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Valve is making a strange new controller for its strange new world of living room gaming. The company revealed the last new star in the Steam Universe today, a gamepad meant to play any kind of PC game–from RTS to FPS–in comfort, on Steam Machines and any other Steam-running device. …

The War Z, the online zombie survival shooter which has drawn ample comparisons to DayZ, launched on Steam on Monday. It quickly became the download service’s top-selling game at an introductory price of $13.50. Today, Valve disabled further purchases and is offering refunds for customers who already bought it. What …

Valve has announced a tweak to its Steam Greenlight (opens in new tab) service, the system intended to democratise Steam’s submissions process by allowing users to vote on which projects make it to the publishing stage. That tweak? A $100 submission fee. The new policy, rather than being some manner …

Apple is launching its own home console by the end of 2012, say sources. Following news that Apple CEO Tim Cook paid a low-profile visit to Valve’s offices in Bellevue, Washington, insiders with the Cult of Mac implied Cook’s trip was connected to the development of an Apple-branded video game …

Everyone knows Portal 2 toys are delightful (opens in new tab) – but as those of us who sometimes open our wallets to see a little cartoon moth fly out can attest, living under the constant protection of futuristic security-bots can be a bit pricey. Thankfully, our continued monitoring of …

2012 is shaping up to be a transformative year for Team Fortress 2. This week, Valve outlined just some of the improvements and additions in store for the long-running multiplayer game, including a new “Meet the Team” entry, Steam blog, and top-secret projects. “The TF2 team is working on something …

The “are they or aren’t they” debate surrounding Valve’s development of Half Life 3 has been stoked once more with the discovery of a Half Life 3 t-shirt reportedly worn in public by a Valve employee. We don’t use italics lightly folks, this is a big deal. The shirt was …

2K Games and Gearbox are extending Duke Nukem’s reunion tour with a new multiplayer DLC pack that looks to throw a few jabs at the King’s biggest competitors. Due out this fall, the Hail to the Icons Parody Pack will introduce three new multiplayer modes, an extended arsenal and four …

Crap! Back whenI retrofitted GLaDOS to stand in for famous robots/disembodied characters (opens in new tab), I never thought to have her read something from painfully unfunny fatpuss, Garfield. GAH! Curse my stupid face! Above: To find Garfield, simply hit thePAWS button! lol ( Luckily, the writers of Portal 2 …