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The latest rendition of Steam’s weekly top ten product chart sees the return of a classic franchise and the conclusion of the Summer Sale’s influence. The just released Shadowrun Returns leads ahead of several discounted offerings including Skyrim’s Legendary Edition, BioShock Infinite and Borderlands 2. Civ V continues to make …
Read More »CS:GO community raises $150k for map makers
Top user-generated content rewarded with real money in Operation Payback scheme
Read More »Latest Steam Greenlight batch includes Deadly Premonition
Valve has approved a new batch of games and software through its Steam Greenlight program, among which is cult hit Deadly Premonition. The Director’s Cut edition of the psychological horror game may have set a record for shortest period as a Greenlight candidate, with the game kicking-off its campaign for …
Read More »Valve ‘fully aware’ of Steam Greenlight issues
Voting platform not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, says Tom Bui
Read More »Valve opens student developer website Pipeline
Steam giant takes on high school interns as it experiments with training young developers
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 7-13
The Summer Sale has made first impact on the top ten selling products chart for Valve’s service, with Civilization V and Borderlands 2 offerings making up nearly half of the list. Civ V’s latest expansion Brave New world finished ahead of BioShock Infinite for the top spot on this week’s …
Read More »Valve coming to the UK?
Valve is looking at opening a UK office. The Steam giant is currently sounding out the UK development scene at the Develop in Brighton conference, and is looking at the potential viability of a UK office. UK developers could also work at its Seattle office or in a newly set …
Read More »Valve considers UK office after Luxembourg expansion
New European branch focusing on Steam, but could move into development
Read More »Sega sues THQ over Company of Heroes pre-orders
Sega is taking legal action against what’s left of defunct publisher THQ, claiming it is owed more than 630,000 taken by pre-orders for Company of Heroes 2. Specifically, the claim filed with the Delaware US Bankruptcy court concerns PC pre-orders through Steam. Sega is trying to claim the $941,710.93 (over …
Read More »Former Valve hardware boss criticises company’s ‘hidden management’ clique
Valve’s idealised ‘flat management’ structure is not all it’s cracked up to be, according to one of the developers fired from the studio earlier this year. Hardware hacker and former head of Valve’s hardware division Jeri Ellsworth has characterised secretive Valve’s purportedly utopian structure as masking ‘hidden management’ cliques that …
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