Entries in 'valve' (264)
Valve sick of “shitty party games”
Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead developer Valve has slammed the slew of mini-game titles that have arrived a result of the motion-gaming revolution and urged developers to make more ...
Valve eying up PS3 development
Acclaimed developer Valve may be on the verge of ending its self-imposed absence from PS3 development by assuring fans that it will end up supporting Sony’s increasingly popular console at ...
Steam membership jumps 25% in ‘09
Valve’s popular digital distribution network Steam now has over 25m members, the Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead developer and thriving distribution platform owner has revealed.
Left 4 Dead 2 hits 2m sales
Valve’s multiplayer online zombie shooter Left 4 Dead 2 has officially passed the 2m global sales mark after just two weeks on the market, the developer has revealed.
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Steam sells all THQ games for £26
Steam is offering its users the chance to buy every THQ title currently on the service for £26.
Steam holds 70% of digital distribution
Steam is estimated to control around 70 per cent of the overall game downloads space.
Gearbox: Valve “foolish” to snub PS3
Gearbox president Randy Pitchford has dubbed Valve as “foolish” for neglecting the PS3.
£6m ad spend for Left 4 Dead 2
US super-developer Valve has told MCV it will spend around $10m (£6.12m) on the European marketing campaign to support Left 4 Dead 2.
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AUSTRALIA: Left 4 Dead 2 ban lifted
Electronic Arts’ upcoming Left 4 Dead 2 has been classified for release in Australia.
2K Games go cheap on Steam
Users of Valve’s Steam network currently have the opportunity to snap up a huge compendium of 2K Games’ PC titles in a bundle that offers over £100 off the usual ...
Valve reluctant to develop for ‘complicated’ PS3
Washington-based independent Valve has said it is reluctant to develop PS3 games due to the system’s complex hardware design.
Valve fans rebel against Left 4 Dead 2
Acclaimed developer Valve is facing an unfamiliar problem; its fans are not happy.
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MICROSOFT: Valve readies biggest ever push for Left4Dead 2
Left4Dead 2 has been announced exclusively for Xbox 360 and PC, and will be the subject of Valve’s biggest ever marketing push.
Capcom: SecuROM ‘gets a bum rap’
Growing PC games force Capcom has defended controversial DRM software SecuROM, saying that the problems that some have experienced with the anti-piracy measures are more to do with publisher’s implementation ...
Report: Production suspended for The Crossing
French developer Arkane Studios has announced that its upcoming FPS The Crossing has been put on hold.
Valve and Activision clash in royalty row
Valve is suing Activision after alleging that the publisher has deliberately underpaid a $2.39 million royalty sum recently awarded to the Half-Life series developer.
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Left 4 Dead free this Friday
Playable demos have become an established marketing vehicle in recent years, but Valve is taking it one step further tomorrow by allowing anyone to download and play its hugely popular ...
UK CHARTS: New DLC lifts Left 4 Dead
The benefits of freely downloadable DLC have been demonstrated this week by the re-entry of Valve’s Left 4 Dead in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 just days after ...
Left 4 Dead shifts 2.5m at retail
Valve, the developer of co-operative zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, has revealed that its title has sold over 2.5m units worldwide at retail since launch, Edge reports.
Valve tackling DRM issue
Valve has unveil a new set of advanced features for its Steamworks platforms at GDC, offering a complete suite of publishing and development tools that promise to make DRM a ...
Left 4 Dead sales jump 3000%
Valve boss Gabe Newell revealed at the DICE Summit earlier this week that following his firm’s 50 per cent price cut to zombie FPS Left 4 Dead last weekend, sales ...
Valve retail sales on track to surpass 36 million
Valve has published sales figures for the past decade, revealing how much each of its titles have sold at retail. From the original Half-Life to recent release Left 4 Dead, ...
Steam gives away GTA Vice City
Ahead of the release of the PC version of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV on December 2nd, Valve has announced that those who pre-order the game via its online digital ...
22 Valve titles for £70
With the highly-anticipated Left 4 Dead just a week away, Valve is giving gamers the chance to buy its entire back catalogue for under $100 (£70).
Games for Windows Live to challenge Steam?
Microsoft has, without great fanfare, revamped its Xbox 360-a-like Games For Windows Live service, and the introduction of a PC version of content delivery service Live Marketplace suggests that the ...
