Valve To Bring Console Like PC For Living Room after all
Numerous events this year have foreshadowed Valve directly entering the PC hardware game, but boss Gabe Newell made it official during a red carpet interview at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards. The...
View ArticleValve: Biggest threat to the next generation?
Chris Morris argues that a Steam Box could make life difficult for Microsoft and Sony in the next couple years (…) According to an interview with Kotaku, Valve’s about to get in the game, though – and...
View ArticleDota 2 to be released this summer
Valve’s free-to-play sequel to the genre-defining, worldwide popular competitive title Defense of The Ancients–Dota 2–will be released in full in North America and Europe this Summer, Valve’s VP of...
View ArticleValve’s flat structure leads to cliques, say ex-employee
Engineer Jeri Ellsworth says lack of hierarchy “breaks down terribly” at large scale, “no way” to make hardware within the company. Valve has made a point of its flat structure, with as little...
View ArticleThe Psychology Behind Steam Trading Cards
“Valve has created a special, limited set of trading cards for its Summer Sale. Since the sale is the game, you earn these particular cards by spending money” [link to Article]
View ArticleValve Announces Steam OS
Steam is getting its very own operating system, Valve announced today. It’ll be a combination of Steam’s current platform and Linux. SteamOS is a free operating system designed for living rooms that...
View ArticleValve announces Steam Machines
Valve has revealed its second step into the living room: Steam Machines. Like many speculated, while Valve has its own prototype Steam Machine, other manufacturers will be making devices of different...
View ArticleValve releases Steam Machine prototype specs
The Steam Machine prototype units will ship with the following components: • GPU: some units with Nvidia Titan, some GTX780, some GTX760, and some GTX660 • CPU: some boxes with...
View ArticleSteam now 65 million users strong as Valve makes a push for the living room
Valve’s Steam service for PC distribution and sales has over 65 million users playing its over 3,000 games, the company announced this afternoon. That’s a 30 percent increase (15 million accounts) over...
View ArticleNo Valve exclusives on SteamOS
Valve has declared it won’t be looking to tie anyone with exclusivity deals when it launches its SteamOS and Steam Machines. “Whenever we talk to third-party partners, we encourage them to put their...
View ArticleValve launches Steam Reviews beta
Steam Reviews are now in beta, offering users of Valve’s online distribution platform a better way to share their opinions with the rest of the community. “Steam Reviews is an evolution of the...
View ArticleValve joins the Linux Foundation as it prepares its Linux-powered Steam OS...
Valve, creator of the Steam gaming platform and a video game studio and publisher in its own right, is the latest company to join the Linux Foundation – a nonprofit organization tasked with nurturing...
View ArticleValve releases SteamOS beta, early build-your-own system requirements
As it announced earlier this week, Valve shipped its 300 Steam Machine prototypes to its randomly selected beta testers late today. That announcement was accompanied by the first public release of...
View ArticleSteam reaches 7.6 million concurrent users
Steam, the online service from Half-Life and Portal studio Valve, continues to set records. More than 7.6 million of Steam’s 65 million members logged in yesterday, December 29, setting a new record...
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