Our latest coverage of Valve Corporation.
On June 13, 2017 Valve announced the launch of Steam Direct, the replacement for the much maligned Steam Greenlight. Greenlight sounded like a good idea at first, it allowed players to vote for which games should be approved for Steam. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for shady studios to game the system. Lots of junk, broken products, and 'asset flips' [...]
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Finally following the example set by Counter Strike Global Offensive, Valve will soon require Dota 2 players to register a phone number before they can play ranked matches. The Matchmaking Update, released today, focuses on improving the matchmkaing experience. The first and most important change requires players to register a unique phone number to their account in order to queue [...]
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Earlier today, Valve responded to the Washington State Gambling Commission’s allegations of facilitating online gambling through the use of Counter Strike: Global Offensive skins. In a press release dated October 5th, the WSGC ordered Valve to “immediately stop allowing the transfer of virtual weapons known as “skins” for gambling activities through the company’s Steam Platform.” The state regulatory body further [...]
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is an objective-based MMO tactical shooter and the fourth game in the main Counter-Strike Franchise. Players compete in numerous game modes and across a wide variety of maps to complete objectives and eliminate enemy players. Publisher: Valve Corporation Playerbase: High Type: MMO Shooter Release Date: August 21, 2010 Pros:+Large number of maps. +Replayable. +Numerous weapons. Cons:-Steep learning [...]
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