9 May, 2012

Valve humblebragged today that Portal 2 has sold over 4 million copies and downloads across Xbox 360, PS3, Mac, and PC. No biggie. But it looks like it still has to play catch up with its dad: Portal managed 4 million excluding Steam. I was incredibly late to the party with Portal 2, because it remained pretty expensive (a testament to the game’s quality),...

23 Apr, 2012

Valve Boss Gabe Newell is providing just the sort of snide comments that would have Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer camply lifting their handbags in recognition of his bitchiness. He said of EA, regarding their Origin service, that “they have a lot of work to do to get to where they need to be and where I as a customer would want them to be.” He then...

21 Apr, 2012

That’s only part of the story. According to Valve’s head honcho Gabe Newell, Dota 2 will be a free-to-play game along with “some twists.” Why the studio still hasn’t given us Half-Life 3 is a complete mystery, but we digress. In an interview with Seven Day Cooldown, Newell spoke about how Valve plans to make a little dough from its...

20 Apr, 2012

It would’ve been the geek meeting of the century. Valve Software, proprietor of the Steam digital distribution platform and popular series such as Portal, Left 4 Dead, and the ever enigmatic Half-Life, meeting the likes of Apple and the creators behind the iOS systems. It didn’t happen in reality. Last week, the internet was abuzz with rumors of the...

24 Feb, 2012

Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you a very important announcement. So important, in fact, I can almost see my editor-in-chief salivating from here. NECA, a toy manufacturer from the States, is currently producing a range of collectibles based upon the most successful of Valve’s franchises. The main attractions of the range include a handful of Team...

12 Feb, 2012

You remember all those hack attacks? The big ones from 2011, the first being Sony, and then Nintendo, and finally Steam? According to the latest statement from Valve co-founder Gabe Newell, the online miscreants may have obtained a backup copy of all Steam transactions from 2004 to 2008. No, it’s nothing recent, but it’s certainly a cause for...

10 Feb, 2012

Alright so war might be an overstatement, but there’s a legal challenge occurring over the trademark rights to DOTA. Valve are attempting to trademark the brand, personally I’ve no idea where they got the balls to do that, and Blizzard are opposing them. Their argument being that for seven years DOTA has been used by Blizzard and Blizzard fans and...

27 Jan, 2012

In the quest to improve customer accessibility and grow with the times, online distribution service Steam is now headed to an iPhone or Android phone near you. Valve, the minds behind Steam, have allowed access to the Beta program of the application, which is available on the relevant marketplaces as we speak. The app allows users to browse the comprehensive...