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Following its inclusion in EA’s successful The Orange Box, Valve’s dimension-bending shooter Portal has become somewhat of a cult classic – and now developer Valve has said that there’s plenty more to come from the franchise. Speaking to Eurogamer, Valve’s Doug Lombardi said of a possible add-on or sequel: "There’ll …

Steamworks offers sales stats, copy protection and other functions to PC game developers

Ukrainian developer GCS Game World has confirmed that its upcoming FPS-prequel S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky will be made available on Valve’s online distribution network Steam simultaneously with its release at retail. For the full story, head over to MCV’s best online buddy Develop.

Another publishing superstar has climbed aboard the Steam bandwagon with news that Rockstar is to offer its PC catalogue on Valve’s ever-growing downloads service. Ten games are available to buy online now – GTA, GTA2, GTA3, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Midnight Club II, Max Payne, Max Payne 2, …

PC catalogue now available on Valveâ??s network

Content creation for Orange Box games now supported

Edinburgh independent studio to target PC and Xbox 360

Big name US developers team up over digital distribution deal

With services such as Microsoft’s Windows Live currently spearheading the community gaming movement, Valve is to this week launch a host of new community features for its massively popular Steam network. The free update will allow users to build their own personal Steam pages and profiles, schedule games with friends, …

Valve has revealed that some 13 million gamers have now signed up to use its Steam digital downloads service. The developer best know for its ultra-successful Half-Life franchise has also announced that more than 150 PC games can now be downloaded via the service. In Steam’s case, we have millions …