Tag: Valve
News Valve's Worst-Kept Secret 'Deadlock' Now Has Thousands Of Players
The unannounced game and IP nobody can talk about
Perhaps the worst-kept secret in all of the video game industry right now is Valve's new game and IP Deadlock. There's been quite a lot of drama about the game over the past week (including one outlet sharing its own 'hands on' experience) and although there's not even an official announcement yet...
News Xbox Remains The Controller Of Choice For Steam Users, Unsurprisingly
59% of game sessions use Microsoft's pad
Valve has released new data about the controllers used on its digital PC platform Steam, and Xbox's game pads (unsurprisingly) remain right out in front. As of June 2024, 59% of users are playing with an Xbox controller, 26% are on PlayStation controllers and 10% are using Steam Deck controls (aka Steam...
News Beta Footage Of Valve's New Game Has Apparently Leaked
And no, Microsoft isn't buying Valve
Closed beta footage of Valve's new "6v6 4-lane third-person shooter MOBA" has apparently leaked online. Allegedly codenamed 'Deadlock', this new title is expected to follow in the footsteps of games like Counter-Strike and DOTA, and will supposedly feature more than 19 heroes. The footage that appears to have...
News Minecraft Game Pass Ultimate Perk References Steam
Could an announcement be on the way?
Microsoft's Minecraft has already had tremendous success over the years across multiple platforms, but there are still some platforms it's not available on. One, in particular, missing out is Steam - while Minecraft can be downloaded through the Microsoft Store on PC, it's not yet expanded to Valve's launcher...
News Gabe Newell Reflects On Exiting Microsoft To Go Make Half-Life
"On the surface, we should have failed"
Valve is currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of its iconic first-person shooter Half-Life, and as part of this, it's released a lengthy documentary discussing the entire history of the project. It also happens to have a segment touching on the co-founders' departure from Microsoft. This includes both...
News Steam Deck Dual-Boot Windows Support Is Still A High Priority For Valve
A new Steam Deck OLED has just been announced
Valve has just lifted the lid on the Steam Deck OLED, the next iteration of its portable handheld gaming hardware. As part of this, it's now reassuring fans native dual-boot support for the system is "high on the list" of priorities. As highlighted by The Verge, Valve designer Lawrence Yang recently...
News Blizzard Games Announced For Steam Ahead Of Xbox Acquisition
Overwatch 2 will be the first title added to Valve's service
Xbox head Phil Spencer has already mentioned how Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard would make select games available to more players around the globe, and now in an industry update, Blizzard has announced it will be bringing its own games to Valve's Steam service for the first...
News Valve Announces Counter-Strike 2, But No Sign Of An Xbox Release Yet
It's a "free upgrade" for CS:GO
Valve's long-running team-based shooter series Counter-Strike will be getting a new entry this year in Summer 2023 titled Counter-Strike 2. This one is a little bit different, as it's going to be a "free upgrade" for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive owners. At the moment, PC is the only platform the game has been...
News Xbox Announces 16 More Games Now Officially Supported On Steam Deck
Since the last update earlier this year
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that various Xbox games had been classed as either "verified" or "playable" on Valve's new Steam Deck device, and now another 16 games have been officially added to the list. Not all of these are necessarily new to the Steam Deck, as the latest roundup includes all the...
News Gabe Newell: Valve Trusts Microsoft, 10-Year Call Of Duty Offer 'Wasn't Necessary'
"Phil and the team have always followed through..."
Yesterday, Microsoft announced it had "committed to continue to offer" Call of Duty on Steam after the planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard. As reassuring as it is, it seems Valve co-founder and CEO Gabe Newell was never really worried in the first place. Speaking to Kotaku, Gabe revealed...
