Online game distributor Valve has launched iOS and Android apps for its Steam users - although sadly this doesn't mean PC gaming on the go.

Instead, like the My Xbox iOS app, this is an online community based app where gamers can chat with...

Portal may not have the most expansive plot in the world, with a simple premise that relies more on ingenious puzzling action than story, but that doesn't mean that it couldn't make for a brilliant live-action movie.

And, indeed, that's what...

Valve has revamped its Steam download platform, adding an "all-new" server and client code to deliver better download rates.

Okay, okay....we know that a news story containing the words "server", "client code" and "download rates" isn't exactly...

Online game distributor Steam has begun offering free games for its users in a newly launched "Free to Play" section.

The games are completely free to download and play - although like free Facebook games, there are small charges associated...

In less capable hands, Portal 2 could have been a disaster. As part of Valve’s mighty Orange Box, the original felt like the sort of brilliant support act you sometimes find on a stadium tour, threatening to blow the main band - Half Life 2:...

The original Portal was almost an afterthought, a bonus game for those who bought The Orange Box mainly for Half-Life 2 and its episodic extensions. However, the first-person puzzler was so addictive and ingeniously paced that it ended up overshadowing...

The monopoly that Valve holds over the PC and Mac games digital download market is killing off competition, or so claims a director at a rival service. Its dominance in the sector with Steam is preventing anybody else launching or maintaining a similar...

PC game downloads are outstripping shop purchases in the US for the first time, suggest new figures.

According to data from market research specialist NPD Group, 11.2 million PC games were bought online, compared to 8.2 million physical...

We suspected that there would be a few big stories dropping over in Los Angeles at E3 and we haven't been disappointed. Microsoft Kinect got an official unveiling, as did the Xbox 360 Slim and the Nintendo 3DS. One thing we were not expecting though,...

Steam, as promised, has launched a Mac version of its service bringing with it a new world for Mac users not used to being able to play the latest games on their computer.

The new software, which went live late on Wednesday evening, has launched...

If you ask any PC gamer what the best platform for buying and downloading videogames is, almost every single one will tell you "Steam". However, up until now that pleasure has been limited to PCs.

That's set to change on 12 May, which is the...

Valve has announced it will be bringing its Steam gaming service to the Mac bringing with it a shiny beacon of gaming fun to Mac users who've in the past been left out.

"Steam and Valve's library of games including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress...

Valve appears to be dropping hints to a collection of websites that its Steam platform will shortly be available for Mac users. Steam currently dominates the PC retail market, allowing users to buy and download games from their computers, rather than...

PC gaming behemoth Steam has rolled out a massive update to its desktop client, bringing a wide range of social features and a browser based on the Webkit engine used by Safari and Chrome. It's still a beta, though, so you'll have to opt in to get...

Valve has announced that a total of 28,981,249,043 zombies have been bludgeoned, hacked apart, perforated or exploded since Left 4 Dead 2 was released on 17 November 2009. That's nearly 29 billion in 86 days. Not bad.

The games developer offers...