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Gabe Newell of Valve: Windows 8 “a catastrophe”

, Jul 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week at the video game conference known as Casual Connect, Valve head Gabe Newell has taken out the knives and cut up a nice clean slice of Microsoft with heavily negative comments on their next big operating system Windows 8. Newell's Valve and Steam create a video game environment in which people can download games and keep their accounts with access to those games in the cloud. Newell is currently working to bring big-name games that otherwise would only have been for Windows and OS X machines to Linux in the meantime. Read The Full Story

Steam hardware survey sees rise in lower-end PCs

, Jul 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

You would think that, as time goes on, more and more Steam users would be adopting better hardware for their PCs. The Steam hardware survey for June 2012 tells us that may not necessarily be the case, as the company actually saw an increase in lower-end PC use over past hardware surveys. Take, for instance, the number of computers that use Intel Integrated Graphics - while NVIDIA and ATI GPUs are still by far the most common, in June Steam saw the use of Intel Integrated Graphics rise to 11%. Read The Full Story

Steam Summer Sale enters final day

, Jul 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

This is it, folks. The Steam Summer Sale has entered its eleventh and final day, so in less than 24 hours, it'll be time to say goodbye. While that will likely be a relief for most Steam users, there are some tempting featured deals on offer for those who haven't purchased quite enough yet. As always, there are also flash deals and community choice deals up for grabs, so even though we've entered the final hours of the event, there are still plenty of sales to take advantage of before things wrap up entirely. Read The Full Story

Steam Summer Sale begins with a bang

, Jul 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

This year's Steam Summer Sale starts with no less than titanic games such as Portal 2, Call of Duty MW3, and pack collections from Bethesda and the masses of creators behind the Star Wars gaming franchise. This Valve-run sale requires that you have a Steam gaming account and that you not hold your wallet closed too tightly - deals are to be had at every turn! Grab the legendary Indie Bundle (version I) for $9.99 instead of $40, get Total War: Shogun 2 for $7.49 instead of $30, and get a collection of games from RockStar for $49.99 instead of a massive $120! Click your mouse as fast as you can and stock up for the year! Read The Full Story

Valve prepping Steam Greenlight for crowd sourced video game approvals

, Jul 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Valve has been a significant player in the digital distribution of games via its Steam service on the PC for long time. Steam has turned out to be very good for independent game developers allowing them to publish games digitally, directly to the gamer. Valve is set to unveil a new plan that will help independent developers, to get crowd source assistance to get their games distributed via Steam. Read The Full Story

Valve takes a shot at Education

, Jun 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

This week it appears that Valve and their wildly successful Steam platform for computer games are taking a giant leap into the realm of education. With their upcoming program Teach With Portals, they'll be bringing a new edition of Portal 2 to the classroom for teachers to utilize its Puzzle Maker engine for teaching physics with computer-based creation tools. This program will have a limited number of Steam platform releases sent to schools for free for use in the classroom very soon! Read The Full Story

Portal gets very real in “Terminal Velocity” video

, Jun 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

It's time for some IRL Portal with filmmaker Jason Craft and his very own POrtal gun, taking some fabulous camera skills, some 3D tracking, and a little bit of movie magic to make the whole world smile. This fan video is completely non-official and not tied to the makers of the Portal video game series, but it sure as heck has impressed us to no end. Have a peek at what happens when one goes in, one goes out, and physics happen. Read The Full Story

Telltale’s Walking Dead game sells one million copies

, May 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

In less than a month's time, a game based on a niche comic book franchise that was turned into a successful TV show has been able to become its own breakout success. The Walking Dead Episode 1: A New Day has been downloaded a million times between the Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Steam. It's hopefully a good sign as future episodes of the game are released. Read The Full Story

Valve on Tim Cook meeting: ‘I wish!’

, Apr 20th 2012 Discuss [4]

Earlier this month a meeting between Apple’s Tim Cook and the gaming company known as Valve was reported by several sources – now it turns out that it never happened. Or so Valve’s co-founder Gabe Newell says. From what Gabe and crew say now, they were as surprised by the news that Cook had visited their facilities as everyone else was, frantically emailing one another trying to find out who, if anyone, had actually seen Cook enter or exit their offices – is he now just being a bit of a fibber to cover up the truth?

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Federal government, military can break into Xbox Live, PSN, etc

, Apr 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

In an ever unfolding example of how individual privacy is losing its value in the United States, it has been revealed that some agencies within the government have the authority and the technology to access data from users on online gaming networks. The act of eavesdropping on your online gaming account is being compared to tracking e-mails and telephone calls, which federal agencies already have the authority to do. Read The Full Story

Apple CEO Tim Cook spotted at Valve offices

, Apr 14th 2012 Discuss [1]

The head of Apple has reportedly been meeting with people at PC gaming giant Valve, right at a time when Valve has been the subject of rampant rumors. The company posted job ads for what appears to be a hardware initiative or at least something that sounds like a complete departure from its long-standing traditional business model. So Apple having some sort of position in that would be interesting to say the least. Read The Full Story

Valve job listing points to potential hardware offering

, Apr 13th 2012 Discuss [1]

Last month, a rumor arose indicating that Valve was working on a “Steam Box” designed to rival console experiences. The company was said to be looking to use powerful PC hardware, like an Intel Core i7 and NVIDIA graphics card, and pairing it with a customized software experience. The box wouldn’t be locked down though, with Valve hoping to establish a hardware set of minimum hardware guidelines for developers. Engadget has spotted a job listing that adds further credence to the rumor, with Valve looking for an electronics engineer. Read The Full Story
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