Tag Archives: Valve

Software on Steam Now Available

Valve’s Steam finally started selling commercial software on their website. The good news? It’s creative related software ranging from 3D painting to game design tools.

Here’s the list of software on Steam so far…

ArtRage Studio Pro
CameraBag 2
GameMaker: Studio
3D-Coat
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11

In Steam’s press release they go on to say…

Many of the launch titles will take advantage of popular Steamworks features, such as easy [ Read More... ]

Valve unveils Steam TV aka Big Picture Mode Beta

Valve is launching a beta test for its new Steam service called Big Picture mode. This version of Steam will allow you to play your Steam games directly on your television. In their hands on preview, Kotaku reports that it is “sleek, intuitive, and groundbreaking in several ways.”

Watch Valve’s Big Picture trailer here…

Steam Big Picture features a brand new interface, specifically designed for viewing on your … [ Read More... ]

Valve launches Steam Greenlight

Valve has officially launched its new Steam feature called Greenlight. This is an indie game developers dream come true. After months of testing with indie developers Steam now is allowing its users to judge and decide what indie games will make it on to the Steam store.

We’ve been working on this feature for the last few months with the input from a group of indie partners, [ Read More... ]

The Mastermind Behind Halo & COD Multiplayer: Max Hoberman of Certain Affinity Interview

At Quakecon we caught up with Max Hoberman, the President and Creative Director of Austin based game studio Certain Affinity.

Max Hoberman has been in the game industry for years, with his humble beginnings as a Mac gamer playing Bungie’s Marathon. He eventually went on to work with Bungie for about 10 years on various games including Halo and Oni. After that he made his own … [ Read More... ]