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Collabora give an overview of their work with Valve at the Linux App Summit 2020
Interested in all the work the open source consulting firm Collabora are doing with Valve to help improve Linux gaming? We've got you covered.
Category: Valve
Steam Play Proton 5.13-2 compatibility layer is out now with improved Direct3D 12 support
The Proton compatibility layer used with Steam Play on Linux has a brand new release out with Proton 5.13-2.
The next Steam Game Festival starts February 3, 2021 - devs have until early December
With the last Steam Game Festival ending in October, Valve have announced the dates for the next and developers don't have long to get their demos ready.
It's hard to believe but Counter-Strike has turned 20 and it's still going strong
20 years officially today, Counter-Strike 1.0 was officially released and it went on to change the way many of us played games online.
Eight years ago today, Steam for Linux went into Beta
Steam has now been available on Linux, at least in Beta, for eight years now and it's come a long way.
Valve rolls out Steam Playtest to devs, new Steam Beta up with Linux improvements
Valve announced last night that they're beginning the proper roll-out of Steam Playtest, a system that allows developers to bring in testers without messing with beta keys. Additionally, a new Steam Client Beta is up.
Collabora will be at the Linux App Summit talking about their work with Valve
There's another interesting talk coming up this month that you might want to check out, with open source consulting firm Collabora chatting about their work with Valve.
Gabe Newell of Valve is launching Gnome Chompski into space (yes really)
As if 2020 couldn't get any weirder, today a press mail from Valve Software entered our inbox because Gabe Newell, president of Valve, is getting a garden gnome sent into space. No this is not Kerbal Space Program.
This Halloween the Diretide event has finally returned to Dota 2
Live now until December 22, Valve have finally revived and refreshed the big Diretide Halloween event for Dota 2.
Valve put their 'Pressure Vessel' container source for Linux games up on GitLab
Want to see the dirty innards of more Valve code? Well you're in luck as they now have a lot of work involved in the Steam Runtime on GitLab including the Pressure Vessel container.
Dota 2 getting a new hero in November, more next year and a CS:GO style Overwatch system
Valve are trying to communicate a little more now, and they've announced some major changes for Dota 2 along with info on more to come.
Steam Play Proton 5.13-1 Linux compatibility layer up and ready for testing
Valve has released Proton 5.13-1 for testing, this compatibility layer for Steam Play brings with it many advancements for getting more Windows games working on Linux.
Steam Chat Filtering is now online for everyone as it exits Steam Labs
Using the tech built for the likes of CS:GO, Destiny 2, and Dota 2 - Valve has officially rolled out the new Steam Chat Filtering across the rest of Steam.
Scream Fortress XII has arrived for Team Fortress 2, new all-time high player count
Halloween is approaching and so what's left of the Team Fortress 2 team have updated the game with the new Scream Fortress XII event.
The Last Stand update for Left 4 Dead 2 is out, plus big sale and free weekend
The day no doubt many of our readers have been waiting for is here, as Valve worked with the community to create a brand new update to Left 4 Dead 2 named The Last Stand.
Valve rolls out News Channels onto Steam to follow your favourite curators - like us!
Over time Steam continues to grow as much more than just a games store, and Valve are showing how today with their next Steam Labs experiment to let you get your news.
Valve developer shows off Gamescope for Linux at XDC 2020
As we highlighted in our initial XDC 2020 article, one of the presentations this year was from a Valve developer who is working on Gamescope.
Left 4 Dead 2 - The Last Stand releases September 24
Left 4 Dead 2, the nearly 11 year old shooter from Valve now has a set release date of September 24 for the huge update made along with a community of modders.
Valve cancels Counter-Strike: Global Offensive November Major, dealing with coach cheats
As the COVID19 pandemic and quarantines around the world continue, another event has been cancelled. Plus, there's been some quite wide-spread cheating from professional CS:GO team coaches.
The upcoming Left 4 Dead 2 free update 'The Last Stand' has a new teaser
With the surprise announcement in August that Left 4 Dead 2 would be getting a brand new update many years after release, we now know a little more.