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App of the Week: You Must Build A Boat, and fight some monsters, in this RPG match-3 game

by James Risley on January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 at 10:12 amComment

I’ve never actually played Candy Crush, but I’ve gained a basic understanding of what makes it so popular by watching over people’s shoulders on public transit. I can see the… Read More

Valve fixes glitch that exposed Steam account information to other gamers

by John Cook on December 26, 2015December 26, 2015 at 7:47 amComment

It was a scary Christmas Day for Steam, the popular gaming platform operated by Bellevue-based Valve. Users of the service started noticing that account information from other game players was… Read More

Valve offering modders a chance to make money off their creations, starting with Skyrim

by Blair Hanley Frank on April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 at 10:07 am 2 Comments

Valve Software has opened up a program that allows people to make money off items created through its Steam Workshop modification toolkit. The move allows modders – who previously offered… Read More

People have earned more than $57M making items for Valve games

by Blair Hanley Frank on January 29, 2015January 29, 2015 at 9:06 am 2 Comments

In the future, “video game haberdasher” may be the sort of job kids can aspire to. Fans of Valve games have made more than $57 million by selling their virtual… Read More

Xbox One will stream games to Windows 10

by Blair Hanley Frank on January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 at 12:38 pm 2 Comments

Gamers who want to stay connected to their Xbox One at home when they’re not on the couch will have a new way to do so thanks to Windows 10.… Read More

Valve halts Steam auction promotion after users find exploits

by Blair Hanley Frank on December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 at 2:44 pmComment

Yesterday, Valve announced an interesting promotion that would allow users of its popular Steam gaming storefront to bid on copies of games and other items with new digital currency they’d… Read More

Valve takes shot at Amazon’s Twitch with streaming feature for Steam

by Blair Hanley Frank on December 2, 2014December 7, 2014 at 10:49 am 2 Comments

Valve announced today that users of its Steam gaming platform will now be able to easily stream their game content to their friends using tools built by the Bellevue-based company.… Read More

Valve gets personal with redesigned Steam game storefront

by Blair Hanley Frank on September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 at 7:25 pmComment

As Valve’s Steam storefront for video game content continues to grow, users are faced with an important question: how can they find great games among thousands of titles? That’s why… Read More

Steam’s Summer Sale is here: 5 tips for getting the most out of Valve’s gaming bonanza

by Blair Hanley Frank on June 19, 2014September 1, 2014 at 10:17 pm 2 Comments

Gamers, prepare to open your wallets wide. Summer is here, which means it’s time for Valve’s annual Steam Summer Sale, an 11-day bonanza of game discounts from the online game marketplace.… Read More

Alienware forges ahead with $549 game console, running Windows 8.1, after Valve’s Steam Machine delay

by Blair Hanley Frank on June 9, 2014September 1, 2014 at 11:52 pm 4 Comments

Alienware is forging ahead with plans for a Windows 8.1-based home gaming console, following delays to Valve Software’s Steam Machine console plans. The device, which is called the Alienware Alpha,… Read More

How one journalist scraped Valve’s gaming platform to estimate videogame sales

by Tricia Duryee on April 16, 2014April 23, 2014 at 7:32 am 2 Comments

Information about videogames is hard to come by, but an enterprising journalist has come up with a creative way to estimate sales and game play on PCs. This isn’t exactly… Read More

Game discounts: Steam will let developers launch their own sales, Valve confirms

by Blair Hanley Frank on February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 at 7:31 amComment

When gamers talk about Valve’s Steam e-commerce platform, the conversation almost inevitably comes to sales. The company’s massive quarterly discount extravaganzas have become legendary for both their value and their… Read More

Valve doesn’t track your browsing, or care about your porn, Gabe Newell says

by Todd Bishop on February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 at 8:00 amComment

Does Valve collect the browsing history of its users as part of its efforts to thwart cheating in games? No, says Valve’s Gabe Newell, taking the unusual step of responding to… Read More

Valve’s Steam platform now has 75 million users

by Taylor Soper on January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 at 11:08 am 2 Comments

Today at its Steam Dev Days conference, Valve announced that its Steam video-game platform now has 75 million active accounts. Less than three months ago in October, Valve said that… Read More

Valve gathers developers to discuss company’s future plans at Steam Dev Days

by Taylor Soper on January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 at 9:39 am1 Comment

There’s certainly a lot going on right now for Valve, and today the Bellevue game company is meeting with developers to talk about its future. Steam Dev Days, which kicked… Read More

