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Valve is expected to announce it will be adding Mac support for games on its digital distribution service Steam. The developer has released a range of teaser images featuring Valve Properties such as Half-Life, Portal and Team Fortress mimicking familiar Apple advertising campaigns, according to MacNN. These were accompanied with …
Read More »Pitchford calms Valve feud
Having made the headlines for suggesting that Valve’s ownership of digital distribution portal Steam lead to a conflict of interest” last year, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has moved to calm the waters surrounding his comments. Look, Valve and Gearbox have had a relationship for a long time and it’s incredible …
Read More »Valve announces Steam overhaul
Valve is in the process of completing a major update to its digital platform Steam. The Washington-based indie giant’s new Steam client boasts a sharper UI, an integrated Steam news service, as well as enhanced customisability and more thorough game and download info pages. A opt-in Beta version of the …
Read More »Valve makes major Steam update
As the Washington-based developer boasts over 25 million users
Read More »Valve sick of shitty party games
Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead developer Valve has slammed the slew of mini-game titles that have arrived a result of the motion-gaming revolution and urged developers to make more creative use of new technologies. Hopefully we’ve gotten past the point of mini-games,” Valve writer Chet Faliszek told CVG. I’m …
Read More »Valve positioning for PS3 development
Left 4 Dead writer Chet Faliszek says the studio will support Sony's device at some stage in the future
Read More »Valve eying up PS3 development
Acclaimed developer Valve may be on the verge of ending its self-imposed absence from PS3 development by assuring fans that it will end up supporting Sony’s increasingly popular console at some stage in the future. However, it seems that any such move may still be some way off. Before we …
Read More »Steam membership up 25%
25m members now signed up to leading digital distribution network
Read More »Steam membership jumps 25% in 09
Valve’s popular digital distribution network Steam now has over 25m members, the Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead developer and thriving distribution platform owner has revealed. Member numbers surged 25 per cent in 2009. Of the registered members, 10m are described as having profiles in the Steam Community. The peak …
Read More »Valve endorses PC motion controller
Acclaimed title Left 4 Dead 2 becomes playable with a new device from Razer and Sixense
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