‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is proof Valve answers to no one

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Valve’s Social Engineering Campaign Against Cheaters is Out of Bounds


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Gabe Newell Is ‘Fine’ With EA’s Origin On Steam Machines


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Liveblog: Valve’s CES 2014 Steam Machine Press Conference


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Steam Client officially hits Ubuntu Software Center, all games discounted 50-75% for a limited time

Ubuntu users who've been thirsty for the first stable release of Valve's Steam Client can officially consider themselves quenched. After months of rigorous beta testing, Newell's platform has finally arrived in the Software Center for download. You'll be even more enthused to know that it's currently packing 100 games, all of which are temporarily discounted 50- to 75-percent (until Feb. 21st, 1PM EST) to get the party started -- Team Fortress players also get a "Tux penguin". And with that, we'll steer you to the source link below to download it for yourself.

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Steam to debut Big Picture beta soon, make couch potatoes of PC gamers

Steam to debut Big Picture beta soon, make couch potatoes of PC gamers

Early last year, Valve mentioned it was working on something called Big Picture mode for Steam, an alternative user interface with controller support designed specifically for use on televisions. According to Gabe Newell, the distribution services' couch-ready UI is almost upon us. "We should have both Linux and 10-foot betas out there fairly quickly," he told Geoff Keighley in the latest episode of GTTV, noting that the interface would be available on both the current iteration of Steam and the upcoming Linux version. Newell said that Valve has been showing the interface to hardware manufacturers, but ultimately feels that the community will decide its fate. "I think customers will say 'this is really great,' or they'll say it's another interesting but not a valuable contribution, fairly quickly." Check out the interview for yourself (and the full episode) after the break.

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Steam to debut Big Picture beta soon, make couch potatoes of PC gamers originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Valve reportedly preparing second-generation Source engine, kinda explains the Episode Three delay

Valve reportedly preparing secondgeneration Source Engine, kinda explains the Episode Three delay

ValveTime has dug through the Source Filmmaker code to reveal references to "Source 2," reportedly a next-generation revamp of Valve's famous game engine. Given that the three major consoles are all due a refresh, it's unsurprising to see preparations being made. That said, however, the second (and major) launch title for the original Source was Half Life 2, so we're gonna be getting a complaint letter ready if we don't get some more time with Gordon, Alyx and Dog in a beautifully rendered future dystopia.

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Valve reportedly preparing second-generation Source engine, kinda explains the Episode Three delay originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Windows 8 is ‘not awesome for Blizzard either’ says studio exec

Windows 8 is 'not awesome for Blizzard either' says studio exec

Calling Windows 8 "a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space" may not endear Valve's Gabe Newell to the folks at Microsoft, but it struck a chord with a member of Blizzard Entertainment's top brass. Rob Pardo, Executive Vice President of Game Design at the Irvine-based company, took to Twitter and chimed in on the matter, stating that Windows 8 is "not awesome for Blizzard either." While far from a resounding indictment, it's not the warmest of welcomes for Redmond's latest desktop OS. By the sounds of it, the October-bound operating system will have to win over a few hearts and minds in the game development community.

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Windows 8 is 'not awesome for Blizzard either' says studio exec originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Valve’s Gabe Newell says ‘Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone’

CE-Oh no he didn't!: Valve's Gabe Newell says 'Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone'

Always-outspoken Gabe Newell, the big cheese at Valve, made quite a few interesting statements at this year's Casual Connect conference, including the quote above. Gabe believes Microsoft's impending update will drive manufacturers away from the OS and he reiterated Valve's plan to make the entire Steam catalog available on Linux as a "hedging strategy." During the onstage discussion, he also weighed in on the longevity of touch input, which he estimates at a decade, the possibility of tongue control and the future of wearable computers. Other classic quotes include "the next version of Photoshop should look like a free-to-play game," which Adobe apparently didn't quite understand -- and frankly, neither do we.

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CE-Oh no he didn't!: Valve's Gabe Newell says 'Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone' originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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