Tag: steam
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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…
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Steam is coming to Linux!
Michael Larabel (of Phoronix) met with Valve today; tweets “steam is coming to Linux…”: And another quote here: @michaellarabel #valve does have Linux games coming plus other very positive Linux plans… I’ll briefly post some screenshots and such tonight. And even more info here.
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Valve’s handbook for new employees
This thing leaked few hours ago, check it out, it’s a fun thing to read!
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Gabe Newell: DOTA 2 is going to be free-to-play, “it’ll have some twists”
“Gabe Newell denied meeting Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple in a recent podcast with Seven Day Cooldown, but that’s not all he said. He also mentioned that DOTA 2 will be free-to-play, but with a twist. “It’s going to be free-to-play — it’ll have some twists, but that’s the easiest way for people to…
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Random giveaway!
Hi, just giving away random stuff: Nexuiz Beta (Steam key): WDZF3-FRCTW-9GRIC Tribes Ascend Soldier Utility Pack (activate in Extras menu in-game): U1332CDC88019A4A8 Go go go!
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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…
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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…
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GDC 2012: How Valve made Team Fortress 2 free-to-play
In June of 2011, Valve Software took its four-year-old online first-person shooter Team Fortress 2 and made it completely free-to-play — and ended up increasing revenues by a factor of twelve as a result. Valve’s Joe Ludwig ran a GDC session Wednesday that explained exactly how four years’ worth of content updates, tweaks, and…
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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…
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Coupons Giveaway
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Alan Wake PC makes money back in 48 hours… thanks to Steam
Remedy is very pleased with the performance of the PC version of Alan Wake. It turns out that they made back the money they invested on the PC version of Alan Wake in just 48 hours. “I wanted to chime in here. We are very happy with the sales and hitting #1 on Steam…
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Penny Arcade goes to Valve Software headquarters
See the pics here.
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Fans around the world to play Half-Life 2 this Saturday
This Saturday the 28,000 members of this Steam group are planning to play Half-Life 2 together. The group hopes that the massive play session will shoot Half-Life 2 up the Steam most-played list and let Valve know how many people are still waiting for Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Valve certainly know this already, and probably…
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Steam app comes from many direct requests from Steam users
Gabe Newell said that it’s going to be a great addition and was a result of many direct requests from their customers. “The Steam app comes from many direct requests from our customers,” he said “Seeing which of your friends are online and playing a game, sending quick messages, looking at screenshots for an upcoming…
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Screenshots from Steam for Android BETA
I got into beta (lucky me!) and here are some screenshots of the application:
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Official Steam app for your mobile device now available!
Get Steam app for your mobile device now! The only bad thing is you need an invite:
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Steam’s Record of 2011 Announced
Steam has announced today, their full record results of the year 2011. During 2011 the platform grew to offer over 1,800 games to over 40 million accounts. Year-over-year unit sales increased by more than 100% for the seventh straight year, and during the 2011 Holiday Sale Steam’s simultaneous user number eclipsed the 5 million player…
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Pre-order new Indie Royale bundle and get Nuclear Dawn!
You can now blind pre-order Indie Royale’s New Year’s Bundle – which includes PC and Mac versions of all games – at a recommended €/£/$5 to €/£/$10 USD contribution, and aminimum of $3.99 USD. The titles to be offered will include a premium blend of FPS and RTS (Steam for PC and Mac), an innovative…
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Last day of Steam sales!
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Watch out for the current Steam Daily deals!
Steam Daily deals on 28-29.12.2011 (Prices may change during the day)
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Watch out for the current Steam Daily deals!
List of things to watch out for is here, thanks to Vogel again – Steam Daily deals on 27.12.2011.
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Is Valve turning into EA in terms of banning?
Interesting info was posted on reddit today, according to one of the users he got banned by Mike Blaszczak (Valve employee) on the official Steam Forums for a suggestion he made towards his behavior on the forums, here’s the full story: I’ll try to keep this as short as possible. Someone posted a thread in…
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Watch out for the current Steam Daily deals!
List of things to watch out for is here, thanks to Vogel again – Steam Daily deals on 26.12.2011.
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Giveaway madness!
Don’t know if you noticed but yesterday we gave away a lot of free stuff through Steam Inventory. Just keep looking on our Steam Community group profile for free shit, we’re giving away coupons, coal and sometimes games. Join the Steam Group now! ░░▄█░░░░░▄█▀▀▀▀░░░░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░▄█░░░▄▀█▀▀▀░ ▄▀░█░░░▄▀░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄▀░░░░▄▀░█░░█░░█░░░░ ░░░█░░▀█▀▀▀▀░░░░░▀▀▀▀▀█▀▀▀▀▀░░░░░█░░░▀▄█▄░░░ ░░░█░░▀█▀▀▀▀░░░░░▀▀▀█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀░░░░░█░░░░░█░▀▄░ ░░░█░░░░▀▄▄░░░░░░░▄▀░░░░░░░░░░░░░█░▀▄░░█░░▄▀ ░░░▀░░░░░░▀▀▀▀▀░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▀░░░▀▀█▀▀░░ Happy Holidays!!!