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Steam Realizes Extraordinary Growth in 2009

January 29, 2010, 9:31 am - Valve - Press Release

Leading Platform for PC Games Now Serving Over 25 Million Accounts

January 29, 2010 — Valve® today announced extraordinary 2009 growth data for Steam, a leading platform for PC games and digital entertainment, with major increases in accounts, concurrent players, unit sales and more. The year also marked tremendous adoption of the Steamworks suite of publishing services in the tangible and electronic versions of many of the year's biggest releases.

During the last calendar year the platform surpassed 25 million active accounts, up 25% from the prior year. Of the 25 million accounts, over 10 million of those have profiles in the Steam Community.

In addition to the millions of new accounts created during the year, the peak number of concurrent users eclipsed the 2.5 million mark during the month of December, pushing Steam's average monthly player minutes to more than 13 billion.

Meanwhile, Steam now offers over 1,000 games from over 100 developers and publishers around the world. Unit sales for 2009 increased by more than 205%, marking the fifth straight year the platform has realized over 100% year-over-year growth in unit sales.

2009 also delivered a wave of titles supported by Steamworks, in tangible and electronic versions, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dawn of War II, and Empire: Total War. Empire also used Steamworks for the delivery and management of its paid downloadable content releases.

“Steam turned five years old in March 2009,” said Gabe Newell, president of Valve. “With the introduction of each new platform feature released over the years — such as the Steam Community, Steam Cloud, and Steamworks — we've seen corresponding growth in account numbers, concurrent player numbers and developer support for the platform. As such, we plan to continue to expand and grow the platform to better serve the developers supporting the open platform and millions of gamers logging in each day.”

For more information, please visit www.steampowered.com

SEGA uses Steamworks at retail and online with Aliens vs. Predator and Napoleon: Total War

January 25, 2010, 12:10 pm - Valve - Press Release

Two highly anticipated titles from SEGA, Aliens vs. Predator and Napoleon: Total War will ship with Steamworks support at retail and online, including among other features, Achievements, Matchmaking, Leaderboards, Stats, and Cloud. Aliens vs. Predator will ship on Steam and at retail in mid-February. Napoleon: Total War will ship on Steam and at retail in late February.

Left 4 Dead 2 Game Add-on #1 Announced

December 14, 2009, 12:21 pm - Valve - Press Release

"The Passing" Brings L4D1 Survivors Down South

December 14, 2009 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the first game add-on for its co-operative zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2), is in development and targeted for release in early 2010.

Dubbed "The Passing," the first game add-on for L4D2 brings the original Left 4 Dead (L4D1) Survivors down south for a meeting with the L4D2 cast, while delivering new single-player, multiplayer and co-operative gameplay for the PC and Xbox 360.

Targeted for release in early spring, "The Passing" takes place just after the Dead Center campaign of L4D2. Set in a small town in rural Georgia, players assume the role of the L4D2 Survivors as they meet with the L4D1 characters.

In addition to the new co-operative campaign and associated narrative, "The Passing" will include new arenas for Survival, Versus and Scavenge mode and introduce a new co-operative challenge mode of play. The Passing will also include a new "uncommon common" zombie class, melee weapon, and firearm.

"The Passing will become the most important campaign in the Left 4 Dead story, as all the Survivors are being called together in one campaign," said Doug Lombardi, VP of marketing at Valve. "It will also be a huge offering of new gameplay content, with something new for every game mode plus a new uncommon common and weaponry."

Exclusively available for the Xbox 360 and PC, L4D2 sets a new benchmark for co-operative action games. The title adds melee combat to enable deeper co-operative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaws, frying pans, axes, baseball bats, and more.

With the AI Director 2.0, L4D's dynamic gameplay is taken to the next level by giving the Director the ability to procedurally change weather effects, world objects, and pathways in addition to tailoring the enemy population, effects, and sounds to match the players' performance. The result is a unique game session custom fitted to provide a satisfying and uniquely challenging experience each time the game is played.

Finally, with new Survivors, boss zombies, weapons, and items, Left 4 Dead 2 offers a much larger game than the original, featuring more co-operative campaigns, more Versus campaigns, new Survival maps, and the new competitive game mode, Scavenge.

Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing is targeted for release in early spring for the PC and Xbox 360. Pricing will be announced closer to launch.

For more information, please visit www.l4d.com

The Steam Early Holiday Sale - Last Day!

November 30, 2009, 8:00 am - Valve - Press Release

The Steam Early Holiday Sale ends after today. This is your last chance to get the LucasArts and THQ game packages.

Here are Monday's discounts:

Quantz - Just 2 USD/2 GBP/2 EUR
The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition - 75% off
Mirror's Edge™ - 75% off
Evil Genius - 75% off
Section 8 - 50% off
The Chronicles of Riddick™ Assault on Dark Athena - 50% off
Dawn of Discovery® - 30% off
Call of Juarez®: Bound in Blood - 30% off

Also look for deeply discounted publisher packs available throughout the duration of the sale from LucasArts and THQ. TheLucasArts Premiere Pack contains 16 great games and the THQ Complete Pack has 18 top games - both for unbelievably low prices.

The Steam Early Holiday - Sunday's Deals

November 29, 2009, 8:00 am - Valve - Press Release

The Steam Early Holiday Sale continues today.

