Steam survey sees a shake-up as a new top graphics card is revealed
It was a weird month
Steam faces backlash for promoting excessive AI-created games
Generic AI slop and "Balenciaga" faces are ruining the PC platform's Next Fest, some say
SteamOS VR headset could launch this year for $1,200
Seemingly final renders of a new VR controller leaked last year
Activision admits to using AI assets in Call of Duty following Steam policy change
It was pretty obvious
Hackers used free Steam game to steal passwords, Valve warns affected users
Users who downloaded PirateFi should check their systems and change passwords
Valve releases full Team Fortress 2 SDK, modders gain control over the game's code
Total conversions are now possible
Viktor Antonov, the artist behind Half-Life 2's City 17 and Dishonored, dies at 52
"Welcome to City 17... it's safer here."
Modder turns Steam Deck handheld into a screen-free, controller-less mini PC
A handheld with an identity crisis
Someone just traded a hat in Team Fortress 2 for a record-breaking $40,000
More than doubling the prior record after just one year
SteamOS is coming to third-party handhelds, starting with the Lenovo Legion Go S
Lenovo's handheld running SteamOS could cost $100 less than the Windows variant
Steam survey highlights AMD's amazing year – Ryzen CPUs now comprise 40% of participants
Team Red reaches a record high
In a nutshell: December's Steam survey results have arrived. The last month of the year is always an interesting one as it indicates popular Christmas gifts while also setting the stage for what's ahead. The most obvious takeaway from December? 2024 really was AMD's year – at least when it came to CPUs.
A record-breaking year for Steam: nearly 19,000 games released in 2024, but most went unnoticed
Can we have too many games?
Valve makes more money per employee than Amazon, Microsoft, and Netflix combined
A small but mighty team of 400
The big picture: Valve is one of the most important and influential companies in the PC gaming market. It's also one of the most unique due to its private nature and unusually small workforce relative to its impact and competitors. A recent analysis of data uncovered through an ongoing lawsuit against the company highlights how Valve starkly contrasts with the world's biggest tech giants.
Steam's Best of the Year highlights the top-selling and most-played games of 2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard struggled to make an impact in 2024
A whopping 37% of Steam users' playtime in 2024 was spent on titles released eight or more years ago
This year's releases are a much smaller slice of the pie
Lenovo could unveil the first third-party SteamOS device at CES
Microsoft will also be in attendance
Valve may be ready to revive Steam Machines with Project "Fremont"
Internal code leaks indicate Valve has plenty of new hardware planned
Powered by SteamOS: Valve's Linux gaming OS prepares to expand beyond the Steam Deck
Something to look forward to: Steam users have long wondered about when Valve might make the Steam Deck's custom Linux distro available for other devices. While the company hasn't disclosed its software roadmap, new internal guidelines provide the latest evidence that these plans are progressing. Interestingly, this development coincides with a new patent for a Linux-based handheld gaming device from Samsung.
Two more AMD graphics cards join the Steam survey, as Team Red achieves record CPU share
Elsewhere, the RTX 4060 mobile is close to becoming the most popular GPU
Antitrust lawsuit against Valve over Steam's 30% commission gains class-action status
Valve could end up paying a lot of people a lot of money
New leaks reveal Valve Steam Controller 2 and new Index VR controllers
Mass production could start next year
How Half-Life 2's minimum specs led to the creation of the Steam Hardware survey
Things were very different back in 2003
How a summer intern saved Valve from bankruptcy and shaped the future of gaming
Vivendi turned a petty matter over Counter-Strike licensing into "World War III"