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September 7, 2011
In-game gifting comes to Spiral Knights, Portal 2
By Andrew Webster
Valve has announced that a trio of Steam games will now feature in-game gifting, including Portal 2, Spiral Knights, and the newly free-to-play shooter Team Fortress 2.
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May 17, 2011
Steam could come to mobile, but should it?
By Jim Squires
As a PC gamer, it's hard not to love Steam. Not only do they have one of the most varied and complete collections of digital content on the web, but the social side of things is seemingly second to none. If I want to see what games my friends are playing, jump into a multiplayer match with strangers, or even buy digital gifts during the holidays, Steam has me covered. But despite my personal affection for the service, the recent talk of Steam possibly coming to mobile has me a little on edge.
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February 17, 2011
Is Valve more profitable than Google and Apple?
By Joel Brodie
According to Valve CEO Gabe Newell as reported in Forbes, Valve is more profitable than Google and Apple per employee. Since Google generates $350,000 per employee and Valve has 250 employees, that would mean that Valve generates at least $87.5 million in profit yearly. It's an interesting number, given that Valve specializes in the PC games market, which supposedly is dead compared to social and iOS games, according to the experts.

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