Rocket League is dropping lootboxes
Rocket League is one of biggest success stories when it comes to live-service games. It debuted in 2015 for PlayStation 4 and PC, and...
How Devolver Digital pursues the indie fringe and brings it to mainstream gamers
No one does a game trade show quite like Devolver Digital. The company set up its faux booth and trailers outside of the Electronic...
Gabe Newell struggles to say ‘triple-kill’ for his Dota 2 voice pack
Gabe Newell might have founded Valve, the company that made Half-Life and Steam, but he doesn’t understand the concept of “three.” And that’s a...
Valve had to stop pretending it doesn’t own Steam’s data
Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg testified before the United States House of Representatives today and before the Senate yesterday about securing the personal data...
Valve cares about PC gamers, but struggles to show it
I hadn’t even considered the possibility that Gabe Newell would be joining us. When Valve invited me to its office last week for a...
Gabe Newell shares how Hollywood types have trouble adjusting to Valve
A lot of different kinds of people work at Valve, but one group may have difficulty fitting in at first. People who shift from...
How Valve is taking a Nintendo-like approach to virtual reality
Valve is building hardware for virtual reality, and it’s taking cues from one of the console industry’s brightest minds. VR is still in its...
Is E3 2017 opening to the public a good idea? GamesBeat Decides
Listen to the GamesBeat Decides podcast GB Decides on Facebook Watch live on Twitch Watch on YouTube Subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music, or Stitcher. You can go to...
Gabe Newell admits ‘childish’ Valve employees egg on Half-Life 3 rumors
Half-Life 3 is a mythological beast. Most people know it’s not real, but you’ll never convince a handful of dedicated investigators who pour over...
Valve boss Gabe Newell hints at three VR games under development
The knowledge that Valve was working on a VR game was enough to get any headset fan excited. But the company’s plans for the...