Steam Workshop has, for a long time, been a great way for the community to add fun content to some of their favourite games, be it stages, accessories, skins, characters or whatever the twisted human mind can conjure up. A new ruling has be...

A few days ago, information about the upcoming DLC fighters for Street Fighter V was leaked out to the public. Originally meant for a reveal at this weekend's EVO tournament, Valve mistakenly put the trailer up early which then prompted Cap...

If you haven't read up on the Auto Chess phenomenon yet, I'll wait. Ready? Okay! So you're now aware that DOTA Underlords is Valve's official take on Auto Chess, which is based off of a mod in DOTA 2, which itself is a sequel to a game...

Retro enthusiasts that love emulating the classics will often tell you that RetroArch is an essential tool. Acting as a core for which you can plug-in various different emulators, RetroArch has made splashes for being a very convenient way ...

Steam is full of games. Full of 'em! On any given week more games can launch on Steam than any other platform, and Valve stepped in with a method to curate them better through an experimental feature. So experimental in fact, that it's call...

The Dota Auto Chess mod kicked off at the beginning of 2019, and started a trend in the process. After reaching an apex of eight million players over a scant few months, the "auto-battler" genre was born, and man did publishers ru...

The Valve Index, the newest VR headset on the block, is shipping this week. It's basically an upgrade on the existing HTC Vive/Vive Pro concept, meant to work in tandem with SteamVR with new "knuckle" controllers. Naturally those looking to...

Are you ready for another VR headset to hit the market? Kinda? Too bad! Valve thinks so, and I've been putting the Index headset through its paces for the past month. My verdict? It's mostly a win for Valve, even if it isn't a massive shift...

I think it has been roughly 4,000 years since Black Mesa, the fan-made Source engine remake of Half-Life, released and it still isn't quite finished. We're getting closer, though, and the game's latest beta gives us a taste of the finale. A...

So DOTA Auto Chess is really taking over the PC arena. It got so big that Valve actually stepped in and spoke to developer Dragon Nest about it, and allowed them to make their own game without DOTA characters with their blessing. ...

VR is such a hard sell. Beyond the sticker shock, it's difficult to demonstrate, and a lot of folks just want to pop into a stress-free experience every so often without the need to power multiple pieces of equipment on: it's why mobile gam...

While the tech and nuances may change, Dota 2 is pretty much the same MOBA concept that was crafted eons ago and kicked the whole genre off. Naturally over time fanatics are going to search for new ways to play and spinoff potential, which ...

Apple has finally approved Valve's Steam Link app for iOS, allowing users the ability to stream the PC gaming platform to devices such as the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.It's been a long process for Valve to get their app up and running on th...

It's a tale nearly 10 years old at this point: Valve's fans are a constantly dejected lot, never really willing to get their hopes too high anymore. Why would they? Valve has shown no inclination to make Half-Life 3, Portal 3, or Left 4 De...

Steam user "amusedsilentdragonfly," you are now a legendary statistic. As found by the service Steam ID Finder, Valve's platform has now hit one billion users. The discovery was made this week but actually happened on April 28, as the ...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's battle royale mode (which was added late last year) has received a new update that brings it closer to Apex Legends. In addition to featuring respawns, a new pinging system will allow players to point out ...

The dawn of cheap VR is not upon us just yet, but the "next generation" of VR is about to begin. Valve has just announced the Index, which will be available for pre-order tomorrow for a July ship date. Just how much will that pre-order go f...

Half-Life 2 rides again. The 2004 game that will never die (and hosts sequel rumor talk every month) has gotten a considerable boost due to fan mods, and the Mobility Mod is no exception. Billed as a quicker take on Half-Life, it allows pla...

Earlier today, the European Commission posted a statement of objections directed at a handful of video game publishers for their practices of geo-blocking games on digital distribution platforms. Among those named, Valve is the most high pr...

Valve's card game Artifact has been spiraling out of control since its late November 2018 launch. In just several months it's gone from 60,000 plus concurrent players to less than 300: which, as you can imagine, is not acceptable for a...

It looks like Valve is getting into the VR business without HTC sooner than we thought. After partnering with the design conglomerate just several years ago, Valve is poised to enter the VR business in earnest with their own hardware: the "...

Negativity is king on YouTube, so it's always good to praise the positives when you can. Take for instance Binging with Babish. Babish got his start by recreating dishes seen in famous movies and TV shows by first trying to follow the reci...

Regardless of how well it was designed, I was always dubious of Valve's plans for Artifact. Given that it had 595 peak players in the last 24 hours, I'm not sure what the plan is in general going forward. After reaching a booming 60,740 all...

Do you remember when Valve launched the video section of Steam to host streaming films? Yeah, me either, but it has been around for a few years now with an ever-growing library of blockbuster releases. Instead of getting digital copies for ...

Fresh off its recently-ended Winter Sale, Valve is hopping right back into the festive game-selling and money-saving spirit. This time it's in celebration of the Pig. Steam's holding a Lunar New Year Sale, which will run for one week betwee...