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A former Valve dev revealed how, while a VR version of Half-Life 2 was being made, a single metro cop's toe created a 'time-travelling' bug that softlocked all versions of the game

The story of a toe, a door, and a very elusive bug.

PC Gamer

Half-Life 3 Update: Geoff Keighley Crushes Hopes With Simple Fortnite Explanation

Geoff Keighley's viral 'portal' post sparked massive Half-Life 3 rumours, only to leave fans devastated by the truth.

International Business Times UK

Steam Machine can transform into Portal Companion Cube with custom skin — dot matrix and E Ink faceplates will also be available

Dbrand and Jsaux Gaming teased custom covers and cases for the upcoming Steam Machine.

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Forget the weird Steam Machine controller – tell me what’s your favourite controller of all time

Can the latest Xbox Wireless Controller reign supreme? Or is it the PS5 DualSense? Or maybe something else? Have your say.

TechRadar

Ex Valve designer reveals the door and big toe that retroactively broke Half-Life 2: "This isn't a normal bug - it appears to have traveled backwards in time and infected the original!"

"The two biggest bug-farms in gamedev - doors and floating point - contrived to make a simple NPC placement bug into quite the time-travelling palaver"

GamesRadar

Joining Valve's Gabe Newell at the altar of AI, Ubisoft CEO says the controversial tech will be "as big a revolution for our industry as the shift to 3D"

Ubisoft is using generative AI "in all our studios and offices"

GamesRadar

Former Xbox exec and Blizzard boss urges Valve to "please just let 3rd parties use SteamOS" to make their own Steam Machines: "SteamOS will take off and your Store revenue will only go up"

Although some argue that goes against what the Steam Deck's best asset is

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25 Best Xbox 360 games of all time

Counting down the best Xbox 360 games of all time, from Black Flag to Dishonored

GamesRadar

$2B Counter-Strike 2 crash exposes a legal black hole: Your digital investments aren’t really yours

In late October 2025, as much as US$2 billion vanished from a digital marketplace. This wasn’t a hack or a bubble bursting. It happened because one company, Valve, changed the rules for its video game Counter-Strike 2, a popular first-person shooter with a global player base of nearly 30 million…

The Conversation

Rust dev shoots down hopes of playing the hit survival game on Valve's Steam Machine: "There are no plans to support Proton or Linux"

Compatibility would open the game to cheaters

GamesRadar

Valve Hints Steam Machine Pricing Will Be Higher Than Console-Level Expectations

$500? Keep dreaming.

Operation Sports

It’s now been 27 years and 1 day since Half-Life 1’s launch, and despite all the leaks, it still isn’t a trilogy

Foreseen consequences?

Destructoid

Even as Xbox drifts away from consoles and exclusives, former exec says the Xbox 360 set Microsoft up for success: "Look at them now, continuing to be the powerhouse – the global powerhouse"

If you say so

GamesRadar

Rust developer has 'no plans' for Linux or Proton support, says games that support them are 'not serious about anti-cheat'

So much for my Steam Machine plans.

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GamesRadar

Asked about a $500 Steam Machine, Valve apparently wasn't impressed: "The energy in the room wasn't great"

The GabeCube might be "priced like a PC rather than like a console"

Windows Central

Windows is 40 years old today — but its future has never been less certain

With Windows turning 40, we take a look at how it got here, the current state of the platform, and whether or not it will even be here in another 40 years.

Windows Central

Halo is revived in this Counter-Strike 2 mod while Halo Infinite says goodbye — Project Misriah brings classic multiplayer to CS2

Classic Halo multiplayer returns inside Counter-Strike 2 with Project Misriah, a fan-made mod that's live now.

International Business Times UK

All Signs Still Point To 2025 Half Life 3 Announcement From Valve

Fans were disappointed when Half Life 3 wasn't announced alongside the Steam Machine but they shouldn't lose hope, at least according to some insiders.

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Steam Machine Price Predictions Suggest High Price Point

Valve's Steam Machine could be its biggest hardware release yet—but fans are eager to know the price.

GamesRadar

Steam Machine is "Microsoft's worst nightmare" according to analysts, and one day Xbox games might be more beneficial to Valve than their own publisher: "Xbox console sales have really struggled"

Well, that's ominous

GamesRadar

Half-Life 3 "would register on a GDP level" as a Steam Machine launch title, but "Valve doesn't need a Half-Life-sized spectacle to sell hardware," analyst says

Analysts tell us Steam Machine exclusives are very unlikely, but that's not to say that Half-Life 3 wouldn't be a hit

PC Gamer

The first 'official' Android game spotted on Steam suggests you might not need to buy games twice to run them natively on the Steam Frame's own chip

Stick swinging, chin stroking.

PC Gamer

Half-Life fans are in a frenzy over the prospect of a Half-Life 3 announcement that there's (almost) no good reason to believe is happening

To be fair, I also can't think of a good reason to believe Valve won't announce Half-Life 3 today, except for the fact that it hasn't on any previous day.

PC Gamer

Valve accidentally steps on the make-up deal it offered to the indie game whose 2024 release was ruined by a Steam bug: 'I really get the feeling that Planet Centauri is cursed'

Permadeath's sci-fi sandbox game was showcased as a Steam Daily Deal on November 12—the same day Valve announced the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller.

PC Gamer

Counter-Strike 2 modders surprise drop an excellent Halo 3 multiplayer pack, accidentally proving how badly Valve has squandered Source 2

FOV 90: Project Misriah is a glimpse at the offbeat Source 2 shooters we should have by now, if not for Valve.

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