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Valve Corporation is an American game development and distribution company well known for their popular titles Half Life, Counter Strike, and DOTA, and, of course, for their PC game client Steam.

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SEA Games add eSports as a medal sport

Foreign Affairs Secretary and Philippines South East Asian Games Organizing Committee have officially announced that eSports will be a medal category at South East Asian Games in 2019. The flagship game choice is a bit peculiar though.

NOVEMBER 28

Steam Autumn Sale discounts have arrived

Another week of big discounts on Steam is ahead of us. The Steam Autumn Sale is live and it will go through Black Friday and Cyber Monday before ending on 27 November 2018. Here are some of our personal budget crushing recommendations.

Semir OmerovicNOVEMBER 22

Steam added Aussie pricing but devs didn't

Even though Valve Gabe it their best shot and added Australian dollar pricing for their customers Down Under, it turns out that not all publishers and studios did the same, which means that not all games are actually available via Steam.

NOVEMBER 21

Half-Life remake is almost ready, coming 2019

A fan-made remake of Half-Life dubbed Black Mesa will finally get the last Xen act in 2019. Fourteen years after a group of fans revealed their project, the full remake on Source engine will be fully playable from start to finish.

Semir OmerovicNOVEMBER 20

Valve to retire Steam Link hardware line

Valve have announced that they will be discontinuing their Steam Link line of hardware once stock runs out, which is already the case in Europe and about to be in the States as well. Of course, existing owners will still get support.

NOVEMBER 20

Artifact slightly changed due to backlash

Potential players of Valve's upcoming trading card game, Artifact, have voiced discontent with the monetization model. Due to the sheer scale of the backlash, Valve took one, albeit minor, step back on the seemingly rather greedy road.

NOVEMBER 20

Steam's bounty hacker finds free games bug

Bounty hacker Artem Moskowsky has managed to trick Steam's client into giving him a bunch of games for free under certain circumstances. Tempting, yes, but reporting the bug to Valve netted him a fat check of $20,000 from uncle Gabe.

NOVEMBER 13

Best deals of Steam Halloween 2018 Sale

Ready your wallets, it's treating time. Are you in for a new horror game for half the price? Looking to play some scary stuff over the Halloween night? Well, look no further as Steam Halloween 2018 sale has arrived with some sweet deals.

Semir OmerovicOCTOBER 30

Musk calls Twitter 'Dark Souls' of social

SpaceX founder Elon Musk compared social media networks to RPGs such as Dark Souls, Bloodborne and The Legend of Zelda. Apparently, a "You Died" message is a pretty common thing for Reddit and Twitter users. Instagram, not so much.

Semir OmerovicOCTOBER 24

CS:GO pro team disqualified for using hacks

Team OpTic India has been disqualified from a LAN event, eXTREMELAND ZOWIE Asia, held in Shanghai, due to one of their players using hacks. Nikhil “forsaken” Kumawat first cheated and then attempted to delete the evidence of doing so.

OCTOBER 19

Steam Link adds streaming for local multiplay

Thanks to a pesky AMD driver crash, Valve have been forced to update their Steam client twice, but the incoming changes are quite tasty, especially for Steam Link owners who can now play local co-op by streaming to multiple devices.

OCTOBER 14

CS:GO updates FBI CT units for certain maps

Valve have released new models for Counter Terrorist units in Counter Strike: Global Offensive, that will presumably make them more visible. The FBI unit will naturally appear on a limited number of maps, now including Nuke on the roster.

OCTOBER 4

64% of Steam's controllers are Xbox gamepads

Valve have revealed some interesting statistics regarding the usage of controllers on Steam and it turns out that for the time being, Xbox gamepads rule supreme with 64 per cent, which amounts to 38.7 million controllers on the platform.

SEPTEMBER 26

Is Valve right in keeping Steam open?

Valve's decision on keeping Steam an open platform, without any policing governed by emotional states of whomever, whenever, has encountered friction from the most unlikely of sources, including journalists, which saddens us to the core.

SEPTEMBER 24

Valve have had enough of Steam controversies

Valve have decided they've had enough controversies over what games should or shouldn't be on their platform - Steam. This question came to attention due to two controversies of late - Active Shooter and White Power: High Voltage.

SEPTEMBER 24

Steam under fire over high school shooter

Anti-gun violence charity Infer Trust have called on Valve to take down Active Shooter from Steam ahead of launch, due to the game depicting a high school shooting where players take on roles of the police, shooters or even civilians.

SEPTEMBER 24

FPL circuit - the new DOTA 2 league

The new circuit aims to provide players with a competitive environment where they can play, improve and find their path to become a pro. By climbing through the divisions players will have a chance to be scouted by teams and organisations.

SEPTEMBER 21

Valve will start moderating Steam comments

Valve have announced that as of Tuesday, 25 September 2018, the company's team will start moderating comments on and reviewing discussion posts on Steam's game hubs, although developers can chose to opt out of this service if they wish.

SEPTEMBER 21

Valve, Ubisoft fined in France over refunds

Valve and Ubisoft have been fined €147,000 and €180,000, respectively, in France over Steam and Uplay's customer refund policies, both of which have been found to violate the country's consumer laws by failing to mention terms of expiry.

SEPTEMBER 18

Steam giving ground and the root of all contradictions

Steam has become increasingly messy over time. While the argument can be made that Valve is just being lazy, it is far more likely that they are suffering from a chronic lack of courage and focus. Can Lord GabeN still salvage this one?

SEPTEMBER 18

PUBG breaks yet another Steam record

No, it's not for the longest ignored community in the world - PUBG is actually the first game to boast no less than one million concurrent players for the duration of an entire year, a feat which the company "started" in September 2017.

SEPTEMBER 10

Valve is getting back into game development

I know what you're thinking so let me answer it for you - no. There's no Half Life 3 announcement, at least not yet, although Valve's programmer Jeep Barnett pointed out that we'll see more stuff coming from Valve in the upcoming years.

SEPTEMBER 6

Dota 2 gets Gabe Newell announcer pack

Dota 2 will get a Gabe Newell announcer pack, which was unveiled at The International tournament. Valve released a trailer sketch where Gabe performs a few lines and has difficulty with uttering anything related to the number three.

AUGUST 22

Valve's Steam.tv kicks off with Dota 2 TI

Now I'm not sure whether Twitch is already twitching but perhaps they should, because Valve have officially launched Steam.tv. The service kicked off with The International Dota 2 event, even though features are still relatively simple.

AUGUST 21

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Valve - Page 14

Valve NEWS - Page 14

SEA Games add eSports as a medal sport

Steam Autumn Sale discounts have arrived

Steam added Aussie pricing but devs didn't

Half-Life remake is almost ready, coming 2019

Valve to retire Steam Link hardware line

Artifact slightly changed due to backlash

Steam's bounty hacker finds free games bug

Best deals of Steam Halloween 2018 Sale

Musk calls Twitter 'Dark Souls' of social

CS:GO pro team disqualified for using hacks

Steam Link adds streaming for local multiplay

CS:GO updates FBI CT units for certain maps

64% of Steam's controllers are Xbox gamepads

Is Valve right in keeping Steam open?

Valve have had enough of Steam controversies

Steam under fire over high school shooter

FPL circuit - the new DOTA 2 league

Valve will start moderating Steam comments

Valve, Ubisoft fined in France over refunds

Steam giving ground and the root of all contradictions

PUBG breaks yet another Steam record

Valve is getting back into game development

Dota 2 gets Gabe Newell announcer pack

Valve's Steam.tv kicks off with Dota 2 TI

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