Valve, creators of best-selling games (such as Dota 2, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced a $250,000 community-funded prize pool for The 2013 DreamHack SteelSeries Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Championship. The CS:GO crowd-funding initiative began several weeks ago with the release of The Arms ... more.

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the release of The Arms Deal Update for its tactical first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which allows players to collect, buy, sell and trade decorated in-game weapons for the first time. The Update wi... more.

Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday August 1st 2013--Bohemia Interactive today released its brand new installment in the Take On simulation video game series, Take On Mars. Available exclusively on Steam (Early Access) and Store.bistudio.com for $12.99 USD/9.99 EUR/8.99 GBP, Take On Mars provides people with the opportunity to enlist as a Rover Operator and explore real locations on Mars. As with... more.

Since the Steam Workshop launched in October of 2011, over 1,200 items created by members of the community have been made available for sale in Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2, producing over $10 million in royalties paid to item creators. Starting today, item creators in Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 Workshops may choose from a selection of toolmakers, communities, and mentors and allocate a p... more.

Railsimulator.com the market-leading innovator of rail simulation and modeling tools, today released a special collection of six historic Class A4 locomotives in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Mallard breaking the world speed record for steam locomotives in July, 1938, and in conjunction with the National Railway Museum's 'Great Gathering' celebration marking the event. The Gathering ... more.

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the release of "Operation Payback", the first of an ongoing series of limited-time updates aimed at giving a well-earned financial reward to some of CS:GO's most popular and prolific mapmakers. Avai... more.

Railsimulator.com, the market-leading innovator of rail simulation and modeling tools, today released the Marias Pass expansion pack, the latest add-on for Train Simulator 2013. Marias Pass features 152 miles of stunning Montana landscape from Shelby to Whitefish, plus the 13 mile branch line to Kalispell. Railfans from all over the world come to Glacier National Park to see trains negoti... more.

Railsimulator.com, the market-leading innovator of rail simulation and modeling tools, today released its latest product, the popular London-Faversham High Speed route, featuring the Hitachi Class 395 high speed train known informally as "Javelin". The new standalone route does not require the Train Simulator 2013 base game to play, making it a perfect entry point for new players. Official... more.

Valve today announced the public release of Big Picture, Steam's new mode that lets gamers access all of their favorite Steam games on a television from the comfort of their sofa. Big Picture has been designed to be used with a traditional gamepad, while also fully supporting keyboard and mouse input. To celebrate the public launch of Big Picture, over thirty controller-friendly games will be o... more.

Some serious modding news coming out of Devolver Digital and Croteam as Serious Sam 3: BFE has unleashed Steam Workshop support all over your face this morning. Available now, fans can get to modding until their little violent heart is content. Use Serious Editor to create mods like character skins, multiplayer maps, gameplay mods, and weapon mods in the game and distribute through Steam ... more.