Counter-Strike: Global Offensive adds the first Agent customization with Patches
Valve are pushing out more customization options to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with the ability to add Patches sewn into Agent's outfits.
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There's going to be more customization in Dota Underlords with the full release next week
Next week, Valve will push Dota Underlords out the door as it leaves Early Access and with that the first full gameplay Season will begin.
Steam Play Proton is correctly tracking Linux sales, a statement from Valve
Recently we put up an article highlighting a possible issue with how Valve were counting Steam Play Proton sales, here's a full correction and more information.
Valve has banned tens of thousands of Dota 2 accounts as they tweak their smurf detection
Unfortunately, in any online game (especially a free one) you're going to get many forms of abusive behaviour. One such problem in Dota 2 is 'smurf' accounts and Valve are attempting to deal with it.
A note on using Steam Play Proton and counting the sales for Linux (updated)
Back in August 2018, Valve announced their new Steam Play feature with the Proton software in the Linux Steam client to play Windows-only Steam games on Linux. A little note about what platform is counted for sales.
Steam hit another all-time high for concurrent users - as did Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Does this seem familiar? You would be right. In the last week, both Steam and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hit new records for users online and they've been broken yet again.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hit a new all-time high player-count
Even though it's been around since 2012, the popularity of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive continues as it today hit a new all-time high for players online.
Proton 5.0 for Steam Play released - it's a huge update (updated)
CodeWeavers and Valve today released the big one many have been waiting for! Proton 5.0 for Steam Play is now live.
Valve making steps to address toxic behaviour on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
One of my all-time favourite first-person shooters, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, is about to tell naughty players to sort their attitude out.
Steam hitting nearly 95 million 'monthly active' users and other Steam news
Valve are talking a lot more lately, actually telling us what's been going on and what some of their plans are. In their latest blog post, they had plenty to share.
Valve announce Dota Underlords releasing on February 25 - new Underlord up today
Today, Valve announced that Dota Underlords will be leaving Early Access and officially releasing on February 25.
Catch the True Sight: The International 2019 Grand Finals - the Dota 2 documentary tonight
Tonight, Valve will be releasing a documentary of the recent The International 2019 tournament, focused on the Grand Finals.
The original Half-Life games are now free to play until Half-Life: Alyx launches
Valve have made their original Half-Life titles all the way up to Half-Life 2: Episode Two free to play for a few months.
Steam reportedly coming to Chrome OS - Linux gaming across even more devices
Android Police have an article up mentioning that Google is reportedly working on getting Steam working officially and supported on Chrome OS.
Valve give a little more info on what 'Gamescope' actually does for Linux gaming
Recently, a Valve developer revived steamcompmgr (the SteamOS compositing and window manager) and renamed it to Gamescope. After writing about it yesterday here on GOL, they've now given some more info on what it actually does.
Valve continue working behind the scenes for Linux gaming with 'Gamescope'
Valve are definitely up to something. For a little while, Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais has been tweaking steamcompmgr, the SteamOS session compositing window manager.
Dota Underlords looks like it will leave Early Access in February, big update coming
Valve have announced that Dota Underlords, their auto-battle strategy game will get the first proper Season by the end of February, which means it will leave Early Access.
Steam getting expanded support for Soundtracks with a Sale Event on January 20
Valve have announced that they're going to be giving Soundtracks their own special section on Steam instead of them being a generic DLC listing.
Portal could have had a prequel called F-STOP/Aperture Camera, as a new documentary shows
LunchHouse Software have announced a sort-of documentary focusing on a cancelled Valve game, apparently it was going to be called F-STOP/Aperture Camera and it was a prequel to Portal.
Mike Shapiro drops a cryptic message from G-Man for the upcoming Half-Life: Alyx
Half-Life: Alyx is set to release in March this year, and while we don't yet know what exactly is happening with Linux support it's still an exciting time.
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