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Steam community voting portal now set to clear non-gaming sales
Read More »Second batch of games pass through Steam Greenlight
Valve doubles number of approved titles to 21 due to large number of 'high quality' submissions
Read More »Steam Greenlight selects 21 new titles
Valve has announced the approval of nearly two dozen new games for its Steam Greenlight program. The second set of picks contains 21 games and is over double that of the first batch announced last month. Given the number and quality of games submitted, and the ship date of many …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: October 7-13
Valve has released Steam’s latest weekly top ten sales chart, revealing XCOM: Enemy Unknown has backed up last week’s first place finish with another this time around. Dishonored sneaks up to the runner-up spot, with Borderlands 2, its ‘Season Pass’, and Torchlight II rounding out the top five. The bottom …
Read More »Del Toro ‘not giving up’ on Insane
Renowned director names Valve as dream collaborator
Read More »Valve seeking playtesters for games and hardware
Valve has revealed its searching for people to playtest its games and hardware prototypes. The announcement comes after the company’s newly unveiled hardware division indicated that public beta tests are planned for next year. Those interested need to submit a general survey to Valve and must be local to the …
Read More »Valve invites fans to test new hardware prototypes
Consumers asked to fill in survey on playing habits and favoured genres and platforms
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: September 30 – October 6
Valve has revealed Steam’s latest weekly top sellers chart, with XCOM: Enemy Unknown pre-orders charging ahead of the pack prior to the game’s launch week. Borderlands 2 and Torchlight II continue to occupy the top half, but Dishonored pre-orders stepped in between the two to shake things up a bit …
Read More »ESA to honour Valve’s Gabe Newell at charity event
Industry luminary to be recognised for contributions to childrens education
Read More »Valve launches software line
Valve has announced the launch of its creative and development focused software, now available on Steam. The first offerings include a desktop photo application, graphics tests for DirectX 10 and 11, a 3D production program, and a painting/drawing package. All our for windows, with a few being Mac compatible too. …
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