Articles about Valve

Why the video game industry may be sliding toward its next big crash

Commentary: The last couple of weeks have served as a capstone to what’s become a bad few years for the international video game industry. Now it appears the larger sector is headed directly into some significant crash, as several unsustainable practices all seem to be approaching a crisis point at once. Read More

Loss of another Seattle-area billionaire? Valve’s Gabe Newell is reported buyer of Florida estate

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the video game developer is the buyer of a waterfront estate north of Miami. Read More

Valve Software sued by New York AG, accused of promoting illegal gambling via video game loot boxes

The suit alleges that Valve’s first-party games are essentially an illegal gambling operation aimed at younger players. Read More

Analysis: Valve’s new Steam Hardware projects are a potential challenge to Microsoft and Meta

In the wake of the success of the Steam Deck, a portable gaming PC aimed at a casual audience, it… Read More

Interview: Why Valve launched a new version of its handheld Steam Deck device

Valve Software dropped a surprise last month when it unveiled a new version of its handheld PC gaming device, the… Read More

Could Microsoft acquire Valve? Xbox leak highlights interest in potential bid

One of the less visible reveals from Microsoft’s dramatic document leak is that Xbox head Phil Spencer and the Microsoft… Read More

Analysis: Apple’s Vision Pro sets up a clash with Valve, Sony, Meta over future of VR/AR

Apple newly announced headset positions the company as a contender in the evolving field of virtual and augmented reality, and… Read More

Valve Software announces ‘Counter-Strike 2,’ coming this summer

One of the most popular games on Steam is getting an official sequel this summer, as Bellevue, Wash.-based Valve Software… Read More

Gaming in 2023: What to expect from Microsoft, Sony, Amazon, Valve, Nintendo, and others

This year started slow in the video game industry, due to a combination of pandemic slowdowns and highly-anticipated titles such… Read More

Valve officially reveals its ‘Steam Deck,’ a portable gaming PC that looks like a Nintendo Switch

Out of nowhere on Thursday morning, Valve officially announced its portable gaming PC, the Steam Deck, for release this December.… Read More

Valve’s Gabe Newell on new games, brain-machine interfaces, and moving employees to New Zealand

In a couple of recent interviews with New Zealand’s 1 NEWS, Valve Software’s Gabe Newell has offered a few insights… Read More

Microsoft digs at Apple with 10 principles for app store fairness, but they won’t apply to Xbox

Microsoft published and committed to following a list of 10 principles in its treatment of third-party apps on Windows, capitalizing… Read More

Pacific Northwest startups well-represented in new Andreessen Horowitz top 100 marketplace list

Six Pacific Northwest startups made Silicon Valley venture capital titan Andreessen Horowitz’s new ranking of the 100 top consumer marketplaces. … Read More

Valve’s new virtual reality headset bundle will cost $999, begins shipping in June

Valve Software unveiled a new virtual headset a month ago, and now it has a price. Pre-orders begin tomorrow for… Read More

Cooking tech startup ChefSteps, funded by Valve’s Gabe Newell, cuts jobs but says it will live on

ChefSteps, the high-tech cooking startup financed by video game titan Gabe Newell, cut an unspecified number of jobs on Wednesday,… Read More

Valve hit with illegal gambling lawsuit by Native American nation that operates a casino in Washington state

A Native American nation that operates a casino in Washington state filed suit against Valve Software, accusing the gaming giant… Read More

Valve veteran and Riot Games developer launch Stray Bombay, a new game studio in Seattle

Even if you don’t know Chet Faliszek‘s name, you’ve likely heard of his work. As one of the writers at… Read More

Discord increases pressure on Steam, announcing aggressive new developer revenue share

The competition for digital distribution platforms for games is really heating up in terms of developer revenue. Earlier this month… Read More

Valve adds Raspberry Pi support to Steam Link, giving gamers another streaming hardware option

Game players who want to stream games from their Steam libraries to other devices now have a new option: the… Read More

Hands-on: Valve’s ‘Artifact’ is complex, colorful, and the last thing anyone wanted to see right now

There are only a few companies in the video game industry that have attained Valve Software’s position, where it can… Read More

Vancouver, B.C., steps in for Seattle as thousands gather for The International ‘Dota 2’ championships

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=iFhG92Ns7h0 They come from “all corners of the Earth,” and this week, instead of settling in Seattle, competitors and rabid… Read More

A tiny independent Steam game was almost certainly a cryptojacking scam

Here’s the short version: it was discovered over the weekend that an indie game available on Steam, Abstractism, was not… Read More

Valve will launch ‘Steam China’ as it aims to attract more Chinese gamers

Valve today announced “Steam China,” a new video game marketplace that will help the Bellevue, Wash.-based company reach more Chinese… Read More

Valve will stop removing controversial games on Steam unless they are ‘illegal or straight up trolling’

Valve will no longer remove games from its Steam game marketplace unless they are “illegal, or straight up trolling,” according… Read More

TLDR: Amazon shareholders meeting, Valve removes school shooting game, new Pokemon products

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

Valve removes controversial school shooting game and denounces developer as ‘troll with history of customer abuse’

Valve Software removed a game that simulated school shootings, following a nationwide outcry to ban the title, and slammed the… Read More

Valve criticized for allowing distribution of game that simulates school shootings on Steam platform

Update, Tuesday evening May 29: Valve removes controversial school shooting game and denounces developer as ‘troll with history of customer… Read More

Follow-up: Valve updates the world on the fate of Steam Machine game consoles

It turns out that the Steam Machines aren’t dead. Yet. Over the weekend, several websites, the first of which appears… Read More

TLDR: The International moves to Canada; parking lots for shared bikes; regulators target bitcoin

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube to catch every episode,… Read More

Seattle born and raised, ‘Lode Runner Legacy’ is coming to the Nintendo Switch

Tozai Games, the Seattle-area game developer, is bringing its action-puzzle game Lode Runner Legacy, the most recent installment in the… Read More