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$3,000 Steam Deck prototype disassembled — concept units had discrete GPU support, smaller joysticks, circular touchpads

Jon Bringus of Bringus Studios explored one of the first iterations of the Steam Deck gaming console.

Tom’s Hardware

Somebody actually bought that $3,000 Steam Deck prototype off eBay, then they let a YouTuber crack it open to see what's inside

I'm glad that Valve iterated beyond this.

PC Gamer

Valve does its homework the night before deadline: Switches Steam to run on Mac chips right as Apple announces it's ditching Intel for good

Incredible news if you are A) Me B) One of like three other people on Earth.

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Steam's store now lets you search for games by accessibility features like 'narrated game menus' and 'adjustable difficulty', and more than 5,000 games have already added their accessibility details to the database

I think 'save anytime' is just a nice feature to know about in advance no matter who you are.

PC Gamer

The Steam store just got a big update with great new features — here's what was added

Valve's globally popular PC gaming client Steam just got a major update that greatly improves its support for showing accessibility features available in a game.

Windows Central

Steam Deck OLED falls out of stock in US & Canada due to "supply chain constraints" presumably triggered by tariffs — but the price won't increase

Steam Deck OLED models are out of stock in the US and Canada due to supply chain and tariff challenges, with restock expected by end of summer 2025.

Windows Central

Xbox boss Phil Spencer shouts out "Nintendo's amazing track record" and the Steam Deck when promoting the ROG Xbox Ally

"I have found that getting to play my favorite games wherever I am just makes me enjoy them more"

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Forget Switch 2, ROG Xbox Ally has Steam Deck in its sights — here's why

The Asus ROG Xbox Ally is Microsoft's big push into handheld gaming, but it isn't gunning for the Nintendo Switch 2. It's got Valve's Steam Deck in its sights.

Tom’s Guide

Windows Mixed Reality is being resurrected by a lone Microsoft employee

Expected to arrive in Fall 2025, a new driver created by a Microsoft engineer will bridge Windows Mixed Reality headsets and SteamVR for continued use.

Windows Central

While we wait for a price and release date, here's everything we know about the Steam Frame

I'm rounding up everything we know about Steam Frame while we wait for a price and release date from Valve amidst the RAM price apocalypse.

GamesRadar

Xbox Finally Came Up With A Way To Win The Console Wars

The ROG XBox Ally could be much more than just another niche portable gaming PC; its can be the viable Steam Deck competitor gamers actually latch onto.

Inverse

Xbox is no longer a console, it's a platform, and it's already entered a battle for control over your handheld gaming PC

Xbox is becoming more like PC and Windows is becoming more like Xbox... is Microsoft looking to muscle SteamOS out of the way?

PC Gamer

The Xbox Ally handheld REALLY needs to be priced competitively with the Steam Deck, otherwise it might be hard to recommend

Now we've had the big reveal of the first Xbox handheld experience and the spec sheet to go with it, one thing stands out that means it has to be affordable.

Windows Central

Xbox is headed to handhelds but its gaming-first UI will also land on existing ROG Ally and ROG Ally X and 'other Windows handhelds starting next year'

You won't need to buy an Xbox-branded handheld to benefit from the new UI on Windows devices.

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Where you can pre-order the Xbox Rog Ally console ahead of its October release

The ROG Xbox Ally is a custom-tuned Asus console designed around a new handheld-friendly Xbox interface

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft 'Xbox PC' branding surfaces in game dev publicity materials — Xbox App also sees big changes

Microsoft quietly changed the branding on Windows gaming, replacing it with the Xbox PC mark.

GamesRadar

Half-Life 3 obsessives put Valve boss Gabe Newell under the microscope, tracking his yacht as it gets kind of, sort of, actually not at all near the Summer Game Fest venue

Is stalking wrong if it's for the sake of all gamerkind?

Tom’s Guide

Summer Game Fest 2025 LIVE: Everything announced during the gaming showcase

Summer Game Fest is the ultimate celebration of video games and the creators behind them and this year's event gets underway today.

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Valve has the secret to making MacBooks great for gaming, but Apple won't use it

Apple is launching a new dedicate gaming app, but that won't fix the MacBook's gaming issues. Luckily, Valve has the solution Apple needs.

Windows Central

Can you install SteamOS on a laptop or desktop PC?

You can now put SteamOS on other handhelds like the ROG Ally and Legion Go, but what about a regular laptop or desktop PC? We have some answers.

GamesRadar

Deltarune launches to 12,865% more Steam players than Undertale had on day one, becoming the top-selling game on Steam after apparently crashing Valve's servers

The Undertale fandom is showing up in a big way

GamesRadar

Steam expert points to the games you never see quietly "making hundreds of thousands of dollars for small devs" as a key sign "Steam is doing okay"

"That's kind of what I like about Steam," says Chris Zukowski

GamesRadar

Desperate to fight Steam, Epic burns money like firewood – but admits the Epic Games Store kind of sucks and "there's still a ton of work to be done" with "long overdue features"

The Epic Games Store is just now pushing preloading and gifting

PC Gamer

After almost 18 years, Team Fortress 2 just had its toughest tournament ever, and there could be more to come

This Denver competition was one of the best showcases I've ever seen for the long-lived FPS.

PC Gamer

Apple is reportedly creating its own Steam-like game launcher, but it's still missing the key to making gaming on Mac great

Apple is creating its own game launcher, but what it really needs is a page from Valve's book.

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