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Best handheld gaming PC in 2024
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Portable PC PC gaming has officially gone portable, and these handheld gaming PCs are mighty powerful.
Valve explains how it built an orb out of Steam Deck OLED prototypes rather than making Half-Life 3, vowing 'we will construct an orb at any opportunity'
By Dave James published
news "We presume people from around the globe will make the pilgrimage to bask in its glow."
Playtron promises an alternative to SteamOS for handheld PCs: 'Play all your games from every store, Steam, Epic and more'
By Jacob Ridley published
News Playtron claims SteamOS is "compatible with Steam only", which isn't true, but is one reason it's giving for creating its own Linux distro called PlaytronOS.
Valve is improving how Steam Family Sharing works—but if your brother gets banned for cheating, so do you
By Andy Chalk published
news The good news is, Steam Families will finally let users on the account play games simultaneously.
Baldur's Gate 3 wins again: It was the most-played game on Steam Deck over the past 12 months
By Andy Chalk published
news The list of the top 100 most-played games on Steam Deck contains some genuine surprises (but Baldur's Gate 3 isn't one of them).
The Steam Spring Sale is live
By Andy Chalk published
news One of Steam's big seasonal blowouts is now underway.
In 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out there
By Harvey Randall published
News A well-oiled Steam machine.
Tim Sweeney emailed Gabe Newell calling Valve 'you assholes' over Steam policies, to which Valve's COO replied internally 'you mad bro?'
By Rich Stanton published
news Newell remained magisterially above the fray.
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