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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

This Valve engineer built a machine that makes perfect cookies

Ben Krasnow is no stranger to hacking. The Valve engineer has created X-rays with a vacuum tube, once built a hybrid… Read More

Coming to Valve’s Steam OS: Streaming TV and music

Valve is aiming to to add streaming media services to its Steam OS, including music and television content, according to tweets… Read More

Valve boss Gabe Newell appears on Reddit to talk about … cars

Gabe Newell is on Reddit today and he’s got pictures to prove it. Hours after speaking at the company’s Steam… 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 Machine prototypes would cost $1300 off the shelf

One of iFixit’s staff members was among the lucky few to get one of Valve’s Steam Machine prototypes, so, of… Read More

Here’s what Valve’s Steam Machine prototype looks like

The 300 lucky few chosen to receive Valve’s Steam Machine prototype found the device on their doorstep this past Friday.… 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

Valve to launch Steam Machine prototypes and first run of its Steam OS this week

Bellevue-based gaming company Valve announced today that the 300 lucky testers for its prototype Steam Machine gaming console have already… Read More

Valve joins Linux Foundation, continuing its shift away from Windows

The Linux Foundation announced today that Valve has joined its ranks as a member, as the Bellevue-based game company continues… 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

Oculus CEO: Gamers will be ‘blown away’ by Rift virtual reality, with help from Valve

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – A partnership with one of the Seattle region’s major players in gaming will be a key… Read More

Ex-Valve employees are obliterating Kickstarter goal for 3D-projection glasses

It seems people like the idea of strapping on $189 glasses that can project interactive 3D images right in front… Read More

Ex-Valve employees raising $400K on Kickstarter for augmented reality, 3D-projection glasses

Maybe Valve should have kept these two around. Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson today launched a Kickstarter to raise $400,000 for their… 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

Portal 2’s P-Body character now available on iPad animation app Toon Hero

Thanks to a new partnership with Bellevue-based game maker Valve, the Toon Hero animation app now allows users to tell… Read More

Week in Review: Kindle Fire HDX, Ballmer’s goodbye, and Control-Alt-Delete revisited

Need to catch up at the end of the week? Here’s a roundup of highlights from GeekWire this week. Steve… 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

Advice from Valve’s Gabe Newell: Success in gaming doesn’t need to run through publishers or platforms

Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell has advice for young-ins wanting to break into the game industry: Start creating… Read More

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell: ‘Linux is the future of gaming’

It’s no secret that Valve co-founder Gabe Newell loves Linux, once calling it a get-out-of-jail free pass for the gaming… Read More