News items tagged with valve

The 8 Biggest Video Game Comebacks Ever

While most games inevitably lose players and die off, some rebound and recapture strong player bases and interest. Here’s Game Rant’s 8 biggest video game comebacks.

By Boston Blake on 20 July 2017

HTC Announces Vive Headset Payment Plan

Those gamers hesitating over the $799 price tag of the HTC Vive will now have some other options rather than a one-off payment for th...

By Rob Gordon on 27 February 2017

LG Announces VR Partnership with Valve

LG has announced it is partnering with Valve to create a high-fidelity VR headset for gaming. According to the announcement, the head...

By Boston Blake on 27 February 2017

'Childish' Valve Devs Are Taunting Fans About Half-Life

Speaking to a roundtable of reporters, Gabe Newell reveals that some of his ‘childish’ employees at Valve enjoy teasing fans about the possibility of Half-Life 3. Fans have been waiting for...

By Dalton Cooper on 15 February 2017

Valve Draws Criticism for Steam Direct Program

Gamers and indie developers have taken to social media to express their anger and disbelief at Valve’s proposed new Steam Direct process of vetting games. It hasn’t taken long for oppositio...

By Fergus O'Sullivan on 12 February 2017

Valve Is Retiring Steam Greenlight

Valve announces that Steam will be dropping the Greenlight user-vetted game submission process in favor of Steam Direct, which forces developers to pay a fee instead. Steam is the de facto...

By John Jacques on 12 February 2017

Valve CEO Gabe Newell Answers Questions on Reddit

Valve president and co-founder Gabe Newell opens up about the studio’s future projects after being grilled by fans in a Reddit AMA. From the outside looking in, it’s sometimes easy to forge...

By Brad Jones on 18 January 2017

Gabe Newell: New IP in Half-Life Universe is Possible

Responding to a question during his Reddit AMA, Valve president Gabe Newell confirms that he is open to developing a new IP set in the Half-Life universe. There are running jokes in the vid...

By Cody Gravelle on 18 January 2017

Gabe Newell Has A Larger Net Worth than Donald Trump

Forbes posts its updated list of the world’s richest billionaires, revealing the net worth of Gabe Newell, who is worth more than Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump. Despite moving away from tr...

By Dalton Cooper on 18 January 2017

Gabe Newell Is Hosting a Reddit AMA Tomorrow

Reddit officially confirms that Gabe Newell, the president and co-founder of the video game development and digital distribution company, Valve, hosts an AMA on the site tomorrow. Those gam...

By Kyle Sledge on 16 January 2017

Half-Life 3 Could Have Been an RTS, Says Insider Source

During a recent podcast, Andrew Reiner reveals that he spoke to a Valve employee who confirmed that Valve toyed with the idea of Half-Life 3 being an RTS game. No game has ever seen as much...

By John Jacques on 11 January 2017

Report: Half-Life 3 May Never Release

An anonymous insider source at Valve discusses the elusive Half-Life 3, indicating that the game has never been far in development, and likely won’t ever release. It’s been a decade since H...

By Dalton Cooper on 09 January 2017

Controller Support Coming to All Steam Games

The latest Steam client beta update reveals that controller support is coming to all Steam games, with users able to map keyboard and mouse controls to various controllers. With each and ev...

By Rob Gordon on 04 January 2017

Video Game Comic Books Worth Reading

Most video game adaptations to other mediums are flops, but these comics based on games all manage to deliver amazing stories that enhance the games’ characters and worlds. It’s no secret t...

By Denny Connolly on 04 January 2017

Steam is Down for Everyone [Updated]

UPDATE: All Steam services appear to be back online. Valve’s Steam Network goes down in the midst of the service’s annual Winter Sale, making it impossible for gamers to purchase new games...

By Dalton Cooper on 24 December 2016

PayPal Confirms Start Date for Steam Winter Sale 2016

PayPal once again reveals the official start date of the Steam Winter Sale, confirming previous information that was leaked at the very beginning of December. Christmas can be an expensive...

By Brad Jones on 19 December 2016

PC Game Winter Sale Brings Cheap Civ 6

We’re still about 2 weeks away from the beginning of the Steam Winter Sale, but at least one PC gaming retailer isn’t afraid to launch their sale ahead of the pack. At GMG, dozens and dozen...

By Dealzon on 12 December 2016

No Man's Sky Did Not Use Deceptive Advertising on Steam

The Advertising Standards Authority declares that developer Hello Games did not use deceptive marketing practices when promoting No Man’s Sky on Steam. Despite the initial controversy and s...

