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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

EA: PC gaming is wrongly categorised

EA CEO John Riccitiello believes that PC gaming has been growing for many years and that sales are down only on the retail market.

May 15, 2008 | 10:50

Audiosurf FM update released

Audiosurf, the music-riding indie brilliance from Dylan Fitterer, has just had a major update which adds mod support and FM scrobblers.

May 7, 2008 | 12:42

Valve releases Steamworks SDK

Valve has finally come through on it's promises and released the Steamworks SDK for free, giving developers an enormous helping hand.

May 2, 2008 | 11:21

Valve releases big TF2 update

Valve has finally released the update for TF2, which includes new weapons, modes and and achievements for the Medic class.

April 30, 2008 | 12:07

Steam was rejected by Microsoft, Yahoo

Before Valve built Steam up from scratch it was offered to both Microsoft and Yahoo, but both of them turned it down apparently.

April 30, 2008 | 11:00

Crossover Games for Mac

With so many great games now exclusive to Windows, are Mac and Linux users getting left out in the cold? Not if Codeweavers and its new program Crossover Games has anything to say about it. But does it really bridge the gap, or is dual-booting still the way to go?

April 22, 2008 | 08:18

Ubisoft comes to Steam

Super-publisher Ubisoft has finally made the plunge, signing a deal to bring forty games to Steam - including Assassin's Creed.

April 2, 2008 | 10:58

Major TF2 update planned for April

If Team Fortress 2 is starting to seem a little old to you then wait just a week or two longer - new gamemodes and maps are on the way.

March 27, 2008 | 13:20

DirectX creator defends PC gaming

Alex St. John, one of the creators of DirectX, has dismissed the idea that PC gaming is dying, outlining why he thinks digitial distribution is the future.

March 25, 2008 | 09:51

Epic launches on Steam

Epic has now officially launched the full catalog of Unreal games over Steam. Seems like thats what all the cool developers are doing nowadays.

March 18, 2008 | 10:36

TF2 Medic update scrapped?

Remember the rumoured changes that were going to be added to the Medic in Team Fortress 2? Well, you may as well forget them now.

March 10, 2008 | 11:03

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