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Valve's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew, who 'used a $500 check I'd sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note'

"I knew he wasn't a bad kid, but there'd been this generational shift."

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Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS pre-orders are now live, and I'm hoping it's a second wind for the handheld

The Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS edition is now up for pre-order, and the $549 handheld will challenge the Steam Deck with premium extras.

GamesRadar

The first non-Steam Deck SteamOS handheld is now available for preorder, and Lenovo may be aiming for the ROG Ally X's throne

The SteamOS model takes a price cut on the recent Windows one.

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Valve CMO threatened the company would walk away from games if it didn't own the rights to Half-Life—'It wasn't an idle threat—we weren't going to take on all of the risk to make other people rich'

"Gabe had interesting ideas that had nothing to do with games."

PC Gamer

Microsoft just "leaked" an Xbox interface mock up which has Steam game integration

Microsoft's Xbox app is undergoing rapid development ahead of its partner handheld "Kennan." This might be an early look at the next big update.

Windows Central

Marketing guy invents the concept of 'Real Steam' to explain why 'magic' games, AKA good games, end up selling: 'Don't tell Valve'

The return of the Ministry of the Bleeding Obvious.

PC Gamer

"Valve would never ship another game": Former exec forced Half-Life publisher's hand by saying Gabe Newell and the team would pivot away from game dev

"I knew Gabe had interesting ideas that had nothing to do with games"

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Lenovo Legion Go S gaming handheld pre-orders are live for "SteamOS" models — I might break my loyalty to the Steam Deck

You can now pre-order the Lenovo Legion Go S with AMD Ryzen Z2 Go and Z1 Extreme chips for SteamOS and Windows 11.

Windows Central

Microsoft is adding a powerful new feature for using Xbox controllers with Windows 11

Microsoft has implemented a new gamepad keyboard for Xbox controllers on Windows 11, geared towards handheld use

TechRadar

Valve literally gives Half-Life away now, but 27 years ago it was carefully crushing its angry pirates: "None of them had actually bought the game"

The launch of Half-Life, straight from Valve's founding CMO

GamesRadar

"Don't tell Valve I told you this": Industry expert warns devs that Steam "is an engine that turns magic into money," and you can't break into "Real Steam" until you have the magic

Chris Zukowski loves Real Steam

GamesRadar

It's not perfect, but Assassin's Creed Shadows' performance is impressive - it runs smoothly on the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadows seems to be a demanding game, particularly for high-end hardware, but that doesn't stop it from running well on Valve's Steam Deck and the Asus ROG Ally.

TechRadar

Steam expert says devs need 250 reviews "in the first month" after launch or else it's probably "not gonna happen," but admits one ingenious factory game defied the odds: "They somehow pulled it off"

Beltmatic managed to gain success months after launch

GamesRadar

"Valve knows it, I know it, and you need to know it": Steam expert tells indie devs to "give away" demos, because actually playing a game beats all other marketing

It's not until you get your demo that you get your visibility. So get that demo playable."

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NVIDIA's latest drivers bring DLSS 4 to some of the year's biggest releases so far, including Half Life 2 RTX

NVIDIA's newest driver gets you going in Half Life 2 RTX, inZOI, The Last of Us Part 2 and more besides.

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I'm ready to gamble on this alternative gaming-focused underdog to Windows 11, are you?

As Microsoft closes the door on Windows 10, Valve opens a weird and accessible Linux-shaped window to gamers

PC Gamer

A gorgeous ground-up remake of Counter-Strike 1.6 is on its way to Steam, and one of the game's original creators says 'it really gives me old vibes'

"Hopefully Valve allows this to get released without any issues…"

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There's a new Portal game and it costs $12,500

Valve's famous puzzle games are now available in pinball form, and it's really not cheap.

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Windows Central

The day is almost here when every gaming handheld can be a Steam Deck

We know SteamOS is coming to non-Steam Deck handhelds, and the latest preview release has the first work on making that happen.

PC Gamer

A new and improved desktop experience just landed on Steam Deck and SteamOS is readying 'support for non-Steam Deck handhelds'

That'll be the Legion Go S then, presumably.

GamesRadar

Valve "followed" 1.7 million Steam users for over a year, and now reports those gamers spent $20 million on microtransactions and another $73 million on games and DLC

"The 1.7 million customers who originated from a top 2023 release went on to enjoy more than 141 million hours of playtime in additional games"

PC Gamer

2024 was Steam's 'best year ever' of users buying newly released games—but I wouldn't celebrate the end of the forever game era just yet

Number goes up. Or does it?

PC Gamer

Valve tracked 1.7 million Steam users who joined in 2023 to see if they stuck around—they did, and they spent $93 million

Hot stuff.

PC Gamer

Go ahead and complain the discounts aren't as steep as they used to be, but Steam just had its biggest year ever for seasonal sales

Themed sales too.

PC Gamer

'The future of hardware at Valve is bright': Valve celebrates the success of Steam Deck and Steam OS

Hours spent playing on Steam Deck rose by 64% in 2024.

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