Dota 2's upcoming The International 5 eSports competition today broke the record for the largest prize pool in eSports history - a record which was set by the same game at last year's International, which managed to total just shy of $11 million. The...

Valve has announced the release date for its long-awaited Stream controller. The controller will be released on October 16 in limited quantities for those who pre-order it, while it will officially launch on November 10, alongside Steam Machines and the...

Valve has unveiled a new refund policy for Steam. It was previously possible to get a refund via Steam, but it was an extreme hassle that often took months of pestering Steam’s customer support. Here is a quick breakdown of this new policy (for a more...

The Australian Federal Government is looking at introducing a new tax on imported "intangible" goods, including eBooks, downloadable music, videos, and downloadable games, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The Goods and Services Tax, which has...

Valve has given more power to developers so that they are now able to ban players that are being disruptive or using cheats. They will be able to develop their own systems to detect these issues. "Playing games should be fun. In order to ensure the best...

It looks like Valve is backing down away from the paid mod feature it recently introduced, and which caused substantial community backlash. In an official post created just now, Valve has announced that the payment feature for Skyrim mods is being removed: "We're...

The fallout from Valve's decision to allow content creators on Steam to charge for their mods continues. Gabe Newell yesterday hosted an AMA on Reddit regarding the decision to allow for paid mods and the backlash that has followed on from it. In it...

Valve has announced a roguelike genre sale for Steam this weekend. The sale runs from today until 27th April. 40 roguelikes are available to purchase at discounts ranging from 20 to 75%. Notable titles on sale include FTL, Don't Starve, The Binding of...

Valve has announced that it has updated the Steam service to allow community-made Workshop content to be sold via the Steam Workshop. Mod creators will be able to either sell their creations at a price of their choosing or keep them free. "We think this...

Valve has introduced a new policy in an attempt to combat trade scamming. It's the latest in a long line of changes introduced to the digital platform that are designed to make it harder to phish on Steam, and should result in far fewer cases of spam...