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Developer shrugs off speculation that it is about to be bought by web giant

Google has refused to rule out the possibility that it is to acquire Half Life developer Valve. When questioned by MCV by the roaring rumour that it is to announce the buyout of the Steam parent company this week at Austin GDC, A Google spokesperson told us: We do not …

Search engine behemoth Google is set to buy Half-Life developer Valve, according to The Inquirer . The news would be the latest in Google’s ascent into the interactive entertainment space, following the announcement of virtual worlds platform Lively. Valve owns content distribution system Steam – the de facto PC games …

New service adds persistent data storage to Steamworks SDK

Set of publishing tools using Steam service available free of charge

Online service has made PC a stronger platform, says Valve's director of business development

Ubisoft has signed a deal with Valve to bring over 40 of its titles to North America through the online Steam platform. Assassin’s Creed is the first title to be made available for pre-purchase, and will be able to be downloaded from April 9th. Tom Clancy titles, the IL-2 Sturmovik …

With both user numbers and publisher support swelling for Valve’s online digital distribution network Steam, Valve’s marketing vice president Doug Lombardi has said that the firm is looking to widen its offering to more types of digital content. Speaking to US consumer site Tom’s Games, Lombardi stated: We’re looking at …

Online shopping giant Amazon.com has hinted at its plans to develop a mechanism for electronic game distribution in an online job advertisment. The ad states that the company is looking for a full-time software development engineer to join the ‘Software and Video Games Digital Technology team’. To read the story …

Digital game distribution service could be in the works