Steam Workshop has been out of beta for only about four days now, and they already have tons of amazing video game mods. Steam Workshop streamlines browsing for mods very efficiently and has improved some of the actual gameplay in their mods. Such as being able to help Left 4 Dead 2 have better AI. While using Valve’s Steam Workshop you can download mods which could give you new weapons, … [ Read More... ]
Valve president Gabe Newell shed light on the much anticipated Steam Box at this year’s CES, and yes, he called it a Steam Box. Despite initial predictions that the Steam Box would be a home console, instead it’s a line of streamlined gaming PCs designed to integrate with your TV. Interestingly, it will run Linux and be completely open source which shouldn’t come as a surprise given Gabe … [ Read More... ]
Michael Abrash, literally a genius programmer, recently posted on his blog at Valve regarding some of his VR (virtual reality) & AR (augmented reality) research. It’s chock-full of ideas and thoughts about the obstacles to overcome with VR/AR controller latency. That is making your control in the game world as instant and natural as it would be in real life. He says that even having controls be 99% accurate … [ Read More... ]
Gabe Newell celebrated his birthday this year in the company of his fans from 4chan.org’s /v/ board this year. Several fans got to tour the Valve offices and see how they work. He also entertained a Q&A session after he was given a combat helmet in the fashion of a TF2 DLC.
During the Q&A Gabe was asked about Valve working on a new engine to which he replied, … [ Read More... ]