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Valve has released the specifications for its prototype Steam Machines, and they range from very impressive to not-bad-at-all-for-a-free-gaming-computer. The lucky 300 Steam users selected to participate in the beta will receive a 12x12x3 inch box (that’s a bit bigger than an original Xbox 360) with these bits stuffed inside, according …

Gabe Newell thinks several manufacturers will offer pre-made PCs built for the living room in 2013, and Valve will eventually join them. Whether consumers get their hardware from Valve or not, Newell will be happy to give them a couch-friendly experience with Steam’s Big Picture, which he told Kotaku has …

Valve has announced a new initiative within Steam that will allow the users themselves to select which independent games are released on Steam. Being showcased on Steam can mean a huge boost for some indie games, and competition can be fierce.Steam Greenlight (opens in new tab)gives this power to the …

Valve’s Gabe Newell spoke out recently on topics dear to fans of the company. The Steam impresario appeared on the premiere episode of new podcast Seven Day cooldown (opens in new tab) (via Gamasutra (opens in new tab), Develop (opens in new tab)) to give his thoughts about EA’s would-be …

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has revealed its list of contenders for the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, naming the Nolan North, Cole Phelps, and GLaDOS vehicles as this year’s biggest nominees. Leading the pack is Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Naughty Dog), which earned a total of 12 …

Trendy Entertainment’s newest title Dungeon Defenders has got a sweet package thanks to some help from Valve. By pre-ordering the toon shaded tower defense game on Steam, you’ll get an Aperture Science’s portal device for the huntress hero class and four Team Fortress 2 familiars to assist your team. What’s …

EA may have had legitimate reasons for pulling its games from Valve’s digital distribution service Steam, but Valve boss Gabe Newell is determined to win them back regardless. In an interview with Develop magazine, Newell noted EA’s departure from Valve’s gaming portal makes sense on a number of levels, but …

What’s that you say? The whole thing’s in German? Ah. Oh well, it’s still bloody funny. We can just about work out what’s going on, and besides, it has robots getting hurt and everything. I think the general gist is that humans have turned out to be too untrustworthy to …