New trademarks by Valve sure do seem to be hinting at something. But what ever could it be?

March really started off with a bang for Counter-Strike fans when Nvidia included references to something called Counter-Strike 2. Specifically, the drivers starting with 531.18 included profiles for "Counter-strike 2 (cs2.exe)" and "Counter-strike 2 (csgos2.exe)."

Since that time, the Counter-Strike community has gone a bit rabid in their desire for a Source...

You can save 10% off Valve's portable PC for a limited time.

If you've been holding off on picking up a shiny new Steam Deck because the price was just a tiny bit too high, you may want to check it out now. From now through until March 23 at 10AM (PT), Valve's Steam Deck is on sale for 10% off. This discounted price is in honor of both a year of the Steam Deck's availability and it just so happens to coincide with the Steam Spring Sale.

This 10% may not sound like a lot...

Is the long-awaited Source 2 release just around the bend?

For a few centuries now, fans of Counter-Strike have been longing for their beloved FPS to receive an engine update to Source 2. After all, other Valve titles have received the treatment, some of which having been updated almost a decade back like Dota 2.

This week, rumors of the mythical Source 2 release of Counter-Strike flared up when the official Counter-Strike Twitter account updated their Twitter banner....

Valve says this is just one step in the ongoing fight against cheating.

It's not too often that Valve comes out swinging their big ban hammer, but yesterday was one such occasion. On the official Dota 2 blog, Valve revealed that they have recently permanently banned over 40,000 accounts that were caught using third-party software to cheat. Valve used the cheaters' access to information "that wasn't visible during normal gameplay" to confirm their suspicions and dish out some...

This new feature, currently in beta, will let you install games between PCs on the same network.

A new beta release for the Steam client rolled out this evening and with it came support for what Valve is calling "Local Network Game Transfers." To put it simply, this is a new feature that will let users copy existing Steam game installations and update files from one PC to another across their local area network (LAN).

Valve says that this feature will let you...

Heavy update? Is it the Heavy update? Probably not. But what if?

A major update is being put together for Team Fortress 2 that Valve expects to deliver to players at some point this coming summer. This update will add in new items, new maps, taunts, content from select few from the Steam Workshop, and more.

The announcement for this update came via the Team Fortress 2 website via something Valve calls a "blog" or "blog-post." In today's posting, Valve...

Demos, demos, demos, and did we mention, demos?

The February 2023 edition of the Steam Next Fest is officially underway. This Steam Next fest, like the ones that have come before it and the ones that will come after it, is offering up hundreds of free demos to try out!

From now through February 13 at 10AM (PT), you can check out demos for all sorts of games across all sorts of genres. The games that have demos as part of this Steam Next Fest will be released on Steam at...

In honor of the year's shortest month, a new Steam Next Fest is coming.

Valve just announced that they are bringing back Steam Next Fest: February Edition for another year. This year's event will run from February 6th (10AM PT) through the 13th at 10AM (PT).

As usual, there will be hundreds of free demos, lots of developer livestreams, and plenty of chats with developers. We all know the drill on these by now. ...

Do you agree or disagree with each winner?

The Steam community has spoken and the winners of The Steam Awards for 2022 have been selected. Like all of the nominees, the winners were picked strictly by the Steam community. Surely, the Steam users have a good head about them and wouldn't pick something like the actually terrible VR version of Hitman 3 for VR Game of the Year, right?

Yeah, about that.

The winners can be found below. I have put all winners in...

Now everybody knows how many hours you spent playing Cookie Clicker.

Valve just dropped a nice little surprise on every Steam user today. As the Steam Winter Sale continues on in full force, Valve released the Steam Replay. This neat little feature shows Steam users a look back on their year of gaming for 2022.

Steam Replay is a personalized look back at how you spent your time playing Steam games throughout 2022. See your most played games. See how many new Achievements...

Ho-ho-holy crap, look at those savings! I feel like I made this exact same joke another year already...

It's that time once again. A time where you are probably off work or school for a little holiday break. A time to come together to spend time with family and loved ones. It's also a time to keep bleeding those bank accounts dry with tons of holiday sales.

That's right, the Steam Winter Sale for 2022 is now live! From now through January 5 at 10AM (PT), you will be able...

This is your only advance warning that your wallets are in danger.

Valve has given you all a week to prepare for the upcoming Steam Winter Sale for 2022. The Steam Winter Sale begins on December 22 at 10AM (PT) and won't end until January 5, 2023 at 10AM (PT).

Today's press release announcement from Valve says that the Steam Winter Sale will again put big discounts on thousands of games. Every genre imaginable will be on sale, so you're almost guaranteed to find something...

This commitment will start with the Nintendo Switch.

As the day came to a close on December 6, Xbox head Phil Spencer took to Twitter to announce a "10-year commitment" to bring Call of Duty games to Nintendo platforms. This commitment would begin with bringing titles to the Nintendo Switch. This would, of course, depend on whether or not the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard is approved.

Curiously, Spencer also revealed that they are making an identical...