Following yesterday’s reveal of the HTC Vive development kit currently being distributed by Valve, courtesy of Cloudhead Games, VRFocus has obtained full scans of the instruction manual included within. Delivered with typical Valve style, the manual is littered winks and nudges to existing videogame properties and irreverent humour.
Half-Life and Portal writer Erik Wolpaw has detailed how his team has been using Generative AI for research and development at Valve.
Valve has responded to New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against the firm, stating it does not believe that lootboxes in its Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 games unlawfully encourage minors to gamble, adding it was "disappointed" to see the action go ahead despite efforts to "educate" the NYAG about virtual items since "early 2023."
