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• Dota 2 documentary near complete, showing at private sessions

  Valve has finished a Dota 2 documentary, Free to Play, and invited special guests to private viewings to “beta test” it.

• Valve severs ties with Xi3 Piston, now has "no involvement"

  Valve was widely thought to have backed the Xi3 Piston micro PC – often dubbed “Steam Box”. However, Valve’s Doug Lombardi has made clear that the Seattle studio no longer has any involvement in Xi3’s dealings.

• Valve's economist discusses studio's hiring & firing policy

  Valve’s resident economist Yanis Varoufakis has shed light on the hiring and firing policy at the Seattle company.

• Valve's Doug Lombardi responds to departure rumour

  Valve supposedly let go of 25 employees a few weeks ago. Rumours surfaced today that suggested the company’s VP of marketing Doug Lombardi was among those who have departed the Seattle outfit. He has now sent VG247 an email reply on the matter.

• Non-Life: No E3 announcements from Valve

  Valve has confirmed it has no plans to make product announcements at E3, effectively killing off speculation that Half-Life 3 will finally make its bow.

• Valve has no plans for a game console any time soon

  Valve has told Kotaku it doesn’t plan on creating a console any time soon, as its first step is getting Big Picture Mode out for Steam.

• First Portal 2 DLC expected in mid-September

  Valve’s Portal 2 DLC is still heading your way this summer, and according to spokesman Doug Lombardi, it will be released sometime in mid-September. No further information was revealed about the content, but we’ve previously been told by the firm it will contain new test chambers, new challenge modes, and other nice nuggets for Mac, […]

• Valve working on free-to-play games

  Now that Steam has opened its doors to the freemium world, Valve has apparently admitted it has its own free-to-play games inbound.

• Bringing Valve services to mobile is something the firm's "starting to look at now"

  Valve is starting to look at bringing Steam functionality to mobile phones, according to the firms Doug Lombardi and Jason Holtman.

• First Portal 2 DLC due this summer, says Valve

  Jonesing for more Portal 2? Valve has said the puzzler will see its first downloadable content over the next few months.

• Quick quotes: Gordon Freeman is not dead, says Valve

  “We are not done with Gordon Freeman’s adventures. I have nothing other than that to tell you today, but hang in there with us.” – Doug Lombardi, Valve Software, speaking to Ausgamers.

• Valve's in-house Portal 2 ad the result of "copycat" agency treatments [Update]

  Doug Lombardi has revealed Valve chose to make its own Portal 2 commercials after bad experiences with advertising agencies. See the ad for yourself through the break.

• Portal 2 interview discusses play testing, cross-platform co-op

  Valve programmer Jeep Barnett and the firm’s head of marketing, Doug Lombardi are featured in a new video interview with Games on Net, and not only chat about Jeep’s move from work on Narbacular Drop to Portal 2, but the game’s cross-platform play and how puzzles are included in the game.

• Valve "not schizophrenic" despite its release schedule being a bit sporadic

  Valve has said its release line-up is not as random or “schizophrenic” as it appears to be, but is, in fact, a properly planned out affair. Who knew?

• Valve on Left 4 Dead PS3: "Who knows?"

  Anyone up for Left 4 Dead on PS3? After the Portal 2 E3 megaton, “who knows?”

• Valve E3 event "completely cancelled"

  Just in case you needed more clarification, Valve’s E3 event in Los Angeles next week is officially off. No more.  “Completely cancelled”. Just so we make it clear to you.

• Valve confirms PC, 360 release for Portal 2

  Wondering where the just-announced Portal 2 is heading to when it releases this holiday? Spoiler: not PlayStation 3. Surprise!

• Left 4 Dead 2 sells 2 million in two weeks, beats 1 million Live players

  Valve just announced 2 million Left 4 Dead 2 sales in just two weeks at retail. Sales-to-date are more than double those of the first game; the company claims the numbers will put the 360 and PC title up as “one of” the biggest games on the formats for November. More than 1 million Gold […]

• Valve: £6 million being spent for L4D2 campaign

  Valve’s Doug Lombardi has revealed that, out of the $25 million being spent for the ad campaign for Left 4 Dead 2 worldwide, over $10 million will be used for the European ad campaign. Thats £6 million in sterling. “$25m is being spent on the game’s launch globally. Half is set aside for Europe, with […]