Tag Archives: Valve

Here is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s cancelled Dust 2 map remake in Source 2 Engine

Valve News Network has shared a video, giving us a glimpse at the cancelled Dust 2 map remake of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in the Source 2 Engine. While this remake was never officially announced, Valve News Network has a few different pieces of evidence that hint towards such a project. Continue reading Here is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s cancelled Dust 2 map remake in Source 2 Engine

Valve has acquired the developers of Firewatch, Campo Santo

Valve has announced that it has acquired the developers behind the single-player first-person ‘walking simulator’, Firewatch. The twelve people of Campo Santo will join Valve and will keep working on video-games. The team will continue supporting Firewatch and will keep working on its upcoming title, In the Valley of Gods. Continue reading Valve has acquired the developers of Firewatch, Campo Santo

SteamSpy goes down as Valve changes Steam’s privacy settings

SteamSpy was a wonderful tool that PC gamers could use in order to see whether a game was performing well on the PC platform. Truth be told, this tool wasn’t 100% accurate, however it was able to give a rough idea about a variety of Steam games. Unfortunately, SteamSpy won’t be able to operate anymore as Valve has made some changes to Steam’s privacy settings. Continue reading SteamSpy goes down as Valve changes Steam’s privacy settings

Here are 7 minutes of gameplay footage from Valve’s DOTA 2 card game, Artifact

Gamespot has shared a video, showing 7 minutes of gameplay footage from Valve’s upcoming DOTA 2-themed card game, Artifact. The gameplay of Artifact is to build a deck of collectable cards, obtained primarily via trading, in order to defeat an opponent in a 1v1 situation, and this video will give you an idea of what you can expect. Continue reading Here are 7 minutes of gameplay footage from Valve’s DOTA 2 card game, Artifact

Occult-Scrim mod will turn the original Half-Life into a top-down action shooter

Modder ‘defragen1’ is currently working on a new mod for the first Half-Life that will turn it into a top-down action shooter. This mod, called Occult-Scrim, is far from finished, however the modder has released a new video showcasing some of its features. Continue reading Occult-Scrim mod will turn the original Half-Life into a top-down action shooter

Gabe Newell says that Valve is back to making and shipping games

Valve held a presentation for its upcoming Dota 2-themed card game Artifact at its offices in Bellevue, in which Gabe Newell revealed that the company is back to making and shipping games. Yes, back will – once again – start developing games, though this does not mean that they’ll be working on Half-Life 3. Continue reading Gabe Newell says that Valve is back to making and shipping games

Steam February 2017 hardware survey shows AMD gaining a little ground, Intel & NVIDIA still dominant

Steam has revealed its February 2017 hardware survey. According to it, AMD has managed to gain a little ground, however, NVIDIA and Intel are still dominating the PC market on the GPU and CPU side, respectively. Continue reading Steam February 2017 hardware survey shows AMD gaining a little ground, Intel & NVIDIA still dominant

Gabe Newell responds to Microsoft’s rumoured plans to acquire Valve

Earlier this week, it was rumoured that Microsoft is interested in acquiring Electronic Arts or Valve. And while such a scenario seems unlikely, Gabe Newell responded to a fan who emailed him, asking whether the company was being bought by Microsoft. And… well… his answer will not shock you. Continue reading Gabe Newell responds to Microsoft’s rumoured plans to acquire Valve