The Latest Breaking News from Valve

Valve could well be giving Steam its most useful update ever: Frame rate estimates for games, based on how well they've been running on users' gaming PCs

Power from the people, power to the people.

PC Gamer · Apr 7

Ignoring Valve's Half-Life lessons, Baby Steps dev says trolling players with level design is important, actually

"Why are we intentionally creating this experience that Half-Life is going to such great lengths to avoid?"

GamesRadar · Apr 6

Steam may soon tell you how much FPS to expect before buying a game

A useful new Steam feature?

Dot Esports · Apr 6

A contributor to GameStop's long-forgotten Steam competitor explains why he thinks Valve came out on top: 'What Steam did better than anybody else was to create a community'

In hindsight, who would have guessed that Valve would win against the likes of Microsoft, EA, or Ubisoft?

PC Gamer · Apr 2

Top 5 Steam Deck Hacks You Should Know Right Away

Check these hidden Steam Deck features and powerful tricks to improve gaming performance, controls, downloads, and system efficiency in one guide.

Player One · Apr 2

Valve has another Steam "refresh" up its sleeve, revamping its storefront with new sections that look way cleaner – and honestly, I kind of love it

Users agree it's "a great change for Steam's slightly dated UI"

GamesRadar · Apr 2

Instead of making a joke, Valve celebrates April Fool's Day by rolling out a Steam storefront 'refresh' that makes it look much nicer

They're not joking (and neither am I).

PC Gamer · Apr 1

Garry's Mod successor s&box finally arrives on Steam on April 28

Still waiting for a price, but at least we've got a date.

PC Gamer · Apr 1

Gabe Newell stepped back from game design during Portal 2's development, because 'he always wanted to be part of the team, but being Gabe and being in his position, that never really worked'

Portal 2 project lead Josh Weier says Newell didn't want to impose his ideas on designers, but being one of them wasn't an option.

PC Gamer · Apr 1

Gabe Newell "stepped back" from making games at Valve after Portal 2 because everyone kept agreeing with him when he wanted "to be part of the team and come up with ideas"

He didn't want Valve to be all 'yes' people

GamesRadar · Apr 1