Valve has formally revealed Steam Trading Cards. Previously, entries appeared in the Steam database, but now the cat is out of the test chamber #0001. The system will see gamers rewarded by playing card-enabled titles, which currently stand as: CS:GO Team Fortress 2 Dota 2 Portal 2 Half-Life 2 Don’t Starve The system is rather...
According to a new Steam datbase entry, Valve are on the cusp of potentially revealing something along the lines of trading cards for Steam. The news come courtesy of pcgamesn, with the actual Steam database site giving up more details about the concept. The database record was modified a mere 3 days ago to include the caption “Steam...
Valve has announced Team Fortress 2 is getting a SteamPipe update. The update will kick in the next time you load the game and take up to 20-30 minutes, that’s according to the developer. The benefits of SteamPipe include faster updates, faster load times and more good things. Read more about the tech over on the FAQ page. Oh,...
Valve has revealed a new feature for Steam – Early Access. The new genre in the Steam library provides gamers with access to pre-release builds of games, with the option to provide feedback on each individual title as it evolves. According to the official FAQ, Early Access aims “to support and encourage developers who want...
Capcom has formally revealed their entered into a partnership with Valve which will see Resident Evil 6 crossing over with Left 4 Dead 2. The content will be freely available to those that own either title, and will go live when Resident Evil 6 PC launches this Friday. Owners of Resident Evil 6 for the PC will be able to pick one of...
Former Epic designer Cliff Bleszinski has hit out at the negative reaction gamershave to microtransactions, and in particular, EA-driven microtransactions. Speaking on his blog, Bleszinski openly spoke about the double-standards gamers hold for such publishers like EA and Valve: “I’m going to come right out and say it. I’m...
Sorry? Did we miss something here?! Half-Life fans have been waiting for “Episode 3″ for what seems like an age at this point, and now ValveTime.net are claiming to have got their hands on the very first screenshots of……..wait for it…….Half-Life 4: Episode 4 / Return to Ravenholm, a cancelled Arkane Studios...
Valve are entering the hardware market. That much the world now knows. But you’d have to wonder what the other big established hardware players on the scene, namely Microsoft and Sony, think of Valve’s would-be Steambox. Thankfully, the former has already weighed in with their take on the device and Valve’s decision...
Valve has confirmed 9 Team Fortress 2 hats are to be struck off the digital production line. Revealing the news on the official blog, Mann Co’s Saxon Hale broke down the details which confirms the hats will be available for just two weeks. The man with the moustache revealed all 9 hats that face the chop, are as follows: BATTER’S...
Gabe Newell has confirmed that Valve is to make its debut into TV-based gaming via the Steam Box. Speaking with The Verge, Newell confirmed the existence of the project – codenamed Bigfoot, as a development that will see the company granting users a greater ratio of freedom that previously seen: “We’ll come out with our own...
Valve’s oft rumoured Steambox is a “thing” according to reports out of Germany today. According to German IT news site Golem, Valve engineer Ben Krasnow attended SSIM 2013 and also confirmed that the company has a console like type of hardware in the works with a reveal expected later this year. In addition, the console...
Valve has confirmed their Big Picture mode is now available to all. The mode, which allows gamers the ability to use steam via their HD tv, can be accessed by simply loading steam, clicking view, then selecting Big Picture mode. To celebrate, the firm has also started a small sale which sees “controller friendly” games up...
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