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Steam Can Now Help You Decide What To Play
February 13, 2020 | Robert EndyoToday 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
Can Valve’s First “3” Be Portal 3?
February 6, 2020 | Robert EndyoNearly nine years ago we were once against tossed into the broken down laboratories of Aperture Science with Portal 2. The game followed up a franchise introduction that practically created the bar for puzzle platforming. Puzzle games, especially those from the first-person … Read More
Half-Life: Alyx Is Built Entirely to Sell You VR
November 22, 2019 | Robert Endyo
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
Dota 2 tournament focus of documentary ‘Free to Play’ from Valve
March 20, 2014 | Jeff ChabotValve 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
Valve posts Steam controller demo video
October 11, 2013 | Jeff ChabotValve has released a demo of the new Steam Controller in action, playing a variety of Steam games including Portal, Civilization 5, Counter-Strike, and Papers, Please. The controller, of course, is a prototype. But the demo shows off the … Read More
More Steam Greenlights
November 30, 2012 | Daniel SacdpraseuthThe third batch of Greenlight games has been announced, as well as the first batch of software.
New Steam Greenlight Games (see all Greenlit games here)
- Blackspace
- Darkfall Unholy Wars
- Dawn of Fantasy
- Dragon’s Lair
- Euro Truck Simulator … Read More
Valve Announces First 10 Greenlight Games
September 12, 2012 | Daniel SacdpraseuthValve has announced the first 10 games to be successfully greenlit. And here they are:
- Black Mesa – Enhanced remake of Half-Life 1 using the Source engine.
- Cry of Fear – Singleplayer survival horror game using the Half-Life 1 … Read More
First Impressions: Steam Big Picture Mode Beta
September 11, 2012 | Daniel SacdpraseuthValve’s Big Picture Mode for Steam has entered beta. Is it any good?
One of the features of Steam’s new Big Picture Mode is the ability to use a gamepad to browse your library of games, surf the Internet and … Read More
Meet the Truly Demented Mind of the Pyro
June 27, 2012 | xst jimmy | One CommentValve released the last video in their “Meet this Character” video series and the final video blows the series out with a bang. “Meet the Pyro” is both the hilariously fun and scary demented. (Kind of makes you wondering what … Read More
News
Can the PS5 Survive a $500 Price Tag?
February 21, 2020 | Matthew Byrd
Reports indicate that Sony is struggling to finalize the PS5’s price. The data is unconfirmed at this time, but it sounds like the current costs of manufacturing a PS5 is about $450 a unit. The problem is that Sony … Read More
Can Dreams Ever Be as Successful as Minecraft?
February 16, 2020 | Matthew Byrd
It’s sometimes annoying to start every conversation about Dreams with an explanation about what Dreams is. Then again, Dreams is so ambitious and unique that you really have to make sure that everyone is on the same page whenever … Read More
Can E3 Live On as a Video Game Fan Convention?
February 13, 2020 | Matthew Byrd
This week made it clearer than it ever has been before that E3 is not (and maybe never will be again) the event that it once was.
This week, video game presenter and personality Geoff Keighley announced that he … Read More
Articles
Can the PS5 Survive a $500 Price Tag?
February 21, 2020 | Matthew Byrd Reports indicate that Sony is struggling to finalize the PS5’s price. The data is unconfirmed at this time, but it sounds like the current costs of manufacturing a PS5 is about $450 a unit. The problem is that Sony … Read More
Can Dreams Ever Be as Successful as Minecraft?
February 16, 2020 | Matthew Byrd It’s sometimes annoying to start every conversation about Dreams with an explanation about what Dreams is. Then again, Dreams is so ambitious and unique that you really have to make sure that everyone is on the same page whenever … Read More
Steam Can Now Help You Decide What To Play
February 13, 2020 | Robert Endyo
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
Reviews
Rage 2’s use of Open-World design does not work
June 4, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Recently, I finished Rage 2. I set out in the game with the hope that it would deliver something reminiscent of the magnificence of Doom while drawing some of the enjoyable open-world aspects of an Avalanche developed game. I … Read More
PlayStation Now: Does it Need to Change to Survive?
March 25, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
In many ways, PlayStation Now is shaping up to be Sony’s biggest missed opportunity of the PS4 era.
PlayStation Now sounded like a pretty exciting service when it was first revealed in 2014. At the very least, it offered … Read More
Crackdown 3 or Anthem: Which is More Disappointing?
February 21, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
February 2019 was supposed to be one of the biggest months for games in recent memory. Headlined by titles like Metro Exodus, Crackdown 3, and Anthem, many gamers were left wondering just how they were going to play all … Read More
Opinion
How to Make Anthem Better
February 12, 2020 | Robert Endyo
A couple of days ago, Bioware announced that they would now be working on a “longer-term redesign” of Anthem over the coming months. It’s no mystery that Anthem had a rough start and was often touted as one of the … Read More
Can Valve’s First “3” Be Portal 3?
February 6, 2020 | Robert Endyo
Nearly nine years ago we were once against tossed into the broken down laboratories of Aperture Science with Portal 2. The game followed up a franchise introduction that practically created the bar for puzzle platforming. Puzzle games, especially those from the first-person … Read More
Doom Eternal Is More Than It Seems
February 1, 2020 | Robert Endyo
I’ve pored over quite a bit of Doom Eternal content lately in anticipation of the upcoming release and a lot is going on. Following up on one of the most successful games of 2016 and a revival of the … Read More