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Valve has made its critically acclaimed first-person puzzler Portal available for free. The original game, which first debuted in 2007 Half-Life compilation The Orange Box, can be downloaded at no cost on both PC and Mac. However, Rock Paper Shotgun reports this offer is only available until September 20th. This …

Games can help educate the next generation 'in amazing and unexpected ways', studio claims

Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2 now allow users to exchange items

Valve announced the launch of Steam Trading which allows users of the digital content platform to exchange in-game items and gifts with other members of the Steam Community. Valve provided anitem inventoryof all the items available for swapping as well as aFAQ. The firm pointed out that trading did not …

Hardware manufacturer AMD has confirmed a data breach on servers housing codes for free copies of Codemasters racer Dirt 3. It was reported yesterday that anything in the region of 3m codes – which can be used to redeem a free copy of the game on Steam – had been …

Correct version of the game 'to be released in the US today'

Conflicting reports estimate that three million, or perhaps 250,000, game codes have been stolen

The developer of Dead Island has said it is looking into claims that it released the incorrect version of zombie thriller Dead Island on Steam. Users of Steam’s forum highlighted some lines from the game’s code which suggest that the version available to purchase was actually a developer build. Furthermore, …

Codes for an estimated three million copies of Codemasters racer Dirt 3 have been accessed and illegally distributed online. Kotaku reports that a promotion from graphics card manufacturer AMD was offering free copies of the game to anyone who purchased one of their graphics cards. However, the 3m Steam codes …

Valve’s Gabe Newell has criticised publishers that implement the likes of ‘always-on’ digital rights management to monetise their games and tackle piracy, claiming they are making a backwards step. "We’re a broken record on this," said the company president of the studio behind Steam, in an interview with Kotaku. "This …