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Valve’s biggest step into the living room so far is SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system made to be used on televisions. The new system will be free to download and install on any machine “soon” and will be compatible with hundreds of games at launch, Valve revealed on its product …

Prices for Piston–the first “Steam Box”–begin at $1,000, manufacturer Xi3 revealed today. The new device, which is intended to unite the comfort and ease of use of a console with the scope and upgradeability of a desktop computer, will ship in time for this year’s holiday season. Xi3 is extending …

Our sister publication Edge has named the winner of its first-ever developer awards, and–if you do much PC gaming–chances are it’s one of your favorites, too. Out of 50 studios ranked for both technical and creative merit demonstrated over recent years, Valve took the cake. “Valve is named our number …

With Valve’s new Steam Greenlight initiative, they’re attempting to democratize the process of getting a game approved for sale on Steam (a process that was previously opaque and notoriously difficult.) Many people stillaren’t happy (opens in new tab)with the service’s $100 fee, but despite the anger the service’s first titles …

The rumored collabortation between Valve’s Left 4 Dead team, and Payday: The Heist’s Overkill Software, didn’t turn out to be everything we hoped it would be, but it still ended up being pretty cool nonetheless. First the good news, the collaboration will involve a crossover of Left 4 Dead and …

If it exists, Valve’s rumoured Steam Box console could change gaming for the better as drastically as the PS1 did. But it could also just tank. I explained all of this at length in a recent feature called Valve’s Steam Box: Why it would change gaming as drastically as the …

The undated final-release build of DotA 2 looks poised to include dozens of items which players may be able to acquire through microtransactions, players have discovered. Through opening up and sifting through one of the game’s patch files, intrepid tinkerer Cyborg Matt (opens in new tab) (via PC Gamer (opens …

So Half-Life, Portal and Steam developer Valve is rumoured to be launching a console (opens in new tab). Sort of. The Steam Box is supposedly a high-end gaming PC in terms of hardware, dedicated only to running Steam and other third-party game delivery systems such as EA’s Origin. It’s supposedly …

Clothing company has teamed up with Valve to created the first officially licensed Portal socks. They’re based on the design of Aperture Science’s Long Fall Boots, the footgear that allows Portal’s protagonist, Chell, to plummet from great heights without taking damage. Unlike the in-game boots, the socks do not provide …

Valve has updated Team Fortress 2’s inventory to include five iconic items from Bethesda’s most notable properties including Fallout, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Brink, Rage and Quake. The items were added to TF2’s growing collection of silly hats and sponsored gear to commemorate the start ofQuakeCon 2011 (opens in new …