Steam Trading steams out of beta in a cloud of, er, water vapor

Steam Trading’s emerged from the recent wet clouds of beta after greater than one million in-game items were swapped inside the first month of testing. Purchased in-game objects can now be bartered between all players of Team Fortress 2, Portal 2 or Spiral Knights and more games can be supported soon. The larger news is you can also exchange Steam gifts and additional copies of games you have got — similar to that spare edition of Half-Life 2 which you downloaded with the Orange Box bundle — so long as they’re unplayed. Hey, cash it in and go buy your avatar something nice.