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
Ben Krasnow is no stranger to hacking. The Valve engineer has created X-rays with a vacuum tube, once built a hybrid rocket engine, and also combined avocados and high pressure nitrous… Read More
Valve is aiming to to add streaming media services to its Steam OS, including music and television content, according to tweets from developers attending Valve’s Steam Dev Days conference. That’s a… Read More
Gabe Newell is on Reddit today and he’s got pictures to prove it. Hours after speaking at the company’s Steam Dev Day, the Valve CEO hopped on his computer and… 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
One of iFixit’s staff members was among the lucky few to get one of Valve’s Steam Machine prototypes, so, of course, he let his co-workers completely dismantle it and post… Read More
The 300 lucky few chosen to receive Valve’s Steam Machine prototype found the device on their doorstep this past Friday. Some of them have already posted videos and images of… 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
Bellevue-based gaming company Valve announced today that the 300 lucky testers for its prototype Steam Machine gaming console have already been informed via email that they’ll be receiving the new… Read More
The Linux Foundation announced today that Valve has joined its ranks as a member, as the Bellevue-based game company continues preparations for the release of its Linux-powered Steam Box console… 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
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – A partnership with one of the Seattle region’s major players in gaming will be a key component in bringing a highly anticipated virtual reality experience to… Read More
It seems people like the idea of strapping on $189 glasses that can project interactive 3D images right in front of you. Technical Illusions, a company formed by two ex-Valve… Read More
Maybe Valve should have kept these two around. Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson today launched a Kickstarter to raise $400,000 for their projected augmented reality glasses that display interactive 3D images right… 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
Thanks to a new partnership with Bellevue-based game maker Valve, the Toon Hero animation app now allows users to tell stories with P-Body, a lead character from the popular game… Read More
Need to catch up at the end of the week? Here’s a roundup of highlights from GeekWire this week. Steve Ballmer says goodbye in tearful farewell video: ‘I had the… 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
Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell has advice for young-ins wanting to break into the game industry: Start creating now and don’t wait for a position with a big… Read More
It’s no secret that Valve co-founder Gabe Newell loves Linux, once calling it a get-out-of-jail free pass for the gaming industry. He echoed those feelings again today during his keynote… Read More