Have you seen what Valve’s done with the Steam version of Portal 2? You may have heard something about early downloading for those who pre-ordered this hotly-anticipated sequel over Valve’s Steam network, and how an intricate ARG (alternate reality game) in the run-up to release led players on a merry chase. There was a countdown clock …
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Steam for Mac Launches Today
The cake is not a lie! Valve’s popular digital distribution client hits Mac OS X today. As we noted a while back, the debut of Steam for Mac coincides with the launch of Steam Play, the cross-platform support that lets play any purchased game on Windows or Mac machines no matter where you brought it.
Portal will be among the first …
Open the Valves: Steam For Macs Launches on May 12th
Valve Software–the game development house responsible for classics like Half-Life 2, Team Fortress and Portal–shifted the axis of game distribution when they launched their Steam digital delivery platform in 2002. Since then, Steam’s become an additional distribution channel for big publishers as well as a place for small indie …