Hardware Software AMD CPUs and Windows 11 reach their highest user share ever in latest Steam survey Almost half of all participants now use Windows 11 By Rob Thubron, February 2, 2024, 5:16 AM 26 comments
Gaming Hardware Ayaneo Next Lite is the first Steam Deck competitor built on SteamOS Bringing budget competition to the Steam Deck? By Alfonso Maruccia, January 11, 2024, 3:23 PM
Gaming The Steam Awards 2023 sees unexpected winners in Starfield and Red Dead Redemption 2 GOTY was an obvious winner, though By Rob Thubron, January 3, 2024, 8:59 AM
Hardware Software Latest Steam survey shows a holiday boost for Nvidia's RTX 4000 GPUs But an Ampere classic remains number one By Rob Thubron, January 2, 2024, 9:11 AM 7 comments
Gaming Software Valve ends Steam support for Windows 7 and Windows 8 No more updates for old OS users By Rob Thubron, January 2, 2024, 5:19 AM 7 comments
Gaming Steam reveals the best-selling and most played games of 2023 What we played most in 2023 By Shawn Knight, December 28, 2023, 5:14 PM
Gaming The Steam Winter Sale is now on, includes first discount for Baldur's Gate 3 It's a great time to be a gamer By Rob Thubron, December 22, 2023, 6:55 AM
Gaming Valve bans DOTA 2 players with a lump of coal for Christmas Company continues intense pursuit of smurfs and other cheaters By Daniel Sims, December 15, 2023, 3:29 PM 8 comments
Hardware Software Steam survey returns to normal as AMD, Windows 11, and English recapture lost share, RTX 3060 (just) stays on top November set some things right following a strange month By Rob Thubron, December 4, 2023, 7:38 AM 7 comments
Industry Gaming Gabe Newell ordered to testify in-person in Valve's antitrust lawsuit after court ignores his Covid concerns Newell had wanted to give his deposition remotely By Rob Thubron, November 27, 2023, 10:08 AM 27 comments
Gaming Software Steam adds official support for DualSense and DualShock PlayStation controllers Lots of Steam gamers use controllers By Shawn Knight, November 21, 2023, 12:17 PM
Hardware Gaming Steam Deck goes OLED: improved screen, battery, and new 1TB option Valve also confirms a more powerful Steam Deck 2 is two or three years away By Daniel Sims, November 9, 2023, 5:51 PM 16 comments
Gaming Hardware Extreme modding project adds a 61 TB SSD to Valve's Steam Deck Gobs of space, at the expense of portability By Alfonso Maruccia, November 2, 2023, 2:27 PM
Hardware Software Latest Steam survey sees AMD and Windows 11 crash as a new top language appears While the RTX 3060 cements its position at number one By Rob Thubron, November 2, 2023, 5:20 AM 43 comments
Gaming Software Valve and AMD begin fixing Counter-Strike 2 driver bans Also, an overclocked i9-14900K achieves record 1,310fps By Daniel Sims, October 23, 2023, 5:16 PM
Gaming A fan-made Portal 2 VR mod is currently in development Fully playable in single-player, co-op and room-scale modes still in development By Daniel Sims, October 3, 2023, 7:38 AM
Hardware Gaming The Steam survey has a new top graphics card Not the first time it's been number one By Rob Thubron, October 2, 2023, 5:19 AM 20 comments
Gaming Counter-Strike 2 now available as a free upgrade from Global Offensive Public release replaces Global Offensive, retaining items but fundamentally overhauling gameplay By Daniel Sims, September 28, 2023, 5:40 AM 7 comments
20 Years of Steam: From Half-Life 2 to the Steam Deck 15 FEATURE By Rob Thubron, September 27, 2023, 6:47 AM TechSpot Gaming Few things are as closely associated with PC gaming as Steam. Microsoft might provide the OS. Intel, AMD, and Nvidia power the most popular gaming hardware. But for most people, Steam is PC gaming.
Gaming Software SteamVR 2.0 released in beta form, reaffirming Valve's commitment to VR Steam Deck UI comes to VR, with more announcements on the way By Daniel Sims, September 26, 2023, 4:19 PM
Gaming Industry Microsoft discussed buying Nintendo, WB, and Valve, leaked document reveals Phil Spencer would consider Nintendo acquisition a "career moment" By Daniel Sims, September 19, 2023, 4:21 PM 8 comments
Gaming Steam just turned 20, and Valve is celebrating with a sale Reflecting on 20 years of Steam By Shawn Knight, September 13, 2023, 11:51 AM 9 comments
Trivia Gaming Valve's Gabe Newell led a team at Microsoft that ported which game to Windows 95? Yes, Gaben is a former Microsoftie. By TechSpot Trivia, September 6, 2023, 6:12 AM
Hardware Software August Steam survey marks arrival of RTX 4060, Windows 11 hitting 40%, and AMD CPUs closing the gap on Intel A good month for laptops, too By Rob Thubron, September 3, 2023, 8:35 AM
Gaming Overwatch 2 is the worst game on Steam, according to user reviews "The people who make Overwatch porn work harder than the people who make Overwatch" By Rob Thubron, August 13, 2023, 8:38 AM 17 comments