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Abrash:VR could tip the industry in favor of computer
Yesterday we have reported on the partnership between Valve & Oculus to bring VR to consumers in 2015. Today, legendary game programmer and tech guru Michael Abrash, who is currently researching VR in all of its aspects at Valve, posted the [...] Read more
Valve & Oculus To Deliver VR in 2015, Says Dev
The Steam Dev Days are officially over, but information is still coming out of the two-days event held in Seattle by Valve. An unknown developer decided to do an impromptu AMA session on Reddit on his/her flight back. The biggest news is that [...] Read more
First Official SteamOS Box Announced
During CES 2014, iBuyPower, an online retailer that sells Laptops and custom Gaming PCs, announced that they will be the first to produce Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine. Courtesy of SteamFirst, the specs of said Machine have been [...] Read more
Steam Introduces Steam Reviews
Valve have introduced beta testing for a reviewing system on Steam. The system allows you to read, write, and discuss reviews, as well as rate them. The reviews themselves also actually let you know many hours played the reviewer has on said [...] Read more
Paradox: Steam Controller “Feels Great”
During their AMA on Reddit, Paradox were asked for their opinions on Valve’s newly announced Steam Controller to which they replied quite enthusiastically: Despite looking a bit wonky it feels great to hold and is suprisingly smooth [...] Read more
Team Meat Designer: Steam Controller is a Great Start
If anyone knows how important precision and accuracy is in a game, Tommy Refenes from Team Meat and designer of Super Meat Boy, is that person. After all, he helped create one of the most brutally satisfying platformers of this generation, one [...] Read more
Valve announces SteamOS, the Linux-based operating system
The first of Valve‘s three-big-announcements, they today announced SteamOS, the free Linux-based operating system that boasts some lovely new features. “In SteamOS, we have achieved significant performance increases in graphics [...] Read more
Dota 2 International Prize Pool Reaches $2.6 Million
Even though Dota 2 beat the highest prize pool in e-sports history months ago, very few people expected the total to rise as much as it did. Today marks the day owners of The International Compendium achieved the stretch goal of $2.6 Million, [...] Read more
Dota 2 Review: A Compelling and Comprehensive Game
After a lengthy beta, Valve is confident enough to open the gates and make Dota 2 available to everyone for free, which means that it is also time for our very own Dota 2 review. While getting into the game will take time, the reward is [...] Read more
Steam to allow game borrowing [RUMOR]
A Neogaf user just spotted a very interesting thing in the latest Steam Beta update. It would appear as game borrowing could soon be a new Steam feature, as you can see from the screenshot below: To check it for yourself, you can update to Steam [...] Read more