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Half-Life 3 is official(wait for it)ly trademarked in the European Union. NeoGAF users (via Polygon) spotted the registered trademark from Valve with the European Union’s Trade Marks and Designs Registration Office, which was filed on Sept. 29. The European registration filed through a Spanish representative is for ” Computer game …

Valve is partnering with hardware manufacturers to bring a range of Steam Machines into your living room, but first it wants you to beta test its own design. The company spelled out its long-awaited Steam hardware initiative on its website today: “Entertainment is not a one-size-fits-all world. We want you …

“There are sets of issues to making sure whatever platform you have works well in a living room environment. There are thermal issues and sound issues, but there also a bunch of input issues. So the next step in our contribution to this [the promotion of Linux for gaming] is …

We’ve heard rumours about a next-gen version of Valve’s Source Engine being in development, some of which even came from code inside Source Filmmaker (opens in new tab). But Gabe Newell has finally gone on the record (see for yourself below at 6:14) to state that Source 2 is in …

In a somewhat irritating (though nonetheless exciting) announcement-of-an-impending-announcement, Adult Swimrevealed (opens in new tab)today that they are currently collaborating with Valve on a new project involving Team Fortress 2. They’re not saying what the project is yet, but current speculation suggests it might be some sort of TF2-themed animated web …

Yesterday rumor mongers came up with an especially enticing little morsel of gaming news. The rumor floating around was that Overkill, the studio behind the co-op bank heist shooter, PAYDAY, was working with Valve on developing a prequel to the Left 4 Dead series. Honestly, the rumor seemed a bit …

Following months of alleged hints, leaks, and hidden code, Valve has put a full-stop to Half Life 3 speculation with a post declaring it is in no way responsible for the recent teases, and that any rumors of the sequel’s existence are the work of wishful fans alone. “You are …

On a scale of one to “holy crap these are awesome,” robotic engineer Chris Myles’s replica Portal 2 PersonalityCores fall somewhere between “damn I want one now” and “seriously, I would kick a puppy for these – just say the word.” Granted, this rating system needs some fine-tuning, but you …

Portal 2’s turrets are so gosh darn charming, it’s easy to forget that their main function is to straight up murder your ass with cold, remorseless efficiency. Sadly, it’s this one small detail that makes them all but impossible to market in the real world, but one Canadian tinkerer has …

Chris, Tyler and Lizzie are joined byPC Gamer (opens in new tab)’s Evan Lahti and Anthony Valva for a SPOILER-FREE look at Portal’s brain-wrenching co-op mode. Get this straight, readers: Several of us in the office have played through Portal 2 several times already. I personally played through myself and …