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The Steam performance overlay will finally show CPU temps but it will require kernel access to do so

You can disable it if you want, though.

PC Gamer

'Vile: Exhumed' Banned on Steam for 'Sexual Content' — Dev Strikes Back with Free Release: How to Play It Free Today

'Vile: Exhumed' banned on Steam for 'sexual content'. Developer releases it free online. Learn how to download and play it today for free.

International Business Times UK

The Steam Deck OLED's RAM is now upgradable via unofficial modding, but I'd avoid it for one big reason

The Steam Deck 2 isn't here yet and might not be for a long while, but a hardware modder has just upgraded the OLED model's RAM for better performance, a process that isn't ideal for beginners.

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Valve's superfans are back to break the player concurrent record for Portal, but the challenge may be steeper than anyone has realised

#RememberPortal hopes to give Valve's puzzler a big player boost.

PC Gamer

Only two things are stopping me from moving to SteamOS on my desktop PC permanently – the moment they're addressed, I'll be saying 'adiós', Windows 11

The end is almost here for me and Windows 11 on my desktop PC. It's just a matter of time till I switch to SteamOS, but I just need two things to be addressed before I commit to it.

TechRadar

Steam for Chromebooks is getting axed in 2026 instead of exiting its 4-year beta

Google does not seem to be making good on its promise to make Chromebooks gaming laptops.

PC Gamer

We can thank Valve and Team Fortress 2 for the best weapon in Crysis 3: Crytek lead says "I was playing a lot" of TF2 using the Sniper and his bow, and wanted a composite bow of his own

Crysis 3's iconic bow is a distant ancestor of TF2

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I tried Hori's Steam controller, and it feels almost as quirky as Valve's original version - for better or worse

The Wireless HORIPAD for Steam does a great job of capturing the quirky identity of the original Steam controller. I'm not sure that works in its favor, though.

GamesRadar

You probably have like $100 in Steam trading cards on all those games you've never played, and you can get it without ever actually launching them

We're all just workers on Gaben's farm.

PC Gamer

Security researcher quips maybe it's time to get 'a real job' after being paid meagre $1,000 bug bounty by Apple

Pay 'em what they're worth!

PC Gamer

Indie horror game rejected by Steam releases for free instead: 'This is our response to being censored, and our rejection of the idea that horror can be defined as acceptable or not'

Despite containing no uncensored nudity or sex acts, Vile: Exhumed was banned on Steam just ahead of its planned release in July.

PC Gamer

It's not Portal 3 but this fan-made dating sim with enough of Valve's approval for a Steam launch might be as close as it gets, and its solo dev says it's canon: "There's nothing you can do about it"

Aperture Dating Simulator "will introduce you to a new Aperture - one that seems a lot more... normal than the original. At first"

GamesRadar

Thousands of games have been censored from major platforms, with LGBTQIA+ creators caught in the crossfire

Online game marketplaces itch.io and Valve’s Steam have recently delisted or completely removed more than 20,000 titles from their storefronts, after not-for-profit group Collective Shout pressured payment processors to change their rules.

The Conversation

Steam founder Gabe Newell predicts AI will be "10 times as significant as the impact of CGI," tells film directors to act more like 19-year-olds with chatbot girlfriends and "actually use this tool"

OK, Steven Spielberg

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Valve's SteamOS is slowly but surely replacing Windows 11 for gaming, as more users make the big shift

SteamOS is growing in popularity for gamers, especially those using handhelds, and the new Steam Hardware & Software survey is indicative of that.

Destructoid

Luto walkthrough

Luto, the Spanish word for "mourning" dives into the psyche on the road to rebirth and acceptance, delivered through abstract memories.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD CPUs surpass the 40% threshold in latest Steam hardware survey — RTX 5070 emerges as the most preferred GPU within the Blackwell series

Intel’s lead shrinks as gamers increasingly embrace AMD’s 3D V-Cache CPUs

TechRadar

I don't see how Microsoft's Xbox PC app will win me over – especially when I'm obsessed with SteamOS

Microsoft Windows 11 is getting a major overhaul for handheld gaming once the ROG Xbox Ally launches, but I'm doubtful that the Xbox PC app's new 'fullscreen experience' will be enough to drag me away from Valve's SteamOS.

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Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand

Steam and Itch.io are worried about trouble with their payment processors, and Mastercard is not a payment processor.

PC Gamer

Gabe Newell acquires yacht company building the $400 million ocean-fortress he'll pick up later this year, because he 'respects the sea'

I respect the sea. Where's my yacht company?

GamesRadar

Steam founder Gabe Newell is investing his $9.5 billion fortune in his new passion, big ass boats, because he's "a hands-on visionary who respects the sea"

"Welcome to Oceanco's next journey"

Windows Central

Valve just announced every Steam sale date from now until Summer 2026 — here's exactly when you can save big bucks on the best PC games

Steam maker Valve has revealed the a schedule for PC game sales on the platform that encompasses every sales event from now until next summer.

PC Gamer

Steam has a razzle-dazzle new video player that's actually usable, but press F for the unlucky Valve employees who had to re-encode all 400,000+ trailers on the platform

Unnamed heroes, all.

GamesRadar

Valve boss Gabe Newell says passion wasn't enough to create Steam, Half-Life, and Portal: "Have people around you that you can trust"

"Engage with them to sort of think about how you can get better"

PC Gamer

Itch.io is 'actively reaching out to other payment processors' after pressure from credit card companies to curtail NSFW content, and that compared to Valve, it has 'limited ability to push back'

Clearing up the confusion.

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