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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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US Senator says loot boxes cause addiction

United States senator Maggie Hassan has sent a letter and met with the Entertainment Systems Ratings Board and the Federal Trade Commission, respectively, in an attempt to address the issue that, in her words, leads to children being addicted and more susceptible to addiction.

FEBRUARY 15

CS:GO rank up guide | Move up from the rank you're stuck on

Let's start this guide by being honest. You're probably reading this because you're stuck in Gold Nova, most likely juggling between Nova I and Nova II, with no obvious way to rank up, and playing a lot just doesn't seem to do it.

JANUARY 19

Steam reveals its Top Sellers list for 2017

Steam released its lists revealing the platform's best selling games for both VR and standard gaming, top new releases and top graduates from early access. As per usual, the exact revenues are not revealed and best sellers are grouped in tiers

JANUARY 2

Is CS:GO getting a Battle Royale mode?

Valve News Network has posted a video claiming the stage is set for Counter Strike: Global Offensive to get a Battle Royale mode, similar to the one you have in PUBG and Fortnite. Apparently, traces of this mode have been found in the game’s updates dating back to as far as May 31st 2016, although we wouldn’t get overly excited since this is not the first time a dormant CS:GO mode has stayed dormant.

DECEMBER 19

Skin betting is turning kids into gamblers

UK Gambling Commission's annual report for 2017 has a new section devoted to gambling with in-game items. The section brought attention to the problem of skin gambling among young people. Of the 11 percent of 11-16 year olds who had ever bet with in-game items, more than a third (36 percent) had done so in the past seven days.

DECEMBER 12

ECS - season 4

Faceit’s premiere Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) league, today revealed the full lineup of teams for season 4. The action will be streamed on Faceit's official YouTube channel. Season 4 kicks off on 06 October.

OCTOBER 4

Valve addresses review bombing with graphed review scores

Valve are responding to the practice of review bombing by making the entire review history of any given game more transparent and accessible in the form of a review histogram.

SEPTEMBER 20

Genvid SDK now publicly available

Genvid SDK has been made publicly available for all major engines and platforms. With the SDK, developers can map viewer interactions from a game onto the video itself in real-time. Games, esports tournament providers, and platforms have already entered Genvid’s integration pipeline.

SEPTEMBER 11

Valve's latest project is a card game called Artifact

Yes, Valve is still making games, but probably not the games you want. The PC gaming giant has announced that they are currently working on a project called Artifact - a DOTA themed card game. There isn't a face or palm big enough on this planet.

AUGUST 9

Valve wants to improve Dota 2 new player experience

The latest Dota 2 update is aiming to make the initial experience more friendly for new players, both in terms of mechanical accessibility, as well as smoothing out interactions with its famously competitive and toxic playerbase.

AUGUST 1

The definitive Steam Sale survival guide

Steam Sales have a well earned reputation of swallowing whole gaming budgets and leaving "unsuspecting" PC gamers dumbstruck in front their screens wondering where all that money went. Here are a few simple guidelines to lessen the impact of a Steam Sale on your retirement fund.

JUNE 22

Valve eating its own hat on Apple collaboration

After comparing console and iOS development to a 'walled garden' earlier this year, owing to problems in getting their mobile app onto the platform, Valve is now teaming up with Apple to bring SteamVR and HTC Vive to Apple computers.

JUNE 6

Counter-Strike GO: Operation Hydra

Counter-Strike GO's Operation Hydra is bringing all kinds of fun content for the players to enjoy until September rolls around. There are new game modes, community-created maps and more. The event is free for everyone.

MAY 24

Video games featuring aliens

This Saturday, I list five games with the most memorable aliens, in honour of the movie Alien: Covenant launching in theaters. No probing here guys, just good clean fun.

MAY 20

Half-Life: German players, rejoice

German censorship measures regarding Half-Life have now been lifted. This will mostly show in the, now human, enemy soldiers and the famous barnacles not spewing out a bunch of screws when killed.

MAY 2