Video Here's Gameplay Of An Unreleased Half-Life Game From Arkane
Ravenholm
Recently, developer Arkane became a huge new addition to Xbox Game Studios, arriving as part of the big Bethesda deal. However, did you know that long before that, the team worked on a Half-Life game that never got released? Nah, us neither. Well, thanks to video game documentary channel Noclip, about an hour's footage of that very proje
News Bethesda Is Retiring Its Games Launcher On PC, Will Migrate To Steam
"We’re saying goodbye to the Bethesda.net Launcher"
Update (Wed, 27th April, 2022 16:40 BST): Bethesda's migration process is now open! If you wish to move your Bethesda library over to Steam, the publisher has detailed the process in a new blog post. Original article (Wed 23rd Feb, 2022 06:00 GMT): Starfield and
News Portal Writer Wants A Third Game To Happen, But Needs Your Support
"Send mail to Gabe"
Valve's Portal series is some of the company's best work, and after the release of the first and second game, it's left fans hungry for more. Will Valve ever make a third game in the series? During an interview with the podcast Kiwi Talkz last weekend, Portal and Half-Life writer, Erik Wolpaw, noted how he would definitely be up...
News Microsoft And Valve Officially Bring Xbox Cloud Gaming To Steam Deck
"We worked closely with our friends at Valve..."
If you've managed to get your hands on the fancy new Steam Deck already, we've got good news to share out of the Xbox camp, as Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox Cloud Gaming is officially now supported on the handheld device. The service is accessible via the Microsoft Edge browser, and the company...
News Xbox Game Studios Titles Officially Arrive On Steam Deck
10+ games supported
Over the last few years, Microsoft has grown the Xbox brand on PC. From PC Game Pass to launching games on Steam, largely, the push has been a success. Now, Xbox is beginning to support Valve's new handheld device, the Steam Deck. As Windows becomes supported on Steam Deck, so do a bunch of Xbox Games. The Deck now supports...
Video Here's A Look At Xbox Emulation Running On Valve's Steam Deck
See it in action
Valve just released its portable gaming PC the Steam Deck last week, and sure enough, owners are already running all sorts of emulators on the system. One of them happens to be 'xemu' - the free open-source application that emulates original Xbox titles. YouTube channel The Phawx uploaded an entire video showing off classic Xbox...
News Valve 'Happy' To Work With Microsoft To Get PC Game Pass On Steam
Gabe Newell is up for it
Valve has just launched its handheld PC device the Steam Deck, and Valve boss Gabe Newell is currently doing the PR rounds to promote the system. Of course, he's getting asked all sorts of questions - some that are just about Steam in general. With this in mind, PC Gamer asked him if Valve would be interested in its own...
News Xbox Head Phil Spencer Has Already Got His Hands On Valve's Steam Deck
He's been hanging out with Gabe Newell this week
We've heard how Valve's recently announced Steam Deck can be used as a handheld Xbox and now head of Microsoft's gaming division, Phil Spencer, appears to have got his hands on one. In his latest post on social media, Spencer revealed how he actually visited Valve's HQ earlier this week to talk to...
News Valve's New Steam Deck Can Be Used As A Handheld Xbox
You can even install Windows on it
In case you haven't heard the news, Valve has today announced a brand-new handheld gaming PC called the Steam Deck, set to begin shipping in December 2021 from as low as £349 / $399 for the 64GB version. While the system itself runs on SteamOS, which is a custom Linux operating system, it's also a...
News Did Valve Boss Gabe Newell Just Tease More Games For Console?
If so, we'll find out later this year
Legendary video game creator Gabe Newell recently made an appearance at a public school in Auckland, New Zealand, and answered a number of questions related to video games. In response to a question asking if Valve would consider bringing games to the current-generation consoles, he said fans could perhaps get...
Random Valve Co-Founder Gabe Newell Prefers Xbox Series X To PS5
You know it makes sense, Gabe
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has said he believes the Xbox Series X is better than the PS5 (via VG247). In an interview on TV show The Project, Newell didn't hesitate when giving his answer. He was then questioned about why he felt the Xbox was better, and simply stated "because it is." Here's what Newell had to say...
News Left 4 Dead 3 Would Have Been An Open World Game Set In Morocco
But it was deemed unworkable
Details on a range of games that were in development by Valve between the release of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Half-Life: Alyx have been revealed in a new documentary, including Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3 (via IGN). In the documentary, called Geoff Keighley's The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx, it was explained that...
