News and articles on the topic Valve

New console or VR? Valve has registered an "intriguing" Steam Frame trademark

News Games 09-04-2025 comment
Valve intrigues gamers with its new trademark called Steam Frame. The documents hint at some kind of gaming hardware.

Kids vs: Roblox surpasses Steam with a record online of 45 million players

News Games 09-01-2025 comment
Brainrot helped Roblox set a personal record with 45 million players simultaneously on the platform on August 23. This is 5 million more than the peak of Steam on its best days.

Ukrainian Games Festival on Steam: a record 2.4 million visitors, 23 announcements, and over 30 thousand whistleblowers for one game

Games News 08-29-2025 comment
The Ukrainian Games Festival on Steam broke its own records — this year’s page was visited by 1 million more users than last year. But the statistics can be even higher.

Steam gives away the hit "magic RPG" with a record -80% discount

News Games 08-28-2025 comment
Steam has announced a record-breaking promotion: The “magical RPG” is being given away at a -80% discount, which is the lowest price for it.

Steam gives away a cult horror thriller with a 93% rating for only ₴19

News Games 08-27-2025 comment
Steam is giving away the cult horror-thriller for a mere penny. The basic version of the hit costs about the same as a bus ride.

A festival of third-person shooters has started on Steam — Tom Clancy's, Uncharted, and others with discounts up to -90%

News Games 08-26-2025 comment
The summer season on Steam ends with the third-person shooter festival, where you can find hundreds of games of this genre at nice prices. Discounts reach up to -90%.

Steam Machine is back: Valve Fremont console has appeared in Geekbench

News Devices 08-21-2025 comment
It has long been rumored that Valve is secretly developing a new SteamOS device codenamed Fremont, which could be a game console or TV set-top box similar to the canceled Steambox. User X with the nickname SaddyItsDadley discoveredseems to be the first results of testing this mythical Fremont device, which runs on an AMD processor.

Steam introduces the distribution of reviews by "language principle"

News Games 08-19-2025 comment
The waves of scandals forced Steam to change its review system — now the “language issue” is in the first place. The update was released on August 18.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. in 2D and pixelated Resident Evil: 19 announcements from the Festival of Ukrainian Games on Steam

News Games 08-15-2025 comment
At the Festival of Ukrainian Games on Steam along with discounts and demos, our developers have announced about 20 titles. Among them are Chumak Traders, pixelated Resident Evil, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. in 2D.

The Festival of Ukrainian Games has started on Steam — S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Through the Nightmares, and others with discounts up to -90%

News Games 08-15-2025 comment
On August 14, Steam launched Festival of Ukrainian games — discounts on various projects reach up to 90%. Plus, you can find a lot of demos.

Isometric games sale continues on Steam — Disco Elysium, Wasteland and others with discounts up to -90% off

News Games 08-13-2025 comment
Steam has launched the Isometric Games Festival — for fans of RPGs, strategies, and indie projects with a top-down view.

Steam gives away a cooperative with 92% positive feedback for free

News Games 08-12-2025 comment
A free-to-play cooperative game that combines the atmosphere of classic 3D platformers with elements of science fiction has appeared on Steam.

Festival of 4X strategies continues on Steam — Stellaris, Age of Wonders, and others with discounts up to -90% off

News Games 08-12-2025 comment
4X Fest Steam Sale 2025, an annual sale dedicated to 4X (explore, expand, exploit, destroy) strategy games, is underway on Steam.

Steam randomly removes mods due to troll complaints

News Games 08-12-2025 comment
A new wave of chaotic decisions has begun in the Steam Workshop — trolls send fake complaints about mods that are eventually removed without verification.

Distribution of Polish games — Dying Light, Ghostrunner, and others with up to 90% discounts has started on Steam

News Games 08-07-2025 comment
This week, Steam has turned into a showcase of Polish creativity: a themed sale has started “Games from Poland”.

Schedule of Steam festivals and sales for the first half of 2026 — monthly discounts

News Games 08-05-2025 comment
Steam has revealed the schedule of all festivals and themed sales for the first half of 2026. There will be at least two events per month.

