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Valve receives Publishing Hero award with message for its dev partners

Excitement for Battlefield 3 could see Steam dethroned from its leading place in digital distribution.MCV can reveal that the FPS will be available to download from pretty much every PC platform going – except Valve’s kingpin service. US retailer GameStop has already confirmed Battlefield 3 will be sold on its …

Valve has revamped its Steam platform to optimise content delivery, the company has said.With the help of new server and client codes, the overhauled Steam is said will offer better download rates for customers around the world. "The maximum aggregate bandwidth of the system will be greater than the current …

PC kingpin hopes to upsurge download speeds; New developer tools inbound

The splintered relationship between Electronic Arts and Valve appears to have worsened, with Gamestop now claiming that Battlefield 3 will be blocked from Steam. The upcoming EA DICE shooter will be available digitally on other platforms, including Gamestop’s, an unnamed executive at retailer also said. Financial research firm Baird recently …

Publishers 'are receptive to a Steam rival', research firm Baird says

Arkane Studios working on new stealth-FPS Dishonored

Next generation console will allow third party publishers to host their own digital services, company claims

Valve engine and modding tools available free of charge following TF2 going F2P

Counter-Strike’s deeply-embedded position as the most played Steam game has finally been dismantled, following a daring and controversial change in pricing policy from Valve. The Washington-based company rocked the games industry last week by re-releasing Team Fortress 2 as a free-to-play game. That triple-A game, at the time of writing, …