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It looks like the definitive version of Portal 2 on console WILL be the PlayStation 3 edition, after Valve’s announced a roster of connectivity features between PS3 and PC. First up, the PlayStation 3 version of Portal 2 will ship with cross platform play, Valve’s announced, allowing PS3 users to play with PC and Mac …

Valve’s Steam Holiday Sale is running some awesome deals this month, reducing the prices on huge titles by as much as 85 percent. “Gamers may save up to 80% on select titles, with daily and week-long savings on featured titles, publisher game packs, and compilations,” says Valve. The games on offer rotate on a daily …

Valve has promised “at least” three “big surprises” for gamers in the next 12 months. Half-Life 3, anyone? Unfortunately – in typical, teasing style – it refused to be drawn on any detail of what the surprises entailed. Speculation over a Half-Life 2: Episode 3 announcement was rife before E3 in June, but never materialised. …

No-one who’s ever played Counter-Strike will ever forget that most seminal of all CS maps, de_dust. Consistently ranked as one of the best maps and mods of all time, de_dust has been the online playground where countless terrorists and CTs have strived, struggled and well …bitten the dust, in the fight to plant or defuse …

Valve’s ‘Perils of summer’ sale has began on Steam, with a massive selection of games seeing price reductions of up to 90%. If you’re broke, now’s the time to go shopping. The deal runs from today until July 4, which mean that if, like us, you’re paid tomorrow, you should get on there before you …

According to the fine fellows at Valve, the co-operative campaign in Portal 2 will be entirely separate from the single-player affair, with completely different levels designed to challenge two players, and it sounds pretty impressive, at least at face value. Players take control of infinitely respawning robots instead of the SP lead protagonist Chell, which …

GLaDOS is back! Yesterday, Valve announced Portal 2 at the Sony press conference, that the popular game will finally make its way to the PlayStation 3. Morgan Webb and Kevin Pereira of G4 sat down with Doug Lombardi, VP of Marketing today, to learn more about Portal 2, with its new characters, new campaign, the …

The Team Fortress 2 blog has revealed the impending arrival of one of Valve’s biggest games to the Mac platform. Later today, Mac-owning gamers will be able to join the Team Fortress 2 … team. Well, Valve didn’t even confirm that it is Team Fortress 2 that is being released tomorrow. Sure, it was on …

Valve has confirmed that its E3 ‘surprise’ will be ‘Portal 2-themed’. The ‘surprise’ sent the rumour mill into overdrive since last week – when Valve sent out a cryptic email telling journalists that a planned Portal 2 event had been cancelled. Gaming blogs have suggested that Half-Life 2: Episode 3 or even Half-Life 3 could …

Valve’s much-pondered surprise next week will be the unveiling of Source Engine 2, according to a report, whilst also predicted by yours truly earlier. Citing an anonymous source (I really hope they didn’t get the story from me), VG247 reports that Valve may lift the lid on a new version of the Source Engine by …

The speculation surrounding Valve’s surprise announcement at E3 next week continues.  Boss Gabe Newell has said that whatever the surprise is, it’s not (reiterate: not) Half Life 2: Episode Three. In an email reply to a user from fansite Halflife2.net, Newell said that not only isn’t it Episode Three, but he went on to add in …

Valve have announced that Half-Life 2 will finally be available for morgn Mac gamers on May 26, 2010. Furthermore, to celebrate the event Valve has chosen to make this announcement in the form of a parody of the iconic Mac 1984 ads from way back when, except instead of a anonymous heroine in dolphin shorts …

Curious how that free Portal promotion’s been faring? Pretty darn well, according to Valve’s figures; the developer announced this morning that the first-person puzzler has been downloaded more than 1.5 million times since the company began offering it to Steam users free of charge last week. In case you missed it, Valve kicked off its …

In celebration of launching their digital distribution service for games, Steam, on the Mac platform, Valve are offering their much-lauded Portal for free on PC and Mac until May 24. “Portal used to cost money,” reads a hilarious message on Valve’s website. “Until May 24th, it’s free. End of story. Well, technically speaking, there are some …

An “extensive update” for Counter-Strike: Source (PC) is now available to owners of the multiplayer shooter by way of a limited beta, Valve Software has announced. “The update includes a host of new features and functionality developed in collaboration with Hidden Path Studios,” explained Valve. “This beta will run for a limited time, and once complete, …