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Steam could launch for Chromebooks soon, mentions game compatibility reports

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec, 2021

We're seeing more reports of Steam for Chromebooks coming and Luke Short writing for Android Police thinks it will be soon.

Valve reportedly developing a Half-Life shooter-strategy hybrid

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec, 2021

There's been some reports circulating thanks to YouTuber Tyler McVicker (previously known as Valve News Network) that goes into some detail about what Valve is up to. Seems like we might get an RTS/FPS hybrid for the Steam Deck.

'Deckard' is apparently the codename for a possible standalone Valve VR headset

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep, 2021

Back in June we reported on a patent from Valve that indicated work progressing towards their next VR headset and it appears the codename is Deckard.

A new Valve game for the Steam Deck? It's not out of the realm of possibility

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jul, 2021

With the Steam Deck upcoming, what do we think the chances are that Valve will reveal a new game to go along side it?

Steam on a Chromebook could be closer than we think, with an AMD dGPU model coming

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul, 2021

Thanks to new info spotted by Chrome Unboxed, we've seen more hints of a more powerful Chromebook coming which would make for a reasonable gaming unit.

Looks like a possible Valve Index 2 will make their VR kit go wireless

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun, 2021

Thanks to a new patent that went public on June 17, we can see a little more behind the scenes work on what Valve has planned for their next VR kit with what could be a Valve Index 2.

What we want to see from the possible SteamPal handheld from Valve

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jun, 2021

You've all seen the rumours by now, and apparent confirmation from Ars that Valve has been working on the SteamPal, a Linux powered handheld that could be released this year. Here's a short list of what we want from it.

Hints appear of Valve making a handheld Steam "SteamPal" Neptune console

By Liam Dawe, 25 May, 2021

Well well, perhaps we finally know what the end game is here for the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer and a lot of the other work Valve has been doing for Linux with a possible handheld Steam console. UPDATED.

Microsoft reportedly have Discord in their sights to acquire

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar, 2021

Do you use Discord? Well if these reports are to be trusted, it looks like they might get a new owner under Microsoft.

Stadia has games free to try this weekend for Stadia Pro, 'Project Hailstorm' is teased

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan, 2021

More new games, free games to try out on Stadia Pro from now until the end of the weekend and some super secret projects currently in the works for Stadia.

Latest Steam Beta has Linux fixes plus (speculation) possible Steam Rewards, Subscriptions and Cloud Gaming

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr, 2020

Recently, Valve released another fresh Steam Beta and it does include some handy Linux fixes but it seems they have some more exciting changes upcoming.

A newly public patent (filed in 2018) from Valve shows a Steam Controller with attachments

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr, 2020

We have no idea if Valve will ever do a proper second revision of the Steam Controller, we've seen hints before and now we have more info on what it could have been.

GRID (2019) is showing signs of coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 Apr, 2020

GRID, the 2019 racer from Codemasters is showing some signs that a Linux port may be on the horizon going by some info taken from SteamDB.

The upcoming Frictional Games title now has a new teaser - what the heck is going on?

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar, 2020

The currently unnamed upcoming game (likely some form of horror) from Frictional Games now has a new teaser.

Speculation: porting studio Feral Interactive could be in some trouble (updated: they're fine)

By Liam Dawe, 26 Feb, 2020

This article has been amended since publishing: Feral Interactive are fine and a statement is included.

Looks like the narrative thriller 'The Suicide of Rachel Foster' will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb, 2020

Releasing next week on February 19, it's looking like 'The Suicide of Rachel Foster' will also be coming to Linux although it's not clear yet exactly when.

Steam reportedly coming to Chrome OS - Linux gaming across even more devices

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan, 2020

Android Police have an article up mentioning that Google is reportedly working on getting Steam working officially and supported on Chrome OS.

The Frictional Games strange teaser appears to be growing

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan, 2020

Frictional Games, the team that craft some very interesting horror experiences like SOMA and Amnesia are teasing something and it appears to now be growing. What horrific thing will chase us next?