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Blog post details the final days of Greenlight and what to do to apply for Steam Direct
Read More »Steam Direct launches, replacing Greenlight submission programme
Valve loses another writer as Jay Pinkerton leaves
Follows Chet Faliszek, Erik Wolpaw and Marc Laidlaw out of the company
Read More »Valve dates its new Steam Direct programme
After many months of store changes, the publishing platform also ends Greenlight submissions
Read More »Dota 2 short film contest returns with $25,000 first prize
Valve has revealed the first details of this year’s Dota 2 Short Film Contest, which will give the winner $25,000. The annual competition has become a regular feature in the run up to The International. Fans are challenged to create a 90 second video based on Dota 2. This can …
Read More »Dota 2’s co-op campaign delayed by a week
Valve has announced that Dota 2’s upcoming co-op campaign SlitBreaker has been delayed. After initially stating that the campaign would be out “this month” the team have no revealed that they have pushed it back a week. “We are currently finishing up the Siltbreaker campaign and will unfortunately need to …
Read More »Former Kerbal Space Program devs join Valve
It transpires that the developers who left the Kerbal Space Program team last year headed to Valve. PCGamesN reports that former Valve architect and environmental designer Roger Lundeen revealed the news in the Game Dev Unchained podcast. [Valve] are still buying up mod teams,” he said. There’s the group that …
Read More »Jury to rule on DOTA IP ownership
Two developers have presented a legal argument that Valve cannot claim ownership to the DOTA intellectual property. The name DOTA originates from a Warcraft III mod named Defense of the Ancient’s but is now more widely known thanks to its use in Valve’s popular MOBA title DOTA 2. Blizzard and …
Read More »Steam clamps down on ‘fake game’ Trading Card scammers
The Trading Card system will be locked away from new releases on Steam until they have have proven themselves to be real games. Many games offer Trading Cards which can be sold by players on the Steam marketplace. Their value is typically low, often around 10p or less, although some …
Read More »Dota 2 International 2017 prize pool could exceed $25m
The majors are over, and Valve is now gearing up for its crowning jewel: The International. The International is somewhat unique because its prize pool is crowd-funded by players. Valve put $1.5m into the prize pool and then sell in-game items and put 25% of the monetary value of any …
Read More »Valve pledges to open up about Steam’s inner workings
Valve has pledged to work directly and transparently with the Steam community as it continues to evolve PC gaming’s largest marketplace. In a lengthy blog post, Valve has tried to explain why serving the interests of such a large and diverse group of consumers is a very tough task. One …
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