Phil Spencer hints that Steam Deck could be the portable Xbox of our dreams
Valve unveiled its ambitious portable PC a few weeks ago, and the Steam Deck has turned plenty of heads. The Steam Deck’s appeal is certainly …
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Sold out: Some Steam Deck preorders won’t ship until September 2022
Last week, Valve announced the Steam Deck portable PC and revealed that “preorders” would start on Friday. Valve did not reveal the Steam Deck’s actual …
Steam Deck’s first big problem: Playing popular games
Rumors in late May said that Valve was on the verge of unveiling a portable gaming console similar to the Nintendo Switch. Nearly two months …
Valve reportedly making a Steam gaming PC just like Nintendo’s Switch
Nintendo’s Switch console has been a massive success for the company thanks to the unusual proposition the Japanese giant made gamers. The Switch can be …
Every ‘Half-Life’ game will be free to play for the next two months on Steam
In order to celebrate the impending release of Half-Life: Alyx in March, Valve has made every main Half-Life game in franchise history free to play …
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is a full-length VR game coming to PC next March
The last Half-Life game is now more than 12 years old. Valve released Half-Life 2: Episode Two on October 10th, 2007, with the intention of …
‘Half-Life 3’ may be dead, but another ‘Half-Life’ game could be announced this week
Twelve years after Half-Life 2: Episode Two launched, most of us have given up hoping for a new, full-scale Half-Life project. Series creator Gabe Newell …
‘Metro Exodus’ is an Epic Games store exclusive, and Valve isn’t happy about it
The digital content distribution wars heated up once again on Monday as Deep Silver and Epic Games teamed up to announce that Metro Exodus — …
The 7 best deals of day one of the Steam Summer Sale
Ah yes, it’s sunburn and BBQ season, which means it’s time yet again for the PC gaming overlords at Valve to open the floodgates of …
Valve’s new Steam Link app will let you stream PC games on your phone
Valve Corporation on Wednesday announced two new free apps that will soon be available on mobile devices. Steam Link, the first of the two apps, …
‘Half-Life 2: Episode Three’ plot revealed by former Valve writer
This October, it will have been ten years since Half-Life 2: Episode Two was released, kicking off what would become a decade-long hiatus for one of …
HTC might (and totally should) sell off its Vive division, and I know who should buy it
HTC isn’t having a ton of luck in the smartphone market these days, but its Vive virtual reality headset is actually doing really, really well. …
Valve is making a card game to rival Blizzard’s Hearthstone
One of the most popular card games available on desktop and mobile is getting a huge expansion this week. Blizzard’s Hearthstone has tens of millions …
Watch Microsoft’s HoloLens bring ‘Portal’ to life in the real world
Last summer, the world lost its collective mind over Pokemon Go. Thanks to augmented reality, smartphone owners were able to find and catch Pokemon in the real …
Valve reveals Steam’s top 100 best-selling games of 2016
As stressful and difficult as 2016 was for the real world, it was an incredible year for video games. Some of the most anticipated games of …
J.J. Abrams says we should expect a ‘Portal’ movie announcement soon
Years ago, at the 2013 DICE Summit, J.J. Abrams took the stage to reveal that his studio was working with Valve to create two movies: …
24 hours with the HTC Vive was enough to turn me into a VR believer
Over the past several years, I’ve had the opportunity to play around in virtual reality dozens of times. Whether it was a 360-degree movie on …
Find out if your computer can handle VR with Valve’s free performance test
The dawn of the VR era is nearly upon us, but if you want to be a part of it, you’ll have to make sure …
No contest: HTC’s Vive VR experience is miles ahead of everything else
There’s nothing that wakes you up when the second-day fatigue hits you at MWC like a dose of virtual reality. And who would have thought a …
You can now make money by modding your favorite PC games
The modding community has been growing steadily ever since the dawn of PC gaming, but only in recent years has the idea of paying for user-created …
Meet Vive, a new virtual reality headset from HTC and Valve
The surprises just kept coming at HTC’s MWC press conference on Sunday. After unveiling the HTC One M9 and the HTC Grip (the company’s first …
The Steam Holiday Sale has begun, offering the craziest PC game deals of the year
Halloween might be spooky, but there’s no time of the year quite as terrifying for PC gamers as the Steam Holiday Sale. On Thursday, Valve launched …
Steam beta code reveals movies, TV shows, music and more coming in future updates
There have been rumors for years that Steam would eventually evolve from a gaming platform into a full-blown multimedia service, and now it appears that Valve is …
Hide your wallets: Steam’s Summer Sale has begun
PC gamers rejoice! It’s that time of the year again — the Steam Summer Sale is upon us, and no one’s bank account is safe. The …
Valve’s Steam Machines have been delayed to 2015
Bad news, Linux fans. Valve took to the Steam Community forums on Tuesday to announce that its first foray into hardware would be delayed to …
Valve rethinks the Steam Controller, makes it look more normal
As with everything it does, Valve plans to tinker with the Steam Controller as many times as the creators and the users deem necessary until …
How you can get a sneak peek at Valve’s virtual reality interface
The first annual Steam Dev Days event doesn’t begin until Wednesday of this week, but Valve has already released SteamVR to the public, its experimental …