Race Festival — The Crew, Hot Wheels, and others with up to 90% discounts on Steam

News Games 07-29-2025 comment
Steam has launched a new themed event dedicated to the world of racing — Steam Racing Fest, which will last until August 4.

Valve's Gabe Newell likes working with Russian partners and wants to go to Russia

News WTF 07-28-2025 comment
Blogger Zalkar Saliyev has finally published a full interview with Valve founder and CEO Gabe Newell.

Steam statistics do not reflect the real popularity of the game, — Test Drive developer with 288 players online

News Games 07-23-2025 comment
The developer of Test Drive criticizes those who evaluate the success of a game only by Steam statistics. He is upset by the way the data is actually distorted.

Valve creator Gabe Newell on the AI era: «There are a lot of people who have been successful simply because they were first»

News AI 07-22-2025 comment
In the same conversation with video blogger Zalkar Saliev, which is still being published in parts, Valve creator Gabe Newell discusses AI as a technological transition

Sticker in Steam chat «ate up» a gamer's monthly internet limit in less than 5 minutes

News Games 07-21-2025 comment
A gamer has discovered the most expensive sticker on Steam, but the point is not the actual cost. The fact is that it can «eat up» the monthly Internet limit.

Gabe Newell from Valve: «People who can't program but use AI will become more efficient than programmers»

News Technologies 07-20-2025 comment
In another part of the interview with YouTuber Zalkar Saliev, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell discusses AI and programming.

He works from bed and goes scuba diving during breaks: Valve boss reveals his daily routine

News Games 07-19-2025 comment
Valve boss Gabe Newell is living his best life — he works on his yacht right with beds, and instead of tiktoks, he goes diving.

Steam bug made indie developers «millionaires» — but they didn't celebrate for long

News Games 07-18-2025 comment
Steam has accidentally made some indie developers «millionaires» — they managed to open the champagne, but finished it already disappointed.

«Destruction of money and time»: Gabe Newell from Valve criticized the business model «first presentation, then think about how to implement»

News IT business 07-18-2025 comment
In an interview with YouTube, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell criticized modern venture capitalism, which first attracts investments and then thinks about what to do with them.

Every fifth game on Steam in 2025 was created with the help of AI, — report

News Games 07-17-2025 comment
In the first half of 2025, Steam accumulated a lot of new games — every fifth of them was officially developed using generative AI.

Steam sells stolen indie games on a massive scale — one user offers more than 70 «new» releases

News Games 07-01-2025 comment
Cases of fraudsters stealing indie games and selling them under their own name have become more frequent on Steam

Steam has learned to show how many frames in the game are real and how many are — generated

News Games 07-01-2025 comment
Steam has received an updated performance panel — it now shows not just the frame rate, but also how many of them were generated by third-party technologies.

A big summer sale has started on Steam — Hollow Knight, Ghost of Tsushima, and others with discounts up to -95% off

News Games 06-27-2025 comment
Steam has launched its traditional Summer Sale 2025 — one of the most anticipated events of the year among PC players. The promotion includes not only old hits but also the latest releases of recent months.

Steam has added useful filters to game search — free saves, difficulty adjustment, and more

News Games 06-13-2025 comment
Valve has made it possible to search for games on Steam with specific options, such as a spoken game menu or adjustable difficulty. The functions appeared in the side menu of the game page.

Valve fans set up surveillance on Gabe Newell's yacht and found a «hint» of Half-Life 3 announcement

News Games 06-05-2025 comment
In anticipation of at least some news about Half-Life 3, Valve fans have set up a tracking system for Gabe Newell’s yacht — and, interestingly, believe that its current location hints at an imminent announcement. Well, these are worthy competitors for gamers who have been calculating release of the GTA 6 trailer by moon phases.

SteamOS on Lenovo Legion Go S shatters Windows 11: +20% performance and 3x battery life in some games

News Software 05-27-2025 comment
This was predictable: the first SteamOS tests on Lenovo Legion Go S show a total advantage over Windows 11. However, almost 2 hours of battery life is not a record either.

Steam Deck in your head — Valve is preparing its Neuralink, chip for it will appear this year

News Technologies 05-25-2025 comment
Gabe Newell wants your brain. Valve has long had plans for a neural interface, but the specifics are currently limited to the development of a chip for it.

