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Jan 07 • 4 months ago

SteamOS continues its slow spread across the PC gaming landscape

Legion Go 2 support announced at CES, wide support for Arm hardware coming soon. ...

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Dec 16 • 5 months ago

Reporter suggests Half-Life 3 will be a Steam Machine launch title

"Everybody I've talked to are still adamant," even after previous rumors didn't pan out. ...

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Dec 16 • 5 months ago

Microsoft takes down mod that re-created Halo 3 in Counter-Strike 2

Project Misriah creator vows to use new experience "to cook up something else." ...

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Dec 04 • 5 months ago

Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.

Valve tells Ars its "trying to unblock" limits caused by open source driver issues. ...

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Nov 25 • 5 months ago

Valve’s Steam Machine looks like a console, but don’t expect it to be priced like one

Upcoming gaming box will be priced in line with a similarly specced PC, Valve says. ...

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Nov 14 • 6 months ago

Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be.

Tariffs, component volatility, and Valve's tolerance for losses all lead to uncertainty. ...

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Nov 12 • 6 months ago

Valve rejoins the VR hardware wars with standalone Steam Frame

SteamOS-powered headset sports semi-modular design, wireless "low-latency" PC streaming. ...

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Nov 10 • 6 months ago

New project brings strong Linux compatibility to more classic Windows games

But author warns that Direct3D 7 "is a land of highly cursed API inter-operability." ...

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Oct 23 • 6 months ago

CS2 item market loses nearly $2B in value overnight due to “trade up” update

Once rare $14K knife now sells for $7K, some common guns jump from $10 to over $100. ...

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Sep 24 • 7 months ago

Meet the first person to own over 40,000 paid Steam games

Feeling any better about your backlog yet? ...

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Sep 19 • 8 months ago

Steam will wind down support for 32-bit Windows as that version of Windows fades

Change only affects 32-bit Windows 10; Windows 7 and 8 lost support years ago. ...

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Sep 04 • 8 months ago

Hollow Knight: Silksong is breaking Steam, Nintendo’s eShop

Valve's usually stable platform struggles thanks in part to lack of pre-loading options. ...

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