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After months of games and preparation, Valve's annual International 3, the largest Dota tournament in the world, has concluded. 16 teams fought to be the world champions, but only one could remain. After a largely Chinese dominated TI2, the third International saw rise in the western Dota teams...

A new blog over at the Source Filmmaker blog has been posted, announcing a new update along with celebrating it's one year anniversary. After one year Source Filmmaker is still chugging along strongly, as it was only three months ago that Steam Workshop support was added. Included in the new...

The eagerly awaited and highly anticipated launch of Dota 2 is now upon us. After nearly 2 years of development, the game is currently being released a mere month before The International 3. Numbers during the beta indicated that Dota 2 grew to have the largest active community on Steam...

With only one day before the actual holiday itself comes the Halloween Update for Dota 2. Included are a new game mode called Diretide, Eggs and cosmetic items. Along with the update came a new cinematic for the event, made completely in Source Filmmaker. Check it out here. Diretide is a new...

The long awaited and long hinted at Steam for Linux is now being beta tested. The closed beta has a total of 1000 slots and can be entered by taking the survey here. The only requirements are to have a Steam account and Ubuntu 12.04 and up. It's pretty easy at this point to say that Valve...

A new article on the NY Times reveals the new "wearable computing" device that has been rumored for the past couple of months, as well as the Big Picture Mode launch date, which is September 10th. A good portion of the article is dedicated to some of the quirks of Valve that most fans are...

In preparation for The International 2, the second annual Valve sponsored Dota 2 tournament, Valve is allowing each and every Steam user to download the Dota 2 spectating client to view the tournament in-game. Valve insists that this is the best way to watch any Dota 2 tournament, due to a...

The next focus of the Steam Community Update is going to be Steam Groups. Among the new features touted for groups are personalized game listings, the ability set a default language, and group discussion areas that act as forums. A quick look at the promo images available make it apparent that...

Valve has issued a press release via Steam announcing a major overhaul to the Steam Community, stating that the next three days will be announcements of new features. The new feature unveiled for Day 1 are Game Hubs. Some staff members have speculated that the previously announced Steam...

A lot of you might remember this thread from 2007, in which people would send in their most secret confessions via anonymous email to an email account for all of the site to see. As the old thread and email account is long dead, and new users are rampant, I thought a new thread would be quite...

A trailer has come out featuring a teaser of a Payday game being played on the Left 4 Dead No Mercy map. At this point it's not clear whether it will be DLC or a completely seperate game. New info is sure to come out, such as a release date, if Valve had any input besides the location, whether...

Valvetime has stayed up late to get some shots of the new Portal 2 map editor. Below are both the use of the Steamworks integration as well as a look at a user-created Portal 2 map. Keep an eye on the Valvetime Youtube page for some videos featuring a full look at the Portal 2 map...

I’ve never played the games that Legend of Grimrock is inspired by. Dungeon Master, Land of Lore, and the Ultima series were before my time, and I've never felt the urge to try them. Legend of Grimrock has been marketed as being fun even to those who haven't experienced its spiritual...

In a podcast done with the SevenDayCooldown Gabe has said that he, nor anyone at Valve, has met with Tim Cook. So it looks like all those previous news stories, that we all knew had the possibility of being rumors and hearsay, were indeed just that. You can read the original article over at...

In an attempt to further visualize gameplay data Valve has released a heatmap of de_train from the Counterstrike: Global Offensive beta. The graph takes data from all the CS:GO games played and displays where these bullets (over 6.5 million) are shot from. You can select to filter it from...

Multiple sources, including Digital Spy, have released an article with speculation that Valve and Apple may be partnering and working on something "that would involve video games integration with the firm's rumored connected TV device." This, of course, stems from Tim Cook, Chief Executive of...

In a hefty update for Counter Strike: Global Offensive four new demolition maps have been added, as well as a number of new UI updates, bug fixes, and gameplay changes. But first, a look at the new maps: Bank Safehouse Short Train Sugarcane To take a...

In a contest run by the Escapist, entitled March Mayhem: Developers' Showdown, Valve has emerged victorious after beating out Bioware in the last round. The decisions and winners were based purely on fan votes, which just goes to show how faithful Valve fans are! In addition to bragging...

G4 is running yet another one of their "Best Of" competitions, this particular one is called "Videogame Deathmatch: The Greatest Story Ever Told." Half-Life 2 is currently up against Mass Effect, with over two days of voting left. To see the entire list of games and to show your support for...

In a recent interview with PCGamer, Doug Lombardi shared his thoughts on bringing the PC to E3, and the possibility of a PC only event. While other consoles have entire shows dedicated to their upcoming lineup, the PC loses out as it has no single representative. Doug discusses the idea of a...