Full text: Valve’s Gabe Newell unveils Steam Machines, outlines hardware plans

by Todd Bishop on January 6, 2014December 7, 2014 at 8:23 am 6 Comments

LAS VEGAS — In a press event on the eve of the big CES tech show, Valve just made its next move to upend the gaming industry, announcing a baker’s… Read More

Steam, Origin and others taken down in latest attacks against gaming services

by Blair Hanley Frank on January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 at 10:02 amComment

Valve’s Steam platform, Activision Blizzard’s Battle.net and EA’s Origin storefront were all brought down last night by Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks — as an ongoing campaign by digital miscreants started earlier… Read More

Valve’s servers, Left 4 Dead? Steam goes down after Christmas game giveaway

by Blair Hanley Frank on December 25, 2013December 26, 2013 at 8:19 am 6 Comments

Gamers hoping to use some of their Christmas money to pick up a new game or two in this year’s Steam Winter Sale were disappointed earlier today, after Valve’s online… Read More

Valve’s Steam OS is available for download now, if you dare

by Blair Hanley Frank on December 13, 2013December 13, 2013 at 5:44 pm 23 Comments

Steam OS, the operating system behind Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine consoles, is available for download by people interested in spending their weekend installing a new flavor of Linux developed by… Read More

Steam hits 7 million concurrent users for first time, up 16% from last year

by Taylor Soper on December 1, 2013December 1, 2013 at 1:16 pmComment

While much of today’s video game buzz is focused on next generation machines like the Xbox One and Playstation 4, PC gaming continues to gain popularity — at least according… Read More

Chart: Valve now has more users than Xbox Live, but PlayStation Network still rules

by Taylor Soper on October 31, 2013December 1, 2013 at 1:07 pm 17 Comments

Xbox Live, watch out: It’s full Steam ahead for Valve. Bellevue-based Valve says its Steam video-game platform now has 65 million active accounts — 30 percent growth in the past… Read More

Here’s what playing a game with Valve’s Steam Controller looks like

by Blair Hanley Frank on October 11, 2013October 11, 2013 at 5:49 pmComment

Valve raised some eyebrows in the gaming world when it announced the new Steam Controller for its upcoming Steam Machine hardware. The controller, which features a pair of trackpads in… Read More

Valve’s new Steam controller replaces joysticks with trackpads

by Taylor Soper on September 27, 2013September 27, 2013 at 11:58 am 7 Comments

Valve this week already announced a new operating system and plans for console hardware. Today, the Bellevue game company unveiled the Steam Controller. If it looks like something is missing,… Read More

Here’s how to become one of 300 beta testers for Valve’s gaming console prototype

by Taylor Soper on September 25, 2013September 25, 2013 at 10:56 amComment

Valve today announced plans for “Steam Machines,” which will be hardware made by multiple companies all running SteamOS and designed to let people play PC games on a living room TV. Valve… Read More

Valve partnering with hardware companies to deliver ‘Steam Machines’

by Taylor Soper on September 25, 2013September 25, 2013 at 10:42 am 10 Comments

Valve just made the second of three scheduled announcements for its plan to bring PC gaming into the living room and said that it is working with “multiple partners to bring a… Read More

Valve unveils Linux-based living room operating system SteamOS

by Taylor Soper on September 23, 2013September 23, 2013 at 10:48 am 4 Comments

Valve made the first of three scheduled announcements today, unveiling a free Steam operating system designed for living rooms and based on Linux. SteamOS is a stand-alone operating system made for PCs… Read More

Valve to announce plans for Steam in the living room next week

by Taylor Soper on September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 at 11:27 amComment

Valve is ready to make some big announcements next week regarding its plans to bring the Steam platform to living rooms. The Bellevue game-maker has set up a webpage with a… Read More

Steam Store goes down after gamers flock Valve’s annual Summer Sale

by Taylor Soper on July 11, 2013July 11, 2013 at 4:26 pm 2 Comments

Good news for gamers looking to save cash on their next purchase: Valve’s Steam Summer Sale kicks off today. Bad news for gamers looking to save cash on their next… Read More

Valve experimenting with gameplay that changes depending on perspiration

by Taylor Soper on May 7, 2013May 7, 2013 at 2:47 pmComment

Imagine yourself playing a first-person shooter. As the gameplay gets intense, your heart starts racing. The game detects your pulse and the beads of sweat dripping down your face and… Read More

Xi3 responds after Valve tries to distance itself from Piston gaming console

by Taylor Soper on March 13, 2013March 13, 2013 at 4:24 pm1 Comment

Two months ago at the Consumer Electronics Show, a new partnership between hardware manufacturer Xi3 and Valve seemed bright and happy. The two companies had announced a “development stage system optimized for computer gameplay… Read More