Articles tagged with: valve

Steam Next Fest's AI labels are now part of the demo hunt

Eurogamer found 1,704 Steam Next Fest demos with generative AI disclosures on SteamDB. That does not make every demo suspect, but it does make the label worth checking before you wishlist.

Valve’s Steam Machine Is Quietly Picking a Console Fight

Valve is calling the new Steam Machine a compact SteamOS PC, but its real target is obvious: the living room where consoles have always owned convenience.

Steam Controllers Are Singing Now, Because Of Course PC Gamers Found a Way

Players are making Valve’s controller sing through its haptics, and yes, it is ridiculous. It is also exactly the kind of harmless hardware witchcraft PC gaming does best.

The Steam Deck Taught PC Handheld Makers the Wrong Lesson

The Steam Deck did not win hearts by being the fastest handheld PC. It won by feeling like a real gaming machine, and too many rivals are still confusing bigger spec sheets with better play.

Why Wait for the Sold-Out Steam Controller 2.0? Turn Your Steam Deck Into the Ultimate PC Gamepad

Valve’s second-generation controller sold out in under an hour. But if you own a Steam Deck, you already have the most powerful, customizable, and open gamepad ever designed sitting on your desk. Here is how to configure it.

So Steam Just Let Banks Decide Which Games You Can Play 🙃

Valve updated its Steam guidelines, giving payment processors like Visa and Mastercard the power to delist games with "certain kinds of adult-only content." We break down what this new era of "financial censorship" means for games and why everyone is freaking out.