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Nintendo Switch 2 has new competition — leak claims Samsung is building a handheld games console

Several leaks have arisen that, when put together, indicate Samsung could be developing a new handheld console.

Tom’s Guide

The 10 gaming trends for 2025 that will transform how we play and create

Our expert games writer predicts the gaming trends for 2025, including Nintendo Switch 2, the rise of indie gaming, the impact of generative AI and how Unreal Engine 5 will shake things up .

Creative Bloq

A Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you'

Ken Birdwell was all about "getting the lighting right."

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Now that Steam Deck has made good on the failed promise of Steam Machines, it looks like Valve is paving the way for third-party devices "powered by SteamOS"

The Steam Machine dream may yet live

GamesRadar

Valve removes pro-Palestinian shooter from Steam after complaint from UK Counter-Terrorism police, dev says 'we see clearly the double standards'

Steam favours a hands-off approach, but in this case its hand was forced.

PC Gamer

Valve stiffed speedrunners by adding an invisible wall in its Half-Life 2 tuneup, so now it's fixed the fix and says 'enjoy'

Fetch my pipe and gravity gun.

PC Gamer

Garry's Mod dev says he didn't want to sell it originally because no one would pay for it – 25 million copies later, he admits he was wrong

We'll never get away from Skibidi Toilet

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Antitrust Lawsuit Against Steam Expands To Include All Developers Since 2017

The Steam antitrust case broadens into a class action, targeting Valve's 30% cut and alleged anti-competitive practices.

Benzinga

Lawsuit Against Valve Becomes Class Action, Could Benefit More Developers

Valve is facing increasing legal pressure after an antitrust lawsuit against it has been granted class-action status.

Player One

The antitrust lawsuit against Steam is now a class action, and that could have big repercussions for Valve

The lawsuit, originally filed in 2021, now encompasses "all persons or entities" who have sold games on Steam since 2017.

PC Gamer

Half-Life 2's anniversary update broke a simple speedrunning strat that was in use for 20 years, so Valve has now fixed the 'fix' in a new patch

The 20th anniversary update included some annoying changes for speedrunners

GamesRadar

Deadlock pros are already playing a better version of Deadlock

The best players have cobbled together a better competitive format that makes me hope Valve is watching.

PC Gamer

Valve seemingly preps Steam Controller 2 and VR controller — "Ibex" and "Roy" controller renders spotted in SteamVR data mine

Valve accidentally leaks renders of in-development controllers through a datamined SteamVR update.

Tom’s Hardware

Valve was going to ship The Orange Box in a white box before staff 'destroyed' the idea, and yes they saw you all doubting Portal before release: 'You guys are gonna eat those words'

"A great example of how Valve dysfunctionally works but works well."

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Half-Life 2 testers horsing around with physics props 'to make the 47th playthrough of the game more interesting' probably had no idea it would result in Gabe Newell launching a garden gnome into space 16 years later

Cratebaby lives.

Windows Central

Why Xbox is running out of time to grow its most CRUCIALLY important and critically underrated gaming feature

Thanks to handhelds like the ASUS ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go, "Xbox Play Anywhere" greatly elevates the likelihood of me playing your next game — and I think more and more Xbox players are coming to feel the same way.

PC Gamer

Valve first came up with the Steam Hardware Survey more than 20 years ago because it wanted to know what specs it should target for Half-Life 2

The first public Steam Hardware Survey came in April 2003, but there were private antecedents used by Valve earlier.

PC Gamer

Valve zoomed in Half-Life 2's FOV from the gold standard 90 so you could see all those pretty Source engine faces better

Long-forgotten FOV crimes exposed.

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Steam has died its final death on Windows 7 and 8: Nearly a year after Valve ended support, new Steam updates will no longer function on the ancient OSes

We had a good run, didn't we?

PC Gamer

Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'

"It was a very weird time."

PC Gamer

The origin of the Source engine's iconic neon fuchsia checkerboard texture, as told by Half-Life 2's new commentary mode

There's no mistaking this guy.

PC Gamer

Ex-Blizzard president has rather boldly called Sony's potential FromSoftware scoop 'probably a top 2 acquisition in videogames in the last 15+ years if not ever'

"The only thing bigger would be buying Valve or Nintendo."

PC Gamer

Valve gets closer to perfecting Deadlock's matchmaking, which will now account for your strengths and weaknesses with each hero

"If you are unfamiliar or play worse with a given hero, you will be put in an easier match than your usual."

Player One

Steam's New Policy Tightens Rules on Games With Season Pass Content

Steam shared new policy regarding season pass content that makes developers more accountable about the release of future content.

PC Gamer

The best Half-Life 2 mods: 20th anniversary edition

A fistful of mods for Half-Life 2’s 20th anniversary, for Free Men and Women of all stripes.

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