By Kyle Sledge on 30 November 2016

Analyst: PlayStation VR Sales Were Less Than Expected

Gaming industry research firm SuperData lowers its 2016 sales expectations for Sony’s PlayStation VR headset from 2.6 million units sold to less than 750,000. Coming into 2016, many analyst...

By Dalton Cooper on 29 November 2016

Steam Autumn Sale Is Live With New PC Game Discounts

Valve’s digital gaming distribution platform, Steam, officially begins its annual Autumn Sale, offering a plethora of discounts for a wide variety of PC titles. Following Steam‘s major over...

By Kyle Sledge on 23 November 2016

Valve Could Be Hit with $3 Million Fine in Australia

Due to a national policy that says Australians have a right to a refund for faulty or defective goods, Valve’s lack of refund policy could see the company fined millions. There are few comp...

By Cody Gravelle on 17 November 2016

Valve Working on New VR Hardware

During Steam Dev Days, Valve reveals that it is working on new controllers for the HTC Vive, also announcing how many VR gamers are buying titles through SteamVR The past few weeks have bee...

By Jasmine Henry on 11 October 2016

JJ Abrams: Portal Movie Announcement Is Coming Soon

Speaking to IGN on the Westworld red carpet, JJ Abrams confirms that the Half-Life and Portal movies are still in development, with a Portal announcement coming ‘fairly soon’.

By Alexander Pan on 27 September 2016

Steam Store UI Update Details Leak

Plans for updating Steam’s front page and several other major changes leak, including changes geared towards ‘targeted visibility’ for game launches and updates. With how popular PC gaming...

By Rory Young on 26 September 2016

Counter-Strike Player Releases Fake Hacks

One Counter-Strike player decides to take the matter of stopping cheaters into their own hands, releasing fake hacks in order to get cheaters banned from the game.

By Rob Gordon on 02 August 2016

Washington State Orders Valve to Stop CS: GO Gambling

Following the CS:GO skin gambling scandal that erupted earlier this year, the Washington State Gambling Commission orders Valve to take action against gambling sites.

By Jasmine Henry on 28 April 2016

Virtual Reality is Too Expensive

With the high-end prices for both Oculus Rift and potentially PlayStation VR, there are concerns that the technology will be too expensive to draw in users. 2016 has been long expected to...

By Rob Gordon on 26 January 2016

6 Things We Want in Left 4 Dead 3

The hope of a Left 4 Dead sequel has fans excited, but a simple carbon copy of the prior games isn’t enough. Here’s six things we’re hoping for from Left 4 Dead 3. Valve is notorious for...

By Sarah Fields on 26 January 2016

Left 4 Dead 3 Should Stick With What Works

Left 4 Dead 3 may or may not be in the process of development, but it’s important that Valve understands the risks of changing a winning formula too much. It may only be the beginning of...

By Rob Gordon on 26 January 2016

Valve's Official Statement on Steam Christmas Issues

Valve’s official statement regarding the Steam Store technical issues on December 25 details the DoS attack and caching issues at the heart of the problem. Five days ago on December 25, S...

By Rory Young on 26 December 2015

What is Steam's Winter Sale Hiding?

Steam users have discovered a noir-style mystery hidden among the Steam pages for the Steam Winter Sale, and are asking for help in uncovering all of the clues hidden by Valve. The Steam...

By John Jacques on 26 December 2015

Valve Predicts Comeback for PC Gaming in 2016

Valve representative Chet Faliszek believes that high-end PC gaming may soon receive a boost, due to the coming wave of virtual reality devices and games. Chet Faliszek, head writer at Va...

By Sarah Fields on 26 December 2015

Steam Wasn't Hacked, Back Online

Steam is back online and Valve explains that the service suffered an internal caching error that revealed some confidential data, but wasn’t actually hacked. Although attacks on Microsoft...

By Denny Connolly on 26 December 2015

Why I'm Excited for the Rise of VR

2016 will see the release of VR headsets such as the Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR, and one Game Rant writer predicts it will be the next evolution in gaming. In 2006, an innovative new...

By Dalton Cooper on 26 December 2015

I Can't Wait For Left 4 Dead 3

After six years of stagnation, rumors emerge that Left 4 Dead 3 will be arriving next year, and one Game Rant writer is already aboard the hype train. It’s somewhat of an understatement t...

By Sarah Fields on 26 December 2015