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A few weeks ago, we filled you in on OpenAI, a project funded by Elon Musk that pits a team of self-learning AI bots against human players in Dota 2.

When is a loot box not a loot box?...

With Steam drawing in about 15 million players at any one time, Valve has a pretty huge chunk of the PC gaming market.

The next time you complain that your opponent in a game is "botting," be careful -- it might be an actual, self-learning AI. OK, we're probably not quite at the point of having computers play computer games all over the pla...

Valve has suspended item trading in Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in the Netherlands.

Okay guys.

With around half a million players at any one time -- trailing only PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on Steam -- Dota 2 isn't exactly dying.

Valve's making its free-to-play games a little less free lately.

As one game enters free-to-play, another exits.

Dota 2 players will be getting more frequent -- if smaller -- updates over the next six months.

It's prediction time again!...

What a wild and wacky 2017 it's been!...

Steam is love, Steam is life – and some games are more lively than others. Valve's platform has it all, good and bad.

Valve is celebrating 10 years of Team Fortress 2 by sending players to the jungle.

All nine of Team Fortress 2's characters are male -- and yes, that includes the Pyro, despite some people's belief in the contrary.

Sometimes events happen in succession that might seem related but maybe aren't.

Since its reveal just over a month ago, I've been following the amazing saga of Artifact: The Dota Card Game.

During this weekend's Dota 2 tournament, Elon Musk held a demonstration of his OpenAI bot, pitting it against pro player Danylo "Dendi" Ishutin.

Valve announced a new game yesterday.

Last week, two articles -- one about League of Legends and one about Dota 2 -- caught my eye.

The Dota 2 International Battle Pass expires on Sept.

They say that no game is truly ever finished.

Tired of getting spanked in Dota 2 PvP matches by people much better than you?...

It's that time of year again, where players can contribute to the prize pool for the biggest Dota 2 tournament around and also net some cool stuff for themselves in the process.

Dota 2 players who want to play in ranked games will have to offer up an extra bit of information in order to be able to participate.

Good news, everyone!...

Look, I don't mean to sound like an Overwatch fanboy, but ...

Update 7.00: The New Journey for Dota 2 isn't your typical, "Let's add a new hero and change up a few things" patch.

In a recent interview with Gamasutra, Team Fortress 2 Lead Designer Robin Walker said that TF2's success and profitability were nice, but its most important role for Valve might be as a means for the company to test out new id...

As with any FPS, Team Fortress 2's competitive mode hasn't been perfect right out of the gate.