Next year

Valve has announced that it will drop support for Windows XP and Vista systems during next year. After the 1st January 2019, Steam Client will not run anymore on those versions of Windows. In other words, your game library will be inaccessible until you upgrade to Windows 7 or newer.


That is a one good prank

A rather big Half-Life 3 poster was spotted above the main entrance to Gamescom 2016 but it appears that it is just a big prank, and a good one if we may add.


The International on ASUS monitors and notebooks

Valve's biggest gaming tournament, The International 2016, has already started yesterday and this year ASUS will be powering it, supplying players with both monitors and systems.


Files spotted in SteamVR Performance Test benchmark

Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3 rumors have come back to life as some files referring to these two games have been spotted in the recently release SteamVR Performance Test benchmark.


Check if your PC is VR ready

Valve has released a free benchmark on Steam that tests the performance of your system and check if it can handle SteamVR and virtual reality, the SteamVR Performance Test benchmark.


Adds more features to it

Valve's Steam Controller has been around for a while and Valve has decided to both show how the controller is made as well as adds a couple of new features to it.


Looks impressive

Although Half Life 2: Episode Three was never released and has pretty much became vaporware, Valve was also planning Half Life 2: Episode Four and today we have some new screenshots from this cancelled game.


Reduces gaming performance by 50 percent

It appears all is not well with Valve's SteamOS as according to a new report, SteamOS actually performs up to 50 percent worse than Windows OS, running on the same hardware.


Including Steam Machines, Controller and Link

Valve has now officially announced the launch of its Steam Hardware in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe. The Steam Hardware includes the Steam Machines, provided by various manufacturers, as well as Steam Controller and Steam Link, coming from Valve directly.


No VR support from Valve

According to Valve, Half-Life 3 game won't be a virtual reality (VR) game as it will not have a support for any VR headset, including Valve's own HTC-made Vive VR headset.


Not as excited over DirectX 12

Valve is definitely a big name when it comes to gaming industry and according to company's latest appearance at Siggraph, it appears that DirectX 12 is not in their focus but rather the Vulkan API.


With Steam Controller as well

Earlier, Valve has launched pre-order for the Steam Controller and/or Steam Link streaming box and now the company has added two free games for those that pre-order them.


Valve says it is still in development

While there have been a few rumors recently suggesting that Valve will never release Half-Life 3, a post over at Valve News Network suggest otherwise.


Experimenting with it

In a recent interview, Valve has confirmed that it has been experimenting with Half Life with virtual reality headset but the company is still not talking about Half Life 3.


Final version coming in November for US $50

While it already announced that its Steam Controller will be available in November, alongside the Steam Link and new Steam Machines, Valve has now released a preview of that same Steam Controller.


Says nothing about Half Life 3

While there were plenty of rumors regarding possible Half Life 3 announcement from Valve during GDC 2015, the company has just announced its Source 2 engine.


Valve big push into living room

Valve's press conference at Game Developers Conference (GDC 2015) which just kicked off in San Francisco is probably the most anticipated event, especially considering Valve's recent push into virtual reality (VR), recent rumors regarding Half Life 3 as well as earlier unveiled Steam Machines and Valve's push at living room gaming. Well, Valve did not disappoint as there are plenty of new information.


Possible glimpse of SteamVR spotted

Just a few days since Valve has announced that it will be showing off its SteamVR headset during Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2015 which will kick off next week and we have some of the first rumors regarding it and a possible glimpse of the headset.


With 4500 games

Valve has announced that Steam has reached a new record of over 125 million active users with the new concurrent number of users reaching a new record of 8.9 million.


Finalized Steam Controller as well

It appears that upcoming Game Developers Conference 2015 scheduled to kick off on March 2nd will be mostly about virtual reality (VR) and now you can add Valve to that list as the company has just confirmed that it will show off its Steam VR hardware system as well as bring a finalized Steam Controller.
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