Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
How grip sensing was added to the new Steam Controller is a 'typical Valve story' involving a passionate employee moving desks
News One Valve employee essentially made it happen.
Valve recommends sharing your game library on microSD card between Steam Deck, Steam Frame, and Steam Machine: 'They're fully interoperable, just bring it along with you'
News Saves downloading them all again.
Valve announces the Steam Controller and it's genuinely good: 'we knew we needed to make this controller'
News The new Steam Controller is a smart way to play PC games on the sofa, stealing the Steam Deck's clever controls.
Valve on viral marketing and leaks: 'Everybody assumes we have some sort of like grand plan... and it's literally just somebody fat fingering something'
News You're probably thinking about this sort of stuff a lot more than Valve is.
Foveated streaming is the genius tech behind Valve's Steam Frame and its seamless wireless gaming performance
News Making wireless VR truly possible.
Valve is all over Arm: SteamOS launching for Arm alongside the Steam Frame, new FEX translation layer for x86 and Arm, and Arm games are coming to Steam
News Now Arm is Valve's best friend.
Valve believes its new Steam Machine could open up a whole new world of SteamOS desktops: 'Put it on, say, something that's running an RX 9070 XT, you would be good to go'
News "We're really interested to see what other companies do with the form factor."
Valve wants you to know that the Steam Frame is not the Index 2: 'we're trying to do something new with this'
News It's still a good upgrade from an Index, however.
Valve announces three new products: the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller
News Good things come in threes?
Valve's new Steam Machine is a SteamOS-powered mini PC over six times faster than a Steam Deck
News "We finally have all the software and the hardware bits to make the original vision a reality."
Valve announces the Steam Frame: 'a new way to play your entire Steam library'
News Wireless connectivity, improved optics, new controllers and a chip all of its own, the Steam Frame looks to be worth the wait.
I've tried the Steam Frame and I'm now ready to ditch cables from my virtual reality set-up forever
Cut the cord Valve's new VR headset is completely wireless and very convincing.
You don't need to spend loads for a quality gaming chair: this Corsair TC100 is $160 and one of our favorites
Deal This isn't the first time we've seen this chair at this price, but I'm glad it's come back round.
Thinktank recommends the EU hit China where it hurts if it restricts access to rare earths: limit the country's access to older chipmaking machines
News China uses DUV machines for much of its chip manufacturing.
This video on USB Type-C made by European Parliament goes harder than it has any right to
News Now this is effective political communication.
Razer thoughtlessly alienates half its audience with ad showing a man blocking out a woman's 'yapping' with its latest headset
News The ad is still live…
The best PC cases in 2026: These are the chassis I'd use for my next gaming build
Best case You'll want the best PC case if you're building your perfect gaming PC.
Best PC fans in 2026: I've put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest
Fan-tastic The best PC fans will keep your gaming PC cool and quiet.
Amazon Prime Day PC gaming deals
Prime Day Deals Amazon Big Deals Day is done and dusted, but other retailers are still bashing out the details for a few more days.
Amazon October Prime Day gaming monitor deals
Prime Day Deals Whether you're looking for an OLED or something more modest, we've found the best deals that have stuck around after Amazon's Big Deal Days.
Take the plunge into VR with the Quest 3S, the best budget headset, dropping to its lowest price with this Prime Day bundle
Prime Day Key improvements over the Quest 2 without the price tag of the Quest 3.
This PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD is down to $80 for a terabyte—actually less than some PCIe 4.0 drives
Prime Day Now we're getting serious speedy storage at excellent prices.
I bought this 140 W charger because it can charge everything all at once, including my laptop—now it's just $60 for Prime Day
Prime Day The other reason I picked one up is I left my original laptop charger in a hotel room. Good stuff.
