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Gabe Newell was on hand last week at the BAFTA awards to receive the very prestigious Academy Fellowship. While there, Newell revealed a fairly startling statistic, Valve's business has grown by about 50% over the past year alone. That is some incredible growth for any company, much less in an industry that seen the recent closure of some half a dozen studios.
Valve founder Gabe Newell reveals that the company's home console could be available by the summer.
Microsoft president Don Maattrick has gone on record as saying that he does not view Valve as a threat to the company.
Steam users can now download version 1.9 of the game, adding a new difficulty and removing the skill level cap.
There might not be an Oscar for game development, but Gabe Newell is still getting recognized this year. He'll be the recipient of this year's BAFTA Fellowship, the highest accolade the organization awards games industry contributors.
Steam's older games are about to get a pretty big overhaul. It's not one that many users will notice, but Valve believes it will lead to faster load times and an updated, more consistent file layout.
Bohemia Interactive has just announced that Arma 3 will be a Steam exclusive. The upcoming game, the next in their series of military sim shooters, will rely solely on Valve's platform for distribution, and will feature extensive integrations with Steamworks.
Co-founder of Valve and managing director of video game development Gabe Newell recently addressed the audience at DICE gaming conference as a keynote speaker and revealed his thoughts on the future of gaming. While there was no mention of Half-Life 3, the video game guru did offer interesting insights on what will appeal to consumers in the coming years.
Some newly leaked screenshots, while not from Half-Life 3, are from a cancelled Valve project dubbed 'Episode 4.'
It's no secret that the current console generation has grown a bit long in the tooth, and in the absence of new consoles from the likes of Sony and Microsoft, independent companies have leapt into the fray to make their in sight of consumers' eager eyes
Valve, the software company behind Half-Life, Team Fortress, Portal, Left 4 Dead and Steam announced it would begin producing its own gaming hardware.
Valve has launched the Steam Autumn Sale, which features new deals every day through November 26.
Valve looks to make PC gaming more palatable to the mass market with its introduction of Steam TV, which tailors the service for HDTVs in user's living rooms.
