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The Consumer Electronics Show has already seen a Steam Box revealed, a collaboration between Valve and hardware manufacturer Xi3. But Gabe Newell told The Verge in a far-reaching interview that it plans to create and sell its own very ambitious device. “We’ll come out with our own and we’ll sell …

A German consumer advocacy group has challenged Valve for allegedly unfair enforcement of Steam’s latest end-user license agreement and failure to allow users to resell game licenses. CinemaBlend reports the Federation of German Consumer Organizations has given the Washington-based company until October 10 to respond or it will take the …

The creators of the long-awaited Source mod of the original Half-Life haveannounced (opens in new tab)that it is finally complete, and ready for public consumption. Torrents for the game files (opens in new tab) have already popped up, and are being ruthlessly bogged down by the hordes of HL fans …

According to a report published today in theNew York Times (opens in new tab), Electronic Arts offered more than a billion dollars in an attempted buyout of Valve, but was ultimately turned down by the PC gaming company. The sources asked to remain nameless, but both confirmed that EA had …

Independent developers werenone too pleased (opens in new tab)to learn that Valve is now charging a $100 fee to list games on Steam Greenlight, a new service which allows users to vote on which games will be offered for sale on Steam. The fee came into being because lots of …

The CEO of Payday: The Heist developer Overkill Software, confirmed today what some fans had already suspected. The company is currently working on acollaboration (opens in new tab)with Valve that will apparently be a “blend ofPaydayand Left 4 Dead.” We’re not entirely sure what that means, but we’re immensely excited …

Yesterday you heard from us that you had some Portal 2 DLC coming soon, with free map editor (opens in new tab) content, to look forward to. However, we’re well aware that in the hierarchy of things, we’re not as high on the informational food chain as fictionalized plutocratic caricatures …

Stop reading now if you’re still avoiding Portal 2 spoilers, because Stephen Merchant dropped a few plot points in a recent interview with MTV on his role as Wheatley. The loveable, bumbling personality core plays a major part in Portal 2, which meant tiring recording sessions for Merchant, who is …

Not a lot of great trailers this week, but the one’s that were awesome were REALLY AWESOME. Most notably, the Crysis 2’s launch trailer, which is where we stole the song “New York, New York” by B.o.B. Find all of the trailers showcased below in their entirety… CRYSIS 2 – …