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Operation Riptide is live for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Operation Riptide is the 11th operating for Valve's free to play shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Category: Valve
Proton Experimental adds more game-specific fixes in the latest update
Continuing to roll in more fixes, Proton Experimental has another update that's small but it has some needed improvements.
New patent from Valve appears for "instant play" of games and more
Published today is a new patent from Valve that (amongst other things) might allow for an "instant play" feature for games being downloaded from Steam.
Dota 2 to drop OpenGL and 32bit, Vulkan default on Linux and TI 21 tickets on September 22
With The International 2021 tournament fast approaching Valve has given an update on the future of Dota 2 with some major underlying tech changes planned to come in.
Proton Experimental gets DEATHLOOP working on Linux with AMD GPUs (update: NVIDIA too)
Valve and CodeWeavers have updated Proton Experimental again, the special testing version of Proton that brings in some of the latest fixes for the Windows-game compatibility layer. UPDATED.
Steam Deck dev-kits are on the move Valve say, as some already have it
Valve has given a short update on the dev-kits for the upcoming Linux powered handheld Steam Deck, with more developers being able to get their hands on it soon.
Steam has turned 18 years old and PC gaming has never been the same since
It's truly hard to imagine just how much Valve managed to change what PC gaming is thanks to Steam. On September 12, the Steam client celebrated 18 years.
Valve rolls out big Steam client update with new Downloads Page & Storage Management
After being in Beta since the end of July, Valve has now released a big update to the stable version of the Steam client for everyone which has the new Downloads Page & Storage Management.
Valve catches a break in the Steam Controller patent trial versus Ironburg
In the ongoing saga between Ironburg Inventions and Valve, a new ruling appeared on August 17 that gives Valve another chance to invalidate some parts of the patents involved.
Steam Play Proton 6.3-6 is out now with lots of fixes and new game support
Following on from the Release Candidate testing earlier this month, Steam Play Proton 6.3-6 has rolled out to improve Windows games running on Linux.
Valve puts up a Steam Deck trailer and the head of Xbox seems to really like it
Valve has remembered they have an official YouTube channel with the release of a new advert for the Steam Deck, plus the Steam Deck gets a nod of approval from an unlikely source.
CS:GO gets some fun new music and a music video from various video game composers
Introduced back in 2014, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) added in Music Kits to replace music in game and to play if you're the MVP to bug everyone else with and they just released a fun sounding Tacticians Music Kit Box.
Proton 6.3-6 gets a Release Candidate with new game support and fixes
Valve and CodeWeavers are working towards a fresh release of Proton with plenty of goodies including like more games working, and plenty of bug fixes too.
Valve dumped Debian Linux for Arch Linux with SteamOS 3 because surprise - faster updates
It was likely no secret to most Linux users who know a bit about distributions but Valve has clarified directly that the main reason for dumping Debian Linux for Arch Linux was for faster updates.
Steam Next Fest appears to be a success with a 421% wishlist jump for half the titles
It appears that Valve's regular event with Steam Next Fest has done a whole lot of good for developers, with plenty more wishlists and sales happening.
Seems the Valve Steam Deck has been impressing people with some hands-on time
Recently a bunch of people from other sites went to Valve's offices for some hands-on time with the Steam Deck and it seems the overall impression was pretty positive.
Valve fires back in the lawsuit from Wolfire Games
We've been waiting to hear how the lawsuit from Wolfire Games (and others) would progress against Valve, and now we at least have word from Valve on what they think.
Valve talk about learning from mistakes with the upcoming Steam Deck
As we all know the Steam Machines didn't go anywhere and Valve have clearly learned a lot from it, as they spoke about in a recent video from IGN.
Linux has finally hit that almost mythical 1% user share on Steam again
The day I'm sure many have been waiting for, and just as many probably thought it wouldn't happen. Linux has finally hit 1% again on the Steam Hardware Survey.
Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection coming from the team behind Half-Life 2: Update
With Valve's blessing, it seems the Half-Life 2 series is getting a full update from the team that made Half-Life 2: Update in the form of the Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection.
- Proton Experimental gets fixes for multiple Xbox Game Studios titles, ARC Raiders and various other games
- Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is getting delisted starting November 15
- The Falconeer gets a huge Revolution Remaster upgrade but drops Native Linux for Proton
- Steam's wider store page refresh is live with plans to improve the home page on the way
- Hollow Knight: Silksong Patch 4 is out now with lots of bug fixes and a major controller input change
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