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Valve Releases Steamworks SDK Free Of Charge
Tuesday 6 May 2008 – 10:10 in Gaming
We just received word from Valve Software that the company has released a free Steamworks Software Development Kit.
Valve to ship Half-Life 2, extensions for PS3 and Xbox 360
Saturday 15 July 2006 – 01:30
Valve will be jumping on the Playstation 3 train by recycling its Half-Life 2 story. The package for Sony's next-generation game console will include "enhanced" versions of Half-Life 2 and Episode One - the first part of a Half-Life 2 related trilogy Valve is rolling out - as well Episode 2, which will also include the games Team Fortress and Portal.
Google to Buy Valve? Ain't Gonna Happen
Wednesday 17 September 2008 – 08:40
The Inquirer’s Charlie Demerjian, quoting “well placed sources,” reported today that Google was “going to buy Valve any second now.” If so, that’s news to Valve’s marketing veep Doug Lombardi, who should be in a position to know.
Valve unites Epic Games, id Software and themselves under the same roof
Tuesday 18 March 2008 – 12:30 in Business
- Steam content distribution platform just became THE 800-pound gorilla in the world of digital distribution. Valve just announced that Epic Games signed with Steam, making this three out of three for founders of FPS gaming.
It's full Steam ahead for Valve's PC game download service
Monday 11 February 2008 – 09:30 in Business
Valve's PC game download service Steam has surpassed the 15 million account milestone, after having far and away its most successful holiday season to date.

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Valve Half-Life 2 Benchmark Numbers*
Thursday 11 September 2003 – 06:00
In the context of ATI's "Shader Day" event that's currently running in Seattle, the game company Valve showed first Halflife 2 benchmark numbers of actual DirectX 9 cards available on the market. Valve's Gabe Newell also spoke about the problems that graphics card driver optimizations cause for the customers.
Valve hack just a false alarm, sort of*
Saturday 21 April 2007 – 03:13
A hacker's claim that he gained access to all of Valve's internal files was played out too far, even though it appears he did hack a third-party site that deals with Valve. ...