Tag: Valve

Half Life 3 “confirmed” in the most unusual of places

Readers of the automotive website Jalopnik got a pretty awesome deal last month. For a certain number of dollars they were able to support the 24-hour Nürburgring endurance car race that takes place in Germany. Pitching in naturally came with some benefits including the option of having your name written on the wing or roof of a ...

Categories: ARTICLES, FUN CORNER

Tags: Dota 2, Gabe Newell, Half Life 3, Half Life 3 confirmed, Jalopnik, Nurburgring, Portal 2, Release Date, Source 2 Engine, Steam, Valve

Valve giving Compendium owners gems after The International 4

Valve just released a new post entitled “It’s Happening” on Dota 2’s official blog. But what’s happening? The International 4 of course. The most important Dota 2 event of the year is just around the corner and it all begins next Tuesday, July 8th when the Playoffs kick in. To get us all just a little ...

Categories: NEWS, PC, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: Alliance, Cloud 9, Compendium, Dota 2, Fnatic, format, gem, Na'Vi, Playoffs, Prize Pool, reward, teams, The International 4, TI4, Valve

Team Fortress 2 Love and War update is now live

Valve has released the latest major update for their popular multiplayer FPS Team Fortress 2. Entitled Love and War, the new update comes with lots of changes and additions to the game. The 5 new weapons will certainly be of interest to players, but the 15 brand new taunts and 43 cosmetic items are not to ...

Categories: NEWS, PC, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: bug fixes, changes, cosmetic items, Love and War, map fixes, new taunts, new weapons, Patch notes, Team Fortress 2, Update, Valve

Heroes Rise duology are the first full text adventure games on Steam

The Heroes Rise games are the first ever text adventure games to be released on Steam according to developer Choice of Games. Although the platform has previously allowed visual novels and other text-based games to be sold on its store, the Heroes Rise series are the first text-only titles listed. The Heroes Rise games that ...

Categories: NEWS, PC

Tags: choice of games, heroes rise, interactive fiction, Steam, text adventure, Valve

SteamBoy lets you play Steam games on the go

SteamBoy is an upcoming handheld gaming console that lets you play most of the games available on Steam. The project was revealed at E3 2014 by the Steamboy Machine Team, a third party company not affiliated with Valve. The console itself looks like a hybrid between the PS Vita and the latest Steam Controller. The company ...

Categories: Mobile, NEWS, Tech

Tags: E3 2014, gaming console, handeld gaming, PS Vita, Specs, Steam, Steam Controller, Steam library, SteamBoy, Steamboy Machine, Valve

Latest Dota 2 patch adds new Compendium rewards

A few days ago Valve released the latest Dota 2 patch, which comes with the usual assortment of bugfixes and hero tweaks. The patch goes by the name of 6.81b and also adds some new Compendium rewards. A quick look at the official patch notes reveals that Daily Hero Challenge, Alternate Voice Vote, and Model Update ...

Categories: LTG Slider, NEWS, PC, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: Compendium, Compendium rewards, Dota 2, Dota 2 patch, hero tweaks, Immortal, Juggernaut, Lina, Mirana, Patch, patch 6.81b, Prize Pool, stretch goals, The International 4, TI4, Update, Valve

Dota 2: TI4 prize pool over $6 million, new stretch goals added

Valve announced today that several new stretch goals have been added to the Dota 2 Compendium. We reported a few days ago that the prize pool for TI4 was already over $5 million, well guess what? Now it’s over $6 million! The company issued the following statement as soon as the massive sum was reached: “It’s ...

Categories: LTG Slider, NEWS, PC, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: 6 million, Compendium, Dota 2, milestone, Prize Pool, stretch goals, The International, The International 2014, TI4, Valve

Dota 2: The International 4 prize pool has reached $5 million

The biggest Dota 2 event of the year has just reached a new milestone. As of this writing, the prize pool for The International 4 championship is already at over $5 million. Believe it or not the total prize money was $3 million just a few days ago. This incredible surge can be attributed to ...

Categories: LTG Slider, NEWS, PC, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: Compendium, Dota 2, Dota 2 Compendium, prize money, Prize Pool, Regional Qualifiers, The International 2014, The International 3, The International 4, TI4, Valve