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Wolfire Games, the studio behind games like Overgrowth, Receiver and the original creator of the Humble Bundle, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Valve. The studio alleges that Valve abuses its dominance in the PC gaming market and suppresses competition.  The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday this week in the …

Over the last few years, developers from Valve's SteamWorks forum have regularly leaked upcoming sales dates. Now, Valve is done trying to hide upcoming sales and is announcing them publicly ahead of time. This all starts with the “Steam Open World” sale, which will take place next month. In a …

Given everything that happened last year, it can be easy to forget that Valve shipped Half-Life Alyx in 2020. This week, the game officially turns one-year old and Valve is celebrating that anniversary with the game's biggest discount to date.  If you are currently stuck at home with a VR …

Valve has announced plans to launch its dedicated Steam Link app for macOS this week. The app, which is available on other platforms already, allows users to stream their Steam games from a PC to any device with the app installed.  Steam Link is already available on a couple of …

We may have our first look at the next upgrade for the Valve Index VR headset. This week, Valve filed a patent application for a new adjustable headstrap with a wireless module.  The Valve Index is one of the best VR headsets for PC gaming, but it still has the …

It seems that something has gone wrong over on Steam, as a set of games just disappeared from the Steam Store. Making matters worse, one of these is CS:GO, one of the biggest and most-played games on Valve's platform.  At the time of writing, CS:GO can not be viewed on …

While a small team at Valve has been working to keep Artifact alive over the last couple of years, at this point, the player count has dropped too low. As a result, Valve is officially cancelling future development on Artifact 2.0. Valve announced back in March 2019 that it would …

Valve is making Steam's Remote Play Together feature more accessible this year. As part of the most recent Steam Client beta update, Play Together can be used without a Steam account, requiring just a link invite from the host to join a game.  For those who don't know, Remote Play …

Last week, we learned that Apple was attempting to force Valve into revealing sensitive business information about Steam. At the time, Valve was refusing to give Apple the data it needs to strengthen its defence in its legal battle with Epic Games over the App Store revenue tax. Now, a …

As we all know, Epic Games is fighting Apple over its iOS App Store policies across many fronts, from lawsuits in multiple countries to official antitrust complaints with regulators. In its efforts to defend itself, Apple attempted to drag Valve into the fight, delivering a subpoena back in late 2020.  …

In a surprise announcement last night, Valve announced that it has partnered with Netflix to produce an animated series based on DOTA 2. Not only that, but it is releasing next month.  Dota: Dragon's Blood comes to Netflix on the 25th of March and is the latest in a string …

UK owners of Valve's VR headset, the Valve Index, are having some issues to kick off 2021. Due to Brexit and all of the associated changes in policies, Valve's UK RMA/returns system is having difficulties, leading to delays in repairs and replacements.  This was pointed out to VR enthusiasts over …

Valve first released its own game controller back in 2015, dubbing it the Steam Controller. While the gamepad has since been discontinued, it looks like it was infringing on a patent during its time on sale and as a result, Valve will now need to pay out $4 million.  SCUF, …

Back when Valve first released Left 4 Dead 2, the game faced issues being approved for sale in Australia and Germany. As a result, these versions of the game had to remove certain content while the rest of the world got the ‘uncut' edition. In 2014, Valve was able to …

In 2020, many events across the world were cancelled, including the majority of games industry events. To get around the lack of physical events, Valve introduced the Steam Game Festival, allowing game devs to advertise their work to millions of gamers worldwide. This year, the Steam Game Festival will return.  …

The Valve Index first launched in June 2019 and ever since then, it has been in high demand. That demand only grew in 2020 with the release of Half-Life Alyx, which is said to be the best single-player VR game made to date. Unfortunately, supply has not been able to …

While Valve doesn't announce Steam Sale dates ahead of time, it does pass that information onto developers well in advance so they can plan around it. At this point, the Steam developer community is so big that leaks are bound to happen. This time around, the dates for the Steam …

Competitive CS:GO underwent a fairly major change this week, with Valve removing bots from the game. Traditionally, if someone was kicked or disconnected from a competitive match, they would be replaced by an AI bot that another member of the team could take over after dying. This feature has now …

Over the course of December, Valve opened up The Steam Awards to public voting, giving Steam users a chance to vote on their favourite games in ten different categories, one of which is indeed Game of the Year. Voting closed last week and now after some tallying, we know the …

As each year comes to a close, Valve likes to share details on what games performed best on Steam in a number of categories. This week, we have the top ten best selling games on Steam of 2020 in terms of revenue, and we have the top ten games based on user reviews.

Prior to its launch, Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the most anticipated games of 2020. This was reflected in its Steam charts placement, which saw the game topping the charts weeks prior to its launch. As is now clear however, the game released in a less than polished state. Despite …

Valve is making it easier for developers to allow playtesting for their games. A new feature is being added to Steam called ‘Steam Playtest', allowing interested players to sign up to beta tests at the click of a button.  The feature is very simple. Developers can announce public playtests and …

Earlier this week, there were some concerns raised around Microsoft Flight Simulator and how the game's install could impact eligibility for refunds. The initial Steam download is a 600MB launcher, with the remaining 127GB download taking place from within the game. Valve has since responded to these concerns, assuring that …

Recently, the highly popular Takeshi’s Castle-styled Battle Royale game Fall Guys announced a crossover with Team Fortress 2, which saw players being able to buy a Scout skin for their in-game character. Though not unexpected, it appears as though the developers, Mediatonic, have more crossovers planned, as two new skins …

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has quickly become one of the most talked about games of the Summer. The Wipeout-styled Battle Royale title has already been purchased over 2 million times in less than a week on PC alone. The developer, Mediatonic, appears to already be making the most of its …

There have been a number of efforts to crack down on VPN use to access cheaper prices for games on various digital stores. Nowadays, doing this is more difficult on Steam but not impossible. That could change soon, however, as Valve has issued a new update to Steam account settings.  …

As we recently learned, Valve co-founder, Gabe Newell, is currently hunkered down in New Zealand while the COVID-19 situation gets sorted out in the United States. He has already appeared on New Zealand TV once to thank the country for its hospitality by announcing a free concert. Now, Newell has …

Half-Life: Alyx has been out since March 2020 and you may have been wondering, what have the folks at Valve been up to since then? Well in the case of Gabe Newell, he's been a ‘COVID refugee' in New Zealand for the last few months and as a thank you …

As we delve into Half-Life: Alyx – Final Hours more and more, new details about Valve are continuing to come to light. At this point, Alyx is widely excepted as an incredible entry to the series, but many players still hope to see a non-VR Half-Life some day. It turns …

The Valve Index headset has been very successful so far, often selling out on the Steam Store and appearing on the platform's top-seller list. Over the last week, the Valve Index was able to take the top selling spot on Steam once again, even in the middle of the on-going …