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Valve's New Steam Machine Will Cost You $1,049 And A Spot In A Lottery Line
Valve finally dropped the price and release date for its new Steam Machine, and your wallet is definitely going to feel it. I break down the reservation queue, the different storage tiers, and why it costs so much more than a PS5.
Valve Hit With A €220 Million Dutch Lawsuit Over Steam Prices
Valve is getting slapped with another massive lawsuit, this time from a Dutch foundation demanding compensation for Steam's pricing practices. If you live in the Netherlands, you might be owed some cash.
Valve Adds Steam Machine Welcome Tour to Backend as Launch Nears
A fresh backend update reveals Valve is putting the final touches on the Steam Machine launch sequence. You might want to start moving funds around immediately based on the latest timeline clues.
Valve's Steam Machine Price Leak Makes The Deck Hike Look Tame
Brad Lynch just leaked that the upcoming Steam Machine starting price was projected to be higher than the new Steam Deck MSRP. Prepare your wallet for absolute destruction.
Valve Is Testing GenAI For NPC Chatter And I Cannot See The Appeal
Valve is experimenting with generative tech for NPC dialogue, and honestly, I am struggling to see the appeal of talking to a chatbot in my video games.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Returns to Steam With a Catch
Valve finally unbundled Counter-Strike: Global Offensive from CS2, but they are keeping its new store page strictly out of the spotlight. I look at why the legendary shooter is back and what this means for game preservation.
New York AG Sues Valve Over Illegal Gambling and Loot Boxes
The State of New York is officially tired of watching kids empty their parents' credit cards on digital slot machines. Attorney General Letitia James just dropped a massive lawsuit on Valve over loot boxes.
Steam Just Dropped the Entire 2026 Sale Schedule and I Hope You Hate Money
Valve just dropped the full roadmap for every Steam sale in 2026 and my bank account is already crying. From the massive Summer Sale to a specific fest just for trains, here is exactly when you are going to be broke this year.
Merry Christmas, Here Is An Akamai Error: Steam Is Broken And The CDN Is To Blame
Santa brought us a server outage for Christmas, but this time it might not be Gabe Newell's fault. An Akamai CDN error is blocking Steam store access, and somewhere an engineer is crying into their eggnog.
God Bless The EU For Ruining Publishers' Ability To Gaslight Us On Steam
If you live in Europe and noticed some Steam sale buttons look a little naked this year, don't panic because it is actually consumer protection working exactly as intended
Valve's "Lepton" Leak Just Saved The Steam Frame From Being A Paperweight
Valve claimed they had no new VR games for the Steam Frame, and now we know why: they are outsourcing the library to Android.
The Steam Awards Nominations Are Open, So Get Ready for the World's Biggest Popularity Contest
It’s that time of year again. The Steam Awards are live, giving us the chance to shout into the void about our favorite games while the masses vote for whatever had the biggest marketing budget.
Hell Just Froze Over: Steam Is Having an Actual 'Black Friday' Sale for the First Time Ever
Valve usually sticks to the classy "Autumn Sale," but today they woke up and chose capitalism. For the first time ever, Steam has a branded Black Friday sale.
How a Single metro Cop's Toe Broke Half-Life 2 and Sent Valve Down a Math Rabbit Hole
Video game physics are a nightmare. Here is the story of how a change in math caused a Metro Cop's big toe to softlock Half-Life 2 a decade later.
The New Steam Machine Is Going to Hurt Your Wallet, According to Linus Tech Tips
Linus Sebastian just dropped a heavy hint about the Steam Machine’s price, and if you were hoping for a $500 console killer, you might want to start saving your pennies now.
Valve Claims Their New Steam Machine Is Beefier Than 70% of Your Rigs
Valve's making some huge claims about their new Steam Machine, saying it'll smoke 70% of the PCs on their own platform. Is this thing for real?
Mike Straw Is Being Vague on Twitter and I'm Ready to Be Hurt Again
We just got our hearts broken by Valve's "no VR content" news, and now Mike Straw is posting vague shit. Goddamnit, I'm back on the hopium train.
I KNEW IT. Valve Just Announced a New Steam Machine, Controller, and VR Headset.
I TOLD YOU SO. That Komodo rebrand and SteamVR update weren't a coincidence. Valve just announced a new Steam Machine, a new Steam Controller, and a wireless 'Steam Frame' VR headset.
Okay, Something Is Definitely Happening at Valve.
Komodo is dropping 'Steam Deck' from its store name just as Valve is polishing SteamVR and Steam Link. You don't make those moves unless new hardware is coming.
Valve Is Apparently Making 'Team Fortress 3', Set to Release Sometime This Century
Don't panic, but dataminers found new evidence that Valve is actually working on Team Fortress 3. The bad news? It's still "half a decade away."