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Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 24-30
Valve has announced Steam’s top ten selling titles and products from the past week. The DayZ mod phenomenon shows no signs of slowing, with ArmA II: Combined Operations taking the top spot for the second time in three weeks, and buzzing around the upper end of the charts for nearly …
Read More »Valve’s Source Filmmaker beta now available
Valve has announced the beta release of its own movie creation tool to the general public. The Source Filmmaker has been used by the company to create in-house films such as Team Fortress 2’s ‘Meet the Team’ series. The Source Filmmaker can make a movie out of any game running …
Read More »Valve uncovers Source Filmmaker to the public
Movie editor used to make Team Fortress 'meet the team' videos
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 17-23
Valve has announced Steam’s top ten selling titles and products from the past week. Massive Civilization V expansion Gods & Kings made the leap from third last week to the top of the pile this time around likely due to its actual release (previous appearances were based on pre-orders). The …
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 »Valve drops Steam support for Windows XP SP1
There will be no further updates or customer support for Steam users who are running Windows XP SP1, Valve has announced. As of August 31st the company will no longer offer customer care for anyone who has not updated their copy of Windows XP to SP2 (Service Pack 2). This …
Read More »Valve hires in-house economist
Valve has hired economics professor Yanis Varufakis, who will be helping the games company navigate the labyrinth of digital economies. Varufakis, a native of Athens, has become well known for mixing labyrinths and economics as an influential commenter on the Euro Zone Crisis, and author of "The Globabl Minotaur". It …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 10-16
Valve has announced Steam’s top ten selling titles and products from the past week. Looks like Stardock made the right move finally coming around to the idea of their titles on distributors outside of Impulse (now currently owned by GameStop), as the latest in the Sins of a Solar Empire …
Read More »Valve hires economist Yanis Varoufakis
New hire to investigate for game studio's virtual economies
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