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Wizards of the Coast is to make the next instalment in its Magic: The Gathering series free-to-play. Magic Duels: Origins boasts a number of new features such as integrated deck construction assistance, an endless single player mode, some new multiplayer modes, a community Quest system and an enhanced tutorial system. …

Valve’s efforts to take PC gaming into the living room will cost as little as $460 (302). The Steam Machines have been detailed on the Steam website, and shows 15 different manufactuers, some of which are developing multiple products. The PC/console hybrids start from as low as $460, but for …

1080, 60 – two simple numbers that some believe can spell success or doom for video games. The technological leap in hardware power between the PS2 generation and the Xbox 360 and PS3 didn’t just bring high definition visuals to console– it also set a new benchmark against which titles …

Half-Life 3 could come to virtual reality, says Valve. The latest statement from the firm will reassure fans, who have been eagerly awaiting news on the long over-due sequel. Earlier this week, HTC – which is building the Valve VR headset – said it was ‘working with Half-Life’. But it …

Valve reckons it has cracked the motion sickness problem that virtual reality headsets cause with a number of players. Boss Gabe Newell admitted to The New York Times that he’d reacted badly to previous demonstrations of VR tech, describing them as the world’s best motion sickness inducers”. However, the company’s …

The creator of Minecraft and the head of Valve now rank among the world’s most wealthy individuals. That’s according to Forbes’ 2015 list of the world’s billionaries. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is back at the top of the list, his pockets lined with a plush net worth of $79.2 billion. …

The Vive VR headset won’t be Valve’s only entry into the Virtual Reality hardware market; the firm also has VR controllers in the works. Unlike the Vive, which is set for a consumer launch later this year, Valve’s VR controllers are still in a prototype phase – Valve insists the …

Unreal Engine 4-based sci-fi horror game Caffeine is expanding its launch platforms beyond Windows PC. Creator Dylan Browne has announced PS4 and Xbox One editions of the game will release alongside the PC version. The Xbox One version will be published via Microsoft’s Indie Program, ID@Xbox. Browne touched on wanting …

Alpha version of SDK now available to registered developers

Half-life VR is not real. Half-life 3 has not been announced. For many gamers today has effectively eradicated their reason for being. There was tremendous excitement among Half-life’s criminally underserved fan base yesterday when HTC chairwoman Cher Wang said that the company, which is making Steam’s virtual reality headset, said …