Steam To Offer Mobile Games Download Service

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the beta release of the Steam application for iOS and Android devices. With the Steam app, gamers around the world may chat with Steam friends, browse community groups and user profiles, view screenshots and user-generated content for their favorite games, read the latest gaming news, stay up to date on unbeatable Steam sales, and more. "The Steam app comes from many direct requests from our customers," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of … Continue reading Steam To Offer Mobile Games Download Service

Create Your Own Portal Levels Soon

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the second game add-on for the year’s highest rated multiplatform game, Portal 2, is in development and targeted for release early next year. This major update will feature an easy-to-use in-game map editor that will let users design, build and share their own single-player and co-op test chambers with the community, who will be able to view, play and vote on them with a simple click. Portal 2 was released April 19, and currently … Continue reading Create Your Own Portal Levels Soon

Free Portal 2 DLC Release Date Set

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the free DLC update for its bestselling game franchise Portal 2 will be rolled out across all regions on Steam, Xbox LIVE and PSN starting October 4th. The free DLC, titled "Portal 2: Peer Review", is available to all owners of Portal 2 for download on PS3 and Xbox 360, and will be automatically downloaded via Steam on PC and Mac. In "Peer Review", you and a friend will continue the story of loyal bots P-Body and Atlas as … Continue reading Free Portal 2 DLC Release Date Set

Valve Announces Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO). Targeted for release via Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and Steam (for PC and Mac) in early 2012, CS: GO will expand upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched exactly 12 years ago (CS beta 1, August 1999). CS: GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.). In addition, CS: GO will introduce … Continue reading Valve Announces Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Avadon: The Black Fortress Coming To Steam

On August 17, 2011, Spiderweb Software (http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com) will bring Avadon: The Black Fortress to Steam at a new low price of 9.99! We celebrate our first partnership with the Steam platform and hope to bring as many newcomers to Spiderweb’s 16th full length RPG as possible. As an additional incentive the game will have a 10% discount during the and launch week! Five great nations have banded together to form The Pact. The Pact is defended by Avadon, a secretive sect of spies and assassins. Its agents are everywhere, and its word is law. You have been recruited as a … Continue reading Avadon: The Black Fortress Coming To Steam

Free for All!

Billy spends his Weekly Time Waster on the newly free-to-play Team Fortress 2 this week. Is it worth wasting your workday on? Hell, what ELSE are you going to do at work? WORK? That’s crazy talk, there.

Team Fortress 2 Is Free To Play

Valve, creators of bestselling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), announced today that after four years and over 200 updates, its popular and critically-acclaimed online action game Team Fortress 2 (TF2) is now Free To Play (F2P). The F2P announcement comes as part of the "Über Update". Released today, it is the largest content pack delivered to TF2 since it shipped in 2007. New players interested in experiencing what PC Gamer calls "the most fun you can have online" will have access to training and offline practice … Continue reading Team Fortress 2 Is Free To Play

Portal 2 Music Video Contest Announced

Valve, creator of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source) and popular recording artist The National, today announced a music video making contest based on The National’s song "Exile Vilify" which is featured in Valve’s best-selling game, Portal 2. Starting today and running until midnight July 15th, the contest asks the community to make a music video for the song "Exile Vilify" using whatever visuals they choose. Once aspiring video directors have completed their work, they may submit their videos on YouTube using the tag PORTAL2NATIONALEXILE. After … Continue reading Portal 2 Music Video Contest Announced

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Coming to Steam

DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION is making a triumphant return to its franchise PC roots, with digital availability on Steam, the leading online platform for PC games and digital entertainment, as well as in boxed copy form at retailers worldwide at launch in August 2011. Eidos-Montreal has chosen this agreement with Steam because of its esteemed capability for an enhanced experience for the PC gamer, with boosted functionality and easy accessibility. DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION will support a host of Steamworks features such as auto-updating, Steam Achievements and Steam Cloud support. Available in the standard version and the robust Augmented Edition … Continue reading Deus Ex: Human Revolution Coming to Steam