Tag: Valve
Valve's Steam gaming store now ready for super-fast downloads
Steam, the digital distribution gaming store that's been keeping PC gamers loaded with top quality titles since 2003, is to get a major backend overhaul that will drastically improve download times. Though Steam is hardly a slow service as it…
REVIEW: Portal 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
The original Portal was a cult smash, turning legions of shooter fans away from their AK-47s and making them don their thinking caps instead. A fiendishly inventive puzzler, it was also hilariously written, with each enigma solved bringing you one step closer to yet another killer punchline. It was a magic formula, and one that many argued would not serve a sequel well. Can Portal 2 live up to its lofty predecessor?
Zombies beware – Left 4 Dead 2 hits Mac computers tomorrow
The multiplayer zombie-blast fest that is Left 4 Dead 2 is hitting Mac computers tomorrow through the Steam platform. Squeamish Apple fanboys need not apply. Steam developers Valve revealed the release date over the weekend, allowing Mac gamers to…
Valve want to make Half Life movie
Gaming properties are hot stuff in Hollywood right now, but very rarely do they capture the imagination of audiences as well as their console counterparts did. Just look at the woeful Super Mario Bros. movie. Even the recent big-budget Prince…
Steam and Portal 2 to hit the PS3!
In somewhat of a shock announcement, Valve have confirmed that their Steam digital game downloader and library software will be making the jump to consoles with Sony's PS3. With it also comes the news that the eagerly anticipated Portal 2…
Steam for Mac gets a release date
There's not long to wait now before Mac gamers get their hands on the Steam gaming platform. After missing its April launch date, the popular game library and download software will now be hitting Apple's machines on the 12th…
Testers play with Steam for Mac – Video
Getting hold of computer gaming software has never been all that easy for Mac gamers, often having to wait ages for a slim chance of even the biggest titles hitting Apple's computers. However, the news that popular digital distribution…
Left 4 Dead 2 – How to kill zombies in real-life
Tech Digest's very own Gerald Lynch gets prepped for the zombie horde with an SAS survival training session.
Logic3 releases iPod dock with valve amplifier
iPod docks, as I’ve said before, are ten-a-penny around here. They’re not the most exciting product to write about, and every company in the world makes one. This, however, is something special. It’s got valves.
If you don’t know why that’s good, then go ask your neighborhood audiophile. It basically makes the music sound ‘warmer’, and valve amps have long been praised for the lovely feel that they give to sound and music. Of course they’re not cheap. This model costs £300. For that, you’re getting lovely lovely sound, a pair of 40W speakers (though you can plug in whatever speakers you like) and two auxiliary inputs, for plugging in your TV or stereo. Full specs are over the jump.
UPDATED: RUMOUR: Google to buy Valve?
If this story’s true, it’s massive. The Inquirer are reporting that sources close to both companies are reporting that Google is about to acquire Valve. Valve is the company behind the hugely popular and genre-defining Half-Life games, but more than that, it owns a content delivery service called Steam.