UPDATED: Steam suffers a large-scale leak — 89 million accounts for $5000 are in the darknet

News Games 05-14-2025 comment
89 million Steam accounts leaked to the darknet — users are advised to change their passwords immediately.

Insider: Half-Life 3 can already be played «to the end of», and the release is planned for winter

News Games 05-05-2025 comment
An insider says that the announcement of Half-Life 3 is not far off — the game can be played from start to finish.

How much? A hidden page was found on Steam that counts your spending on games

News Games 04-15-2025 comment
It turns out that Steam has a tab where you can see how much money you spend and what you spend it on.

Half-Life 3 on the horizon? Hints of completion found in Valve's code

News Games 03-25-2025 comment
Rumors about Half-Life 3 are gaining momentum after new leaks from Valve’s internal systems about optimization.

Gabe Newell planned a social network from Valve in the 1990s: «There were a lot of interesting ideas not related to games»

News IT business 03-25-2025 comment
How about a social network from Valve? It turns out that Gabe Newell planned to launch something similar to Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram back in the 1990s.

Counter-Strike 1.6 remake to be released on Steam — fans do what Valve doesn't

News Games 03-17-2025 comment
The legendary Counter-Strike 1.6 will get a «fresh breath» — a full-fledged remake called CS: Legacy.

Valve and Steam founder is a fan of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: «I'll reach the fourth final tomorrow»

News Games 03-14-2025 comment
It turns out that Gabe Newell, one of the founders and CEO of Valve, is a fan of the Ukrainian game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2.

Valve announces 64% growth of Steam Deck and the biggest sales year in history

News Devices 03-14-2025 comment
Valve published released its annual report Steam Year in Review 2024, which summarized its achievements for the year. The company proudly announced the best year for seasonal sales:

Visual Novel Fest — Cyberpunk Bartender Action and others with discounts up to 95% have started on Steam

News Games 03-04-2025 comment
Steam launches Visual Novel Fest — hundreds of games received substantial discounts, and studios released demosAs part of the event, developers presented various thematic games: both new indie projects and already known novels

Hackers «planted a game with password-stealing malware on Steam

News Games 02-19-2025 comment
The researchers analyzed a game called PirateFi, which Valve urgently removed from Steam last week.

Schedule of Steam sales and festivals in 2025 — discounts two to three times a month

News Games 02-14-2025 comment
Valve has revealed the full schedule of Steam sales and festivals in 2025. The company has prepared 25 major events for gamers that will last about six months in total.

Steam banned «ads as a business model in the game» — should not be forced or interfere with gameplay

News Games 02-10-2025 comment
Valve has decided to crack down on intrusive advertising in games on Steam by announcing new rules with exceptions. The platform has banned games where players are forced to watch ads or where they block the gameplay.

Half-Life 3 is undergoing internal testing at Valve, — insider

News Games 12-30-2024 comment
Valve has started closed testing of the third part of the cult game Half-Life. This was reported by a well-known YouTuber and insider Gabe Follower.

Steam Deck OLED with a discount of up to $130: Valve launches official sale of refurbished consoles

News Devices 12-11-2024 comment
Valve Company started selling certified refurbished Steam Deck OLED models in the US, UK, Canada, and EU. The basic version with 512 GB of storage and a glossy screen costs $439.

Steam obliges developers to indicate the content and release dates of DLC in season passes

News Games 11-21-2024 comment
Valve established new rules for seasonal passes on Steam. Now, before launching, developers must provide a clear description of the content and release schedule for all planned add-ons.

20 years of Half-Life 2 — improved game and all episodes for free on Steam and Episode 3 gameplay in the documentary

News Games 11-17-2024 comment
In honor of the twentieth anniversary of Half-Life 2, Valve is giving away the main game along with both episodes for free in Steam. The campaign runs until November 18.

Deadlock will allow you to turn cheaters into frogs and hunt them

News Games 09-27-2024 comment
The developers of Deadlock have implemented a new anti-cheat system that allows you to turn cheaters into frogs during a match.

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