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Read More »Over 10,000 Skyrim mods on Steam Workshop
Ten months out from launch The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is still going strong, particularly on PC. Strategy Informer spots that through Valve’s Steam Workshop the game has surpassed 10,000 mods. The mod offerings come in a wide variety including character creation suites, minor tweaks to gameplay, adjustments to assets, …
Read More »Steam Greenlights first batch of titles
Valve has announced the initial selections of its Steam Greenlight program. Sensibly, the first ten titles picked for the digital distribution service also were the occupiers of the top ten spots on the Greenlight charts. From the list: Black Mesa Cry of Fear Dream Heroes & Generals Kenshi McPixel No …
Read More »REVIEW: Steam’s Big Picture shows Valve sees the big picture for retail
There’s not much innovation in Steam’s new Big Picture mode. But there are plenty of elegant answers here to questions few are asking about the future of selling games. A lot had already been written about Big Picture mode yesterday before it even went live in beta late last night. …
Read More »Report: Steam Big Picture open beta imminent
Steam’s Big Picture mode will hit open beta early this week, if a report from The New York Times is to be believed. Over the weekend the mainstream news outlet ran a profile piece on Valve, which among other items claimed Valve’s effort to bring PC gaming to the living …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: September 2-8
Valve has released Steam’s latest top ten products chart, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive once more coming out ahead. The order of things may have remained undisturbed had it not been for the introduction of XCOM: Enemy Unknown to the chart. Pre-orders for the game have it making a strong debut …
Read More »OPINION: Yes, $100 is too much to charge users of Steam Greenlight
$100. That is much it will cost for users to register to submit their games on Greenlight. And it’s proved a very divisive issue. My opinion is perfectly clear – I think $100 is vastly excessive. Whether you agree with me or not depends completely on which side of the …
Read More »Steam pulls sex game from Greenlight, introduces $100 fee
The recent introduction of Steam Greenlight has undergone a somewhat troubled launch. Greenlight, for those not in the know, allows amateur devs to upload their games for the Steam userbase to vote on. Those that prove the most popular are then listed on Steam proper. The headline grabber of the …
Read More »Valve charging $100 for Greenlight
Fee designed as barrier to illegitimate projects will be donated to child's play
Read More »Valve ‘jumping in’ on the computer hardware business
Valve has finally admitted the company’s plan to enter the hardware market. A job listing spotted by The Verge for an ‘industrial designer’ position on Valve’s website clearly reveals the firm’s intentions. Valve is traditionally a software company. Open platforms like the PC and Mac are important to us, as …
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