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		<title>Digital Price Drops Don&#8217;t Hurt &#8211; Valve</title>
		<link>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/11/18/digital-price-drops-dont-hurt-valve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hectic Glenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking today at the Montreal International Game Summit, Jason Holtman of Valve (Director of Business Development) talked about how Valve are able make dropping prices of large titles on Steam effective, increasing sales over a period of time and stop the title feeling like a bargain bin product.Fundamentally people thought that with pricing if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gearbox&#8217;s Randy Rant Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/11/06/gearboxs-randy-rant-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hectic Glenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gearbox president Randy Pitchford has hit out again at Valve and Steam. This time he has criticised Valve's approach to PS3 development and Steam (again). A selection of his comments include:I read it the same way I read fanboys. Like there's a guy who brought the Sony platform and he's a Sony guy, so he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steamworks, Modern Warfare 2 and Other Digital Distributors</title>
		<link>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/11/06/steamworks-modern-warfare-2-and-other-digital-distributors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some interesting news has emerged over on Kotaku as it emerges that digital distributors like Direct2Drive, Impulse and Gamersgate won't be selling Modern Warfare 2 because it uses Steamworks. Direct2Drive went so far as to tell Kotaku "We don't believe games should force the user to install a Trojan Horse" and that other titles using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Steam Roundup</title>
		<link>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/10/14/the-steam-roundup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DigiQ8</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of activity has been going on Steam this week, so here's the roundup.

THQ Sales Week is On now. Each day this week will feature a big discount on a different game from THQ, it kicked off yesterday with 50% off both Titan Quest games but I'm sorry to tell you that you missed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gearbox&#8217;s Randy Pitchford on Valve and Steam</title>
		<link>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/10/07/gearboxs-randy-pitchford-on-valve-and-steam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gearbox's Randy Pitchford has talked at length with Maximum PC about Borderlands, piracy and Steam. His comments about Steam, well they make for very interesting reading. Here is what he has to say about it:MPC: The download services, like Steam, are helping make it easier to buy games though, right?RP: I’ll tell you what. Steam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense of the Ancients Developer Joins Valve</title>
		<link>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/10/05/defense-of-the-ancients-developer-joins-valve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/10/05/defense-of-the-ancients-developer-joins-valve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DigiQ8</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The developer behind popular Warcraft 3 mod Defense of the Ancients: Allstars has announced today that he joined Valve and is currently leading a team to do some very exciting stuff that DotA fans will love.

 I finally have all the resources needed to do some very exciting stuff that you guys will love. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steam Client Update: Improved Security Features</title>
		<link>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/08/27/steam-client-update-improved-security-features/</link>
		<comments>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/08/27/steam-client-update-improved-security-features/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hectic Glenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This patch should be applied automatically, however if it doesn't go to file in Steam, and click 'Check for Steam Client Updates'. Changes include:Added contact email account verification by request and on new account creationImproved account security with verified contact email to prevent phishingAdded mod support for Killing FloorFixed memory leakAdded 'officers-only chat' mode to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HL2.net Interview with Insurgency</title>
		<link>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/08/23/hl2-net-interview-with-insurgency-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/08/23/hl2-net-interview-with-insurgency-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlueWolf72</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat (now available on Steam) has received the Player's Choice 2007 Mod of the Year award from ModDB, as well as the "Best Source Mod of 2007" Gold Award from Steamfriends. With all the success they have had the team is hard at work on Beta 2 and Beta 3.Spielmann, leader of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aliens vs Predator to use Steam Cloud</title>
		<link>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/08/20/aliens-vs-predator-to-use-steam-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/08/20/aliens-vs-predator-to-use-steam-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VG24/7 have been at GamesCom in Germany where it has been revealed that Sega's upcoming shooter, Aliens vs Predator will make use of both Steamworks and Steam Cloud. Sega's Rob Bartholemew said:“If you’re playing on PC, we’re also leveraging Valve Steamworks to provide anti-cheat matchmaking Achievements, and we’re using Steam Cloud as well, so your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chet Faliszek on Valve and Left 4 Dead</title>
		<link>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/08/19/chet-faliszek-on-valve-and-left-4-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.halflife2.net/2009/08/19/chet-faliszek-on-valve-and-left-4-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.halflife2.net/?p=4273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Valve's Chet Faliszek has opened up about Valve and Left 4 Dead and more to Jim Rossignol in Jim's Ragdoll Metaphysics column on Offworld. Before you start asking, no Chet doesn't have any Episode 3 news.  However he does have some other interesting things to say:The Orange Box was weird. It reminded me of [...]]]></description>
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