Valve Latest news (10)

Christian Pieniazek, 17 September 2019, 21:42

The beta version of the new Steam Library, which we have heard about since March this year, is now available to all interested parties. Valve Software not only refreshed its appearance, but also added a number of new functionalities.

Bart Swiatek, 17 September 2019, 11:49

Developers at Larian Studios have published a funny video that shows the backstage to the creation of cross-save functionality in Nindo Switch port of Divinity: Original Sin II. Well... sort of.

Bart Swiatek, 13 September 2019, 13:35

Steam has received an update today that improves the game recommendation system. Changes made by developers should make it easier for players to find titles that are actually of interest to them.

Paul Wozniak, 05 September 2019, 23:22

A video appeared on the Internet, in which the author presents the source code of Half-Life VR, which he allegedly found in the game files of The Lab, a game released by Valve.

Barth Faryna, 05 September 2019, 15:40

Valve is preparing to introduce a beta version of the changed appearance of the Steam Library. New features were presented at last week's conference in Seattle and users will be able to try them out later this month.

Bart Swiatek, 26 August 2019, 11:55

Australian police have arrested six players suspected of fixing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive games. This is the first case of its kind in the history of this country.

Christian Pieniazek, 21 August 2019, 18:52

Perfect World, a company cooperating with Valve, shared the first details about the official Chinese version of the Steam platform. Soon the players from China will be „almost completely independent” from the rest of the world.

Barth Faryna, 21 August 2019, 14:34

Steam's approach to erotic content has changed significantly in recent years. Currently we can find there many titles for adult players, some of which are even at the top of the July list.

Paul Wozniak, 07 August 2019, 17:45

Valve decided to crack down on the abuse of Steam release date changes, which caused the games of some devs appear in the „Upcoming” tab for long periods of time. From now on, in order to change the release date, you will need to contact Valve directly and give a specific reason.

Bart Swiatek, 01 August 2019, 14:13

There have been a few annoying bugs in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in recent days that make it difficult or even impossible to have fun. The cause of the problems is most likely a failure of the matchmaking system. The developers from Valve haven't responded to the case yet.

Barth Faryna, 01 August 2019, 13:00

Interactive game recommendations on Steam turned out to be a great success and resulted in a very positive response from the community. Valve follows through and introduces new features that will allow players to search for new titles in more detail.

Paul Wozniak, 27 July 2019, 23:35

A bug appeared with the latest update for Team Fortress 2, which changed the drop rates of unusual items in some of crates from less than 1% to 100%. A flood of extremely rare skins has led to a market collapse.

Adrian Werner, 14 July 2019, 18:44

Valve released the so-called Proto Pass for Dota Underlords, a prototype battle pass, which was given to everyone taking part in the open tests of the game.

Adrian Werner, 12 July 2019, 14:13

Valve has released Steam Labs, thanks to which we can test, among others, the system of automatic game recommendation, based on the analysis of our preferences.

Bart Swiatek, 05 July 2019, 12:37

In a conversation with Eurogamer, the creators of the card game Artifact told us about the challenges and problems they encountered while working on the title. Lead designer Richard Garfield, known for his creation of Magic: The Gathering, believes that Valve's production can still be saved.

Agnes Adamus, 03 July 2019, 17:46

Steam shared the results of the June hardware survey, which is based on data provided by the users of the platform. Thanks to this, once again we have the opportunity to see which components reign among the owners of personal computers.

Adrian Werner, 21 June 2019, 15:18

An open beta of Dota Underlords, a game from Valve Software based on the hit Dota Auto Chess mod, was launched.

Paul Wozniak, 14 June 2019, 15:19

In a week's time, players will have the opportunity to participate in the open beta of Valve's new Auto Chess based production - Dota Underlords. Dota 2 Battle Pass holders can take part in closed tests now.

Konrad Serafinski, 10 June 2019, 02:29

There are some photos on Steam Database Twitter showing possible new Steam interface. It is very possible that Valve's platform will soon undergo a gentle lifting, which will make it easier for users to use the application.

Paul Wozniak, 07 June 2019, 02:39

An anonymous entry of a former Valve employee appeared on the web. He mentions, among other things, the cancelled work on Left 4 Dead 3 and Half-Life 3. In addition, he also writes about the policy that has prevailed in the company for the last few years.

Yac, 22 May 2019, 22:14

Valve has announced that it is working on its own PC game based on the Dota Auto Chess mod. It will be independent of the mobile Auto Chess, which is being developed by the Chinese studio Drodo (the authors of the original mod).

Adrian Werner, 22 May 2019, 10:18

Valve has announced that it will not alter the average score for Assassin's Creed: Unity on Steam. Making the title available for free on Uplay and Ubisoft's donation to rebuild the Notre-Dame Cathedral contributed to flooding the site with positive reviews, of which most also praised the game itself.

Milosz Szubert, 21 May 2019, 16:02

Today we are writing about the recruitment for Insomniac Games, the World War Z devs' dream about creating a Half-Life 2 remake and the teaser of the new expansion to Arma 3. Welcome to your daily batch of short news from the world.

Adrian Werner, 19 May 2019, 20:29

This year, when you buy Battle Pass for Dota 2 (accompanying The International eSports event), you'll have access to a new feature that allows you to avoid players who don't like you when searching for games.

Jacob Blazewicz, 15 May 2019, 23:31

Valve has registered the name Dota Underlords as a trademark of a computer game. We do not know the details yet, but it seems that Gabe Newell and the company are preparing to announce a new game.

