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Steam's wider store pages are now live, and Valve says it tested them on 'a tiny old iPod' to make sure they'd still work on narrower screens

"Things get pretty small" if you try to browse Steam on an iPod, but your PC monitor can probably handle the new 1,200 pixel page width.

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says there's a reason Steam is so popular: "It's almost as if it isn't providing a s**t service"

Valve's storefront continues to be indispensable to players and developers

GamesRadar

"Of course, you must be on Steam. But Steam isn't the entire world": CEO of game distribution company says yes, some PC gamers prefer "local" stores to Valve's mega-shop, and China is a huge factor

"There are very big markets – China, Eastern Europe, Latin America – where local platforms are simply stronger in trust, in loyalty, in payment behaviour"

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Valve just made Steam Deck downloads much easier – and I hope this feature comes to all SteamOS handhelds

Valve has just released a new Steam Deck 'display-off low-power download' update, but it's currently only available via the beta and preview channels.

TechRadar

Veteran game developer Scott Miller explains why it took 3D Realms so long to get PC gaming's most ambitious but ultimately flawed sci-fi FPS game over the line: 'Let's just put all our eggs into the Duke Nukem basket'

Aliens, big guns, and portals take time to cook

PC Gamer

Counter-Strike 2 has a fancy new feature that makes demo playbacks 'match the player's original experience much more closely'

"TrueView provides a more accurate representation of the observed player's experience."

PC Gamer

Steam Deck gets a long-awaited feature as Windows handhelds are left staring longingly — raw power means nothing against a superior handheld experience

Steam Deck keeps getting better and smarter with screen-off downloads, while the Xbox Ally still feels a step behind in polish and convenience.

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Lenovo Legion Go S (SteamOS) review: Improving on the Steam Deck

Is this the only true successor to the Steam Deck?

Steam Deck Update Adds 'Display-Off Mode' for Seamless Background Downloads

Valve's latest Steam Deck update finally lets gamers download games with the screen off, saving power while keeping downloads running in the background.

Player One

Finally! The Steam Deck can now download games in a new 'display-off, low-power' mode before automatically going to sleep

Sweet dreams, Steam Deck.

PC Gamer

Those pesky Steam Deck downloads just got way better in new firmware update

Power on and wait? No more.

Destructoid

"In other words, 72% don't know what a monopoly is," analyst says of study that finds 72% of game devs "see Steam as a monopoly"

"Market share isn't what defines a monopoly, folks"

GamesRadar

Study says only 72% of game developers reckon that Steam has a monopoly on PC games, and even with some big caveats, it makes me wonder what the other 28% are thinking

Most of the developers surveyed were C-suite level.

PC Gamer

Windows 11's new Full Screen Experience is available for MSI Claw handhelds, but I still wouldn't choose it over SteamOS

Microsoft is making good headway with its Xbox Full Screen Experience rollout, but it still needs to move faster.

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Tom’s Hardware

AMD clarifies commitment to support for RDNA 1 and 2-based GPUs — company backtracks on RX 7900 series USB-C functionality (Updated)

AMD ended mainstream driver support for its RDNA 1 and 2 GPUs in a new update that sought to focus on the RX 7000 and 9000 series for day-one optimizations for new releases. This could mean trouble for handhelds that rely on tuning to achieve their full potential on Windows,…

PC Gamer

The latest Steam beta adds 'a suspicious chat warning' when you receive a potentially malicious message, something it probably should have done years ago

It's a bit late, but very welcome.

GamesRadar

YouTube smacks down Valve's beloved Counter-Strike 2 skins and potentially crushes GTA 6 videos in new content restrictions against gambling, "mass violence," and "realistic human characters"

Google to tackle "graphic content" in games

TechRadar

New data shows most Windows games now work on Linux – and I hope the same will soon apply to anti-cheat titles

Gaming on Linux just keeps getting better thanks to wider compatibility, but anti-cheat games remain stubbornly problematic.

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"Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism about" gambling in its video games, says DayZ creator after $6 billion Counter-Strike 2 market crashes

"I'm honestly disgusted"

PC Gamer

'Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism': DayZ creator Dean Hall says the 'gambling mechanics' of Valve's monetization strategy 'have absolutely no place' in videogames

Are we all letting Valve off easy for its loot crate economy?

PC Gamer

It's opposite day in CS2: Accounts full of previously run-of-the-mill reds are now worth upwards of $90,000, while one of the most sought-after knives drops $10,000 in value

What an eventful few days.

GamesRadar

After Randy Pitchford had a game cancelled by EA, he was called by Gabe Newell out of nowhere to ask if he wanted to work on Half-Life: "I don't believe in manifestation - I believe in coincidence"

Half-Life: Opposing Force would release nine months later

Tom’s Hardware

Ludicrous $6 billion Counter Strike 2 skins market crashes, loses $3 billion overnight — game update destroys inventories, collapses market

Counter-Strike 2 received an update yesterday that prompted the worst market crash in the game's history. Cosmetics worth over $6 billion fell to almost $3 billion after Valve made it easier to acquire them. Less scarcity means lower barrier of entry, but it also means less desirability for traders who'd…

Inverse

Steam Just Fixed One Of Its Biggest Problems With A Surprise New Feature

Steam's latest new feature makes it much easier to track upcoming games you're already looking forward to and find ones that may have escaped your notice.

PC Gamer

Latest CS2 patch has skin collectors in meltdown over a supposed $2bn in losses, with others saying 'this is the best update ever', but maybe Valve is just doing some course-correction and doesn't care

AK Six-Seeven!

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