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PAX Aus have announced their 2024 line-up and it's absolutely packed with big names. Curiously, even Valve for Steam will be attending.

The line-up of exhibitors was revealed yesterday, September 17th, in an official post on the PAX Aus website. It notes that some big brands and companies will be there including Bethesda Softworks ANZ, Blizzard Entertainment, Devolver, FINAL FANTASY XIV Online, PC Game Pass, Playside Studios, SEGA, Steam, The Sims, and Ubisoft.

Quite exciting to see Steam listed with the event organisers noting "While on the topic of love, PAX Aus welcomes Steam for the first time ever. More on that when the show opens, you’re not going to want to miss it!"

Sounds interesting and they're clearly being a little coy. Pointing perhaps to something exciting coming, and a gaming event would be a good place to announce anything for a company like Valve.

Perhaps then, Australia might finally see a proper Steam Deck release? Even though it's not officially available, that hasn't stopped plenty of stores in Australia letting people buy it via importing it which many people have done so. However, getting it done officially would be awesome for the continued success of Valve's hardware.

Although, it might not be Steam Deck related, who knows, they might even use the time for an official Deadlock launch into a more open Beta without needing invites. Time to keep expectations in check huh?

The event runs from October 11th - 13th October, 2024.

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TheRiddick Sep 19
Mostly I wanted to buy direct from Valve because of warranty claim and not wanting to give the middleman that $100-200AUD or so. Also will be good if they sort this out for future hardware such as next-gen VR.
bingus Sep 19
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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyWhich Australians love to pole fun at

Hehe, pole indeed.

As much fun as it is to take the piss out of one another, it pains me to admit that NZ has some beautiful scenery. I'm sure Gaben is loving it.
based Sep 19
Inb4 they announce Ricochet 2
Claude_Lib Sep 19
Quoting: CatKiller
Quoting: WMan22...Assuming it has the same control scheme as SD1, that is. I'm extremely worried that Valve is going to remove things because certain people think they don't need the touchpads and 4 grip triggers while I can't go back to not having those on a controller.

I don't think there's much risk of that. Valve did loads of ergonomics testing for the design of the Deck, and their objective is to comfortably control every PC game even when the game dev hasn't put in any controller support. They aren't going to be swayed from that approach by random ranters on Reddit, nor by other manufacturers just throwing a Microsoft layout and a Microsoft OS on their handheld and calling it a day.
I'm still mad at them for not keeping the clicky buttons at the end of the triggers travel they had on Steam Controller. Binding nitro and handbrake to them was amazing.
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