Rick Ellis has his fingerprints all over modern gaming. His chief claim to gaming fame is his role as founder and lead developer of Valve Software’s Steam gaming and marketplace… Read More
Shoppers still stuffed with turkey and all the trimmings can start stuffing stockings with electronics ranging from laptops to televisions to virtual reality headsets to video games and much more… Read More
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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 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 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
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