The HTC Vive, for my money, is the most incredible VR headset I've used. I've played with most of the competitors, and the act of being able to move
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Psyonix have been very generous with the amount of post-launch content it has brought to Rocket League. Be it paid, or just free, there has been no
Valve have now recognized that neither are working on the platform.
In an email to customers via Eurogamer, Valve have said they plan to fix this issue in the coming weeks They've said that all those users can still get a refund, if they act now.
As compensation for the delay, the developer is offering Valve's Complete Pack[...]
The Steam Link is coming on November 10th, and everything I've heard about it has been great so far. The device is used to stream games from your PC to
It's just a case of are Valve brash enough to mess with their fans like that? And honestly… I wouldn't put it past them having a bit of a joke.
Time to do that Half-Life 3 news dance we do once every few months.
This time, it comes by way of a Dota 2 update[...]
I got to use the HTC/Valve VR headset this weekend at EGX I'll try and spend some time talking about my experience soon, but the long and short is that the Vive is really something quite special.
I have been hit by motion sickness with VR before though, while playing EVE Valkyrie, and I hear horror[...]
Jonathan Coulton's work on Portal has been rather prolific, with his work on both outro songs for the game going down in the video game song pantheon. It
The headset has been doing the rounds at various conventions and the like, as it gears up for its launch.
One I'd heard quite a lot about was the Portal themed demo which was designed by Valve specifically for the headset device Up until now, it has only existed in my minds eye, but thanks to[...]
Whether we ever see the series again seems highly uncertain right now, which means that the internet will be able to keep doing their 'Half-Life 3 Confirmed' schtick for the foreseeable future.
Well, Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann has offered to take the franchise off Valve's hands In a tweet, Druckmann[...]
In a press release today to The Verge today, Valve clarified that the models going out in 2015 will be in very short numbers and be for those part of the "community and developer systems." They then went on to say the Vive will become available in 2016 commercially, thus putting it in line with the[...]
I have only seen bits and pieces of Rick and Morty, and I like it plenty. I know it has a huge following who swear by it though, so this might be some
I've been keeping tabs on The International 5 over the last few days, and it has been a wild ride. All the favorites were knocked around in the early
The International this year has been insane. The prize pool for Dota 2's biggest tournament has rocketed to $17.8 million thanks in large part to crowd
It's all rumour and unnamed sources so take it with a pinch of salt though, much like I am.
The Know are claiming to have sources close to Valve that suggest that Half-Life 3 may never happen They say that the game's script is done, but while it once had 100s of people on production, that[...]
Thus far, the HTC and Valve joint VR headset, the Vive, has remained somewhat of a mystery Only a handful of industry folk have tried it out behind closed doors, but word is very exciting From what my birds have told me, this might be the very best VR device set to release.
If you want[...]
Dota 2 has been a big part of my gaming life over the last three months or so. It has a way of sucking you in and keeping you coming back. I even invested
Another week has gone by and that means it’s time for another Category: Video Games. If you are joining us for the first time, this is the podcast where
I've been putting off writing about Dota 2 for a while. That is in part because it's taking up about half of all my playing time at the moment. It feels
Have you been wanting to pick up a specific Call of Duty title on Steam for a while? Perhaps you want to play through Modern Warfare's campaign again or
Admittedly, one of our key topics, Valve's paid for mods is now out of date, but I think it is still a very interesting conversation to have.
We also talk about the now cancelled Silent Hills and try to get down to why exactly the project fell apart.
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Less than a week after being instated, Valve have pulled their paid for mod system The company have scrapped the controversial implementation that allowed mod makers to charge for their work This launched last Thursday for Skyrim Workshop support.
In an extensive letter to the community, Valve said:
We're going to remove the payment feature from the[...]
Valve have experimented with allowing paid mods on the service, specifically for Skyrim.
This has annoyed a lot of people who feel that mods "should" be free While I think the system currently in place genuinely needs a big overhaul to work properly, I can't help but find that specific initial response a little entitled.
Gabe Newell has[...]
Valve CEO Gabe Newell is often talked about as some mythical being in the games industry He's seen, as if in fable, as the gate keeper of the Half Life franchise and the summoner of Steam Sales.
However, his newest role is quite interesting The man behind Valve is to be a game boss in the[...]
From most accounts, the Vive is the best VR headset showing right now. This has made me wonder what the initial buy-in cost for the tech will be,
During a pretty intense firefight in Eve: Valkyrie, I really almost felt like keeling over in my Oculus headset.
According to Valve CEO Gabe Newell, this isn't an issue at all for the Vive In a piece in the New York Times, Newell confidently stated:
zero percent of people get motion sick
He says this is achieved by[...]
The higher-ups at Valve don't often turn out for gaming conventions and conferences, but with the announcement of the Vive, the company has had a huge presence at GDC From what I understand, the VR Tech might be the best currently being shown, so that is pretty darn exciting.
But of course, with Valve on hand,[...]
If you are joining us for the first time, this is the podcast where me, Laura Kate Dale and Andre Miller sit down with a special guest to talk about the video game news of the week.
As stated last week, we said we'd be back with an awesome guest, and we've delivered. Contributing Editor at Wired[...]
Valve have had a pretty big presence around GDC this year, and hot on the heels of the Vive, it has given details on a few other add-ons.
First off the Steam Link is Valve's new streaming device that will allow you to stream games from your PC to any TV in the house Valve said[...]
As happens with every Valve announcement, the shadow of Half-Life is never far behind Going more specifically, Half-Life 3's shadow is never far behind.
With the announcement of the Vive, the speculation of a new Half-Life title was not far behind That prompted the BBC to talk to HTC chairwoman Cher Wang about Valve's software properties[...]
This signaled Valve's jump into the VR realm and its going to be really interesting to see how the device fairs against the Oculus and Project Morpheus.
Plans are already in place for content on the device, which is good since the device is out this year The first game to announce it is adopting the[...]