Valve CMO threatened the company would walk away from games if it didn't own the rights to Half-Life—'It wasn't an idle threat—we weren't going to take on all of the risk to make other people rich'

Valve CMO threatened the company would walk away from games if it didn’t own the rights to Half-Life—’It wasn’t an idle threat—we weren’t going to take on all of the risk to make other people rich’

It’s the 2025 Game Developer’s Conference, and one of this year’s most interesting talks was delivered by Monica Harrington, a founding member of Valve and the company’s first chief marketing officer. Harrington’s career has been very much on the business side of software development but, way back in Valve’s early days, she suddenly realised “there…

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One of the best RPGs of all time is getting its ‘first ever unofficial DLC’ that adds a whole new region and restores cut content

While it may not have been as popular as Fallout or Baldur’s Gate, Planescape: Torment is often regarded as the zenith of the CRPG’s golden age. Its bizarre setting, kooky characters, and emphasis on solving quests through dialogue rather than combat set it apart from its RPG brethren, and you can trace its influence all…

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The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 10/6/2015

Nathan Drake has set foot on forgotten ruins, plundered ancient treasures, fought legions of pirates, and won a few hearts along the way. This Friday, the famed treasure hunter plunges into new light with Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection on PS4. Experience a great life born of small beginnings. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection includes…

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How To: A Guide to BIOS Settings

What are the common BIOS settings, and what do they really signify and actually do for you? If you’ve ever spent time tweaking your system, chances are you’ve played around in the motherboard’s BIOS settings. You sift through the options, only to find a massive laundry list of settings you can tweak, with many of…

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Here’s The Evercade Nexus In The Flesh

It’s really real! Blaze Entertainment has shown the Evercade Nexus handheld in the flesh for the first time in a new YouTube video. Head of Communications Sean Cleaver puts the new system through its paces in the latest trailer, showing off key improvements over the existing EXP variant, such as a larger display, analogue controls,…

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One of Jeff Kaplan’s ‘regrets about Overwatch’ was making it so team-orientated: ‘I would downplay the team factor and try to put more focus on individual contribution’

One of the biggest issues I’ve had since Overwatch first launched 10 years ago has always been just how much coordination the game demands from five or six complete strangers. For better and worse you live and die by your team, a feature that ex-Overwatch boss Jeff Kaplan seems to regret. “One of my hindsight…

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