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Valve allegedly had higher Steam Machine prices in mind before the Steam Deck hike, but I need you not to assume the worst

Leaks suggest that Valve was already planning to charge more for the Steam Machine than the Steam Deck OLED at its new, higher price.

GamesRadar

Steam Deck Price Increase of More Than $200 as Valve Cites Rising Memory and Storage Costs — Is It Still Worth Buying?

Steam Deck prices rise by over $200 as Valve cites rising memory and storage costs, with OLED models seeing major increases across all tiers.

International Business Times UK

Steam Workshop now looks like it was designed in this decade

Workshop just got a fancy UI update, fresh out of the beta branch.

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Steam Deck returns to stock with up to $300 higher prices due to memory shortage

Steam Deck prices jump as Valve cites a global memory shortage.

Dot Esports

Steam Deck OLED is finally back in stock with 'updated pricing' you are not going to like

Valve finally has Steam Deck consoles back in stock, but there are some major catches including a massive price hike.

Tom’s Guide

Valve bumps Steam Deck prices by 50 percent—and I fear what this means for the Steam Machine

An arm and a leg for a PS4-level console.

Destructoid

Valve hikes Steam Deck OLED prices — 512GB is now $789, while 1TB climbs to $949

The Valve Steam Deck is seeing price hikes as high as $300 as the component shortage continues.

Tom’s Hardware

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Valve's new Steam Deck restock comes with a huge price hike — "these new prices reflect the current state ... across the industry"

After months of being out of stock, Valve's beloved Steam Deck is available again — but its return has been accompanied by a massive price hike.

Windows Central

Steam Deck price skyrockets, 1TB model now costs $949

The state of the world has caught up to Valve's hardware.

PC Gamer

Valve just hiked the 1TB Steam Deck OLED price to just under $1,000

Valve has increased the price of its Steam Deck OLED models, and the 1TB handheld gaming PC will now set you back just under $1,000.

GamesRadar

Backrooms director Kane Parsons explains how influential Valve's Portal is to his work: 'I frequently have dreams where I'm just in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center'

Remember, no Portal just before bed.

PC Gamer

How to Use the CS2 Souvenir-O-Matic: Craft Your Own IEM Cologne 2026 Souvenir Skin

Here's how to turn any CS2 skin into a gold-stickered tournament Souvenir, step by step.

Dot Esports

IEM Cologne 2026 Major Shop: Every Sticker You Can Buy and Dynamic Pricing Explained

The IEM Cologne 2026 Major Shop is live, and here's how it works.

Dot Esports

Deadlock new midlane objective turned games into such a mid-only fiasco that it only lasted one weekend, though Valve's still experimenting

Oops, all urns.

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Rather than stressing about Steam Machine performance, I'd start thinking about your TV's specs

Tom’s Hardware

Steam Machine appears in Vulkan’s conformant product database — upcoming Valve console is certified compliant with the graphics API

The Khronos Group, which created the Vulkan API standard and continues to develop and maintain it, added the Steam Machine to its list of conformant products. This does not indicate how far or soon a product will come to the market, but it's a step in the right direction showing…

Windows Central

I bought Valve's new Steam Controller with my own money for a solid week of PC gaming — and you only need to know about one genuine downside

Valve takes another shot at a PC gaming controller that tempts players away from their consoles, and it convinced me to buy. So, was it worth the asking price?

PC Gamer

The Steam Controller's main competition isn't from Microsoft or Sony: It's from third-party vendors

Long gone are the days when third party was for player two.

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Tom’s Hardware

Steam Controller puck charger nearly catches fire after contact with Pixel Watch 3 — sparks fly after the metal wristband magnetizes to the puck's pogo pins

A Steam Controller charging puck nearly causes a fire after the wristband on a Pixel Watch 3 magnetically attaches to the charger, causing the exposed pogo pins to arc electricity.

PC Gamer

You need to know the Steam Controller's charging puck is always live, so if you accidentally touch it with something conductive, you're in for a shock

It's not an issue exclusive to Valve's hardware, but at the same time, it's something that shouldn't really exist

TechRadar

Redditor warns they 'almost started a fire' when metallic watch strap made contact with Steam Controller's charging puck

Valve does warn about this in the Steam Controller's manual — but how many people actually read documentation?

PC Gamer

In the early 1990s, Doom was famously installed on more PCs than Windows itself—but how many was that, actually?

Re-examining an old quote from Valve's Gabe Newell reveals a big gap in what we know about Doom's popularity.

PC Gamer

Valve asks New York court to dismiss Counter-Strike lawsuit, says 'people enjoy surprises' and equating loot boxes to gambling is 'nonsensical'

In-game items have "subjective and aesthetic value" akin to baseball cards, Valve insists.

GamesRadar

With a straight face, Valve insists Counter-Strike 2 cases are fine and "people enjoy surprises" in move to dismiss New York lawsuit

The Steam company compares CS2 skins to "popular collectibles"

PC Gamer

Now that Subnautica 2 is out, the most wishlisted game on Steam is… a game that's been out for almost 2 years?

It's Schrödinger's game: it is both unreleased and yet one of the most popular games on Steam.

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