Half-Life: Alyx – The $1500 Video Game You’ll Probably Never Play

Half-Life: Alyx was released today in what feels like one of the strangest watershed moments in recent video game history.

Alyx is the first new official entry into the Half-Life narrative released in the last 13 years. For so … Read More

Steam Can Now Help You Decide What To Play

Today Steam announced the “Play Next” experiment that uses an algorithm to help you decide what games you should play. This process uses similar technology to the Interactive Recommender Valve released some time ago. While I’ve … Read More

Should Nintendo Make a Pokemon MMO?

If you haven’t been paying attention to the Steam sales charts, you may not have noticed that a game called Temtem is quickly becoming one of 2020’s runaway hits.

What is Temtem? Well, there’s a lot of things you … Read More

Half-Life: Alyx Is Built Entirely to Sell You VR

Don’t get me wrong, the trailer for Half-Life: Alyx looks great. It seems like it is channeling just enough Half-Life 2 to make it immediately appealing to fans, but it also leaves no doubt that it’s a full-blown … Read More

Why is EA coming back to Steam?

Today EA finally confirmed its return to Steam by allowing preorders for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order on the platform. EA was one of the first companies to move on from Steam to its proprietary platform, Origin, back in … Read More

Now You Can Play Steam Games on Apple iPhone, iPad & TV

A new update released today to Valve’s free Steam Link app allows users to stream games on Apple iPhone, iPad and TV.

On Apple hardware, the Steam Link app is supported on any iPhone or iPad running iOS 11.0 or … Read More

Dota 2 tournament focus of documentary ‘Free to Play’ from Valve

Valve has released a documentary film titled “Free to Play” that focuses on the Dota 2 International Tournament. The film premiered on Weds., March 19 during the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, and was then made available for … Read More

Contrast Review

Contrast is a game I’ve been looking forward to since I first saw it on Steam Greenlight over a year ago. The intriguing vaudeville-inspired setting, unique platforming that transitions between 2D and 3D, and catchy jazz soundtrack on display … Read More

The Release Valve

Welcome to the Release Valve, formerly the Greenlight Spotlight. I finally found a better, more creative name for the series at the suggestion of a friend.  Since my last article, Valve has announced two new batches of Greenlit titles, … Read More

Steam OS Focused on Living Room Gameplay and Family Sharing

Steam, often regarded as the main conduit for the video game industry’s PC-based games, is currently beta testing its up-and-coming new operating system. The Steam OS is being designed based on Linux and meant to run on a PC … Read More