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Read More »HTC ‘hopes’ for VR Half-life title while chatter again turns to Half-life 3 reveal
The chairwomen of HTC, which is making Valve’s VR headset, has hinted at a possible virtual reality version of Half-life. We are co-operating with Half-life,” Cher Wang told the BBC when asked if a Half-life game would be made for the system. I think… I hope, you know, it will …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 22-28
Gearbox’s Homeworld Remastered Collection has grabbed the top spot on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. The release beat out Dragon Ball Xenoverse, which settled for runner-up ahead of Grand Theft Auto V (pre-orders), H1Z1 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive. Last week’s winner, Total War: Attila, fell to sxith. Pre-orders …
Read More »First game for Valve’s virtual reality headset revealed
Owlchemy Labs working on first-person job simulator for Vive VR
Read More »Valve unveils VR headset made by HTC
Smartphone powerhouse HTC has been named as the manufacturer of Valve’s virtual reality headset. The device is called the Vive. A developer version is due out this spring and the consumer version in ‘holiday 2015′, meaning that potentially it could beat big-name rivals such as the Oculus Rift and Sony’s …
Read More »Dota 2 surpasses 40m players, user activity on the rise – EEDAR
Dota 2 has seen its community swell past 40m players worldwide this month, but perhaps even more impressive is the level of user engagement Valve’s free-to-play MOBA has maintained throughout its rise. Games Industry reports on new findings from EEDAR, indicating that Dota 2 has been one of the main …
Read More »Steam now has 125m active users
Steam has surpassed 125 million active users and is home to more than 4,500 games, Valve has announced. The figure is a dramatic rise from the 100m users announced in September 2014, meaning the digital store has been picking up some 5m users each month. Fresh figures from the Steam …
Read More »ESL announces $1m prize pool for 2015’s Dota 2 series
ESL continues a raft of big eSports investments today with news that the $250,000 ESL Frankfurt Dota tournament this June will be the first in a 12-month series totalling $1m in base prize money. The announcement comes off the back of another $250,000 pledge to August’s ESL Cologne CS:GO tournament, …
Read More »Steam amasses 125m active users
Number of account holders growing at rate of 5m a month
Read More »Valve’s SteamVR to debut at GDC next week
Company will also unveil Steam Machines with final Steam Controller
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