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Valve Built 27 Million Images to Overhaul Steam's Market
Valve generated over 27 million unique images just to backfill existing Counter-Strike listings as part of a sweeping Community Market redesign now in beta.
Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News
TF2 Modders Built the COD Zombies Mode Valve Never Did
A modding team called Breadworks is turning Team Fortress 2 into a full-blown zombie horde survival game, complete with barricades, perks, and endless waves. It looks like the mode Valve should have shipped years ago.
Team Fortress 24 min read
Patch Notes
Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (7th May 2026)
Valve patches up Cache, fixes a viewmodel FOV networking issue, and drops the NIGHTMODE II Music Kits in the latest Counter-Strike 2 update.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Patch Notes
CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (7th May 2026)
Valve's May 7th CS2 update tidies up Cache and fixes a viewmodel FOV bug that's been quietly misrepresenting your setup to other players.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Gaming News
Sold Out in 30 Minutes, Steam Controller Now Queue-Only
Valve's new $99 Steam Controller sold out in roughly 30 minutes on May 4. Starting May 8, a reservation queue with anti-scalper restrictions replaces the free-for-all.
Steam Controller2 min read
Gaming News
$99 Steam Controller Now $400 on eBay
Valve's Steam Controller sold out in roughly 30 minutes on May 4, and eBay scalpers wasted no time listing units for up to four times the retail price.
Steam Controller4 min read
Gaming News
30 Minutes. That's How Long the Steam Controller Lasted.
Valve's new Steam Controller went on sale today and was listed as out of stock within about 30 minutes. Server errors, payment failures, and frantic refreshing followed.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Gaming News
Valve Flags Indie Dev for Infringing Their Own IP
Japanese solo developer Daikichi has been blocked from releasing a demo on Steam because Valve flagged a board game asset as third-party IP. The board game is also made by Daikichi.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes
Deadlock Gameplay Update Patch Notes (30th April 2026)
Valve's latest Deadlock update takes a scalpel to lifesteal, reworks several items, and buffs Haze's Bullet Dance in ways that should shake up the current meta.
Deadlock10 min read
Patch Notes
Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (28th April 2026)
Cache is back in the competitive pool, Dust II gets a newly uncovered jump spot, and a handful of animation and sound fixes round out the latest CS2 update.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Patch Notes
CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (28th April 2026)
Cache returns to Competitive, Casual, Deathmatch, and Retakes, and Dust II's mid box finally gives up a hidden jump spot.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Gaming News
50% Faster Isn't Enough? Valve's Wild Bar for Deck 2
Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais confirms the company is 'hard at work' on Steam Deck 2, but won't settle for anything less than a generational performance leap over the original.
Steam Deck 25 min read
Gaming News
'This Doesn't Have RAM': Why Steam Controller Ships First
Valve's new Steam Controller arrives May 4, beating the Steam Machine to market for the simplest reason imaginable: there's no RAM inside it.
Steam Controller4 min read
Gaming News
New Steam Controller Leaked at $99 via Pulled Review
A YouTube channel broke embargo on Valve's new Steam Controller, revealing a $99 price tag before the video was pulled. The internet, predictably, saved the receipts.
Steam Controller2 min read
Gaming News
Valve Hands Devs FPS Data to Fix Shoddy Deck Games
Valve is giving developers real framerate charts and player disagreement surveys so they can see exactly when a patch tanks their Steam Deck performance.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Patch Notes
CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (24th April 2026)
Valve has pushed a CS2 update focused on Animgraph 2 animation fixes and a handful of miscellaneous bug patches, including a crash that was hitting players on startup.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Patch Notes
CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (21st April 2026)
Valve has pushed a CS2 update focused on recoil camera feel and aim punch consistency, with the changes explicitly targeting CS:GO parity.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Patch Notes
Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (21st April 2026)
Valve has pushed a small but meaningful CS2 update, bringing recoil camera behaviour closer to CS:GO while fixing several Animgraph 2 animation issues.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Patch Notes
Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (17th April 2026)
Valve has pushed another Animgraph 2 beta update for Counter-Strike 2, tightening up movement animations and fixing a HE grenade throwback.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Patch Notes
CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (17th April 2026)
Valve's latest CS2 beta patch is all about Animgraph 2, tidying up animation issues that have been bugging players in the opt-in build.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Patch Notes
Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (14th April 2026)
Valve's latest CS2 patch is all about the Animgraph 2 beta, cleaning up a string of animation bugs that have been making third-person movement look rough.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Patch Notes
CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (14th April 2026)
Valve pushes another round of Animgraph 2 beta fixes, tidying up animation glitches that have been bothering players in third-person and during weapon switches.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Patch Notes
CS2 Animgraph 2 Beta Patch Notes (1st April 2026)
Valve has pushed a beta build for CS2 that migrates the game's animation system to Animgraph 2, promising reduced CPU and networking costs alongside fully re-authored third-person animations.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Patch Notes
Dota 2 7.41a Gameplay Patch Notes (27th March 2026)
Valve has pushed out 7.41a, a follow-up balance patch to 7.41 that also cleans up several crash issues and quietly removes the Hero Facet Names display option.
Dota 25 min read