September 19th, 2008
We think Valve Software is pretty cool, coming out with outstanding shooters like Half-Life, Team Fortress, and Portal, to name a few. The Washington-based developer also created Steam, which is arguably the best content delivery system out there. So when rumors of Google planning to purchase Valve turned up, we can’t help but pay attention.
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September 10th, 2008
Gabe Newell, Valve Software’s big cheese, told VideoGamer that Left 4 Dead will have a demo for the Xbox 360 and PC. According to Newell, the demo would “probably” include the Hospital level and would include online cooperative play, in addition to the single player component.
Left 4 Dead is an upcoming multiplayer FPS-cum-survival horror game […]
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August 29th, 2008
I have a confession to make. The video you see above is my first peek of Left 4 Dead, Valve Software’s upcoming survival horror FPS. To keep the engine from looking dated, Valve added several post-processing effects like color correction, film grain, and vignetting. And as you can see, the Source engine is looking alive […]
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August 4th, 2008
Update: Looks like Left 4 Dead isn’t coming to the PS3 at all. Valve’s Doug Lombardi told IGN that “There is no PS3 version of Left 4 Dead currently in production.” Ouch.
Here’s shocking news. According to the latest issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine, Left 4 Dead is coming to the PlayStation 3, despite the […]
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July 31st, 2008
Remember test chamber 14 in Portal? Yes, the tricky one with all those long corridors that eats up a lot of time as you move the companion cubes. That chamber. Well, a gamer named KingpinSYD just posted a YouTube video of someone (he claims he did it) going through the chamber in four seconds.
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January 9th, 2008
I’ve read the news about Counter-Strike Online, but I’ve never really seen it in action until today. Want to know how it looks? I’ve embedded the video but don’t expect to be surprised. After all, you’ve seen Counter-Strike before.
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October 2nd, 2007
The Orange Box may not be in your hands just yet, but while the vigil continues, Jeux-France revealed that Valve is already working on Episode Three. So when is it coming out? We have no idea.
Even if we did know, don’t take our word for it because if there’s one thing sure about Valve—aside from […]
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August 29th, 2007
Why, you ask? Aren’t developers supposed to play other companies’ games if they want to make good games of their own? Of course. Just ask any marquee developer, and they’ll tell you that they play other makers’ games.
But when your office is stuck in crunch time because your team is feverishly working on a […]
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