The idea of proper movie-quality content released through non-traditional channels is an idea that District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp is toying around with, using his new Oats Studio as a testing area for such content. An idea that was influenced by Steam’s impact on delivering video games.

After a couple of movies that didn't match the quality of his breakout feature film debut District 9, South African born filmmaker Neill Blomkamp is taking things back to his experimental short film roots. But on a rather unique platform.

Valve's changing how Steam Trading Cards work, so developers of "fake" games have a tougher time making money from them.

By today's end, Alan Wake will be yanked from Steam and Xbox Live.

Just when you thought that you might have a chance of finally capping your Steam backlog once and for all, you hear a knock at the door and see Gabe Newell’s smiling face through the peephole. “It’s time” he whispers, as you tearfully surrender to the inevitable. Yup, another Steam is on its way, with current rumours pegging a late June start.

The benchmark in action, I’ve waxed lyrical before about how Vanquish is the game that set a standard for mayhem and explosions. Cheesier than the audition round for an American talent search program and more explosive than Michael Bay’s wettest dreams, Vanquish is a glorious adventure that has only been available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Until now that is. PC gamers, Christmas has come early because Vanquish will be available at the end of the month.

Death comes quickly in Battlegrounds, but thanks to a recent update players can now avoid the grim reaper with some cast-iron cookware. See, frying pans are commonplace items that most players ignore in favour of hogging other stuff in their ivnentory. It’s not hard to see why, as frying pans don’t boast the same talent for damage that a machete can provide. What these pans can do however, is stop a bullet.

Space, the final frontier. A vast teaming cosmos filled with equal parts majesty and danger…and pretty much the last thing on your list as you find yourself stranded and thoroughly buggered on a strange and alien new world. You’re a Nomad soul minus the catchy David Bowie beats, a stranger on a world that has never seen your kind before. That’s kind of exhilarating.