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Valve Steam Box prototypes pegged for Spring 2013

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

It would appear that the Steam-powered gaming console will be available rather soon for developers and hardware partners alike. News has come down from Valve's Game Newell himself as he spoke with the BBC about the future of the company immediately before the start of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Games Awards. There he was also being awarded a lovely Academy Fellowship as well. Read The Full Story

Steam for Linux available now

, Feb 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

Today Valve has announced that the Steam client for Linux is now available. The app is now available for download through the Ubuntu Software Center, and of course, as with all major announcements on Steam, the gaming service is holding a week-long sale on 50 Linux games for up to 75% off of their normal price. Read The Full Story

Valve reportedly laying off dozens of employees [UPDATE]

, Feb 13th 2013 Discuss [5]

Yesterday, we reported that hardware hacker Jeri Ellsworth, who joined Valve in 2012, had been fired. She made the announcement via Twitter, but didn't provide any details about what had caused such an action. Now reports are rolling in that more than two dozen other Valve employees have been laid off, with nothing more than speculation about what is happening. Read The Full Story

Valve fires hardware hacker Jeri Ellsworth

, Feb 13th 2013 Discuss [11]

Jeri Ellsworth, a hardware hacker from Seattle who was hired by Valve last year to work on game hardware, just announced on Twitter that she has been fired. No other information was offered, such as the reasons for her sudden departure or what she plans to do now, aside from "new exciting projects." Valve hasn't said anything about the decision, either. Read The Full Story

J.J. Abrams and Gabe Newell in talks over Half-Life or Portal movie

, Feb 6th 2013 Discuss [3]

During the keynote at the 2013 DICE Summit today, director J.J. Abrams and Valve CEO Gabe Newell sat on stage and discussed storytelling in video games and movies. However, what started off as a friendly critique of each others' work ended with the announcement that they are in talks to make a movie together based on either the Half-Life or Portal series. Read The Full Story

Valve releases Steam Greenlight update, brings with it a handful of improvements

, Jan 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

Valve has rolled out an update to Steam Greenlight, bringing with it a handful of improvements based on requests and feedback from users. The improvements are primarily for users, but developers are also tossed a bone with a new stats feature. Among the other improvements is the ability to better organize and discover titles in your queue. Read The Full Story

Skyrim Dragonborn DLC now available for pre-purchase on Steam

, Jan 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's nearly time for Dragonborn to launch on PC, and eager Skyrim fans will be pleased to know that its now available for pre-order now on Steam. Skyrim's latest DLC went up for pre-order this weekend, a little more than a weekend before it becomes available for download. As far as we can tell, there isn't any bonus you get for pre-ordering, aside from getting the payment part of the transaction out of the way early. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 17, 2013

, Jan 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Thursday evening folks. Today we heard that Samsung may use MWC 2013 to unveil a new Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet, which is certainly exciting to say the least. According to new rumors, Verizon may be shipping the Samsung ATIV Odyssey on January 24, while a new Apple job listing suggests some major Siri improvements coming in the future. Instagram said today that it has 90 million monthly active users who are uploading 40 million photos per day, and even though Intel's earnings for Q4 2012 were down, the company still managed to pull in $13.3 billion in revenue. Read The Full Story

Valve to unveil Team Fortress 2 virtual reality port at GDC 2013

, Jan 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Remember the Oculus Rift at CES last week? Of course you do -- it was only one of the top stories of the entire show, and we want one pretty badly. Now, Valve is preparing a version of Team Fortress 2 that will utilize virtual reality devices like the Oculus Rift, and the company is planning to show it off at the Game Developers Conference in March. Read The Full Story

Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition arrives on Steam for $19.99

, Jan 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Get ready, Steam users, because today's the day Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition arrives on your digital distribution platform of choice. After a brief period of exclusivity with Beamdog, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is now available through Steam. This should net Beamdog quite a few more sales, considering the amount of people who claim they won't buy PC games unless they can buy them through Valve's channel. Read The Full Story

Steam Greenlight approves ten new games

, Jan 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Steam Greenlight has been up and running since August 2012, and so far, it seems to be working out at least relatively well. Today Valve announced the fourth round of games to make it through the community voting service, meaning that more than 60 games have now been approved through Greenlight. That isn't too bad, and if you've been gaming for a while, there's at least one title in this latest round of approvals that you'll recognize. Read The Full Story

Alleged Half-Life 2: Episode 4 screenshots surface years later

, Jan 14th 2013 Discuss [3]

The Internet loves a good Half-Life rumor, and this next one seems about as good as any. New images from the ill-fated Half-Life 2: Episode 4, otherwise known as Return to Ravenholm, have surfaced today, years and years after the game was canned. The title was in development at Arkane Studios, but in 2007, the project was left in the dust, so we're seeing these new images almost six years after the fact. Read The Full Story
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