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Users are also allowed to hack or alter the system and use it how they see fit. Valve has detailed its plans to launch a Steam-based living room console. In fact, the firm will release multiple devices from multiple manufacturers, with the first 300 devices being sent out this year …
Read More »Steam to reveal PS4/Xbox One rival on Monday
PC download service Steam will make three announcements in its bid to wrestle control of the living room from PS4 and Xbox One. Steam launched ‘Big Picture’ mode last year, which was a user-interface that made Steam games ideal for play on televisions and controllers. It worked but isn’t a …
Read More »Valve teases Steam Box announcements for next week
US firm to reveals its plans for the living room on Monday
Read More »"Half-Life 3 is not being worked on at this time"
One man close to Valve has delivered a crushing blow to the millions of gamers patiently waiting on Half-Life 3. Kotaku reports that John Patrick Lowrie, an actor who has starred in a number of Valve games and is married to the voice of GLaD0S Ellen McLain, has claimed that …
Read More »Half-Life 3 could actually be upon us [UPDATE: Or not]
Valve could be on the verge of announcing Half-Life 3 following what appears to be the first step of a marketing campaign. As reported by users of NeoGaf, a sizeable Steam update for Half-life 2 has gone live that appears to change the game’s text and voice track into Korean. …
Read More »Open-world Half-Life 3 releasing ‘after’ 2013 – report
Just give us a moment to extract ourselves form the mound of pinched salt that has enveloped us. A report on French site Journaldugamer – as translated by OXM – makes a number of fascinating claims about the long-waited Valve sequel. It claims that the project has endured a very …
Read More »Gamescom guide suggests Valve Half-Life 3 reveal
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Read More »Gamescom guide lists Half-Life 3 for show reveal
The internet has erupted this afternoon after an eager journalist spotted a listing for Valve’s hugely anticipated Half-Life 3 in the official Gamescom show guide. T3 reports that the game is included in Gamecom’s PDF guide. It’s safe to say that Half-Life 3 is amongst the most anticipated releases in …
Read More »Source 2 next-gen engine named in Valve files
Hidden in Valve’s Source Filmmaker are files that point to a next generation Source 2 engine, perhaps providing a reasonable explanation for why the company has yet to produce Half-Life 3. Valvetime.net uncovered files that carry several lines of code reference to ‘Source 2′, suggesting the studio is working on …
Read More »GALLERY: Half-Life 3 artwork leaks
What appears to be a number of confirmed Half-Life 3 concept artworks have been leaked online. The images originate from a Picasa album (that has since been removed) owned by Valve artist Andrea Andrea Wicklund. Now OXM reports that community mods on the Steam forums have confirmed the legitimacy of …
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