Add Columbus, Ohio, to the places where neo-Nazis have waved swastikas recently. And a Va. senator calls on game platform ...

Steam launched in 2003, initially as a way for Valve to automatically ship updates to players of its existing games. "Gabe [Newell] in particular, he had a pencil sketch of an idea in his head of what ...

Newell recalls that the company did nearly go under, but thanks to one summer intern identified as Andrew, things took a ...

The contract to develop a game called Counter-Strike 2 was signed back in 2003. To celebrate this success, Gabe Newell - the founder of Valve - handmade a knife with the name of the game.

This feature article looks back on the history of the Half-Life game series from the founding of Valve up to the 2020.

After releasing the Steam Deck over two years ago, Valve is working on a set of new hardware. A recent leak from Brad Lynch, ...

A simple challenge between Half-Life 2 developers led to the creation of the game's Gnome Chompski prop and its associated achievement, a Valve employee has revealed. Aside from Half-Life 2, the ...

The next Steam Next Fest runs from Monday, February 24 to Monday, March 3, 2025. We expect it to start at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST / 7pm CET / 3am AEST. Steam Next Fest offers a combination of ...

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The best Steam games account for the top titles that you can find on Valve's prolific online storefront. However, thanks to the sheer volume of games on offer through Steam, finding the very creme ...