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PC edition of the game requires Steam authentication, Gearbox reveals
Read More »EA ‘offers Origin games already bought on Steam’
Valve rival handing out free games after accessing certain data
Read More »Gabe Newel on digital ownership and DRM
'If you're not making your customers happy you're doing something stupid' says Valve founder
Read More »Thinking in new portals: Would a Valve games console help or hurt the industry?
A dedicated Steam console may be a compelling solution, but it comes with its own problems, writes Rob Crossley
Read More »Gabe: I’d love to solve problems with tablet gaming
Valve boss 'frustrated' by mediocre gaming inputs on platform
Read More »Newell: Free-to-play ‘a pricing model wake-up call’
'A lot of people are still approaching it in almost a pre-Internet fashion'
Read More »Newell: We know the lack of Half-Life 3 news is frustrating
'We're trying to be careful not to get people too excited and then have to go and disappoint them'
Read More »Valve: We could create our own game hardware
Half-Life developer ponders 'hardware as a service'
Read More »Valve would consider own-brand hardware
Steam owner and digital PC giant Valve has said that it would consider entering the games hardware race. Well, if we have to sell hardware we will,” co-founder and Valve MD Gabe Newell told Penny Arcade. We have no reason to believe we’re any good at it, it’s more we …
Read More »Valve admits extent of Steam hack
Valve’s Gabe Newell sent out a notification today warning patrons of the company’s digital distribution service Steam that hackers may have obtained a copy of a file containing payment transaction details dated 2004-2008. "This backup file contained user names, email addresses, encrypted billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. It …
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