Here are Sunday's discounts - you have 24 hours to take advantage of these deals before Monday's games roll in at 8:00 AM PST.

World of Goo - 75% off
EVE Online: Apocrypha - 75% off
Lucidity™ - 75% off
Battlefield 2: Complete Collection - 50% off
Prince of Persia® and everything else Prince of Persia® - 50% off
Guild Wars® Trilogy - 50% off
Trackmania United Forever - 50% off

Also look for deeply discounted publisher packs available throughout the duration of the sale from LucasArts and THQ. Grab the LucasArts Premiere Pack at 60% off, containing 16 classic hit titles like The Secret of Monkey Island®: Special Edition, Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, and Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™. The THQ Complete Pack has 18 top games for an unbelievably low price.

Visit www.steamgames/early-holiday each day after 8am PST for another bunch of great buys.

The Steam Early Holiday - Saturday's Deals

November 28, 2009, 8:00 am - Valve - Press Release

Oh my, the Valve Time countdown timer hit zero and Steam got clobbered. We've added more kerosene, primed the engine, pulled the crank and kicked the server a few times and it looks like we can continue with the sale for another day. Thanks for your patience.

The Steam Early Holiday Sale continues today. The sale features a new line-up of select games at deep discounts for one day each - through Monday.

Here are Saturday's discounts - same drill as yesterday, except this time you only have 23 and 1/2 hours to take advantage of these deals before Sunday's games roll in at 8:00 AM PST.

Left 4 Dead: Game of the Year Edition - 75% off
Order of War™ - 75% off
Resident Evil™ 5 - 50% off
Ghostbusters: The Videogame - 50% off
SPORE™ and everything else SPORE™ - 50% off
Trine - 50% off
City of Heroes® Architect Edition - 50% off
Borderlands - 33% off

Also look for deeply discounted publisher packs available throughout the duration of the sale. Grab the LucasArts Premiere Pack at 60% off, containing 16 classic hit titles like The Secret of Monkey Island®: Special Edition, Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, and Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™.

Visit www.steamgames/early-holiday each day after 8am PST for another bunch of great buys.

The Steam Early Holiday - Friday's Deals

November 27, 2009, 8:00 am - Valve - Press Release

The Steam Early Holiday Sale rolls on to Friday. The sale features a new line-up of select games at deep discounts for one day each - through Monday.

Here are Friday's discounts - you have 24 hours to take advantage of these deals before Saturday's games roll in at 8:00 AM PST.

Majesty 2 - 75% off
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - 75% off
Cities XL - 50% off
Dead Space - 50% off
Mini Ninjas - 50% off
Left 4 Dead 2 - 25% off
Madballs in... Babo:Invasion - Just 2 USD/2 GBP/2 EUR

Also look for deeply discounted publisher packs available throughout the duration of the sale. Grab the LucasArts Premiere Pack at 60% off, containing 16 classic hit titles like The Secret of Monkey Island®: Special Edition, Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, and Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™.

Visit www.steamgames/early-holiday each day after 8am PST for another bunch of great buys.

The Steam Early Holiday Sale is On Now!

November 25, 2009, 3:12 pm - Valve - Press Release

The Steam Early Holiday has begun, featuring a daily line-up of select games at deep discounts for just one day each. The Early Holiday Sale kicks off today with seven great deals: Batman: Arkham Asylum is 50% off, Champions Online is 50% off, Dragon Age: Origins is 25% off, GRID is 75% off, Fallen Earth is 50% off, Far Cry 2: Fortunes Edition is 50% off, and Osmos is just 2 USD/2 GBP/2 EUR.

On Friday at 8am PST and each day through Monday there will be a new line-up of deals.

Also look for deeply discounted publisher packs available throughout the duration of the sale. Grab the LucasArts Premiere Pack at 60% off, containing 16 classic hit titles like The Secret of Monkey Island®: Special Edition, Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, and Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™.

Visit www.steamgames/early-holiday each day after 8am PST for another bunch of great buys.

Alienware Goes Digital With Steam

November 24, 2009, 12:03 pm - Valve - Press Release

Dell announces that its all powerful Alienware line of PC gaming systems, including the Area-51 and Aurora desktops and the M17x and M15x laptops, will now come pre-loaded with a free copy of Valve's award-winning game, Portal, powered by Steam, a leading platform for PC games with over 20 million accounts worldwide.

With Steam pre-installed on all these PCs, Alienware gamers can expect a higher level of service from their gaming experience right out of the box as existing Steam gamers may simply sign into their account to access all their purchased products. Customers new to Steam will find over 950 games at their finger tips, all supported by automatic updates, the Steam Friends Community of networking services, and more.

"With its automatic game updates, easy friend finding and the ability to play your Steam purchased games on any PC, Valve has helped simplify PC Gaming to make it more enjoyable." says Frank Azor, Senior Manager of Product Planning for Dell's Gaming Group. "It's for these reasons; we selected Steam to compliment the Alienware experience."

"Entertainment, specifically gaming, is a primary use of PCs in the home and on the road," said Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve. "Alienware is a household name among PC gamers who want the most out of their hardware. The combination of Alienware hardware and Steam equals a superior gaming experience."

For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com/alienware

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