Three (indie) reasons to use Steam
Steam has transformed the industry. As the most comprehensive games digital distribution platform available, they’ve created a space for indie developers to flourish. Recent years have seen some...
View ArticleSteam’s streaming service of the future ‘Big Picture’ erupts 10 September
Anyone reading the New York Times article that delicately outlines Valve’s plans will discover a touching tale of whimsy and living room-based gaming. For those of us looking for a quick Steam fix, the...
View ArticleBlack Mesa: Half-Life reborn
Gabe Newell must be smiling. He is a man who has always placed community before commerce. Having made his millions at Microsoft he left to found Valve Software, a company that would make games without...
View ArticleSteam’s Big Picture mode now live and kicking globally
For gamers, this is important news. Steam’s console-like experience, Big Picture, is now available in all countries. Steam is a content delivery platform for gamers, and Big Picture mode turns the...
View ArticleSteam Box unveiled at CES 2013
Steam, the gaming platform developed by Valve, has unveiled the “Steam Box” (not the official name but pretty cool), that would allow PC gaming on your TV, and is furthermore optimised for Steam’s...
View Article‘Portal’ now available for Steam on Linux
Update: Portal 2 is on the Linux Steam store under “all games” but it’s greyed out, and can’t be purchased. Perhaps it’s scheduled for a later date? We’ll update the story as soon as Portal 2 is...
View ArticleSteam’s summer sale starts: tips, tricks and juicy titles
Steam’s having its famous summer sale and you’re itching to start spending precious moola, right? So, after all the rumours first got people stirring and anxiously patting their wallets looking for...
View ArticleNew free-to-play MMO War Thunder trailer shows human side of WWII
World War 2 simulator War Thunder, just got a new CGI trailer. With the WWII backdrop, you’ll take on the role of a leather-clad pilot. Developed by Russian Gaijin Entertainment, this free-to-play MMO...
View ArticleSteam Controller quietly reinvents the gamepad
Steam surprised us a little by launching the “Steam Controller” this weekend. We knew that Valve was working on a Steam Machine, but had no idea that it was going to deliver a “new way to play your...
View ArticleXi3 announces next-gen Piston console beast available 19 November
Xi3′s modular Piston console goes on sale 29 November for US$1000 the company announced today with or without the cap in the picture. Pre-orders will receive the console 15 November however so lucky...
View ArticlePC gaming’s not dead yet: Valve’s Steam now has 65-million gamers
Steam is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. And what a celebration it is. The company has reached new milestones this year with new innovative hardware products. More recently though, Valve’s...
View ArticleSteam Machines set to launch January 2014, prototype gets pictured
After much teasing ever since the so-called “Steam Box” was demonstrated at CES 2013, Valve has finally announced it will reveal its PC, console hybrid Steam Machines as well as its official hardware...
View ArticleValve has virtual reality plans, but it’s not telling until January 2014
Valve, creator of Half Life and digital game distribution platform Steam, will introduce virtual reality (VR) hardware by 2014 at the Steam Developer Days, a weekend-long game developers conference in...
View ArticleSteam’s Black Friday Spring sale kicks off with great PC titles
It’s time for the weekend and the Steam Spring Sale just keeps getting better and better. In the Western part of the world it’s Black Friday, and Steam has decided to make everyone’s weekends by...
View ArticleSteam users surpass record-breaking 7-million concurrent users
This past weekend (and still running) was Valve’s game-distribution company, Steam’s, massive Spring sale. And in the grand spirit of Black Friday, gamers from across the globe basked in the glory of...
View ArticleSteam Machine beta unboxed, torn down
The time has finally come. At the start of this weekend, Valve shipped out 300 units of its much anticipated gaming console — Steam Machine (beta version) — to developers to give them a taste of the...
View ArticleThings heat up as Valve reveals 14 Steam Machines [CES2014]
Steam Machines are a go. Today at CES 2014 Half Life 2 creator Valve announced its lineup of Steam Machines, PCs custom-fitted to run Steam OS — which is in turn based on a custom build of Linux....
View ArticleDo we even need Steam Machines?
While the world continues to mourn the lack of information on Half-Life 3, Valve has decided that it hasn’t quite finished playing with our hearts. Though it’s decreed 2014 a big year for gamers, it’s...
View ArticleSteam Music enters invite-only beta
Steam sales and downloads have been tremendous, numbering in the hundreds of millions. There’s apps now, Steam OS, Big Picture mode for our luscious LCD TVs, even Steam Machines. Recently, Steam added...
View ArticleValve’s Steam Summer Sale comes early, has added Adventure mode
Gamers upset that Valve hasn’t actually officially launched its Steam Machine platform yet, can today take comfort in the company’s massive annual Steam Summer Sale. Valve, through its Steam store, is...
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