Valve articles

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

Antitrust lawsuit against Valve over Steam's 30% commission gains class-action status

New leaks reveal Valve Steam Controller 2 and new Index VR controllers

How Half-Life 2's minimum specs led to the creation of the Steam Hardware survey

How a summer intern saved Valve from bankruptcy and shaped the future of gaming

As Half-Life 2 turns 20, Valve celebrates with a free to download weekend, new Episode 3 footage reveal

What just happened? Valve is celebrating Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary with a massive update, a temporary free giveaway of the full game, and a bundle including the two episodic expansions and new developer commentary. Additionally, a two-hour YouTube documentary sheds light on the canceled third expansion, revealing new details for fans.

Nvidia is giving away a custom GeForce RTX 4080 Super to celebrate Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary

Steam Link app update adds AV1 codec, HDR support, and more for enhanced streaming

Steam drops support for Windows 7 and 8 with latest update

Fan-made Half-Life 2: Episode 3 project gets free demo, available now on Steam

Valve to launch a limited edition white Steam Deck OLED next week

Apex Legends will not support Linux and Linux-based Steam Decks anymore because of cheating

Facepalm: Prominent companies like Valve have tried to push Linux as a worthwhile gaming platform for a while now. However, some game developers argue that the open-source OS is not viable, especially for multiplayer games, since their anti-cheat systems, like BattlEye are incompatible.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is now Steam's best-selling game, breaking BioWare's concurrent player record

Steam's new policy requires developers to disclose use of kernel level anti-cheat

Tinkerer converts Wii-sized ThinkCentre into compact SteamOS gaming console

No yearly refreshes for Steam Deck as Valve reveals it's waiting for "generational" CPU leaps

Steam now explicitly states you're not buying the game, just a license

Editor's take: Steam has become one of the first companies to admit that you do not own the games you buy. This acknowledgment comes as new regulations take effect. We've long known that digital game purchases are nothing more than long-term rentals, and there's little we can do to change that. However, more transparency around this arrangement is welcome nonetheless.

Blizzard could have turned Battle.net into a third-party games store years before Steam, but...

Steam Deck shown running macOS Sequoia, faces limitations without GPU support

Valve is pouring money into Arch Linux to further improve Steam gaming

Ubisoft delays Assassin's Creed Shadows to 2025 following Star Wars Outlaws' poor reception

Steam keeps breaking concurrent-user records as new games arrive

What just happened? There's been a slew of great new titles landing on Steam recently, and that's good news not only for gamers, but also for Valve. The platform has broken its concurrent user record four times over the last month, peaking yesterday when 38,367,277 people were logged into Steam simultaneously.

Half-Life beta build from 1998 is uncovered in dusty storage unit

Valve appears to be testing ARM64 and Android gaming support for Steam on Linux