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Read More »Over 6000 games released on Steam in 2017 and it isn’t over yet
Dota 2’s Duelling Fates update is now live
Dota’s 7.07 update, known as the Duelling Fates update, is now live. This is one of the biggest patches for the last year or so, bringing two new heroes, four reworked heroes, a new matchmaking system and a new talent tree for nearly every hero in the game. Also joining …
Read More »Valve announces changes to its Curator program
Discovery remains one of Steam’s most significant unsolved puzzles. With the huge number of games hitting the service every week, the ability for potential buyers to find content relevant to them is crucial. Valve still believes its Curator program, which sees users following other users who maintain a list of …
Read More »Steam now offering digital gift cards
Valve has finally started offering the ability for consumers to purchase digital Steam Gift Cards. To do so, the sender must have a Steam account of their own – something that could actually be fairly limiting, as lots of mums and dads and especially grans and grandads may not have …
Read More »Valve’s Orange Box paved the way for today’s physical indie retail space
When Valve launched Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two as The Orange Box bundle back in 2007, it had a transformative effect on the games retail space of its day. That’s according to Valve’s Robin Walker, who recently spoke to PC Gamer about the legacy of the game bundle …
Read More »Valve’s remaster of legendary Counter-Strike map Dust II is coming in next beta
For Counter-Strike players old and new, Dust II is something special. Home of a thousand frags, Dust II is probably the series’ most played map, and if you’re watching a frag-video and it’s got sand in the background it’s probably this video, or one like it. It’s been several years …
Read More »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"
Read More »Valve to license 3D-printed merchandise from Shapeways
Independent designers will now be able to create and sell Valve-related merchandise via 3D printing firm Shapeways’ marketplace thanks to a new partnership between the two companies. Announced on Shapeways’ website, this licensing deal will allow fans to create 3D prints of their designs based on any IP from Valve, …
Read More »DOTA 2 players slump to lowest level in three years as PUBG cannibalises game time
The meteoric success of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is not happening in isolation – several games are suffering player declines in its wake. Chief among them seems to be Valve’s DOTA 2 which, as spotted by Game Debate, recently saw active players dip to its lowest number since 2014, falling to 214,155. That’s …
Read More »Chet Faliszek joins Bossa Studios
Former Valve writer and VR ambassador joins the Worlds Adrift developer after recent investment
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