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Dota 2 6.87 Update Arrives This Week with Scans and Numerous Gameplay Changes
Dota 2 fans have been more than anxious in waiting for the 6.87 update for their beloved game. Today, Valve released the changelog for the 6.87 update which should arrive in a "day or two." What you see below is the changelog, but the Dota 2 website does contain some additional details for many of the items listed here.... -
Valve Adds Prime Account Matchmaking to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
In tonight's update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valve included a new, unannounced feature that they're calling "Prime Account Matchmaking." It's in beta right now (obviously) and as of right now it's not yet active, but you can still sign up for when they do make it active. All you need to do is start up the game and look in the top left corner of the main menu. You will see a method to opt-in to this new system. So, what exactly is Prime Account Matchmaking? ... -
Luminosity Gaming are Your 2016 MLG CS:GO Columbus Champions
A big Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event took place this weekend. The 2016 MLG CS:GO Championship saw the best Counter-Strike teams going toe to toe for a shot of the $1,000,000 prize pool. The big winners were Luminosity Gaming. With their win, they took home $500,000 in cash and prizes.
Luminosity Gaming won the best of three against Navi, winning in overtime on Mirage and then overwhelming Navi on Overpass. If you missed any of the matches or want to watch the highlights, you... -
SteamVR and Controller Updates in Steam Client Update for March 28, 2016
Valve released a substantial update for Steam today. This update includes big additions for SteamVR and the Steam Controller.
SteamVR...- Added new Desktop Game Theater support, run any of your normal desktop games and have them appear on a giant virtual screen in your headset. Any game that supports Steam Broadcast should work with this feature, some tuning of the games graphical settings may be required for the best experience.
- Added new Desktop overlay button, access it via the system
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Festive Chickens Added in Latest CS:GO Update (March 17, 2016)
The latest update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive adds in some changes and content for MLG Columbus 2016. Who cares about that stuff though? There are now festive chickens in the game!
FESTIVE. CHICKENS.
Changelog for CS:GO for March 17, 2016MLG Columbus 2016 – Added MLG Columbus 2016 Team and Player Autograph Stickers, now available for purchase, with 50% of the proceeds from sticker sales going to the players and organizations. – Stickers can be used... -
SteamVR Desktop Theater Mode Enters Early Beta
Valve announced today that the SteamVR Desktop Theater Mode is now in an early beta phase. They say that this will be "showcased at next week's Game Developer Conference in San Francisco." What is Desktop Theater Mode? It's a mode that allows VR users to play non-VR games with their VR hardware still on. It doesn't magically turn your non-VR ready games into 3D experiences. It instead probably projects a flat virtual screen or monitor that you can view as if it were a real world screen or monitor ... -
Valve to Hand GDC Booth Over to 30 Different Third-Party VR Developers
Valve announced earlier that they will hand over their GDC booth to over 30 third-party virtual reality developers from Wednesday afternoon through to the end of the day on Friday. During this time, visitors will be able to check out some new and previously announced VR games and VR experiences, some of which have never before been seen. If you're going to be at GDC, you should stop by Valve's booth at the Gateway Ballroom, room 104 to schedule an appointment. They say that it's first come, ... -
Valve Announces 'The Lab' for VR Experiments at GDC
If you will be attending GDC next week in San Francisco, you may want to set aside some time to check out what Valve will be doing. The studio announced that they will debut something called "The Lab," which is a compilation of a number of VR experiments that visitors can try out. The Lab is "set in a pocket universe of Aperture Science" and "offers multiple ways to enjoy room-scale VR." It's probably almost a 100% guarantee that the VR hardware on display for these demos will be the HTC V... -
Update to Valve's Security and Trading Policies
Recently, Valve introduced some security updates that put holds on trades if you did not make efforts to secure your Steam account. Today, Valve issued an update to those changes based on collected data and suggestions.
These new changes will take effect on March 9, 2016.
Below are the changes that will take place on March 9th. If you are already protected by the Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator (or if you add the security feature to your account today), the first two points... -
Team Fortress 2 Update Begins Competitive Matchmaking Beta
Tonight's update for Team Fortress 2 begins the first wave of testing for the game's upcoming Competitive Mode. Invites are being sent out in waves to eligible participants, with more to come in the weeks ahead.
This update also includes updates to the Mannpower mode and includes a good number of improvements to both maps and general gameplay.
TF2 changelog for February 29, 2016
...- Added content and features necessary to begin limited public testing of the TF2
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Global Offensive Update for February 26, 2016
An update was released a short time ago for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It adds in a couple of things for Operation Wildfire along with including a bunch of fixes for various maps.
Changelog for CS:GO for February 26, 2016OPERATION WILDFIRE...
• Added the third Co-op Strike Mission.
• Added last comic unlock.
• Added lobby setting to tell you if you are out of missions.
• Added next mission countdown timer to journal maps.
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Gabe Newell Responds to Terrible Dota 2 Shanghai Major - Calls James Harding an Ass, Fires Production Company
Apparently, the Dota 2 Shanghai Major is kind of a shitshow. There are apparently problems with players getting the appropriate hardware, there are problems with being unable to watch the matches, and the list goes on.
It apparently got so bad that Gabe Newell took to the Dota 2 subreddit to reveal that someone named James is an ass and that they're firing the production company.
Two things: 1) James. We've had issues with James at previous events. Some Valve peopl... -
Valve Details Lighting and Shader Improvements to Source Following Recent CS:GO Update
Valve just detailed some of the lighting and shader improvements made to the Source Engine that were added during the Operation Wildfire and de_nuke update that was released last week.
These visual upgrades will allow for community map makers to really make their creations look as good as possible. An overview of some of these numerous changes are detailed in this Counter-Strike.net posting. There are updates and improvements to displacement surface lighting and shadows, cascade sha... -
Valve Increases Every CS:GO Major to $1 Million Prize Pool
Valve is starting to show the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competitive scene a bit more love. Starting with MLG Columbus 2016, every CS:GO Major Championship will have a prize pool of $1 million.
When we announced the first CS:GO Major Championship in 2013, we hoped the Majors would be rallying points for the community, tent-pole events that could draw new audiences and amplify the value of all events. Since then, the professional CS:GO community has been growing at an incre... -
SteamVR Performance Test is Live
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SteamVR Performance Test is Live
Valve has just made live their SteamVR Performance Test to assess if your PC is ready for our virtual reality future.
The SteamVR Performance Test measures your system's rendering power using a 2-minute sequence from Valves Aperture Robot Repair VR demo. After collecting the data it determines whether your system is capable of running VR content at 90fps and whether VR content can tune the visual fidelity up to the recommended level. For machines that are not VR Ready the tool can... -
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