28 Feb 2022
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Valve CEO Gabe Newell Talks Final Fantasy XIV and the Metaverse

With the recent release of the Steam Deck, Valve Co-Founder and CEO Gabe Newell has been making the rounds and doing interviews. During these, he talked about the challenges of creating a handheld, recent industry news and trends and even mentioned his own journey into Final Fantasy XIV. According to Newell’s interview with Rock Paper
4 Dec 2013
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SteamOS Maker Valve joins The Linux Foundation

A year or so ago, Valve and its brain child Steam saw great successes with Microsoft’s then current platform Windows 7. It was a golden age for both Windows and Steam where the two companies saw annual growth that was, at the time, at an all time high. However, when Microsoft released their next Windows
15 May 2013
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Valve Adds Playing Cards To Steam

Today, Valve announced Steam Trading Cards. Players will be able to complete a set through game play and “your collecting prowess”. Once a set is completed, they can be crafted into a game badge which will show up on your Steam profile and unlock marketable items such as emoticons, profile backgrounds, and coupons to use
15 Mar 2013
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Left 4 Dead 2 and Resident Evil 6 Now Friends with Crossover Benefits

Left 4 Dead 2 is a game by Valve that has zombies. Their digital shop Steam will soon be selling Capcom’s Resident Evil 6 a game which (after not having them for a couple installments) has zombies. So they said hey, you got zombies, we got zombies. Let’s do some crossover stuff! All of this
16 Sep 2011
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Portal 1 For Free Until 9/20/11

As a limited time offer, Valve is offering Portal up for free until the 20th through Steam. Here is the website for the promotion: http://www.learningwithportals.com/ The promotion is supposed to be aimed at schools and education fields, proving once again that games can be more than just games. No surprise, Valve feels that Portal is
9 Aug 2011
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Steam Trading Beta Lets You Swap Hats For Games

So you play Team Fortress 2. And you have hats. Lots, and lots, of hats. What happens when you have extra hats? You’re an avid Steam-er. You’ve bought bundle after bundle and have “extra” giftable copies of games. What do you do with them? Now you have an option! Steam Trading Beta allows for players
2 Jul 2011
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Portal 2 Soundtrack Volume 2 Now Available

Who doesn’t like free stuff? Surely you just LOVE things you don’t have to pay for… right? Adding to the three part collection, the second volume of Portal 2: Songs to Test By is now available. Volume two includes 18 tracks focused around some of the most important areas in the game- the test chambers!
1 Jul 2011
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Steam Summer Sale! It’s That Time Of The Year

It’s live! Once again it is time for you to wake up every morning in glee, wondering what hand-me-down games Steam will be providing up for sale at practically pennies on the dollar on your credit card! In other words, dirt cheap. So far I have picked up Bit.Trip Runner, but alas totally slept on
21 Jun 2011
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Über Update Coming To Team Fortress 2

This Thursday, Team Fortress 2 will be getting hit with its biggest update ever- The Über Update. The update is sure to play host to a number of surprises one of which will be the release of a brand new “Meet the…” video! Valve has left a few hints up on the Team Fortress website
19 Jun 2011
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Spiral Knights, Sega’s F2P MMO, Now Available On Steam

Much like Champions Online, Sega is taking advantage of Steam’s MMO support by allowing their 2009 free-to-play title Spiral Knights available on the popular Valve service. As a huge perk, you can use your Steam account to play – No registering with Spiral Knights itself required. I haven’t had a huge chance to play the
15 Jun 2011
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EA Beginning To Defy Steam, Or Simple Misunderstanding?

Earlier this week, first person shooter game Crysis 2 was pulled from Steam, and is now exclusively available on EA’s new “Origin Service“. Is this a move for EA to compete against Steam, or will it only be for certain titles? What makes it strange is the fact that EA is specifically targeting Steam. “Exclusive”