Nvidia's Ampere GPUs continue to dominate Valve's monthly hardware survey, though Ada is slowly building in number By Nick Evanson published 4 December 23 news AMD and Intel might want to look away, though, as it's not a great read for them.
Court rules Gabe Newell must appear in person to testify in Steam anti-trust lawsuit By Andy Chalk published 24 November 23 news Newell had requested a remote deposition in the Wolfire v. Valve case because of concerns about contracting Covid-19.
Valve 'accidentally' leaks the earliest Left4Dead prototype, and it was a Counter-Strike mod all along By Rick Lane published 24 November 23 News Zomb has been planted.
Left 4 Dead could've had player classes—but the game's co-lead put his foot down: 'no, that is the wrong way to go' By Harvey Randall published 24 November 23 News "I don’t know how many times where I was told to make [Left 4 Dead] more like Alien Swarm."
25 years later, this Half-Life scientist finally bites it as Gabe intended By Rick Lane published 24 November 23 News "We wanted to fix this for the 25th Anniversary update but other stuff took priority".
The reason we got Left 4 Dead 2 as a standalone game was because the first one 'was such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it' By Joshua Wolens published 22 November 23 News The first Left 4 Dead was more delicate than it first appeared.
Left 4 Dead's first internal playtest was so disastrous, Gabe Newell asked its lead: 'Why don't I just play Counter-Strike instead?' then 'made me watch him play it' By Harvey Randall published 22 November 23 News The game was originally built around four vs. four PvP, but it was "a mess."
The Steam Autumn Sale 2023 is live By Andy Chalk published 21 November 23 news The big seasonal blowout is upon us, and it's also time to start nominating games for the 2023 Steam Awards.
'Today is the end of Steam': Argentina and Turkey floored by new Steam price hikes as high as 2900% By Joshua Wolens published 21 November 23 News Steam's new pricing policy for Latin America and the MENA region came in yesterday.
Half-Life's 25th anniversary celebrations have caused a resonance cascade in its Steam player-count, surging to a new all-time high over the weekend By Rick Lane published 20 November 23 News Foreseen Consequences.
Gabe Newell on making Half-Life's crowbar fun: 'We were just running around like idiots smacking the wall' By Jody Macgregor published 19 November 23 News "It really goes back to that theory of fun."
Gabe Newell on why game delays are OK: 'Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.' By Andy Chalk published 17 November 23 news Half-Life was delayed a full year past its original release date, and Valve has no regrets.
Even if you're not getting a Steam Deck OLED, the new SteamOS update will make your display just a little bit prettier By Ted Litchfield published 17 November 23 news It's helping alleviate a little bit of that OLED envy.
Valve just made Half-Life free and put out a massive update with cut content and an hour-long 'making of' documentary By Andy Chalk published 17 November 23 news Happy birthday, Half-Life!
The Steam Deck OLED frenzy has begun but Valve's inventory is holding strong By Tyler Colp published 16 November 23 news Everything except the limited edition model will ship within a week.
Steam Deck has sold 'multiple millions' of units, Valve says By Andy Chalk published 10 November 23 news After missing with Steam Machines and the Steam Controller, Valve has a true hardware hit.
'The next thing we're working on moving forward is Steam Deck 2,' but Valve has yet to see silicon offering the leap it's looking for By Dave James published 10 November 23 News "That's not going to happen next year or the year after that. It's probably going to be more than that."
SteamOS will be coming to other handhelds before you can install it on your PC 'because right now, it's very, very tuned for Steam Deck' By Dave James published 10 November 23 News "Oh, man, it's very high on our list."
The Steam Deck's new clear plastic limited edition is giving me overpowering OLED envy, but I can't keep blowing money on these things By Ted Litchfield published 9 November 23 news It's only been a year since I got my first Deck, man.
Valve knows people will jam the shiny new OLED panel into old Steam Decks 'but it's probably not going to go well' By Dave James published 9 November 23 news It says Steam Deck OLED "parts are not swappable" with the original LCD version.
