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Google looking to buy Valve?
CrunchGear — ... , “Well placed sources tell us that Google is going to be buying Valve any second now.” What? And all because of Steam, Valve’s “amazing content distribution platform” no less? Okay, I can see that. ...

Updated: Google to purchase Valve, Valve denies rumor
Technology - Channel Feed — ... is pretty cool, coming out with outstanding shooters like Half-Life, Team Fortress, and Portal, to name a few. The Washington-based developer also created Steam, which is arguably the best content delivery system out there. So when ...

First 'Steam Cloud' game coming this week
Crave: The gadget blog — ... Later this week Valve Software, makers of the popular Half Life series, and the Steam software distribution system are releasing the first version of the Steam Cloud service in the demo for the upcoming cross-platform title Left 4 Dead. The service will keeps things like game saves, mouse and keyboard ... Originally posted at Webware

Microsoft plans to make its mark in the PC gaming industry
Gadgetell — ... that Microsoft does indeed have concrete plans to dole out full PC titles.  They will be doing this through their Marketplace application, and with this move, will be attempting to play with the big boy in the PC gaming realm, Steam. ...

GOG.com brings us Broken Sword 2
Technology - Channel Feed — ... Where else can you go to get a classic game to download for $5.99? Sure, you can try Steam, but chances are, you’ll only be able to find newer games. And you probably won’t be able to find any adventure games, unlike GOG.com, which has a boat load! ...

Dell launching PC software and games download service
Tech Digest — ... to get PC games and software, as well as music. Codemasters, Sega, Electronic Arts, Eidos and Atari have signed up on the gaming front to offer titles including Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Spore, Tomb Raider: Underworld, F.E.A.R. 2, Alone in the Dark and Football Manager Live. You'll notice that none of those, with the possible exception of F.E.A.R. 2, could be called "gamer's" games. That might be because gamers are generally already invested in one download store -Valve's Steam. I think Dell realizes that they're going to find that audience very tricky to crack, so ...

'Steamworks' has some work done
Crave: The gadget blog — ... If you enjoy (legally) downloading PC game content over the Internet, then you're most likely familiar with Valve Software's Steam, a platform for the delivery and management of PC games. ...

Downloads ahoy: EA Sports looking to move away from physical media releases
CrunchGear — Services like Steam and Good Old Games are so darn convenient. I recently switched out the hard drive in my MacBook, and gave the Windows partition enough room to instal a handful of games on. (On there now: Half-Life, KOTOR, and Fallout.) Being able to download the game, in the case of Half-Life and Fallout, and install without having to locate a dumb disc, which is probably somewhere in the basement, piled under hopes and dreams, without having to worry about “please enter the serial number that’s located on page ...

Netbook owners may be able to buy Windows 7 on a thumb drive
CrunchGear — ... The simplest solution would be to make it downloadable. Microsoft isn’t really all about simple, though, so we’ll see what happens. And it’ll be interesting to see if Windows 7 Starter (or whatever the netbook version ends up being called) is the only version offered for download or on a thumb drive. I’d personally prefer to download any and all versions Steam-style and have them kept safely in the cloud. ...

CrossOver Games releases version 8.1.0
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... a while back, and found it lacking in almost everything but Steam games, but actually that's OK, because lately Steam has a lot of games going on. Accordingly, this new version has support built-in for ...

Games for Windows Gets On Demand Downloads, But Why?
Technologizer — ... Microsoft is being Microsoft and stepping into a market that the competition proved fertile a long time ago. This time, the company’s offering on demand downloads of PC games, going toe-to-toe with Steam, ...