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Valve reveals Steam’s monthly active user count and game sales by region

The world’s most powerful PC game distribution platform continues to expand its reach and grow its user base. Video-game giant… Read More

Founder of Valve’s Steam platform just raised $1.25M for new startup Sharkbite Games

Rick Ellis has his fingerprints all over modern gaming. His chief claim to gaming fame is his role as founder… Read More

The best Black Friday deals: Gear, gadgets, games and much more

Shoppers still stuffed with turkey and all the trimmings can start stuffing stockings with electronics ranging from laptops to televisions… Read More

App of the Week: You Must Build A Boat, and fight some monsters, in this RPG match-3 game

I’ve never actually played Candy Crush, but I’ve gained a basic understanding of what makes it so popular by watching… Read More

Valve fixes glitch that exposed Steam account information to other gamers

It was a scary Christmas Day for Steam, the popular gaming platform operated by Bellevue-based Valve. Users of the service… Read More

Valve offering modders a chance to make money off their creations, starting with Skyrim

Valve Software has opened up a program that allows people to make money off items created through its Steam Workshop… Read More

People have earned more than $57M making items for Valve games

In the future, “video game haberdasher” may be the sort of job kids can aspire to. Fans of Valve games… Read More

Xbox One will stream games to Windows 10

Gamers who want to stay connected to their Xbox One at home when they’re not on the couch will have… Read More

Valve halts Steam auction promotion after users find exploits

Yesterday, Valve announced an interesting promotion that would allow users of its popular Steam gaming storefront to bid on copies… Read More

Valve takes shot at Amazon’s Twitch with streaming feature for Steam

Valve announced today that users of its Steam gaming platform will now be able to easily stream their game content… Read More

Valve gets personal with redesigned Steam game storefront

As Valve’s Steam storefront for video game content continues to grow, users are faced with an important question: how can… Read More

Steam’s Summer Sale is here: 5 tips for getting the most out of Valve’s gaming bonanza

Gamers, prepare to open your wallets wide. Summer is here, which means it’s time for Valve’s annual Steam Summer Sale, an… Read More

Alienware forges ahead with $549 game console, running Windows 8.1, after Valve’s Steam Machine delay

Alienware is forging ahead with plans for a Windows 8.1-based home gaming console, following delays to Valve Software’s Steam Machine… Read More

How one journalist scraped Valve’s gaming platform to estimate videogame sales

Information about videogames is hard to come by, but an enterprising journalist has come up with a creative way to… Read More

Game discounts: Steam will let developers launch their own sales, Valve confirms

When gamers talk about Valve’s Steam e-commerce platform, the conversation almost inevitably comes to sales. The company’s massive quarterly discount… Read More

Valve doesn’t track your browsing, or care about your porn, Gabe Newell says

Does Valve collect the browsing history of its users as part of its efforts to thwart cheating in games? No,… Read More

Valve’s Steam platform now has 75 million users

Today at its Steam Dev Days conference, Valve announced that its Steam video-game platform now has 75 million active accounts.… Read More

Valve gathers developers to discuss company’s future plans at Steam Dev Days

There’s certainly a lot going on right now for Valve, and today the Bellevue game company is meeting with developers… Read More

Full text: Valve’s Gabe Newell unveils Steam Machines, outlines hardware plans

LAS VEGAS — In a press event on the eve of the big CES tech show, Valve just made its… Read More

Steam, Origin and others taken down in latest attacks against gaming services

Valve’s Steam platform, Activision Blizzard’s Battle.net and EA’s Origin storefront were all brought down last night by Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks… Read More

Valve’s servers, Left 4 Dead? Steam goes down after Christmas game giveaway

Gamers hoping to use some of their Christmas money to pick up a new game or two in this year’s… Read More

Valve’s Steam OS is available for download now, if you dare

Steam OS, the operating system behind Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine consoles, is available for download by people interested in spending… Read More

Steam hits 7 million concurrent users for first time, up 16% from last year

While much of today’s video game buzz is focused on next generation machines like the Xbox One and Playstation 4,… Read More

Chart: Valve now has more users than Xbox Live, but PlayStation Network still rules

Xbox Live, watch out: It’s full Steam ahead for Valve. Bellevue-based Valve says its Steam video-game platform now has 65… Read More

Here’s what playing a game with Valve’s Steam Controller looks like

Valve raised some eyebrows in the gaming world when it announced the new Steam Controller for its upcoming Steam Machine… Read More

Valve’s new Steam controller replaces joysticks with trackpads

Valve this week already announced a new operating system and plans for console hardware. Today, the Bellevue game company unveiled… Read More

Here’s how to become one of 300 beta testers for Valve’s gaming console prototype

Valve today announced plans for “Steam Machines,” which will be hardware made by multiple companies all running SteamOS and designed to let… Read More

Valve partnering with hardware companies to deliver ‘Steam Machines’

Valve just made the second of three scheduled announcements for its plan to bring PC gaming into the living room and said… Read More

Valve unveils Linux-based living room operating system SteamOS

Valve made the first of three scheduled announcements today, unveiling a free Steam operating system designed for living rooms and based… Read More

Valve to announce plans for Steam in the living room next week

Valve is ready to make some big announcements next week regarding its plans to bring the Steam platform to living… Read More