Neowin News Feed for: Valve

Team Fortress 2's newest update is all community made

John Callaham — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:14:41 +0100

Valve has released the latest free update to its first person shooter Team Fortress 2, Robotic Boogaloo, that features content made completely by the game's community members. Read more...

Linux beta of Left 4 Dead 2 now on Steam

John Callaham — Sun, 05 May 2013 23:16:01 +0100

Valve has announced that PC and Mac owners of Left 4 Dead 2 can down download the full Linux beta version of the popular zombie co-op shooter, along with authoring tools and a dedicated server. Read more...

11.65 percent of Steam owners used Windows 8 in April

John Callaham — Thu, 02 May 2013 01:39:49 +0100

The newest Steam hardware survey results for April 2013 show that its users continue to switch to Windows 8, with 11.65 percent of Steam subscribers shown as using Microsoft's latest OS. Read more...

Windows 8 now used by over 10 percent of Steam owners

John Callaham — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:31:07 +0100

The use of Windows 8 by people who use Valve's Steam service increased again in March and is now being used by over 10 percent of the people who participate in the hardware survey for the service. Read more...

Steam Early Access allows gamers to purchase games in development

Stephen Robinson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:49:26 +0000

Steam has launched Early Access which allows gamers to purchase games that are still in active development. Gamers can send feedback, bug reports and discuss the game. Read more...

Team Fortress 2, and the evolution of a player-powered economy

Paul Ferson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:21:41 +0000

The economy in Valve's war-themed hat simulator has been changing drastically in recent months. One community operated site, TF2 Finance, has taken an in-depth look at how it has developed thus far. Read more...

Left 4 Dead 2-Resident Evil 6 PC crossover announced

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:02:48 +0000

Characters from Left 4 Dead 2 will appear in the PC version of Resident Evil 6 on April 5th as a free addition and there are plans to bring RE6 character into the PC port of Left 4 Dead 2. Read more...

Xi3 says it made PISTON PC for Valve; will ship with a Windows OS

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:03:24 +0000

Xi3 has now said that it made its PISTON gaming PC "specifically for Valve" but it also disagrees with Valve about Linux being the future for PC games and will ship PISTON with a Windows OS. Read more...

Valve no longer involved with Xi3 PISTON gaming PC

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:43:45 +0000

Valve has revealed that it is no longer involved with PC maker Xi3 and its upcoming PISTON gaming PC, despite an announcement at CES 2013 that Valve had made a financial investment in Xi3. Read more...

Xi3 shows off customizable interface for PISTON gaming PC

John Callaham — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:30:29 +0000

At a panel at SXSW, Xi3 showed off the customizable interface for its upcoming PISTON gaming PC for the first time, which lets owners of the small PC select which services launch for each menu slot. Read more...

Xi3 taking pre-orders for PISTON small console-like PC for late 2013 ship date

John Callaham — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:22:02 +0000

PC maker Xi3 has announced it is taking pre-orders for its small PISTON gaming PC that was first announced in January, with plans to ship the PC, made in part by funding with Valve, by the end of 2013 Read more...

Gabe Newell: Some people will get Steam Box prototypes this summer

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:20:13 +0000

Valve founder Gabe Newell said today some of its customers will get their hands on prototypes for its Steam Box gaming PC hardware "in the next three or four months" which would be a summer time frame Read more...

Microsoft's Xbox leader on Valve as possible competitor: "No"

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:50:46 +0000

Don Mattrick, Microsoft's head of the division that includes the Xbox business, simply said, "No" when asked in an interview if he thinks Valve's plans for a Steam Box PC could compete with Microsoft. Read more...

Steam's Linux PC game store officially opens

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:34:07 +0000

Valve has officially launched the Linux portion of its Steam PC game download service, offering over 50 Linux based games and all of them on sale for the next week. Read more...

Rumor: Valve hit with layoffs; business director departs

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:52:30 +0000

Rumors have hit the Internet that Valve has laid off a number of its employees, including some in its hardware division, just a few days after its founder Gabe Newell promoted its Steam Box vision. Read more...

Will there be an official Half-Life or Portal movie made?

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:46:05 +0000

Movie writer-director J.J Abrams and Valve founder Gabe Newell have revealed they will be collaborating on projects, which could include a Half-Life or Portal movie or a game title. Read more...

Windows 8 close behind Windows XP in latest Steam hardware survey

John Callaham — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:48:27 +0000

The latest hardware stats from Valve's Steam service show the percentage of its Windows 8 users are now close to overtaking Windows XP owners, while the Ubuntu version of Linux made tiny gains. Read more...

Gabe Newell: Apple, not Microsoft, is biggest threat to Steam Box

John Callaham — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:01:12 +0000

Valve founder Gabe Newell said this week that the biggest threat to the company's plans to launch a PC-based "Steam Box" console isn't from Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo but from Apple. Read more...

Original Half-Life and Counter-Strike released for Mac and Linux

John Callaham — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:09:25 +0000

Valve has quietly released both Mac and Linux ports for its 1998 PC game Half-Life on Steam, along with Mac and Linux ports for the original version of Counter-Strike. Read more...

Win 10 games from Neogamr!

Paul Ferson — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:12:05 +0000

In association with our friends at BundleStars, Neogamr is giving ten games each to two lucky readers. All games are Steam-redeemable, so you've nothing to lose by entering. Good luck! Read more...