Steam Workshop support added to Civilization V
Turn-based strategy game Civilization V heads into the Steam Workshop which enables authors and users of custom modifications to easily publish, browse, rate, and manage mods.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s simplicity is just what consoles need
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is Valve's effort in transporting PC shooter classic Counter-Strike onto consoles, and the game's straightforward design surprisingly shines.
Portal creator Kim Swift talks about indie gaming and Quantum Conundrum (interview)
Portal creator Kim Swift wants the world to be full of physics-based puzzl games.
6 reasons E3 might suck this year
This year's E3 is looking more notable for what we won't be seeing.
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative Begins May 8
A free Portal 2 DLC update hits Steam May 8, giving players access to a puzzle creator.
Valve’s new pricing will charge players based on how much of a jerk they are
The folks over at Valve have cooked up a novel pricing model for the upcoming Defense of the Ancients 2. Managing director Gabe Newell says...
The four lessons other developers can learn from the Valve employee handbook
Valve recently released its Handbook for New Employees which does a great job of explaining the culture at the incredibly successful development studio. We've taken the most valuable lessons from the guide and collected them here for all other game developers to learn from.
Valve researcher focuses on wearable computing
Michael Abrash, a top video game technical expert, has begun a research project to create “wearable computing” for video game publisher Valve. Valve’s Abrash...
Portal’s test chambers created to scale in Minecraft (video)
In the wake of yesterday’s report on the Minecraft Game of Thrones recreation, it’s only fitting that today we find this stunning one-to-one scale...