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The leader of Epic Games, one of the best known video game developers of the moment, believes that the factory system is not suited to video game creation but that there’s a fundamental need for structure that can generate innovation.
Mike Capps, the president of developer Epic Games, has told Gamasutra that, ... |
24 May 2012
16:41 GMT |
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GameStop, the biggest specialist video game retailer in the United States, and video game developer Valve have announced that they have entered into a partnership designed to allow the Steam Wallet initiative to be funded directly from real-world stores.
Customers who usually use GameStop will be able to purchase ph... |
15 May 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Arcen Games, the developer of the recently launched A Valley Without Wind, believes that the Steam digital distribution service from Valve is one of the reasons that the company has managed to stay in business and be successful.
Chris Park, who is the founder of Arcen Games, has told Gamespy that, “The Steam a... |
15 May 2012
03:51 GMT |
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Barely has Valve released the Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC for Portal 2 and already the community of players has created over 75,000 maps for the first-person puzzle platformer.
Portal 2 impressed millions of people last year when it was released on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Since then, Valve launched one DLC pa... |
15 May 2012
02:37 GMT |
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Video game developer Valve has announced that The International Dota 2 Championships 2012 will take place during the PAX Prime event in Seattle, allowing the best players in the world to go up against each other and fans of the game to come watch some spectacular matches.
PAX Prime will take place between August 31 ... |
14 May 2012
04:31 GMT |
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Video game developer Valve and Blizzard have announced that they have reached a mutual agreement over the future use of the DOTA name, designed to limit the potential for conflict between the two companies. Valve will still use the DOTA name on a commercial basis for its own games, while Blizzard will rename its tit... |
12 May 2012
03:16 GMT |
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Just as video game developer Valve has released the Perpetual Testing Initiative free downloadable content for Portal 2, the company has also announced that its platforming and puzzle title has managed to sell more than 4 million units all over the world.
Savid Sawyer, who is one of the level designers who worked on... |
9 May 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Valve boss Gabe Newell has confirmed that his studio won’t announce anything new at E3 2012 in June, as it will show projects that have already been presented to the world, including Counter-Strike: Global Offensive or Dota 2. While it may be one of the most popular videogame developers out there, Valve has te... |
3 May 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Gabe Newell, who is the leader of Valve, has commented on the revelations coming from the company’s new employee handbook, stating that, “A group contributor’s job is to help other people be more productive, and in doing that you sacrifice some of your own productivity. It’s a higher stress jo... |
2 May 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Developer Valve has launched yet another feature for its Steam digital distribution service, allowing gamers to manage their library of video games by logging into their account using any browser they want.
The feature is included in the beta client update, which means that it will probably soon go live to the entir... |
2 May 2012
08:09 GMT |
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After announcing the Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC for Portal 2 last week, the first video promoting the add-on has appeared and, in trademark Valve manner, it’s quite hilarious and over the top. Valve has kept on supporting Portal 2 since its release last year, although its downloadable add-ons have been f... |
30 April 2012
03:46 GMT |
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One of the most interesting documents about the video game industry to become public during last week was not a report from an analysis firm or a leaked blueprint for an upcoming AAA title, but a book that Valve, developer of a number of huge franchises and the creator of Steam, distributes to its employees when they... |
28 April 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Valve has confirmed that a new downloadable add-on for Portal 2 will be released next month, in the form of the Perpetual Testing Initiative, which will allow users to create their own test chambers in an easier way and export them to the Steam Workshop.
Portal 2 impressed lots of gamers last year when it was releas... |
27 April 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Video game developer Runic Games and Valve have added Torchlight II to the Steam digital distribution service, allowing all those interested in the game to pre-order it for the price of 18.99 dollars or Euro.
Those who do so will also get a free copy of the original Torchlight, which can be gifted to a player who ha... |
26 April 2012
02:32 GMT |
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Valve caused a stir recently after revealing to the public its manual for new employees, but the leader of the company also provided excitement for the fan base by commenting on Ricochet 2, a game that the company never plans to actually develop.
Gabe Newell talked to the Seven Day Cooldown podcast and was apparentl... |
24 April 2012
05:13 GMT |
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Valve boss Gabe Newell has denied ever meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, after a rather interesting report appeared a few weeks ago, which said that Cook paid a visit to the studio's headquarters in Kirkland, Washington. While there are certainly many videogame companies out there bigger than Valve, the independ... |
23 April 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players who want to create mods for the upcoming online first person shooter will be able to do so three months after the game’s release, as Valve has confirmed that a Software Development Kit (SDK) will be released at that time. Valve’s busy with quite a few projects now... |
23 April 2012
10:21 GMT |
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Despite the recent increase in subscribers, digital distribution service Origin, created by Electronic Arts, is not doing very well, according to the leading executive of one of its main rivals.
