Valve studios

2026-06-17 2 stories

• Billionaire Gabe Newell Buys $70 Million Mansion With Its Own Tunnel To The Beach 2 sources
• 'Half-Life 2 RTX has shrunk from 80 GB to 50 GB': RTX Remix 1.5 update shrinks file sizes, and also starts letting in AI agents

2026-06-14 1 story

• The International 15 Qualifiers—Everything You Need to Know

2026-06-12 1 story

• You need to hear this Valve vet's rant on why TF2 could never be made by AI

2026-06-10 1 story

• Steam Frame's tutorial video appears to leak on Reddit, demonstrating a very brief explainer of its software

2026-06-08 3 stories

• Esports World Cup Last Chance Qualifiers Details Confirmed
• Don't let Deadlock's MOBA tag scare you off—there's a quick play mode for dummies which is the perfect entry point
• A developer got the original Half-Life running on a 2007 Nokia N95 at a respectable 30 fps, plus it even works with a mouse and keyboard

2026-06-05 2 stories

• Backrooms Director Eyeing A Portal Movie, But He’s Cautious About Adaptations 2 sources
• IEM Cologne 2026 Major Stage 2 Preview: Pick’Ems Predictions

2026-06-04 1 story

• Backrooms Director Praises Valve’s “Integrity” For Not Making Sequels Just For Money

2026-06-02 2 stories

• Valve antitrust lawsuit reportedly reveals lengths Steam owner is willing to go to prevent cheaper prices elsewhere 2 sources
• Gabe Newell reportedly snapped 'What the f*** do I pay you for if that's your opinion?' at Valve lawyer pushing for more content moderation on Steam 2 sources

2026-06-01 1 story

• We may learn the Steam Machine launch date very soon, as Steam's backend just got updated with a welcome tour

2026-05-27 1 story

• Backrooms director Kane Parsons explains how influential Valve's Portal is to his work: 'I frequently have dreams where I'm just in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center' 2 sources

2026-05-26 1 story

• Deadlock new midlane objective turned games into such a mid-only fiasco that it only lasted one weekend, though Valve's still experimenting

2026-05-23 2 stories

• I bought Valve's new Steam Controller with my own money for a solid week of PC gaming — and you only need to know about one genuine downside
• Deadlock's latest 'small update' yet again remixes basic mechanics and rebalances most of the roster

2026-05-22 4 stories

• PSA – Valve's Steam Controller Puck Could Try to Charge Your Metal Watch Strap, to Dramatic Effect 2 sources
• IEM Cologne 2026 Major Stickers Added, but Without Capsules; donk Sticker Over $1,000
• Half-Life: Alyx is convincing me I don't have the knees for VR gaming, or perhaps I should stop cowering behind cars quite so often
• Four Teams Remain at CS Asia Championships After Bumper Friday

2026-05-20 2 stories

• 'People Enjoy Surprises' — Valve Is Trying to Dismiss New York's Counter-Strike Loot Box Lawsuit 3 sources
• Falcons, MIBR, B8, and Legacy Progress to Playoffs at the CS Asia Championships 2026

2026-05-19 3 stories

• Troy Baker and Austin Wintory talk becoming Indiana Jones and writing death metal polkas for Counter-Strike
• Now that Subnautica 2 is out, the most wishlisted game on Steam is… a game that's been out for almost 2 years?
• Half-Life owes its existence to one of the game industry's most formative figures—no, not Gabe Newell, the other guy

2026-05-18 2 stories

• Your new Steam Controller will not work with the Xbox app and PC Game Pass unless you use third-party software on Windows
• "That lore terrifies me": Ex-Valve writer Chet Faliszek isn't interested in writing a Half-Life 3, as he wouldn't touch a sequel "with with a 10-foot pole"

2026-05-15 2 stories

• We can thank a Jim Henson Company puppeteer for some of Valve's best animation work
• Valve's massive update to the Steam marketplace must be working, because a gun I had listed on there for years just sold for a cool 40 bucks

2026-05-13 1 story

• Yup, the Steam Controller Wilhelm Screams If You Drop It 6 sources

2026-05-12 2 stories

• Valve made more than 27 million unique images for Counter-Strike listings as part of its new 'major update' to Steam's Community Market 2 sources
• Valve snuck a Wilhelm scream Easter egg into the new Steam Controller

2026-05-11 1 story

• Update Hints Steam Machine Will Arrive in 512GB and 2TB Versions, Despite AI-led SSD Pricing Surge 4 sources

2026-05-10 1 story

• This Team Fortress 2 zombie mod looks so good, we almost thought it was official

2026-05-06 2 stories

• Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license 3 sources
• Why I love Deadlock's map, which has brought me back to the world of MOBAs long after I swore I'd quit

2026-05-05 2 stories

• FaZe Still Has Something to Play For This Season: frozen 2 sources
• Is Valve Finally Getting Ready To Launch The Steam Machine?

2026-05-04 2 stories

• Steam Controller Quickly Goes Out Of Stock After Payment Processing Issues Plague Release 4 sources
• PGL Astana 2026 Tournament Guide—Schedule, Format, and Teams

2026-05-02 1 story

• You're not crazy, that one sewer puzzle in Half-Life 2 really did used to be harder

2026-04-30 1 story

• I just watched someone try to explain Deadlock to Joe Rogan for 6 minutes, and surprisingly, they kinda nailed it

2026-04-29 3 stories

• "We've Heard About Stick Drift and We've Experienced It Ourselves": The Big Steam Controller Interview 4 sources
• Thanks to Musk v. Altman lawsuit, it's now public record that Gabe Newell emailed Elon Musk to get his pal Hideo Kojima a tour of SpaceX and OpenAI
• Cache Returns to Counter-Strike in Latest Patch

2026-04-28 2 stories

• Review: Valve's Steam Controller Is a Genuine First-Party Pro Controller for PC 7 sources
• 'Obviously we love the PC,' Gabe Newell told us 15 years ago, but his focus was on 'a responsibility to gamers and game developers'

2026-04-27 1 story

• Gabe Newell once said Steam wasn't 'the answer to digital distribution,' proving that even Gabe Newell is wrong about stuff sometimes