Valve Stories
Steam 'Big Picture Mode' Enters Beta: What This Means For Valve's Future Hardware
Following a slew of announcements about Valve Corporation expanding beyond game development and distribution into general software and hardware possibilities, Steam is officially releasing a beta version of its "Big Picture Mode" today. Showing a sleek and innovative approach to a television-based user interface, the new version of Steam raises questions about the future of PC game development.
Valve, Maker of Steam and Source Software, Turns To Hardware
Bellevue, Wash.-based Valve, the software developer behind the critically-acclaimed Half-Life series, the Steam network for distributing games and the Source engine, is reportedly interested in building hardware. Valve, which was founded by two former Microsoft employees in Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington, added a job posting to its site on Tuesday morning for an industrial designer.
Valve To Offer Non-Gaming Software On Steam
Software and video game developer Valve is opening its digital distribution and gaming service platform Steam to include additional types of software. The new content will begin to arrive on the platform as early as September.
Valve's Source 2 Engine Teased Within Files For Source Filmmaker Program, Is This What's Slowing Down The Release Of 'Half-Life 3'?
Files within Valve’s new Source Filmmaker program hide a not-so-well-kept secret, according to EuroGamer.
Nintendo’s Mario to Come Armed with Portal Gun
Super Mario Bros, the very addictive side-scrolling videogame with its most entertaining, unforgettable elements and levels of play, created by Nintendo, has been endowed with another addition. In a recent development, Valve Corporation's Portal -- a unique gameplay known for its dark, deadpan humor and the award-winning portal gun -- has teamed up with Nintendo's Super Mario Bros to launch a new version of the game called Mari0.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Targeted for 2012 Release [PHOTO]
Game maker Valve just announced that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) has been targeted for release in early 2012.
Is Microsoft the next to deliver free-to-play service?
Steam and Valve are the only ones so far to provide free gaming service.
Valve's Team Fortress 2 gets permanent free-to-play license; Uber Update initiated
Valve Corp. has made its popular shooter game Team Fortress 2 permanently free-to-play.
THQ signs new deal with Counter Strike creators
Turtle Rock Studios, most popularly known as the creators of the Counter Strike and Left 4 Dead franchises along with Valve Corporation, has signed a new deal with THQ to create a new multi-player project, a report in THQ’s official website said.
Oil reserves give price safety valve: Geithner
Rich nations could tap strategic oil reserves if needed to ward off the risk that Middle East political unrest triggers an inflationary price spiral, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday.
NASA looks towards Friday for shuttle launch try
NASA said Thursday it will attempt to launch space shuttle Discovery to the international space station late Friday night, after undergoing elays caused by bad weather and fuel valve trouble.