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"We need to adjust our pricing" – The cost of the Meta Quest 3 and 3S is rising by up to $100, and that plays right into Valve's hands if the Steam Frame ever launches
Meta has announced that, following months of layoffs of its VR workforce, it’s raising the price of its VR headsets.…
Portal 2 is 15 years old this weekend, and while that’s terrifying if you remember its launch as vividly as…
Enjoying Valve's famous paid "vacation in Hawaii," engineer jokes he's "in a dark room like a vampire" on Github anyway – a fitting use of Steam bucks
For years, with some reports claiming as long as 20 years, Valve has offered employees paid trips to Hawaii to…
Half-Life writer was surprised how few FPS games followed Valve's approach to story: "Medal Of Honor, for instance, and Call Of Duty both followed those principles, but it was inconsistent"
Half-Life is one of the most successful and influential games ever made, but not every aspect of its design was…
Ignoring Valve's Half-Life lessons, Baby Steps dev says trolling players with level design is important, actually
Designer Gabe Cuzzillo’s reflections on the literal and meditative walking simulator Baby Steps were a highlight of GDC. In his…
As is tradition, Valve has just unleashed one of its biggest Dota 2 updates in a while right on the…
Steam isn't slowing down in 2026, as Valve's platform smashes its concurrent user record for the third time in three months
Valve can’t put a foot wrong these days. Sure, we’re still waiting on the Steam Machine v2.0, the accompanying Steam…
Valve is usually careful about making sweeping changes to Counter-Strike 2, and it’s not difficult to see why. I’m old…
With all the AI slop flying about, I'm glad Valve's still celebrating real artists with the latest Steam sale
My favorite part about Steam sales isn’t the deep discounts on games that’ll likely sit in my library unplayed for…
Marathon is the third-best-selling game on Steam after its big server slam, only trailing Resident Evil Requiem and Valve's eternal Counter-Strike
Now that the Marathon server slam has let everyone try out a big, free chunk of Bungie’s sci-fi extraction shooter,…