Publisher Valve says Linux is more viable for games than Windows 8
One of the biggest names in PC gaming continues to lob insults at Microsoft's newest operating system.
Steam’s Linux beta will include Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Serious Sam 3
A Steam for Linux beta will support two Valve games and one from an outside developer.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Kixeye opens up about racism allegations, OnLive assets sold for $4.8 million
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Valve wants your help playtesting unreleased games and hardware prototypes
Just fill out a survey and the developer may invite you to come out to its Pacific Northwest-based headquarters to looks at some of its products.
Startup puts gamers to work raising money for charity
Game It Forward has developed a model that will allow players to donate to their favorite charities just by playing a game.
The DeanBeat: Raptr’s gamer data shows that building real communities pays off in profits (it’s the community, stupid)
Doing good by the community yields profits, so say the numbers from Raptr's social network for gamers.
Nongaming software goes live on Steam
Forget Half-Life 3! Steam has 3D-modeling and photo-editing software.
It’s a Total War weekend on Steam: Free Team Fortress 2 items
Rome: Total War is only $1 on Steam, and it comes with a bunch of free items for Valve's free-to-play first-person shooter.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Valve acquisition rumors, ‘Threeview,’ and Black Ops II
This week, a Valve engineer built a hybrid rocket engine under the backdrop of acquisition rumors, Activision revealed a ton of Call of Duty:...
Valve engineer builds a sweet hybrid rocket engine (video)
Sometimes you just build a rocket in your spare time. Or at least that’s what you do if you’re Valve hardware hacker Ben Krasnow.