pay less or play for free even. In a podcast interview with Seven Day Cooldown, summarized by Develop, Valve Boss Gabe Newell discusses the payment model for upcoming strategy game DOTA 2.: “The issue that we’re…

  • Valve updates Steam’s account policy, you can now access your games while banned!

    I can’t believe they finally did it. A lot of gamers were questioning why it wasn’t possible to access games in offline mode in Steam while an account was suspended or banned, but the real news is that you already can, Valve just never told anyone. What’s more? Your games aren’t limited to offline mode.…

  • Valve’s handbook for new employees

    This thing leaked few hours ago, check it out, it’s a fun thing to read!

  • Valve reveals mystery hardware project: wearable computing

    “This morning, Valve Software set the world of gaming news abuzz by attempting to hire hardware engineers. Now, Valve developer (and well-known programmer) Michael Abrash has revealed what kind of hardware the company is prototyping: computer technology you can wear. It’s certainly an important time to admit such a thing, considering how Google’s Project Glass…

  • Steam soon to introduce used game selling and new refund policy!

    YES! Finally Valve Software has decided that soon all Steam users will be able to sell or give away their own “used” games off their Steam accounts. Here is what Gabe Newell said: “We are happy to announce that soon (May 1st) all Steam users who bought at least one game using Steam will be…

  • Valve actively looking for Linux devs

    Valve has been recruiting for at least one Linux specialist to help port Windows games with this job ad since January. But it looks like they’re getting very serious, and keen to push on with the project. Phoronix.com’s Michael Larabel has received an email from Gabe himself asking for help head hunting. The email to…

  • Valve nukes Steam Box, working on new UI

    The beginning of the week brought reports that Valve was working on something called “Steam Box,” a list of hardware specs and associated software that manufacturers would turn around and build to sell under Valve’s certified label. Much like PC gamers would see their favorite titles branded by Nvidia or AMD, these rigs would feature…

  • Gabe is more than fine… financially

    Forbes editors have decided to estimate Gabe Newell’s fortune recently. As you realize there’s a list with the richest people in the world on which Gabe turned out to be… 854. This may sound not that great right? But as it turns out, if he wanted to sell his shares to someone else, he would…

  • Valve patents for controller

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  • Valve said to be working on ‘Steam Box’ gaming console with partners, could announce at GDC

    Recently there’s been chatter that Valve — the company behind the massively popular gaming service Steam — has been considering getting into the hardware business. Specifically, there have been rumors that the company has been toying with the idea of creating a proper set-top console which could potentially pose a threat to the Xbox 360…

  • VALVe’s support: A player has FPS issues. A developer asks him to bring in his computer, so they can have a look.

      Source: Steam Forums

  • Penny Arcade goes to Valve Software headquarters

    See the pics here.

  • Gabe Newell: Piracy is a “Non-issue” to Valve; Providing better Services Will Result in More Sales

    In a recent interview with TCS, Gabe Newell explained why Valve is so successful. Recently we posted how Ubisoft were abandoning the PC market due to piracy, and imposing heavy DRM on their customers, but according to Newell that’s not really the right way to go about it. He said that there is a general…

  • Steam database compromised, what now?

    Check this e-mail from Gabe: Edit: It turns out it’s probably fake but we’ll see:  

  • Official Steam forums hacked?

    The Steam forums are currently offline. "The Steam Forums are temporarily offline for maintenance. Your patience is appreciated." Valve is yet to comment on the situation, but some users have reported what looks like a breach that occurred last night. Images, below, show the forum redesigned slightly to contain a message from FknOwned.com, a website…

  • Gabe Newell on pricing and free to play

    Gabe Newell discussed the difference between silently discounting a game and making a big sale. When they quietly lowered prices, they found it to be elastic (sales increase proportionally, so the overall revenue remains the same), but… “The sale is a highly promoted event that has ancillary media like comic books and movies associated with…

  • Valve will be attending this year’s Gamescom! What will they reveal?

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