Hacker News with Generative AI: Valve

A summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit (pcgamer.com)
Valve Launches Game Recording Feature for Steam Client (macrumors.com)
Valve has officially released Steam Game Recording, a new built-in feature that allows players to capture and share gameplay footage across PC, Mac, and Steam Deck devices.
Steam games will need to disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages (gamingonlinux.com)
Valve announced a change for Steam today that will make things a lot clearer for everyone, as developers will now need to clearly list the kernel-level anti-cheat used on Steam store pages.
Steam now says the 'game' you're buying is just a license (theverge.com)
Valve is now explicitly disclosing that you don’t own the games you buy from its Steam online store.
The Arch Linux team is now working directly with Valve (tomshardware.com)
Valve Helping Arch Linux with Build Service Infrastructure and Secure Signing (phoronix.com)
Valve's SteamOS is built atop Arch Linux and now the company is further helping the upstream Linux distribution by collaborating with resources to help with build service infrastructure and a secure signing enclave.
Steam doesn't want to pay arbitration fees, tells gamers to sue instead (arstechnica.com)
Valve Corporation, tired of paying arbitration fees, has removed a mandatory arbitration clause from Steam's subscriber agreement.
Arch Linux and Valve Collaboration (archlinux.org)
We are excited to announce that Arch Linux is entering into a direct collaboration with Valve.
Steam Changes to the Subscriber Agreeement (steampowered.com)
Valve has updated the Steam Subscriber Agreement. The updates affect your legal rights, including how disputes and claims between you and Valve are resolved. Among other things, the new dispute resolution provisions in Section 10 require that all disputes and claims proceed in court and not in arbitration. Please review carefully.
Valve New Employee Handbook (2012) [pdf] (akamaihd.net)
Celebrating 6 years since Valve announced Steam Play Proton for Linux (gamingonlinux.com)
We played Valve's new shooter, Deadlock (theverge.com)
Valve, a suggestion (about Team Fortress 2) [video] (youtube.com)
Microsoft Reportedly Readies $16B Bid to Acquire Valve / Steam (guru3d.com)