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The Steam performance overlay will finally show CPU temps but it will require kernel access to do so
By Jacob Fox published
News You can disable it if you want, though.

Valve's superfans are back to break the player concurrent record for Portal, but the challenge may be steeper than anyone has realised
By Rick Lane published
News #RememberPortal hopes to give Valve's puzzler a big player boost.

Steam for Chromebooks is getting axed in 2026 instead of exiting its 4-year beta
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Google does not seem to be making good on its promise to make Chromebooks gaming laptops.

Portal sicko beats the game with 'switched' wall textures so no surface is where it's meant to be, creating a whole new puzzling challenge in the process
By Rick Lane published
News 'This is the entirety of Portal with a twist'.

You probably have like $100 in Steam trading cards on all those games you've never played, and you can get it without ever actually launching them
By Joshua Wolens published
Idle Hands We're all just workers on Gaben's farm.

Security researcher quips maybe it's time to get 'a real job' after being paid meagre $1,000 bug bounty by Apple
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Pay 'em what they're worth!

How to buy a Steam Deck in Australia: Valve's handheld is finally shipping down under
By Shaun Prescott last updated
on deck After over two years, Australians can now order the Steam Deck direct.

Steam Hardware Survey shows AMD CPUs are more more popular than they've ever been in 17 years
By Stevie Bonifield published
news AMD has never been closer to dethroning Intel in PC gaming.

Over a million people have claimed free NSFW games from GOG's FreedomToBuy initiative
By Stevie Bonifield published
news The 13 free games are still available through Sunday.

Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand
By Andy Chalk published
news Steam and Itch.io are worried about trouble with their payment processors, and Mastercard is not a payment processor.
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