Tag: Valve
In the Valley of Gods is on hold as devs move to work on Half-Life: Alyx
Campo Santo, the studio that brought us Firewatch, isn't working on In the Valley of Gods anymore. According to studio co-founder Jake Rodkin, the first-person adventure game set in 1929's Egypt is on an indefinite hiatus.
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Rumors about the game's cancelation begun swirling around the net last month, when key developers removed any mention of it from their Twitter bios. But...
Bridge Constructor Portal brings bridges and vehicles to the world of Portal
Portal is ten years old. Let that sink in for a moment. Are you done feeling old? Great, because there's a new Portal game coming to PC and mobile - Bridge Constructor Portal.
It's not another one of Valve's ultra-clever and funny puzzles platformers. Instead, it's a different kind of puzzle game. "Bridge Constructor Portal will blend the laws of structural...
Artist shares art from an unreleased Valve 4-player co-op game
Did you know Valve was working on co-op fantasy game? Me neither, but apparently it's true.
Drew Wolf, an artist who been with Valve for 9 years, has updated his online portfolio. There, we see plenty of concept art, sketches and ideas he worked on during his time at the company. They are all very impressive.
The ones that caught our...
Ex-Valve writer posted the story of Half Life 2 Episode 3 online
Let's face it - we're not going to play Half Life 3. Heck, we didn't even get to finish the Half Life 2 saga, which started 13 years ago.
Well, now we can do the next best thing - read the story of Half Life 2 Episode 3.
Ex-Valve scriptwriter Marc Laidlaw just posted a short story, called Epistle 3, on his...
Valve announces Artifact, a Dota 2 card game
Artifact is card game based on Dota 2. If you watched the teaser trailer, you know all there is to know about it at the moment. Well, almost...
Valve Software announced the game during the International Dota 2 Championships. According to Polygon, Event host Sean “Day9” Plott indicated that the game will involve "building barracks, creeps, and lanes".
Artifact will definitely include characters from Dota...
Indie developers are against Steam Direct
A few days ago, Valve took everyone by surprise by announcing the end of the Steam Greenlight program, which allows fans to vote for the games they want to see on the store.
Greenlight will be replaced by Steam Direct, which forgoes the whole voting process in favor of a more, well, direct way for developers to put their game on Steam. As...
Team Fortress 2 update to introduce Competitive Mode and matchmaking
Team Fortress 2, the acclaimed team-based FPS from Valve, is getting an update soon titled 'Meet Your Match', as detailed here. The update, split into two sections, is set to add Competitive Mode and matchmaking.
Competitive Mode - eerily similar to Overwatch's new Competitive Mode, launched just a week ago - is just what was expected; a difficult mode where 6v6...
HTC Vive priced, consumer edition will be available in April
HTC and Valve have announced the release dates and price of their brand new and original VR headset - the HTC Vive. Hopefully you've been saving for a very rainy day, since it will cost you a pretty penny.
The Vive is priced at $799, which seems like a very hefty sum of money, especially when compared to the Oculas Rift,...
Portal video shows the game’s development history
VNN (Valve News Network) has recently uploaded a video detailing the history behind the immensely popular game Portal. The video travels through the humble beginning from a small group of developers all the way up to the massive success the game has become.
It is very interesting to see how Portal started out by using the assets of Half Life 2 which, as...
HTC unveils the Vive Pre
HTC has unveiled it's second-generation developer edition VR system - the Vive Pre. The new VR headset has been designed to give a fully immersive experience, as HTC has refined it to give the most comfortable experience possible.
With the Vive's new front facing camera, it will be possible to manage real life things while maintaining your immersion in game, HTC says...