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Last month’s Steam hardware survey shows that more and more people are using Valve’s digital retail platform on less powerful PCs. The report shows that the number of Steam users relying on Intel’s integrated graphics has risen from 4 per cent to 11 per cent, while the use of dual …

Valve boss Gabe Newell has expressed doubt in Windows 8 regarding what he sees as a transition from an open platform to a closed one in Microsoft’s next OS. Speaking at Casual Connect in Seattle, Newell shared his thoughts on how the move could be catastrophic for the PC space. …

Minecraft creator speaks to benefits of self-publishing

Valve pushing for Linux as safeguard

Valve has announced the top selling titles on Steam for the week prior, revealing the games that climbed up the charts during the digital distributor’s annual summer sale. Those who made the list stood out from the hundreds if not thousands of discounted games during the eleven-day period. The promotion …

Valve’s business management director has claimed that Steam’s frequent price promotions do not have a negative effect on the sale of full price software. If that’s what we thought was happening, or that’s what we saw happening, we wouldn’t do it,” Jason Holtman told PC Gamer. Actually, all the data …

Left 4 dead 2 to be first game rolled out on open operating system

Valve has confirmed it is working on a Steam client for the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system, adding that Left 4 Dead 2 will be the debut title for it. The new team of 11 made the announcements by introducing themselves on Valve’s new Linux blog Steam’d Penguins. Currently there aim …

Valve has revealed the top selling titles for the week prior, with the first three days of the Steam Summer Sale figuring in quite a bit. ArmA II still grabs the top spot despite being just 20 per cent off for the initial days of the sale. The rest of …

Former Ubisoft and LucasArts creative director breaks silence on new job