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Viktor Antonov is a video game designer, mostly recognized for creating the iconic City 17 from Half-Life 2. He recently spoke, rather openly, regarding the lack of originality on the current gaming scene and he asserted how there are too many sequels out there...

Valve announced Steam Greenlight, "a new platform feature that enlists the community's help in selecting some of the next games to be released on Steam." Here's the word: Steam Greenlight will allow developers and publishers to post information and media about their game in an effort to convince the Community that their game should be released on Steam...

So, what did we decide about this then, fake? Most of you seem to think it's fake. Personally, I really want it to be true. Then again, it could just be a prank pulled off by some fan, which would be a shame indeed, because despite my skepticism about Valve actually working on HL3, there isn't a game I'd sooner play right now (hm, apart from Dragon Age: Origins 2 - The Proper Sequel You Fucking Assheads!)

And here we go again. Fan site ValveTime.net seems to have grabbed concept art from a "Valve employee." The images are supposedly from the rumored Half-Life 3 (or rather Half-Life 2: Episode 3), which was supposed to be released long ago or that's what may eager fans expected at least...

Despite a somewhat grim outlook for the legal dispute between Blizzard and Valve, it seems that both companies managed to settle the battle over the DOTA license. As you know, Valve is keen on pushing their project DOTA 2 to the end, whereas Blizzard owns the rights to the universe and characters that were used for the popular Warcraft 3 mod...

How many times have we longed for Valve to reveal at least a shred of evidence that Half-Life 3 exists (or Half-Life 2: Episode 3, if you prefer)? The thing is they never said a word. No official info or media. Nothing. Hints, rumors, possibly some tidbits that might lead us to believe they haven't given up on the project entirely, albeit nothing concrete...

You probably recall when Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was announced. Of course, a lot of people were looking forward to the game's much touted cross-platform multiplayer feature. According to a story posted by the folks at Joystiq, that particular feature of the game is no more...

Ah, DOTA - a once popular mod for Warcraft III, but now apparently the source of a potentially long-drawn-out legal dispute. Well, of course, we all knew this was bound to happen sooner or later. The folks over at Kotaku have reported that development studios Valve Software and Blizzard Entertainment commenced a legal battle over the name DOTA (Defense of the Ancients)...

Wow, this is impressive to say the least. Judging from the data on Steam's player stats page, Vavle's digital service reached five million concurrent users. By the way, don't forget to check out the Steam January Holiday Sales. Thanks, PC Gamer.

Valve confirmed that the Steam Users' Forums downtime, which happened earlier this week, were in fact the result of a break-in. Here the word from Valve's Gabe Newell, as he explains exactly what occurred: Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users, Our Steam forums were defaced on the evening of Sunday, November 6...

This is something you're gonna wanna see (if you haven't already): Nice one. According to this blog post , the fabulous-looking live action movie, based on Valve's Portal game franchise, has been directed by Dan Trachtenberg, visual effects were done by Jon Chesson and matte painting was done by Maxx Burman.

So, DOTA 2 has been showcased and played during the Gamescom 2011 and... how is it? Well, opinions appear to be divided on the subject, as it happens. The official DOTA 2 web site featured live coverage of a tournament that was held yesterday...

Yep, earlier reports were true. Valve just officially confirmed Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which is scheduled for release via Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and Steam (PC & Mac) in early 2012. The game is going to going to offer a variety of new features, new maps, characters and weapons...

Game community and video game solution provider E-Sports Entertainment dropped some hints about a new Counter-Strike title. The message reads: "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive...More info in the morning." The post was made about three hours ago, apparently by ESEA's Craig Levine at Valve's studio...

Back in October 2010, Valve officially confirmed a new project called Dota 2, or rather a direct sequel to the Warcraft 3 custom scenario, Defense of The Ancients (i.e. Dota). Although little is known about the game at this point, we do know that it's supposed to make an appearance at this year's GamesCom in Koln (Germany)...