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U.S. retailer offers credit codes for digital download service
Read More »GameStop confirms Steam Wallet for stores
As first rumoured last week, retailer GameStop has announced that Steam Wallet vouchers are now available in all of its US stores. Customers will be able to buy $20 and $50 codes which will credit the cash to their Steam Wallet account. For the first time this will allow gamers …
Read More »Valve retains Dota 2 name as Blizzard settles
PC giants bring end to trademark legal row
Read More »Blizzard and Valve settle DOTA trademark dispute
Blizzard has issued a statement announcing a mutual agreement with Valve regarding the DOTA trademark. Valve is currently developing DOTA 2, but under the terms of the settlement Blizzard will maintain its right to the noncommercial use of DOTA for its players relating to community created maps for Warcraft III …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 6-12
Valve has revealed the top selling titles on Steam for the week prior. The PC release of Modern Warfare 3 Collection 1 made quite a splash despite arriving tardy to the console versions. The DLC pack grabbed the runner-up spot, being beaten out only by Portal 2 bolstered by a …
Read More »Valve’s Asia push takes Dota 2 to top of Steam
New game surpasses Counter-Strike despite operating in beta
Read More »Rumour: GameStop to start selling Steam vouchers
Claims emerging from the US suggest that retailer GameStop is to start selling gift vouchers for Valve’s digital PC games portal Steam. Kotaku claims to have word of the move from a GameStop source”. It also claims that the decision to stock such cards is a direct result of its …
Read More »Half-Life Source mod development ‘was harrowing’
Trying to meet the original launch date for the title 'was ultimately futile', says project lead
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 »Valve to keynote Develop in Brighton
Jason Holtman to give insight into business practices
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