Seattle Times: [Gabe] Newell expects Apple to disrupt the living room platform with a new product that will challenge consoles, although he doesn’t have any particular knowledge of that new product. “I suspect Apple will launch a living room product … Continued
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∞ Introducing GLaDOSiri
Filmmaker Jeff Heimbuch was inspired to combine Siri, the new assistive voice technology in the iPhone 4S, with GLaDOS, the malevolent AI system featured in Valve Software’s Portal games. He mashed them up in this remix of Apple’s iPhone 4S … Continued
∞ Valve's Portal game free until Sep. 20
Valve has released its seminal action puzzle game Portal for Mac and PC for free until September 20, 2011. The game is available for download through Valve’s Steam download service. Portal was the first game from Valve to be published … Continued
∞ Free Portal 2 content coming from Valve this summer
Valve has announced plans to release a Downloadable Content (DLC) pack for Portal 2, its recently released hit video game for Mac, PC and game consoles. Valve plans to release the new content this summer, and will offer it free … Continued
∞ Valve marketing VP dishes on 'worthless' agency marketing
Valve, makers of the soon-to-be-released game Portal 2, has a dim view of the value of ad agencies. Marketing VP Doug Lombardi says: “With the Portal 2 ad, we play tested it and were able to make changes during production. With … Continued
∞ Hoard game coming to Mac via Steam on April 4
Big Sandwich Games is readying Mac and PC releases of its hit strategy game Hoard. The game will be released through Valve’s Steam game service on April 4, 2011 and will cost $9.99 (though users can pre-order and save beginning … Continued
∞ Valve to "simplify" Source SDK
The Source Software Development Kit (SDK) is Valve’s technology that’s been used to bring unforgettable games like Half-Life 2, Portal and Left 4 Dead — available for Mac, PC and other platforms, thanks to Valve’s introduction of Steam to the … Continued