The Latest Breaking News from Valve

Microsoft reveals new details on its Project Helix PC-console hybrid: here's all the latest on the next Xbox

Microsoft revealed more about Project Helix during GDC 2026. Here's what we know so far.

Tom’s Guide · Mar 12

Valve peels back the curtain in rare Steam presentation: "More games are finding success" than ever, and nearly 6,000 made over $100,000 last year

If Steam was on the Steam charts

GamesRadar · Mar 12

Steam's Valve responds to lawsuit from New York Attorney General against its loot boxes, says they're like baseball cards — it's ready to fight

Valve, maker of Steam and games like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and TF2, has responded to a New York lawsuit filed against the loot boxes in its games.

Windows Central · Mar 11

Everything can be a console in a few weeks’ time as Microsoft plans to bring an ‘Xbox Mode’ to all Windows devices

Your PC is now an Xbox.

Destructoid · Mar 11

Valve says almost 6,000 games made over $100K on Steam last year

And "if you have a line on a bunch of RAM, we are in the market and would like to buy it."

PC Gamer · Mar 11

Microsoft spills the beans on its Xbox-PC hybrid at GDC while suggesting it's still years away

The AMD-powered box will continue the work started by the ROG Ally X.

PC Gamer · Mar 11

Valve says loot boxes are just like "Pokemon, Magic the Gathering, and Labubu" as it pushes back against New York lawsuit, claims it's being pressured to "collect more personal data" for "additional age verification"

"It may have been easier and cheaper for Valve to make a deal," the company says, but that "would have been bad for users and other game developers"

GamesRadar · Mar 11

Valve clarifies what's required for a game to be Steam Machine and Steam Frame verified, but it just makes me worry about the Gabecube even more

Still, its advice for games being made with SteamOS in mind is all top-notch.

PC Gamer · Mar 11

Steam Machine could be partly to blame for PlayStation's reported plans to step back from PC, Bluepoint dev suggests, and it'd be ironic if "Valve ultimately ended up winning the console war"

"The Steam console could effectively offer the best of all worlds"

GamesRadar · Mar 11

Valve details new game verification system for upcoming Steam Frame and Steam Machine — 30 FPS at 1080p for Steam Frame Verified, same as Steam Deck

The Steam Machine is on track for launch this year despite component shortages setting Valve back. Hardware aside, the company has just provided a major update on the software side of things with new verified programs for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame, and they seem to be as straightforward…

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 11