Valve have today confirmed that their Steamworks software development kit will soon be released, offering game makers a raft of crafting and publishing tools linked to the Steam content delivery platform on the PC.

Product key authentication, copy protection, auto-updating, social networking, matchmaking and anti-cheat technology is included in the new SDK, which Valve are rather enthusiastic about.

"In working with developers on the pre-release SDK, our focus has been on making it as easy as possible for them to integrate Steamworks into their games," offered Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve.

"They get access to these tools and services in a proven, scalable, and simple to work with package that has already been deployed to millions of gamers worldwide."

Steam boasts about 15 million users at present. More as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge

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