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HISTORICAL FACTS: Valve - The Untold Story

CS2 Prime: Matchmaking, weekly drops, and is it worth the price?

CS2 is free to play, but Prime status is where the full competitive experience begins. Here's what you get and whether it's actually worth buying.

Cache’s return to CS2 confirmed with Valve teaser video

Cache’s return to CS2 confirmed with Valve teaser video

Valve dropped the confirmation fans have been waiting years for

Larian keeps a framed reminder of Baldur's Gate 3 breaking Steam in its office, hopes Divinity will "absolutely demolish" Valve's storefront

Larian keeps a framed reminder of Baldur's Gate 3 breaking Steam in its office, hopes Divinity will "absolutely demolish" Valve's storefront

And that was at Early Access – the game would later go on to reach over 800,000 more players for its actual launch

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Quake 2 dev felt "breathless" when he saw how Valve was using id Software's engine, and it led to one of my favorite games of the '00s: "26 years later and I can still say 'Wow'"

All roads lead to Alice

Garry's Mod follow-up S&box will launch on Steam with "sustainable" payout for people using it to make games, as devs say with a wink: "We don't have to fire 1000 people to keep it working"

"We're not guided by commercial milestones"

CS2 Ranking Systems explained: Everything you need to know about Competitive, Premier, and FACEIT

CS2 has multiple ranking systems, and understanding each one can be confusing. This guide breaks down every rank, rating, and level in CS2.

Alice creator American McGee says he was inspired by a Valve demo he saw while working on Quake 2

McGee was fired from id Software in 1998, but it all worked out pretty well for him.

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Hideo Kojima went to Valve and like a master troll took a photo of himself with 3 Half-Life gravity guns

Hideo Kojima went to Valve and like a master troll took a photo of himself with 3 Half-Life gravity guns

Valve designer says "you should make a good game" if you want attention on Steam, there's no "secret thing you have to know"

Valve designer says "you should make a good game" if you want attention on Steam, there's no "secret thing you have to know"

Can't argue with that

Leak suggests solid pricing for Steam Machine, but even that might be too high to save it

Leak suggests solid pricing for Steam Machine, but even that might be too high to save it

A solid price, but not good enough.

Microsoft's Xbox 'Helix' chip is reportedly the basis of next-gen consoles made by Asus and MSI, but you won't be able to buy it separately

Microsoft's Xbox 'Helix' chip is reportedly the basis of next-gen consoles made by Asus and MSI, but you won't be able to buy it separately

Probably not the budget PC gaming saviour we've been hoping for.

Valve VRAM hack may improve gaming on 4GB GPUs — testing showed mixed results in select titles, with FPS almost tripling in certain games

Valve VRAM hack may improve gaming on 4GB GPUs — testing showed mixed results in select titles, with FPS almost tripling in certain games

Valve’s VRAM hack can boost performance on 4GB GPUs, with testing showing FPS gains of up to 3x in some titles, though results vary widely depending on the game and settings.

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Australia wants to know how Valve is combating 'extreme-right communities' on Steam

Australia wants to know how Valve is combating 'extreme-right communities' on Steam

If Valve doesn't comply with a new transparency notice it could face big fines.

Your next Xbox could come in Asus and MSI flavors, but Microsoft has confirmed an in-house Project Helix

Your next Xbox could come in Asus and MSI flavors, but Microsoft has confirmed an in-house Project Helix

Leaks suggest Asus and MSI versions of the next-gen Xbox could be a thing, but Microsoft has swiftly stepped in to confirm there will be a first-party console.

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Valve's Steam Controller launch looks imminent as hidden 'unboxing' video is spotted

Valve has remained tight-lipped on both the Steam Machine and Steam Controller, but a new discovery suggests we might see the latter launch soon.

We still have no word about the Steam Machine and Steam Frame, but a Steam Controller unboxing video has emerged that could point to Valve's new gamepad launching soon

A new SteamDB listing might hint that Valve is ready to give us more information about the new Steam Controller, and could even point towards an imminent launch

CS2 rolls out Animgraph 2 with new animation and gameplay changes

Expect smoother animation and more responsive movements.

Gamers obsess over Valve boss Gabe Newell telling critically ill Half-Life and Portal writer Erik Wolpaw to "get better" instead of resigning, but the full story is even better

Portal 2's development was especially wild

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"We need to adjust our pricing" - The cost of the Meta Quest 3 and 3S is rising by up to $100, and that plays right into Valve's hands if the Steam Frame ever launches

Meta is upping the price of its Quest 3 devices, and I think that plays right into Valve's hands while we wait for the official price and launch of Steam Frame.

This AMD-powered, Linux-running mini PC looks like a Steam Machine disguised as a vinyl record player, without the fancy controller

A mixing console?

Windrose surpasses Crimson Desert and Slay the Spire 2 as players are driven to stranger tides

That's a lot of pirates.

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I tested 5 PC games on the ASUS Zenbook A16 with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme: Is Windows on ARM improving?

ASUS and Qualcomm created a stellar Windows laptop in the Zenbook A16, but can it handle any PC gaming? I tested a few favorites to find out.

Enjoying Valve's famous paid "vacation in Hawaii," engineer jokes he's "in a dark room like a vampire" on Github anyway – a fitting use of Steam bucks

The all-expenses-paid trip is a famous Valve perk

This is not a drill: All-timer weirdo game Deadly Premonition now playable on Linux as of Valve's most recent Proton beta, plus 17 others and your EA library (until EA breaks it again)

Zach, did you hear that?

Valve's latest Proton 11 beta has been quietly released in an even more beta Arm64 flavour and you can thank the Steam Frame for that

Arming PC gamers with all the tools they need.

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