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Microsoft Reportedly Testing Xbox UI for PCs, Handheld-Like Features Found on Windows 11 Build

Microsoft wants to transform PC gaming with the simplicity of the Xbox console as a new interface is reportedly under testing.

A 60 year old videogame just hit its highest player count ever on Steam and I'm pretty sure it's because people are pirating Schedule 1

A 60 year old videogame just hit its highest player count ever on Steam and I'm pretty sure it's because people are pirating Schedule 1

Are 100,000 people playing something called Spacewar? Probably not.

Valve fans come together to smash the Steam concurrents record for the studio's least-popular game: 'We all know Ricochet is the best Valve game ever made'

Valve fans come together to smash the Steam concurrents record for the studio's least-popular game: 'We all know Ricochet is the best Valve game ever made'

Ricochet finally gets the respect it deserves.

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The good, the bad, and the fugly: April Fool's day in gaming

Roll on April 2nd!

The next-gen ROG Ally looks to be Xbox's first steps toward handheld gaming

Asus has announced a next-gen follow-up to the ever-popular ROG Ally, and an Xbox partnership may be only one of its secret weapons.

Valve considered making a 'B title' before Half-Life, until an exec told Gabe Newell 'that's just not gonna work… the company will fail'

Valve considered making a 'B title' before Half-Life, until an exec told Gabe Newell 'that's just not gonna work… the company will fail'

Apple's M-series chips are so ridiculously good, I think it's time for an Apple gaming handheld

There's no shortage of handheld gaming PCs available today, thanks to the efforts of Valve's Steam Deck, and I think it's time for Apple to join the party.

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Valve leads considered making a "mediocre" game before Half-Life to build the team up, but original marketing exec said "if you do that, the company will fail"

Valve leads considered making a "mediocre" game before Half-Life to build the team up, but original marketing exec said "if you do that, the company will fail"

"I told Gabe that I thought the only way that Half-Life was really going to work was if it was named Game of the Year"

Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS gets $50 price hike when it arrives on May 25

Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS gets $50 price hike when it arrives on May 25

The Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS is available for pre-order now for the same price as the Steam Deck OLED.

Can I play Atomfall on Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and other gaming handhelds?

Can I play Atomfall on Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and other gaming handhelds?

The Fallout and STALKER-esque Atomfall is launching, but can you play it on Steam Deck and other gaming handhelds?

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Was Windows Mixed Reality as bad as I remember? I look back at the failed VR platform that was ahead of its time.

Was Windows Mixed Reality as bad as I remember? I look back at the failed VR platform that was ahead of its time.

Windows Mixed Reality didn't make it to its 10th anniversary, but it made a significant splash in the VR world during its limited run.

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SteamOS ROG Ally Demo Shows Off Remarkable Performance—But Will It Defeat the Steam Deck?

SteamOS ROG Ally Demo Shows Off Remarkable Performance—But Will It Defeat the Steam Deck?

Valve's work on sharing the SteamOS to other platforms is now bearing fruit, especially for the ROG Ally.

CD Projekt says it's not using generative AI on The Witcher 4 because it's 'quite tricky when it comes to legal IP ownership'

CD Projekt says it's not using generative AI on The Witcher 4 because it's 'quite tricky when it comes to legal IP ownership'

The studio may look into gen AI if and when the legal landscape becomes clearer, but for now it's staying away.

How a Microsoft exec managed to pitch Microsoft Word through the genius tactic of being able to actually use it in a 'type-off' demanded by clients: 'I was the only one who'd actually been a secretary'

How a Microsoft exec managed to pitch Microsoft Word through the genius tactic of being able to actually use it in a 'type-off' demanded by clients: 'I was the only one who'd actually been a secretary'

"And the Microsoft guy… I can see the look on his face when they ask for that."

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Former Valve exec says the company struggled to sell Half-Life until coming up with the ultimate 'one simple trick' of marketing manoeuvres: slapping a 'Game of the Year' sticker on the box

"Okay, so you've done the game. Now what happens?"

It's time for handheld gaming PCs to get weird

Why weird? I say, why not?

Half-Life devs worried Gabe Newell "promised things that they couldn't possibly deliver" for the iconic FPS, but "they just didn't know" that they'd be able to do it yet

The game was awarded 'Best Action Game' at E3 1998

Gabe Newell's cult of personality is intense, but a Valve exec who worked with him says his superpower is how he 'delighted in people on the team just being really good at what they did'

It's kind of a team fortress, too.

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One of Valve's original executives shares a very simple secret to its success: 'You can't use up your credibility' by trying to make bad games work

"If you're in this industry, people have to trust you."

Razer Handheld Dock review: “Your Steam Deck will ride shiny and Chroma"

The Razer Handheld Dock Chroma boasts stylish RGB lighting and a handy adjustable cradle, but fails provide the Steam Deck with anything new.

Gabe Newell had his eyes on a social network in the '90s that 'was not in a games context at all'—meaning Valve-owned social media could've been a very real thing

"It probably wouldn't have looked anything like Facebook."

It looks like HP won't be ditching Windows 11 for gaming handhelds after all - but it wants to work with Microsoft to make it better

We hope HP joins the handheld gaming PC party, and hopefully SteamOS or an improved Windows 11 could be the trigger.

An FPS studio pulled its game from Steam after it got caught linking to malware disguised as a demo, but the dev insists it was actually the victim of a labyrinthine conspiracy

I thought this one was going to be simple when I first looked into it.

Lenovo just stole the Steam Deck's special sauce, and maybe the handheld gaming crown

Steam Powered and ready to (Legion) Go

Valve just pulled a malicious game demo spreading info-stealing malware from Steam

Steam has once again been exploited as a means to distribute dangerous malware, but Valve quickly delisted the malicious game demo in question.

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