In 2011, we added a feature to Steam that enabled users to trade in-game items as a way to make it easier for people to get the items they wanted in games featuring in-game economies. Since then a number of gambling sites started leveraging the Steam trading system, and there's been some false assumptions about our involvement with these sites. We'd like to clarify that we have no business rela... more.

The world’s largest independent eSports brand, ESL, broke industry records once again with its world class ESL One product. Hosted at gamescom, ESL One Cologne 2014 saw the best Counter Strike: Global Offensive teams from all over the world compete for US$250,000 in community-funded prize money as a peak online concurrent viewership (both in-game and on Twitch) of 409,368 watched the action unfo... more.

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the public launch of the new Steam Community with features focused on finding and sharing the best community content. Steam is a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC and Mac games with over 40 million accounts aro... more.

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the launch of a limited access Beta for its new Steam Community features. The Steam Community Beta is now open to the first 50,000 players who earned the 'Pillar of the Steam Community' badge and includes another invite to share. Be... more.

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced a major update coming to the Steam Community. This update focuses on highlighting and enabling the best user-created screenshots, videos, and Workshop items for games across Steam while making it easier for the community to discuss ... more.

Insurgency 2, the upcoming high-speed tactical first-person shooter currently attempting to acquire development funding on Kickstarter, has just released a brand-new compilation of gameplay footage. This 8-minute montage is comprised entirely of alpha footage as Insurgency 2’s developer, New World Interactive (NWI), is still hard at work developing the game and adding polish. Insurgency... more.