Gabe Newell, the leader of Valve, has spoken to podcast Seven Day Cooldown about Origin's prospects and stated, &ldqu... |
23 April 2012
08:26 GMT |
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Valve boss Gabe Newell has once again talked about the possible strategy the studio might implement with its upcoming Dota 2 strategy game, saying that he wants to accurately reward players who benefit the community, while imposing restrictions and higher prices on those who are disruptive.Valve is working on quite a... |
21 April 2012
07:11 GMT |
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A report by AppleInsider claiming Apple’s Tim Cook had paid Valve Software a visit has been debunked, with Valve themselves confirming in a podcast that the report was utter fabrication. Valve boss Gabe Newell has revealed in an interview with Seven Day Cooldown that the news of him meeting up with Apple&rsquo... |
20 April 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Despite the increased interest in digital distribution solutions, both on the PC and on home consoles, one major Japanese developer believes that the retail market will continue to exist, although it might be forced to evolve in order to maintain its domination.Akira Yamaoka, who is the chief operation officer and co... |
17 April 2012
14:01 GMT |
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A posting for a job opening at video game developer Valve seems to suggest that the company is working on a hardware platform, as rumors suggested during last month.
The official recruiting page states, “We’re developing hardware to enhance those experiences, and you can be a key part of making that happ... |
13 April 2012
07:39 GMT |
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It might seem like an unlikely source for a MMO creators to draw inspiration from but one of the leading developers working on the upcoming Guild Wars 2 has said that the core structure of the classes in the game was similar to that used by Valve in their very popular Team Fortress 2.Jon Peters, who is a game designe... |
31 March 2012
02:15 GMT |
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A Dota 2 player named Cyborgmatt has been looking through the files of the Valve-made test build of the game and has uncovered evidence of the type of content that players might be able to buy via microtransactions when the final version of the game is launched.
The content that can be obtained via real world curren... |
23 March 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Valve has just started running a new weekend sale on its Steam digital distribution service, this time slashing the prices on various games and downloadable content from publisher Square Enix.
Steam has a fiercely loyal user base and in order to keep them happy, the service is always running different sales on all s... |
23 March 2012
06:07 GMT |
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Video game developer Valve has announced that it is close to finishing the next downloadable content package for Left 4 Dead 2, although at the moment it does not have an actual launch date for it.
Valve has stated via the official blog for the video game that, “Now that we have a solid version of the maps (so... |
20 March 2012
03:27 GMT |
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Valve has finally talked about recent rumors, which said that the company was working on a proprietary console running its Steam digital distribution service, revealing that it’s currently focused on the Steam Big Picture Mode, not on building an actual hardware device.
Valve has made a name for itself by deli... |
9 March 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Valve has confirmed that the intended cross-play functionality between the PC and PlayStation 3 editions of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive won’t be a part of the final game, due to issues regarding the patching process on the two platforms.
Valve impressed lots of PC and PS3 owners when it delivered a cross-... |
8 March 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Valve has pinned a release date on its upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive online shooter, confirming that it will arrive on the PC, as well as on the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, this summer.Counter-Strike was the first true massively multiplayer online game, amazing many with its first person shooter mechanics.... |
6 March 2012
15:31 GMT |
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After hearing on Saturday a rather elaborate rumor that Valve is preparing a console that’s a sort of mini-PC centered around its Steam online service, the first image of a prototype device has surfaced on the web.
Valve is famous for game franchises like Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal or Left 4 Dead, not t... |
5 March 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Over the weekend a strong rumor appeared that video game developer Valve was working on a new set-top box device called a Steam Box, designed to expand the range of PC-based gamers and to compete directly with Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.
A patent for a controller that Valve has been working on for the last three y... |
5 March 2012
09:28 GMT |
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There are suggestions that video game developer and Steam creator Valve is working on a set-top device called the Steam Box, which will allow the company to deliver video games to a wider audience and will put it in direct competition with the Microsoft made Xbox 360, the Sony developed PlayStation 3 and the upcoming... |
3 March 2012
09:59 GMT |
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2K Games and Gearbox Software have confirmed that their upcoming Borderlands 2 game on the PC will benefit from Valve’s special Steamworks suite of features, meaning players on that platform can take advantage of cloud saving, auto-updating or matchmaking mechanics straight from the Steam service.Borderlands 2 ... |
3 March 2012
04:11 GMT |
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After releasing the Steam mobile app, Valve has now allowed all of its users to actually access the digital distribution service using the brand new application.We were quite happy last month when Valve presented its Steam app for the iOS and Android platforms. Sadly, while you could download the small application, y... |
3 March 2012
02:51 GMT |
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Toy manufacturer NECA has announced at the 2012 Toy Fair showcase that it will be creating and selling a replica Portal gun that is the exact same size as the one in the Valve-developed video game, complete with lights and designed to be entirely wearable.