Jakub Mirowski, 01 May 2019, 20:12

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has received a new update that focuses on additional content for the Danger Zone mode, including the Sirocco map. In addition, the patch fixes a dangerous bug.

Conrad Hazi, 30 April 2019, 13:24

The number of user accounts on the Steam platform has exceeded one billion. Although it doesn't show that so many players use Steam, other statistics reveal that despite the pressure from the competition, Valve's platform is still doing pretty well.

Bart Swiatek, 25 April 2019, 16:18

Tim Sweeney – CEO of Epic Games – wrote on Twitter that his company is ready to give up acquiring exclusive titles, assuming Steam gives up 88% of sales revenue to the devs. The only condition being, that the solution would have to be implemented "without strings attached".

Konrad Serafinski, 20 April 2019, 21:02

Randy Pitchford continues to battle opponents of the Epic Games Store. The CEO of Gearbox Software thinks Steam could be a dying store in a decade and will be replaced by another digital distribution platform.

Agnes Adamus, 19 April 2019, 12:39

It's been almost 10 years since the release of Left 4 Dead 2. From time to time, minor rumors about the next part of the series by Valve surface on the web. This time, the leak was much bigger. Tyler McViker has published 29 screens on YouTube, all allegedly coming from the new installment.

Agnes Adamus, 09 April 2019, 00:41

Since its debut, the Epic Games Store has been making a lot of waves. Buying exclusive titles has caused many releases to miss Steam. A dispute arose between supporters and opponents of this practice, fueled by Richard Geldreich, a former Valve employee,

Christian Pieniazek, 05 April 2019, 11:50

When we think of Steam sales, both developers and publishers must take Valve's 30% revenue share into account. As it turns out, though, in fact, Gabe Newell's company gets, on average, only as much as 20% of a sold game copy's price.

Konrad Serafinski, 02 April 2019, 17:13

First information on the release date and hardware requirements of Valve Index, the new VR set from the owners of Steam, have surfaced on the web.

Konrad Serafinski, 31 March 2019, 22:14

Valve published a picture on Steam, presenting a VR device called Valve Index. This confirms earlier reports that the company is working on a new VR decide. More details coming this May.

Adrian Werner, 30 March 2019, 20:38

Valve has announced that it's stopped the planned development of Artifact. Instead, the developers focus on reworking the game.

Christian Pieniazek, 22 March 2019, 00:27

Among the highlights of Valve's panel during this years Game Developers Conference were the reworked layout of Steam library and developer events. The former can be examined up close, and some interesting details have been revealed concerning the latter.

Conrad Hazi, 18 March 2019, 17:04

Kotaku reports that Steam has been purged of over a hundred various material that approved of the Christchurch terrorist. Valve does not comment on the situation, but consequently removes all reported cases of rule abuse.

Michael Kulakowski, 17 March 2019, 00:45

Valve has answered the controversies related to Epic Games Store client, which allegedly downloads sensitive user data related to their Steam account.

Michael Kulakowski, 16 March 2019, 23:44

Valve announced that it will battle the occasional waves of negative reviews on Steam, so-called review bombing, issued for reasons completely unrelated to the game and aimed only at lowering the score of a specific title.

Conrad Hazi, 15 March 2019, 21:08

Valve decided to show how busy they are even before the GDC has started and revealed the Steam Link Anywhere service, enabling us to use Steam Link through the Internet, and shared the technology for free with all developers who might be interested.

Adrian Werner, 09 March 2019, 20:44

Artifact's situation is getting progressively worse. As it turns out, the title has lost its two lead gameplay designers, Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias.

Jacob Blazewicz, 08 March 2019, 22:47

Valve released new updates for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. One of them added an option to improve performance by reducing CPU memory usage.

Bart Swiatek, 08 March 2019, 16:19

Valve has laid off 13 full-time employees last month. Some third-party contracts were also cancelled. The reason for the layoffs remains unknown.

Agnes Adamus, 07 March 2019, 13:56

Valve took a lot of flak recently for allowing Rape Day, a controversial title that deals with violence against women, to be released on Steam. The company has decided to intervene and removed the game from Steam's offer.

Milosz Szubert, 06 March 2019, 13:17

Mike Rose, the founder of No More Robots, has noticed a peculiar unfair practice adopted by some developers on Steam. Here's the trick - a fake release date is being set, and changed, to keep the title on top of the recommended upcoming titles list.

Adrian Werner, 04 March 2019, 12:08

Artifact The Dota Card Game from Valve keeps losing players. In the last month, the game had as little as 700 simultaneous players and the number is constantly dwindling.

Jacob Blazewicz, 21 February 2019, 00:50

New rumors about a possible acquisition of Dota Auto Chess developers by Valve are surfacing on the web. According to VPESports, the company is considering to change the popular mod into a commercial one and take over its developer.

Frozen, 11 February 2019, 19:35

The number of Dota 2 community members have returned to its 2017 levels. What contributed to the current state of affairs it the Dota Auto Chess mod, developed by the Chinese team at Drodo Studio.

Jacob Blazewicz, 06 February 2019, 23:44

Valve continues to fight cheaters. In January, more than one million cheaters were banned with the VAC protection system. Most of them are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players.

Milosz Szubert, 05 February 2019, 14:12

Valve is preparing a special announcement gala for the results of Steam Awards 2018.