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Halo: Reach PC Review

Halo Reach is a solid PC port and remains a decent shooter, although it has dated more than we expected.

December 6, 2019 | 21:00

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Super Gaming OC Review

Triple-fan cooler, mild overclock, basic RGB - worth it over Founders?

December 4, 2019 | 12:00

bit-tech Mod of the Year 2019 in Association with Corsair - Nominate your Favourite Mods!

Who do you think deserves the crown for 2019?

December 4, 2019 | 09:00

Dark Messiah: Might and Magic Elements

It's the enhanced and expanded Xbox 360 version of the original Dark Messiah and it's not nearly as bad as that description might lead you to think. But does this little prophet have the mana to bewitch us into liking it? Only one way to find out...

March 10, 2008 | 07:29

Valve to add music, video to Steam?

According to comments by Doug Lombardi, Valve is considering bringing music and video content to Steam before the end of the year.

February 26, 2008 | 11:09

Audiosurf

We're riding rollercoasters made of music, being pelted with neon coloured bricks and screaming out the words to some rather embarrassing power ballads. Have we lost it completely? No. We've just discovered one of the most fluid music-games to date.

February 26, 2008 | 07:53

Team Fortress 2 welcomes new map

The roster of maps for Team Fortress 2 just got bulked up by the addition of Badlands. Consider it Valve's way of saying Happy Valentine's Day.

February 15, 2008 | 11:33

Valve releases SteamWorks toolset for free

Valve has released the SteamWorks toolset to PC developers completely for free, making digital distribution a suddenly viable option for all!

January 30, 2008 | 10:24

Free Portal to all Nvidia GeForce owners

Valve, traditionally a company partnered with ATI, has got it together with Nvidia to offer some free Portal love to all current Nvidia GeForce owners.

January 10, 2008 | 10:44

Steam adds gifting service for Christmas

Stuck for what to get your fellow geek for Christmas and don't have time to make it to the shops? Steam has just the answer for you!

December 19, 2007 | 10:52

Bughunting and the value of QA

Simon Hill of Outerlight, the team behind The Ship, introduces himself as a new monthly columnist. Simon talks about how he got started in the industry as a games tester, asking: What role does quality assurance have in game development?

December 11, 2007 | 07:21

Join bit-tech & Intel for Team Fortress 2!

Enjoy some TF2 action from Valve's latest Orange box? Thanks to Intel, we've joined up to host an uber octo-core server, so join bit-tech for some online FPS action!

November 15, 2007 | 18:14

Adobe aims to make products web based

With increasing broadband access and speeds, Adobe plans to make all of its products available through the web in the next decade.

October 19, 2007 | 13:52

Team Fortress 2 Beta Impressions

Team Fortress 2, the sequel to the best team multiplayer game ever, has been massively restyled and redone by Valve and will be packaged in with the rest of The Orange Box. But will it be worthy of one third of our attention? We find out by going hands on with the beta!

October 4, 2007 | 09:18

Sequel to The Ship is underway

Outerlight has confirmed that it's working on a sequel to The Ship, the ship-based murder simulator based on the Source engine.

September 4, 2007 | 12:10

BioShock copy protection to go?

UPDATED! I hate Securom. You hate Securom. 2K now looks like it may finally be joining the crowd after Ken Levine promises to get it sorted out. Meanwhile, Steam claims to have already done so.

August 24, 2007 | 09:41

Metaboli: Gaming on Demand

Gaming on demand is taking off in a big way, so we take a look at the new kid on the block, Metaboli. Can subscription based games download services satisfy our massive games appetites? Find out within.

August 10, 2007 | 10:31

Steam Community beta upgrade goes live

Steam has been updated with a new community beta function, allowing players to join groups and schedule events. Details of the official bit-tech.net group lay within!

August 7, 2007 | 09:57

id confirms Rage, Quake Zero, Quake XBLA

Carmack and co. have had a very busy week at QuakeCon '07, unveiling a new title and two Quake remakes. Check out the trailer for Rage within.

August 6, 2007 | 09:57

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

We've been behind the sword, on the sword, in the sword and in front of the sword a hundred times before. Finally though, Dan Boaden goes Beyond the Sword in the new Civ IV expansion pack.

August 4, 2007 | 10:10

Lost Planet PC gets free content

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition has only been out on PC for a little while, but already it's getting a load of free content dumped on it in a new patch. Check inside for details.

July 16, 2007 | 09:38

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition PC

Lost Planet is a port of the successful, snow filled 360 game from Capcom which is available in DX9 and DX10 flavours. We grab a copy and see what we can find.

July 7, 2007 | 10:49

Running on Steam

Love it or hate it, digital distribution has become a huge part of the gaming industry and will stay that way. So we decided to take a sit down with the guys at Valve to hear where the biggest platform - Steam - is heading.

June 28, 2007 | 08:44