NECA has not said exactly when fans of the Portal video game... |
24 February 2012
13:31 GMT |
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The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta stage is already underway and Valve has now revealed a new survey that, when completed might earn fans a key to access the testing phase of the online shooter. Valve wants to once again capture the popularity of previous Counter-Strike iterations with Global Offensive and ha... |
23 February 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Gabe Newell, the leader of video game developer and Steam creator Valve, has said that his company is constantly trying to offer the best user experience it can in the coming years, regardless of how technology evolves.
When asked about how the traditional model of owning games has been changed by digital distributi... |
20 February 2012
09:10 GMT |
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Valve boss Gabe Newell has openly talked about his company’s future project, including the new installments in the Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal or Counter-Strike franchises, saying that it won’t be announcing anything until they’re closer to completion. Valve is one of the most popular video game... |
20 February 2012
08:18 GMT |
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Valve has just revealed that its upcoming Dota 2 game will have support for user-generated mods, as well as for multiplayer over the local area network (LAN). The original Dota (Defense of the Ancients) title burst onto the scene many years ago and, since then, has spawned its own genre called Multiplayer Online Bat... |
16 February 2012
17:21 GMT |
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Valve has just kicked off the beta stage for its upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive online multiplayer shooter, confirming that more and more people will be allowed to try out the game before its eventual release.
Counter-Strike was one of the first truly popular online games, amazing millions of players from... |
15 February 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Valve, the development studio behind some of the most popular video games ever created, has announced a discount for three Grand Theft Auto games on the Macintosh platform. Via steampowered.com, the official Steam portal accessible through any web browser, Valve confirmed today that “Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand ... |
14 February 2012
08:00 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard, best known for the Warcraft and Diablo franchises, has launched a case against rival developer Valve, seeking to deny the use of the DOTA name for its upcoming MOBA titles.
The action was lodged at the Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, where Valve... |
11 February 2012
02:45 GMT |
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Valve boss Gabe Newell has made a new announcement for users of its Steam digital distribution service and Steam forums, sharing some more information about the hacker attack suffered by the company late last year.Hackers dominated the spotlight in 2011, as after forcing Sony to take down its PlayStation Network, som... |
11 February 2012
02:31 GMT |
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Valve has made a few announcements concerning its massively popular Team Fortress 2 online shooter, confirming that players will finally receive the last animated short film in the game’s “Meet the Team” series, while a mysterious project and lots of other things are currently in development.Team Fo... |
4 February 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Remedy Entertainment has confirmed that Alan Wake for the PC platform will be released via digital distribution platforms like Steam on February 16, in both a standard and a limited collector’s edition. Alan Wake impressed quite a lot of Xbox 360 owners with its dark atmosphere and clever third person shooter ... |
3 February 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Steam users have begun to once again demand answers from Valve about its long in development Half-Life 2: Episode 3 game, this time through an initiative that will see them play Half-Life 2 and try to remind the company about the popularity of the series. Half-Life 2, after quite a long wait, was eventually released... |
3 February 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Valve has just released a mobile version of its Steam digital distribution program, allowing users to check out the online store, purchase games and browse their library or screenshots, while interacting with their friends.
Valve’s Steam is the most popular digital distribution service on the PC and Mac platfo... |
27 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Valve has launched Steam Mobile, a portable version of their popular gaming platform for avid gamers who own an iOS device.
According to the steampowered.com site, Steam Mobile will let you connect with your buddies on the go, use the built-in chat client to communicate your thoughts, and even browse the extensive S... |
27 January 2012
05:18 GMT |
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Valve’s Counter-Strike franchise has just been unofficially ported to Android devices. The mobile version of the game is powered by Unity 3D platform and allows Android enthusiast to play online with more than 600 players.
Developed by the folks over at XDA Developers, Counter-Strike 1.6 has two stable v... |
23 January 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Steam, the most popular digital distribution service on the PC platform, has apparently been affected by a series of errors today, January 20, 2012, with lots of users from all around the world encountering problems when trying to download games or log into their actual accounts.Valve won over many people with the st... |
20 January 2012
10:34 GMT |
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