Steam Trading Exits Beta, Goes Live

Valve's trade winds pick up steam. My deepest apologies for that terrible, terrible pun.

After four weeks in beta form with over one million in-game items and game gifts swapped, Steam trading is now available to the community as a whole.  Items range from Cave Johnson’s GOTY, Portal 2, and Sega’s co-op adventure outing, Spiral Knights.  To celebrate their own achievement, Valve is putting items on sale from both of those titles as well as the trade-compatible FPS, Team Fortress 2.

[Source: Team Fortress 2 Blog]

[Image via Valve.]

Nick Santangelo
Nick Santangelo
Nick Santangelo

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Nick has been a gamer since the 8-bit days and a member of the MTB editorial team since January of 2011. He is not to be interrupted while questing his way through an RPG or desperately clinging to hope against all reason that his Philly sports teams will win any given game he may be watching. Seriously folks, reading this acknowledges that you relieve MTB of any and all legal liability for his actions.

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