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PC kingpin Valve has insisted it is not interested in handing over data for a digital games chart. The Bellevue-based studio is thought to control in excess of half the PC download market. The man in charge of its Steam platform told MCV charting such content is less useful in …

UK retailer GAME has put the PC version of EA-published Valve title Portal 2 on sale today, a day ahead of its official release. The game was released digitally via Steam yesterday, though the official release date for the boxed versions is tomorrow. "We had a conversation with EA yesterday …

The first reviews of Valve’s Portal 2 have gone live online this morning and there’s every chance the space-bending sequel could become one of the highest rated games of all time. The game is now available worldwide through Steam though won’t arrive at European retail until this Thursday. It’s currently …

Developer Valve has teased fans with the prospect of an early release for the PC and Mac versions of Portal 2. This will occur if enough fans put enough hours into a collection of indie games available through Steam. The 13 games, brought together in what is being called the …

Steam IDs published in-game

Big name studios and publishers sign up to this year's show in Cologne

Half-Life studio Valve has shown off its TV advertisement for Portal 2 for the first time. The developer created the spot in-house after questioning the value of external ad agencies. Portal 2 is a first-person-puzzler that hits shelves on April 21st on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. EA is distributing …

Famed studio decided to build Portal 2 commercial with in-house team

High-profile appointment for the Half-Life studio

Tired of ‘copycat’ campaigns, Valve has built the Portal 2 TV ads itself. Because, it says, no one knows how to market a game better than the people that made it. The studio said unoriginal ideas and late meetings make the value of creative agencies ‘pretty close to worthless’. No …