Article category: Valve - page 55

Linux Format has a Collabora dev talk about Steam's Linux container 'Pressure Vessel'

By Liam Dawe, 26 Aug 2020

Linux Format issue 267 went out today (not affiliated) and in it there's a rather wonderful interview with Simon McVittie, a software engineer at Collabora who also works on things for Valve to do with Steam on Linux.

Team Fortress 2 has a new update out with a Summer 2020 Cosmetic Case

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2020

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Valve have realised again that Team Fortress 2 is actually still online and have done a fresh update, although only minor it does add in a new Summer 2020 Cosmetic Case.

The Steam Play Proton compatibility layer turns two years old

By Liam Dawe, 20 Aug 2020

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Two years ago to the date, Valve Software made an announcement that would change Linux gaming on Steam: that announcement was the new version of Steam Play with the Proton compatibility layer.

Dota 2 - The International 10 close to a record for the Battle Pass, new Collector’s Cache

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2020

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The International 10, Dota 2's upcoming major tournament is getting close to breaking another record for the prize pool. Plus there's a new Collector's Cache up.

Dota Underlords is getting a hero rotation soon and a rank reset

By Liam Dawe, 14 Aug 2020

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Valve have remembered that Dota Underlords exists and needs some attention, with an announcement that it's going to see a hero rotation soon.

Prepare your hard drive as another Steam Game Festival is coming in October

By Liam Dawe, 12 Aug 2020

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After a massive success with the most recent Steam Game Festival back in June, it's going to return for another round later this year in October.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets fancy new skins, networking improvements

By Liam Dawe, 7 Aug 2020

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Valve continue to tweak their classic free to play shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The latest update improves various parts of the game and there's some fancy new weapon skins.

CS:GO on Linux is actually not launching Trusted Mode by default - quick fix

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2020

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Looks like Valve did a bit of a woopsie. With the recent updates to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive they implemented a new anti-cheat tool with Trusted Mode but it appears at some point they forgot to enable it.

Changing your country on Steam has been made harder to battle VPNs

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jul 2020

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Something that has been happening for years now, is that people have been switching around their country on Steam and using VPNs to get cheaper prices - Valve looks to have put a stop to it.

Valve gets another developer to work on Linux graphics drivers, starting with AMD RADV

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jul 2020

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It appears that Valve aren't stopping their push to improve Linux gaming, as they just recently hired another developer to help improve open source graphics drivers.

Prepare to get your feet wet in the latest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive maps

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2020

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A fresh Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update is out and Valve has done some map rotations to keep it all fresh. Prepare to get your feet wet.

Gyroscope tool JoyShockMapper comes to Linux, Valve adds 'Flick stick' to Steam Input

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2020

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Own a gamepad / controller that has a built in gyroscope? Using it for first-person shooters might be about to get better for you with JoyShockMapper and Steam Input for Steam users.

Halo 3 and Halo Reach may need this audio fix on Linux with Steam Play Proton

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2020

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With the Halo: The Master Chief Collection expanding thanks to the PC release of Halo 3, it came with some upgrades that for some has broken audio - here's a solution.

DirectX 12 exclusive DEATH STRANDING runs on Linux with Proton 5.0-10

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2020

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Not long after the official PC release, the DirectX 12 exclusive DEATH STRANDING is now playable on Linux with the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer.

Dota 2 gets a free dungeon crawling Summer Event game mode

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2020

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Valve have updated Dota 2 with a Summer Event that's free for everyone to play even if you don't have the Battle Pass.

Steam Labs hits 1 year, Community Recommendations launches

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2020

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After about a year of Steam Labs now being a thing, Valve have written up a blog post to celebrate and to go over what's shipped, what's not happening and more.

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Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours details lots of cancelled Valve projects

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2020

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Here's one for serious Valve enthusiasts and people wanting to get juice details on their cancelled projects, and everything that led up to Half-Life: Alyx.

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Trusted Mode is now live for everyone in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2020

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Valve has now launched the Trusted Mode update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, in their attempt to reduce cheating further - here's what's changed.

Valve silences the bots in Team Fortress 2, TF2 Classic Mod out now

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jul 2020

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Team Fortress 2 continues to have a bot problem but Valve are actually fighting back and the latest update takes another blunt approach to dealing with them.

Dota 2 gets an 'Anonymous Mode' similar to options in CS:GO, TI10 Cache up

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jul 2020

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Valve just quietly updated Dota 2 to include a new 'Anonymous Mode' bringing in options similar to what you can tweak in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

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