25 years ago today, a small developer named Valve Software released its debut game, Half-Life. The first-person shooter turned out to be a milestone point in the PC gaming industry.
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Valve boss Gabe Newell has stated in an interview that he considers the PC platform's openness as its "superpower". This also clarifies why his company took this path with the upcoming Steam Deck.
Valve has confirmed that the Steam Deck's storage options are upgradeable as they come with a 2230 M.2 slot. However, the company, it seems, doesn't want end users to upgrade the storage.
Valve CEO and co-founder Gabe Newell has confirmed that multiple projects are currently in development at the studio that are awaiting announcements. These may be standard or VR games.
Gabe Newell has revealed that Valve is working on several new games, in addition to the upcoming trading card game. Valve has also been jealous of Nintendo's software and hardware prowess.
Elon Musk is leaving OpenAI to avoid a potential conflict of interest, with artificial intelligence becoming a crucial component of Tesla cars. Gabe Newell and others have been welcomed as donors.
Although it doesn't confirm the mythical third installment in the series, the latest update to the game fixed numerous crashes and bugs and might contain a hidden message for fans of the series.
From lambda icons in unexpected places, to wearing Half-Life 3 T-shirts at gaming conventions, it seems that some Valve staff enjoy fuelling speculation surrounding the much-rumored game.
Valve has announced that it is currently working on three VR titles, which aren't demos or smaller projects but "full games". Fans may be disappointed to know that no mention of Half-Life 3 was made.
It's that time of the year when wallets need to be kept close and flash sales could happen at any minute. Yes, it's Steam's summer sale, which kicked off last night and runs until the 21st.
Valve is now allowing developers to ban players from their Steam games if they cheat or misbehave within a game. It's difficult to predict what kind of impact this will have on the service.
Controversial mass murdering game 'Hatred' is now finally available for digital pre-order. Was all the hype surrounding the game actually worth it? We'll soon find out.
Controversial mass murdering game, 'Hatred' was removed from Steam Greenlight yesterday which sparked a lot of discussion. The game has now returned to Greenlight thanks to Gabe Newell.
Valve co-founder and former Microsoft employee Gabe Newell recently gave an interview saying he learned more in three months at Microsoft than he did his entire time pursuing a degree at Harvard.
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell hinted to the the attendees of a Linux conference that the company will be making some announcements surrounding their Steam Box hardware device next week.
The 64-bit version of Windows 8 is now officially the second most used OS for Valve's Steam service, even though Valve founder Gabe Newell called the OS a ''catastrophe' a year ago.
Valve founder Gabe Newell said today some of its customers will get their hands on prototypes for its Steam Box gaming PC hardware "in the next three or four months" which would be a summer time frame
Valve's founder Gabe Newell thinks Apple will be a big competitor for its Steam Box plans but the truth is that it will still be Microsoft that will be Valve's largest threat.
Valve founder Gabe Newell says that the Half-Life developer is indeed working on their next gaming engine, confirming earlier rumors spurred by references to 'Source 2' in their code.
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has fired another salvo at Windows 8, saying he won't certify "Minecraft" for the platform and hopes consumers won't adopt the new operating system.
EA would love to own Valve; who'd thunk it? A new report says that EA has been pursuing the company for years, but co-founder Gabe Newell says Valve is more likely to 'disintegrate' than be acquired.
Valve founder Gabe Newell expands on his rather extreme views on Windows 8, claiming that, while he hopes he is wrong, he feels that Windows 8 will make people who use it "rage quit computing".
Even though Valve's Gabe Newell has been critical of Windows 8, it hasn't appeared to hamper the developer's relationship with Microsoft, as all of its Xbox 360 games but one are on Games on Demand.
Gabe Newell, managing director of Valve Software, recently made critical claims about Windows 8 being a "catastrophe" for computer companies. Does the Valve head honcho have a point?
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell minced no words this week during a speech about his views on Windows 8, calling the OS "a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space."
Company founder and CEO Gabe Newell responded to a fan's question of what the company would be showing at E3, denying that Half-Life 3 or any other new game would be announced.
An unconfirmed report claims that Apple CEO Tim Cook made a visit to Valve's offices in Bellevue, Washington this week, generating lots of speculation about a possible Apple-Valve team up.
Valve is arguably the most influential company in the PC gaming industry and it could, if current rumors are correct, even topple Microsoft's current leadership in the game console space.
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