A developer ported Half-Life to a Nokia N95, and it runs at 30fps with Bluetooth keyboard support
Follow the Freeman... on an ancient Symbian-based smartphone
Valve says physical Steam Gift Cards are being discontinued after years of scams
Retailers are expected to run out of physical Steam Gift Cards by the end of 2026
Valve confirms Steam Machine and Steam Frame are still shipping this summer
Pricing remains the biggest unanswered question
AMD CPUs hit another Steam survey record as Intel gap shrinks to all-time low
Team Red closes the Steam CPU gap again while Nvidia's RTX 3060 remains the most-used GPU
Gabe Newell says Steam doesn't pressure developers on pricing, emails suggest otherwise
Valve threatened to pull Rainbow Six Siege from Steam because Ubisoft offered a cheaper starter pack on its own store
Valve's Steam Machine may cost more than today's Steam Deck OLED
The Steam Machine could land near $1,000 if rising RAM and SSD prices keep squeezing Valve
Rumor mill: It's the most debated question in the gaming community right now: how much is Valve going to charge for the Steam Machine when it finally arrives? The answer, according to a reliable leaker, is probably a lot more than you'd think.
Steam Deck OLED is back in stock with a $300 price hike
512GB model now $789, 1TB jumps to $949
Steam Machine may launch soon as reservation system and four retail packages surface
The reservation system is intended to prevent scalping
Steam Controller sells out in 30 minutes as scalpers push prices to $300
Valve now requires eligible Steam accounts and is limiting reservations to one controller per user
Winners & losers: The Steam Controller is here! Well, it was here for a whole 30 minutes before it sold out. Predictably, the $99 device has already been grabbed by a slew of scalpers who are charging around $300, and sometimes more, for one on eBay.
Steam Survey: AMD's CPU gains stall as Nvidia's final RTX 5000 desktop GPU appears
The Core Ultra 200 Plus effect?
What just happened? The latest Steam survey has dropped. Last month's results show that the final RTX 5000-series desktop card has now entered the main GPU chart, nearly one year after it launched. Elsewhere, Intel's excellent Core Ultra 200 Plus series may have started to influence the CPU results as AMD failed to move the needle in its favor during April.
This is Why You Won't Buy a Steam Machine in 2026
Valve's Steam Machine was supposed to be an affordable gaming PC for the living room. Rising memory and storage prices have turned that dream into a pricing nightmare.
Steam Controller reviews are in: $99 price tag and dual trackpad design confirmed
First look: Full reviews for Valve's Steam Controller are now live. Critics broadly praise the hardware, including drift-resistant TMR sticks, rear grip buttons, Steam Input customization, and a more refined take on the dual-trackpad concept that defined the original controller. Several reviewers also point to tight integration with the broader Steam ecosystem as one of the controller's biggest strengths.
Portal 2: Community Edition enters open beta with enhanced graphics, larger maps, and new modding tools
Modders have rebuilt Valve's classic on a modernized Source engine
The big picture: Portal 2, which recently celebrated its 15th anniversary, continues to receive mods, but its implementation of Valve's Source engine is showing its age. To address that, modders have spent the past several years building a new version of the game, with Valve's blessing, that enables enhanced graphics, larger maps, and more complex fan-made campaigns.
Valve's Proton 11 beta boosts Linux gaming with better performance and classic game support
The compatibility layer is growing in both scope and reliability for Windows games
Steam might soon display 30-day price history for game deals
"SteamGPT" customer service chatbot and Steam Controller 2 are also expected soon
Shipping records suggest Valve will launch the Steam Controller before the Steam Machine
The new Steam Controller could be here soon
Steam could soon show estimated FPS based on crowd-sourced player data
Users could input their hardware to see estimated frame rates before buying
The takeaway: Valve appears to be preparing a new feature that could make one of PC gaming's biggest uncertainties – performance – more transparent. Newly uncovered code in the Steam client suggests players may soon see estimated frame rate data for each game derived from real-world gameplay metrics shared by other users.
March Steam survey: Intel Arc finally breaks into the charts as AMD and Linux reach record shares
There's also a new top graphics card
SteamOS update adds support for Steam Machine and other non-Valve hardware
HDR, VRR, multi-monitor support, and better discrete GPU performance
Counter-Strike 2 update overhauls ammo system, punishes early reloads
One of the biggest rule changes in the franchise's 25-year history
Downloaded a malware-infected Steam game? The FBI wants to hear from you
The investigation covers compromised Steam games downloaded between 2024 and 2026
Game devs cash in: Nearly 6,000 Steam games earned over $100,000 last year
Steam also hit a record 42 million peak "concurrent users" this year
Valve says its loot boxes are more like trading cards than gambling
Valve prepares legal fight as New York calls Counter-Strike loot boxes illegal gambling
Valve details performance targets for Steam Machine and Steam Frame
Steam Machine-verified games must maintain 30fps at 1080p
Valve insists Steam Machine launch is still on track for this year
Company updates earlier post to confirm all three new devices will ship in 2026