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Studio confirms re-hiring of Portal 2 co-writer
Read More »Veteran writer Jay Pinkerton returns to Valve
Valve loses another writer as Jay Pinkerton leaves
Follows Chet Faliszek, Erik Wolpaw and Marc Laidlaw out of the company
Read More »Doctor Who and The Simpsons now confirmed for LEGO Dimensions
A number of new brands destined for LEGO Dimensions have been leaked via the LEGO website. Although the pages have now been removed, images of the instruction manuals for a number of sets have confirmed that Doctor Who, The Simpsons and Jurassic World will at some stage be headed to …
Read More »Valve experimenting with emotion-led game design
Studio working on how physiological and psychological signals can affect gameplay
Read More »Steam Workshop turns one, boasts 55m downloads
Valve’s Steam Workshop celebrated its first birthday this week, so what has the user-submitted content application accomplished in its first year? Workshop started out with player’s creating custom items for Team Fortress 2, and has since grown to support different styles of content submission in a variety of games. There …
Read More »Valve launches ‘Steam for Schools’ program
Valve has announced plans for ‘Steam for Schools’, a program that aims to provide a free, limited version of Steam to classrooms for educational purposes. Valve’s director of educational programs Leslie Redd unveiled the initiative earlier today at the Games for Change festival in New York City. We have a …
Read More »Portal 2 hits 4 million units sold, map editor DLC released
Portal 2 has sold over 4 million units since its launch, Valve has revealed. The company shared the figure for their first-person puzzler sequel during an interview with NeoGamr regarding the game’s map editor DLC. Speaking of which, that very same DLC has been made freely available for owners of …
Read More »Portal 2 scoops top prize at GAME BAFTAs
Valve’s console and PC title Portal 2 was the star performer at the GAME sponsored 2012 British Academy Video Games Awards. The game scooped three prizes in total – Best Story, Best Design and the coveted Best Game accolade. EA’s Battlefield 3 and Sony’s LittleBigPlanet 2 both won two awards, …
Read More »Valve building ‘Photoshop-like editor’ for Portal 2
Half-Life studio presses ahead with 'entertainment as a service' model
Read More »Free Portal 2 DLC coming this week
Fan favourite developer Valve is once again above and beyond to please its huge fanbase with the release of free DLC for hit title Portal 2 tomorrow (October 4th). Called Portal 2: Peer Review, the download will appear on Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network and Steam. It continues the narrative …
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