| | Steam Forums hacked, taken offline | 
Geoffrey Tim - November 8th, 2011 | Though Anonymous and Lulzsec seem to have gone quiet with their hack attacks on gaming sites it seems the hacking continues - this time affecting Valve’s forums. Anybody trying to access said forums was greeted with this message : “The Steam Forums are temporarily offline for maintenance. Your patience is appreciated,” and no other reasons for the forums’ temporary closure. Steam ... [»] | 
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| Team Fortress 2 Gets Halloween Update For Limited Time Only | 
Nick de Bruyne - October 31st, 2011 | If Angry Birds Seasons isn’t enough for your holiday needs, then Valve has just the thing for you. Being the awesome folks that they are, they are doing their Third Annual Scream Fortress Very Scary Halloween Special.
A Halloween map, two new achievements, a new boss, secret loot, costume packs for each class and more. Sounds like an absolute blast and makes me ... [»] | 
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| Valve says piracy is more about convenience than price | 
Geoffrey Tim - October 25th, 2011 | Valve’s Gabe Newell speaking to Geekwire has said that contrary to what publishers and developers believe, that Piracy stems not from people’s unwillingness to pay money - but rather because it’s convenient. Because of that, great service is key to curbing piracy - not draconian DRM systems."One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It's ... [»] | 
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| Portal 2 getting map-making DLC | 
Geoffrey Tim - October 24th, 2011 | Portal 2, built using the positively ancient Source engine, is still one of the best games I’ve played this year. It’s filled to the brim with distilled, undiluted clever, and is one of the year’s most critically and commercially successful games. It’s going to get better.Valve has announced that it will be releasing a second update to the game that will add an in-game map editor. Users will be able ... [»] |
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| Free Portal 2 DLC ‘Peer Review’ Now Available | 
Nick de Bruyne - October 5th, 2011 | In case you missed our post and details about Portal 2’s upcoming DLC, Portal 2 has received some great DLC from Valve for the wonderful price of absolutely nothing.
A report on Joystiq informed us that the DLC is now available to download on Steam, Xbox Live and the Playstation Network so if you have Portal 2, then you have no reason in ... [»] |
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| Portal 2 DLC Is Free On All Systems, Arrives This Week |
Nick de Bruyne - October 3rd, 2011 | We love Portal 2… well honestly, who doesn’t love the Portal games (you should be ashamed of yourself… yes you)?
Valve, being the swell guys that they are, are releasing the first set of DLC of Portal 2 for absolutely NO money at all and yes, across all systems. Sweet I know, click the jump for the details and more.
So here’s what you ... [»] |
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| Half Life 2 Episode 3 Code Found In Leaked DOTA 2 Code | 
Nick de Bruyne - September 20th, 2011 | Sometimes bad news can lead to some very good news. Actually, more like very interesting news.
Early code for DOTA 2 has been leaked onto the net, and while you would be pretty thick to risk your Steam account just to play a non-online version of it early, the important news is that it seems to contain code for that other little Half ... [»] |
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| Is Steam coming to the Xbox 360 now? | 
Gavin Mannion - September 9th, 2011 | If you haven’t yet bought Portal 2 then go do that. Oh, and get the PS3 version. Why? Well because if you do you can play along with PC and Mac players through the magic of Steam.
This is because the PS3 is Steamworks enabled which also allows you to store your ... [»] |
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| The Half-Life movie has a sequel | 
Geoffrey Tim - August 25th, 2011 | You might recall 2 years back, that some fans made a short Half-Life 2 fan film with a ridiculously low budget - that was nothing short of amazing. The entire project was to cost a mere $500, which in terms of videomaking is roughly nothing. That $500 was meant to cover two episodes, but we’ve seen just the ... [»] |
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| Valve wants Steamworks on Xbox 360 | 
Geoffrey Tim - August 25th, 2011 | Steamworks, a lighter content-delivery system is currently available for the PlayStation 3. We’ve seen it in Portal 2, which allows for including cross-platform instant messaging, access to the Steam Cloud, and even PC/PS3 cross platform play. It even gave PS3 purchasers a free token to download the game for PC or MAC for free. Valve wants it on ... [»] |
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| Say awww to this amazing Portal 2 marriage proposal | 
Geoffrey Tim - August 24th, 2011 | Douglas Hoogland is an incredibly talented level designer. Commissioned by Gary Hudston he, along with Rachel “Miss Stabby†van der Meer, was tasked with creating a rather specific set of Portal 2 levels. The Gary Hudston Project, as it became known, was Gary’s way of proposing to his girlfriend Stephanie. It could have been cheesy and annoying - but it’s not.Instead, it’s some incredibly ... [»] |
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| GamesCom 2011: DotA Debut Trailer Has Heroes Kicking Ass | 
Nick de Bruyne - August 16th, 2011 | Ok, so I’m not going to try and slide by on this one, or try and pretend otherwise… so I’ll just let it out. I have almost no idea how DotA works and what it’s about, other than it originally being a mod for Warcraft III or something to that effect.
I do however, know that a lot of you guys do and ... [»] |
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| Is Valve making a new Counter-Strike? | 
Geoffrey Tim - August 12th, 2011 | Counter-Strike is probably the most successful video game mod ever made – with Valve acquiring the rights and turning it in to a fully-fledged series of games. It’s a fantastic team-based first person shooter that pits bomb-planting terrorists against a team of counter-terrorists in a round-based format. It’s also spawned one of the most toxic online communities, filled with whiny ultra-competitive children. In fact, you’ll find ... [»] |
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| Fans picket outside Valve HQ | 
Geoffrey Tim - August 11th, 2011 | Two fans were found peacefully picketing outside of Valve’s Washington headquarters yesterday, armed with placards and toothy grins. Can you guess what they were protesting for? Yup…everyone wants a little more Half-Life.An image, tweeted by bungie’s Jason Sussman shows Valve boss Gabe Newell standing with the fans and their signs, which read "Canada 4 the Release of Half-Life 3" and "Half-Life 3... is it Left 4 Dead?" It’s been four ... [»] |
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| Is Half-Life 2 Episode 3 finally coming? | 
Geoffrey Tim - August 3rd, 2011 | Valve has a penchant for creating smash hit video games, even if the tech they use to do so is a little outdated. If there’s one single thing of theirs that fans are clamouring for though, it’s something new in the Half-Life universe. Could the perpetually teased Episode 3 be getting a Gamescom reveal?Voice actress Ellen McLain, the voice behind ... [»] |
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