News flash everyone. Valve announced today that it will be re-designing its Steam controller. The Steam controller will no longer support a touch-screen. Instead, Valve will implement a a traditional D-Pad alongside four buttons. Wondering what this new controller will look like? Well, below you can find a picture from a presentation during Valve’s Steam Dev Days that is currently underway. Keep in mind that this is a picture from a prototype WIP model, so the final version may be completely different from what we’re witnessing. What’s your opinion on this new controller? Kudos to Leszek Godlewski for sharing the slide.
Great news everyone as Valve is now giving away Left 4 Dead 2 for free. Yeap, you read that right. Everyone can go ahead and download for free Left 4 Dead 2. Of course that is if you can get in Steam’s Store which seems to be down at the moment. This offer last until 10AM PST / 6:00PM GMT, so you still have plenty of time.
Well, it appears that Steam is going to have all your money these coming two weeks as Valve has launched its Winter 2013 Sale event. According to Valve, we’ll have new deals each and every day, and more than 2000 games will go on sale. So, today PC gamers can find Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition, Dishonored and Bioshock: Infinite with a 75% discount, while Batman: Arkham Origins and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance come with a 50% and a 33% discount, respectively. Continue reading Steam’s Winter ‘Holiday’ 2013 Sale Launched→
Great news everyone as Valve’s SteamOS has just been released. The client is 960MB in size and can be downloaded from here (torrent link here). According to Valve, SteamOS is a fork (derivative) of Debian GNU/Linux. The first version (SteamOS 1.0) is called ‘alchemist’ and it is based on the Debian ‘wheezy’ (stable 7.1) distribution. Continue reading SteamOS Has Just Been Released→
Black Mesa is considered one of the best mods ever released on the PC. Although the mod has not been completed yet, Valve has made an offer to the development team that could not be refused. Therefore, a paid version of Black Mesa will be coming to Steam. This new version will be powered by a new game engine and will be hitting Steam really soon. Continue reading Black Mesa Coming To Retail, Will Be Powered By A New Game Engine→
Sweet Mary of Jesus. Valve has released a new update for DOTA 2 that comes with one hell of changes, fixes and tweaks. This is perhaps the biggest update we’ve seen for DOTA 2 and since it changes almost every aspect of the game’s stats, we’re pretty sure that some players will get slightly annoyed by some of the changes. As always, the update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client, and you can view its huge changelog below. Take a deep breath and heeeeeere weeeeee goooooo. Continue reading DOTA 2 Gets A Massive Update→
Machinima has shared a new fan short film, based on Valve’s classic FPS title. As its description reads, this is intended to celebrate the game franchise and is in no way affiliated with Half-Life and Valve official works. The film focuses on the game’s iconic weapon, the crowbar. When an experiment goes wrong, it unleashes a catastrophic event on the Black Mesa Research Facility, and blah blah blah. It’s Half Life, you already know what happens, so go ahead and enjoy the film! Continue reading Half-Life: Raise the Bar Is A Great Fan-Made Fan Film Based On Valve’s Classic FPS→
Valve has released a new video that gives us a quick look at some games being played with the prototype version of the Steam Controller. The Controller showcased here is the same version with the one that Valve will be shipping to 300 Steam users later this year. The team has promised to release more demonstrations with other games soon, so stay tuned for more. The Steam Controller seems way better than other controllers and surprisingly enough, even strategy games seem playable with it. Yes, even this controller cannot come close to the keyboard+mouse combo, however it seems like the best alternative we’ve seen thus far. Enjoy! Continue reading Valve Demonstrates The Steam Controller→
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