Archive For Valve Tag

Source 2 References Found in Source Filmmaker, in Development by Valve?

Source 2 References Found in Source Filmmaker, in Development by Valve?

Recent findings have indicated that Valve hasn't been idly sitting on it's hunches all this time while fans complain about a lack of Half-Life related material. According to these findings, Valve... Read More

Valve updates Steam Subscriber Agreement, adds no sue clause

Valve updates Steam Subscriber Agreement, adds no sue clause

So now you cannot sue Valve, Sony or EA if they mess up and you somehow fall in deep trouble. Of course, you are given an option to not accept the agreement, but who can do that when Steam is such a... Read More

Gabe Newell: “Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space”

Gabe Newell: “Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space”

You can count on Gabe Newell to say some bold things and he has done that once again by calling Windows 8 "a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space". He didn't give any reasons as to why he dislik... Read More

Viktor Antonov explains why he left Valve

Viktor Antonov explains why he left Valve

Viktor Antonov was art director on Half Life 2, the main brain behind the look, feel and smell of City 17, yet left Valve prior to the release of Team Fortress 2. To most, Valve is seen as being the p... Read More

Valve doesn’t want platform exclusives

Valve doesn’t want platform exclusives

If you're thinking that Half-Life 3 will be exclusive to Steam, don't fret. Valve doesn't believe in platform exclusives. They have said that it's just not worth losing too much money to push an ag... Read More

Valve: Steam promotions do not cannibalize sales, we think of them as features

Valve: Steam promotions do not cannibalize sales, we think of them as features

Valve’s director of business management, Jason Holtman, has revealed that Steam sales does not cannibilize sales in any way, and also likened them to customer features. "Actually, all the data is... Read More

Source Filmmaker now in Open Beta

Source Filmmaker now in Open Beta

Source Filmmaker, a tool used to create movies, is now free for everyone to download provided you have Steam and has entered open beta, Valve has announced. "The SFM is a storytelling tool Valve ... Read More

Clint Hocking looks to be joining Valve

Clint Hocking looks to be joining Valve

After departing from LucasArts last month with a view of moving 'on to something new', it looks like that something might just be a move to Seattle to become part of the Valve family. Whilst not ye... Read More

Valve: No short-term plans to add game-streaming to Steam

Valve: No short-term plans to add game-streaming to Steam

Valve has revealed that it has no short-term plans to add game-streaming to Steam. Jason Holtman, Valve business development director revealed this at an industry conference Develop. "Though "tho... Read More

Valve fight EA claim that Steam sales ‘cheapen intellectual property’

Valve fight EA claim that Steam sales ‘cheapen intellectual property’

Valve has fought back, after EA made a misguided attempt at accusing Steam sales of 'cheapening intellectual property', by stating that the exact opposite. EA's David DeMartini, Senior Vice President... Read More

Steam Greenlight announced by Valve

Steam Greenlight announced by Valve

Today Valve have announced a new community platform feature, enlisting their help in picking and choosing future releases on Steam. The premise is that Steam Greenlight will allow developers and pu... Read More

Steam Summer Sale confirmed by Valve employee

Steam Summer Sale confirmed by Valve employee

Today a Valve employee confirmed that the Steam Summer Sale will happen after all, following concerns that all was lost and Gabe had gone feral. Writing on a thread on the Steam forum, Valve Engine... Read More

Left 4 Dead running on the PS Vita looks incredible

Left 4 Dead running on the PS Vita looks incredible

The PS Vita was always a really promising device and remote play function was one of the most interesting features that Sony never got it right till now. However, that could change with the PlaySta... Read More

Source Filmmaker lets you create animated TF2 clips

Source Filmmaker lets you create animated TF2 clips

Valve has announced a new program called Source Filmmaker, which allows people to create their own Team Fortress 2 clips with the same visuals Valve does. In the video they released they mentioned th... Read More

Meet the Pyro video is pretty creepy

Meet the Pyro video is pretty creepy

Valve has finally unleashed the Pyro, in a new video titled "Meet the Pyro". They have been teasing this for a long time, and we finally have the video which looks really creepy. You will know why, so... Read More

RUMOUR: Payday dev working on Left 4 Dead prequel

RUMOUR: Payday dev working on Left 4 Dead prequel

A "reliable source" has told CVG that Overkill Entertainment, developers of Payday: The Heist, are working in collaboration with Valve on a Left 4 Dead prequel, focusing on the zombie outbreak. The... Read More

Valve: Linux version of Steam and Source engine coming in 2013

Valve: Linux version of Steam and Source engine coming in 2013

Remember how Valve were hiring a bunch of engineers for a Linux project? It's finally come to frutition. Yes, Linux owners will be pleased to hear that Steam - Valve's digital distribution service... Read More

Valve officially confirms Dota 2 will be free-to-play, “won’t be pay-to-win”

Valve officially confirms Dota 2 will be free-to-play, “won’t be pay-to-win”

Valve has officially announced that Dota 2 will be free-to-play and will feature an in-game store where people can buy gear to extensively customize their heroes. However, the items available here ... Read More

Counter Strike: GO Beta player limit increased to 30, spawn locations prioritized

Counter Strike: GO Beta player limit increased to 30, spawn locations prioritized

Counter Strike: Global Offensive beta has got a new patch which increases the player limit to 30, and also brings a plethora of new fixes. "One of the most requested map features has been allowing ... Read More

Payday: The Heist and Left 4 Dead join forces for an in-depth collaboration

Payday: The Heist and Left 4 Dead join forces for an in-depth collaboration

Payday: The Heist developer Overkill Entertainment has announced something that most fans should be looking forward to. Yes, an in-depth collaboration with Valve. What this means is that, Payday: T... Read More