Tag: Valve
A variety of “Steam Machines” will be coming in 2014
The Steam Box lives! Valve has announced it is working with several different manufacturers on a variety of "Steam Machines", all will run the new SteamOS and be available to purchase in 2014.
"Entertainment is not a one-size-fits-all world," reads the official announcement. "We want you to be able to choose the hardware that makes sense for you, so we...
Valve announces SteamOS, designed to stream from PC to living room devices
SteamOS is a new operating system based on Linux and built around steam. It is designed especially to stream Windows and Mac games from your PC to the big screen in your living room.
SteamOS will let gamers play their Steam games, share them with family members and every other service Steam provides in the comfort of their living room...
Steam Family Sharing announced by Valve, lets you share games with close friends and family
Valve has announced Steam Family Sharing, a new services that allows players to share all their Steam library games with "close friends and family members."
A Steam user will be able to authorize their machine for sharing, which will then enable other people in the same house to download and play his Steam game on their account. All achievements and progress...
Capcom and Valve announce Resident Evil 6, Left 4 Dead 2 Crossover
Capcom and Valve are working together to bring thwe world of Left 4 Dead 2 into the PC version of Resident Evil 6 and vice versa. A sort of crossover if you will. Oh, and it's completely free.
Resident Evil 6 PC exclusive "No Mercy" mode will feature the cast of the beloved co-op zombie shooter as playable characters, each...
Valve’s Steam Box will be Linux-based, revealed during 2013
Despite previous reports claiming Valve's Steam Box is nothing but a gamer's day-dream, it appears the console-like device does actually exists, if you believe what the German tech website Golem says.
According to the site, Valve electronics engineer Ben Krasnow spoke during EHSM 2012 in Berlin last month, revealing some very interesting information about the so-called Steam Box. First of all, the machine...
Del Toro still wants to make InSANE trilogy, cites Valve as his “dream developer”
Guillermo del Toro has not given up on his horror trilogy InSANE, and is currently on the hunt for a new developer to pick up the project. In an interview with Kotaku at the New York Comic-Con, the acclaimed director and producer has cited Valve as his "dream partner", saying he's a big fan of their games.
InSANE was originally...
Rumor: Half Life 3 is an open-world game with RPG elements, coming “after 2013”
Half Life 3 is now rumored to abandon the series traditional FPS gameplay in favor of a more puzzle and exploration-oriented one. It is also said the game will take place in an open world and will include many RPG elements, such as quest-giving NPCs.
A report over at OXM links to a translated article from Journaldugamer - an article that claims a...
Rumor: Team Fortress 2 to add a gray robotic faction
Various clues and heavy hints are suggesting Valve is planning on introducing a third faction into the Team Fortrss 2 universe, mostly likely a gray one made entirely of robots.
Dedicated TF2 fans have uncovered a mysterious note refarring to a third borther to the Mann family named Gray Mann and the will of the brothers' father. This new web...
The Pyro from Team Fortress 2 is finally unmaksed
By now you've probably seen Team Fortress 2's latest video Meet the Pyro, which was hilarious. Funny as it was, we still have one question that we desperately need an answer for: Who's behind the mask?
Well - wonder no more! Thanks to Vlave's new Source Filmmaker software, we are finally able to see what lies beneath that terrifying gas mask.
But be...
Rumor: Half Life 2 Episode 3 leaked concept art show Alyx’s many outfits
ValveTime, a Half Life fan site, claims to be in possession of concept art from Half Life 2: Episode 3. According to the site, the art was given to it by a "unknown source" rumored to be a Valve employee.
While it is still impossible to confirm if they are real or not, the pictures do seem to follow Half Life 2's...