TechFacebook Acquires Oculus VR For $2 BillionFacebook’s latest billion-dollar-plus acquisition is virtual reality gaming headset maker Oculus VR (and its vibrant developer community).
TechValve’s Steam Machines: A New Challenger In The Gaming Console WarsValve has revealed the hardware it wants to use to disrupt the games console industry. But will smartphone gaming beat it to the punch?
TechWith Steam OS, Valve Wants To Dominate Living Room GamingGaming giant Valve is continuing its quest for living room domination with SteamOS, a Linux-Steam mashup which ports games and streaming content directly to televisions.
TechChasing Xbox Spying Allegations, Australian Police Raid Potential Hacker’s HomeMicrosoft, Sony, Epic Games, Blizzard, and Valve are the big computing and gaming names allegedly involved in the hacker hunt down under.
TechHow Portal 2 Developers Became The Best 6th Grade Physics Teachers EverThe game developers at Valve stumbled into the learning business, and then won the hearts of teachers (and students) everywhere by creating the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker.
Co.DesignA TV Browsing Experiment That Lifts From First-Person ShootersBrowsing the web on the television has never quite worked. But now, Valve, makers of the biggest PC gaming platform, Steam, have released an attempt with gaming at its core.
TechYou’re Hired. Now Figure Things Out (With The Help Of This Whimsical Handbook)This week, Valve’s hipper-than-thou employee handbook was unleashed on the Internet, to much envy and amusement. Companies like Valve, Zappos, and Facebook spill on how they maintain continuity and culture using clever onboarding practices and simple reassurance.
TechThe 10 Most Innovative Web CompaniesFrom Twitter to Zynga, these companies are revolutionizing how we interact on the Internet.