Articles about Valve – Page 5 of 6

Valve helps teens prepare for the game industry with new Pipeline experiment

There are lots of high school students interested in working within the video game industry some day, but may not… Read More

Steam Store goes down after gamers flock Valve’s annual Summer Sale

Good news for gamers looking to save cash on their next purchase: Valve’s Steam Summer Sale kicks off today. Bad… Read More

Why Valve’s company structure ‘felt a lot like high school’ to this ex-employee

Valve is well-known for its counterintuitive corporate culture, one in which bosses don’t exist and employees are encouraged to take big risks… Read More

Valve experimenting with gameplay that changes depending on perspiration

Imagine yourself playing a first-person shooter. As the gameplay gets intense, your heart starts racing. The game detects your pulse… Read More

Game of the Year? Vote here in the GeekWire Awards

The Seattle region may be known for operating systems, airplanes and coffee, but video games play a huge role in… Read More

VIDEO: What makes Seattle such an awesome gaming city

The list of game development companies in the Seattle area, from Valve to PopCap to 343, is certainly impressive. And… Read More

‘Dear Valve, Hire Me’: What happened to the woman who wrote that song

Do you remember Erin Michael Vondrak? She really, really wanted to work at Valve. So much, in fact, that she… Read More

Gabe Newell: Valve saw business spike 50% in 2012 thanks to ‘open platforms’

Business is booming at Valve. The Bellevue-based gaming company is thriving, according to CEO Gabe Newell, who said that Valve… Read More

Xi3 responds after Valve tries to distance itself from Piston gaming console

Two months ago at the Consumer Electronics Show, a new partnership between hardware manufacturer Xi3 and Valve seemed bright and happy. The two… Read More

Valve CEO Gabe Newell: Steam Box controller may measure your heart rate

Imagine playing an intense horror game and having your gaming experience change depending on how quickly your heart is beating.… Read More

Xbox chief: Main rivals are Nintendo, Sony, Apple and Google … but not Valve

The competitive landscape for Microsoft’s Xbox console is expanding to include Apple and Google, but the company’s top game and… Read More

‘Portal’ sitcom: Machinima hosting web series based on Valve’s classic game

Portal fans rejoice: Online video network Machinima is hosting a ‘Portal’-themed live action web series set to debut later this… Read More

Valve founder Gabe Newell on Linux; geeky maps; and other top posts of the month

Well, GeekWire readers really must have a burning desire to study cartography. Maps were the hot topic on GeekWire during… Read More

Valve’s Gabe Newell to receive British gaming award for “exceptional contribution”

Gabe Newell is already well-known as a video game legend, and now he’s being honored across the pond. The Valve… Read More

Valve launches Steam for Linux with big sale

After nearly two months in beta mode, Valve has released Steam for Linux. You can get the Steam client from the… Read More

Report: Valve letting go of several employees as part of “great cleansing”

Valve hardware engineer Jeri Ellsworth made news this week when she tweeted that she had been fired, and now it looks like… Read More

Valve hires Xbox 360 controller veteran for hardware push

It’s not uncommon for video game company Valve to hire Microsoft veterans. Co-founder Gabe Newell himself came from Microsoft. But… Read More

Watch J.J. Abrams and Gabe Newell talk about making games and movies together

We wrote last week about director J.J. Abrams and Valve co-founder Gabe Newell giving the keynote at the DICE 2013 Summit and… Read More

Check out Gabe Newell’s insane knife collection

Apparently, Gabe Newell likes to collect knives. Sam Hulick, an award-winning composer for video games, Tweeted out this photo a few days… Read More

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell: Linux is a “get-out-of-jail free pass for our industry”

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell just gave a 30-minute keynote at the DICE 2013 Summit in Las Vegas. He didn’t make any… Read More

Gabe Newell, J.J. Abrams discussing plans for ‘Half-Life’ and ‘Portal’ movie

Get excited, people: Gabe Newell and J.J. Abrams have plans to work together both on a movie and game. The… Read More

Valve invests in hardware maker Xi3, partners on ‘Steam Box’

We wrote yesterday that Valve’s “Steam Box,” a PC designed to connect to your TV and take advantage of the Steam’s Big… Read More

Valve unveiling Steam Box this year, will run on Linux

It looks like the Steam Box is coming and will run on Linux. German IT site Golem is reporting that… Read More

Valve opens Steam for Linux beta to everyone

After opening the doors to a limited beta of Steam for Linux to just 1,000 people last month, Valve is now… Read More

Valve acquires two-man, San Fran-based Star Filled Studios

Bellevue-based Valve has acquired Star Filled Studios, a two-man development team founded by ex-PopCap and Blizzard employees Jeff Gates and… Read More

Gabe Newell: Valve to build a gaming PC for the living room

While most of the next-generation console talk is about the future of PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo products, there could be… Read More

Steam’s Big Picture out of beta and into your living room

After nearly three months in beta mode, Steam is making its free “Big Picture” mode available to public, giving PC gamers a new… Read More

Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Gabe: Valve founder inducted to Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

The Hall of Fame. Whether it’s baseball, cars or rock-n-roll, the Hall is synonymous as a place for the people who… Read More

Valve’s Gabe Newell: Three beta controllers, new game engine in the works

Here’s one way to get Gabe Newell talking about Valve’s latest creations: Go wish him happy birthday. That’s what a… Read More

A Steve Jobs flash mob; iPad fans react to Windows 8; and October’s other top posts

Whoa, what a month. Was it us, or did the technology industry simply explode with activity in October? Every day… Read More