With only five days to go until Christmas Day, many gamers will be wondering when the Steam Winter Sale, which offers significant discounts for thousands of games and other pieces of software will be due to begin. Thankfully for the gaming community, the wait has almost come to an end,…

The Steam Winter Sale is always the go-to for gamers looking to pick up a new title to play over the festive period. Valve never really officially announces when the sale will go live but usually, the dates for the Steam Sales get leaked online and the latest sale is…

Even though the summer has only just begun, it appears that Valve is wasting no time in getting ready to activate this year's Steam Store Summer Sale. In following with their accidental tradition from previous years, PayPal have accidentally revealed that the latest sale will take place from 6 PM…

SteamSpy founder Sergey Galyonkin has released a report which showcases the sales of Steam games throughout 2016. There was a massive 369,886,548 sales in 2016 with a massive 53 million of them happen in December alone, which is Steam's most lucrative month. These figures do not include in-game purchases or DLC…

The biggest championship event of the year for Dota 2 fans is now here. The tournament, called The International, started on the 8th August and will run through to the 13th of the same month. It’s being held at the Seattle Centre and will see 16 competing teams fighting for…

Valve has made the CAD files for the Steam controller public for players to redesign to their "heart's content."  The files were made public on the Steam Community site and provide "the geometry of all externally visible parts." The intention is for players to customise the controller to how they would want…

From today you can pre-order the virtual reality set from HTC and Valve which will ship in early April. What do you get for you $799/£689? "Vive will be delivered as a complete kit allowing users to instantly jump into a fully immersive virtual environment using two wireless controllers, 360 degree tracking…

Nuke, or de_nuke depending on how old school you are, has been a staple map in competitive CS:GO for a long time, even way back in CS 1.6, however it had a rough reception in its initial release on CS:GO for being rather unbalanced. However Valve have started a tradition…

Ever wanted to play your Steam library on the train on your way to work? Now you will be able to take your PC Steam library with a device that is capable of doing just that. The Smach Zero, a portable Steam machine now has a release date a price…

At gamescom 2015 this week HTC is showcasing their Vive VR platform with Valve. The "Secret Shop" is a Dota 2 experience, the massive eSports title which has over 20 million players will show gamers what it is like in virtual reality. The International is also happening this week for…

Barely a few weeks after the Autumn Sale, Valve have announced the beginning of the Steam Holiday Sale, which will take place from the 18th of December and continue into the new year. In the meantime, you can recycle your unwanted or spare inventory items for Gems to use in…

When it comes to games available on Steam's Early Access service, there have been many successes, such as Squad's Kerbal Space Program, Introversion Software's Prison Architect, and KingART Games The Book of Unwritten Tales 2. But some of the developers taking advantage of the service are not regularly updating their games, releasing product…

Several months ago, it was reported that Rockstar had not secured the rights to include certain music tracks in their mobile re-release Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. This was confirmed on the game's release, as several of the radio stations were missing a variety of songs. It appears that Rockstar…

Valve have revealed this week that they are making a few little tweaks to Dota 2 treasure system. After the latest update, treasure chests will no longer contain duplicate items; at least for a while. There will now be a set order in which you will receive items, allowing you…

Valve have announced that Steam Family Sharing is now available to all users on Steam. This means that players who share a computer can now also share a games library, while family and friends can authorise their games to be played through each other's accounts on separate devices. The process…

Developers on Steam can now set discounts on their own games without Valve’s confirmation, a Reddit user has found. The information was taken from Valve’s private Steamworks community page. Formerly developers would need to work with Valve in order to join weekly promotions or create limited time discounts. Now developers…

Valve-produced documentary Free to Play will make its debut next month and to be released for free through Steam on March 19, the company has announced today. Free to Play is a feature-length documentary explores the lives of three competitive Dota 2 players: Danil ‘Dendi’ Ishutin from Ukraine, Benedict ‘hyhy’…

Valve has released an update to their new tagging feature that was released in beta earlier this week. The tag systems allows players to categorize games in terms of theme, titles and other attributes, but some users have been using the system inappropriately. Users can now report popular tags that…

Valve have announced a new feature for their Steam service and SteamOS. Steam Music will allow users to play the music they own while playing their games. Of course this has been possible on the PC platform since time immemorial, with gamers able to simply run a music program in…

Steam Greenlight is a service that has given hope to many developers who want to their games to be sold on Valve's digital entertainment platform. Every once in a while, they pick a group of potential titles, and reach out to the team to offer their support. If you are…

Fans who were worried about the end of the Operation Bravo event have something to be excited about today as Valve announced via its official Counter Strike page that the Operation Bravo event will extended until February 5th. The Operation Bravo event allows players to play on new maps created…