Valve
Steam.tv launches – first by accident, then officially
Valve’s updated streaming platform covers the International first; other titles to follow
Valve pulls down game accused of installing cryptomining malware
Abstractism also accused of distributing counterfeit marketplace items
Veteran writer Jay Pinkerton returns to Valve
Studio confirms re-hiring of Portal 2 co-writer
Valve working on new ‘more accurate’ tools to replace Steam Spy
Valve’s head of business development Jan-Peter Ewert said developers need “something better than Steam Spy”
Valve removes school massacre simulator Active Shooter from Steam
“The broader conversation about Steam’s content policies is one that we’ll be addressing soon,” Valve said
Developers told to remove ‘explicit’ visual novels from Steam by Valve
Valve under pressure to remove sexual content, but has now seemingly reversed its decision and apologised to devs
Steam changes user reviews to help prevent bots and inaccuracy
Valve's gaming portal has been working on readdressing its systems to help prevent aggressive spam
Over 6000 games released on Steam in 2017 and it isn't over yet
The amount of releases on Valve's store is almost equal to the the combined releases between 2005 and 2015
Silicon Echo closes following removal of games from Steam - Polygon
Over 200 games were taken down from Valve's platform following user reports of "asset flipping"
Chet Faliszek joins Bossa Studios
Former Valve writer and VR ambassador joins the Worlds Adrift developer after recent investment
More Steam games have been released since June than the combined total between 2006-2014
Following the launch of Steam Direct, over 1,300 new titles have become available
Former Valve dev, Rick Ellis, forms Sharkbite Games
Studio started in 2016 and with new funding from venture capitalist round is developing titles
Steam Direct launches, replacing Greenlight submission programme
Blog post details the final days of Greenlight and what to do to apply for Steam Direct
Valve loses another writer as Jay Pinkerton leaves
Follows Chet Faliszek, Erik Wolpaw and Marc Laidlaw out of the company
Valve dates its new Steam Direct programme
After many months of store changes, the publishing platform also ends Greenlight submissions
Writer Chet Faliszek departs from Valve
Faliszek leaves the company after 12 years as writer and VR ambassador.
Valve talks discoverability, curation with prominent YouTubers
Jim Sterling and TotalBiscuit travel to Steam's offices to talk shop
Ladykiller in a Bind: We need to talk about sex
Video games are one of our most interesting and engaging narrative mediums, so why do business plans appear to have such a problem with portrayals of sex and relationships? Alex Calvin speaks to Christine Love, the developer of 'kinky lesbian sex' visual novel Ladykiller in a Bind, to get her take
Gabe Newell: Valve is thinking how to distribute Source 2
" For our developers it works great, for other developers it’s not nearly as useful as Unity. So it’s sort of like, it’s here if people want it."
Gabe Newell: "At Valve, we don't have a budgeting process"
Newell sheds light on how games get made at Valve
Valve cans Steam Greenlight, replacing service with Steam Direct later in 2017
Valve shows Greenlight the red light
Valve boss Newell decries Trump immigration ban, talks future of International esports event
""We have people who work at Valve who can’t go home. They've been here for years."