According to an article on The Verge, it appears that right now Valve may be designing a console-type of system. Up until this point, Valve has only been in the software business. Not much is known about what the system will be like, but rumor has it that the “Steam Box”, as it’s sometimes being...

Counter-Strike is easily one of the biggest FPS franchises on the PC. The original game, and CS: Source are still two of the top 10 games played on Steam. As such, players are dying to get their hands on a beta key for the latest installment, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. So how do you get one for...

Valve has announced that DotA 2 will release with both LAN and mod support. The company’s Market Director, Erik Johnson, let this be known himself.This means that the game will already be set for the PC community the moment it hits. Speaking of the game, Johnson said, “There are some systems...

For a menacing part of the day yesterday most of Steam’s services were cut short. Steam itself was down across both PC and Mac platforms for quite some time. Players couldn’t access their games or the store for anything, no matter the effort put forth on their part. Players were deeply...

Remember last November when Steam was hacked? At the time, when Gabe Newell addressed everyone, he let us know that there wasn’t any evidence that credit card information was stolen. However, after further investigation, he has given us reason to worry, just a little. In a statement released earlier...

It’s always really fun to dangle a string in front of a cat and whisk it away just as they’re trying to pounce on it. Companies seem to like to do that to consumers, as they will make products that are absolutely tantalizing, such as replicas from games that we love. Of course once we receive...

Do you have any plans this Saturday? If you own the game Half-Life 2 for the PC, then there’s something you should be doing. Of all days to play this particular title, why Saturday? Because fans of the franchise are rallying together to try and get this game into Steam’s “most played” list...

One of my favorite movies of all time, though it’s not necessarily the season for it, is The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s one of Tim Burton’s better works, and the songs in the movie help make it a true masterpiece. If you take that love and combine it with one of the best games to...