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Valve finally just shared a make-your-own Steam Machine e-ink faceplate kit, but a pre-built "Inkterface" should be coming this year

Valve has shared a full Steam Machine e-ink faceplate GitLab page featuring everything you'll need to make your own "Inkterface", including a tutorial video.

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney suggests AI could've saved Destiny 2 and will "enable games like Destiny to thrive!"

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney suggests AI could've saved Destiny 2 and will "enable games like Destiny to thrive!"

"If only some sort of newfangled technology could come along"

"Am I going back to the PS4 days?" - Former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida shares a very mixed Steam Machine review

"Am I going back to the PS4 days?" - Former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida shares a very mixed Steam Machine review

The former president of PlayStation, Shuhei Yoshida, has a Steam Machine, and he's shared a spicy hands-on mini review after a few hours of play.

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Consoles continue their trend of just becoming worse PCs

As prices go up and exclusives dry up, the old "plug-and-play" argument has never been flimsier.

Valve made it roughly 15 times harder for indie games to reach a coveted Steam ranking, but one expert says an understated new Steam feature is doing god's work

If you aren't checking your Steam calendar, you should be

Epic Games CEO says "Steam charges such high fees" that companies like Genshin Impact maker MiHoYo "find it more profitable to go it alone," fans remind him MiHoYo has multiple games on Steam

More of the company's games may come to Steam, too

French retailer briefly offers the 'Stim Machine,' a Steam Machine competitor made of standard PC components for less than a grand

Making Daft Punks of us all.

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Valve quietly drops Steam Machine's 4K 60 FPS claim after $1,049 machine falls short of expectations

Valve quietly drops Steam Machine's 4K 60 FPS claim after $1,049 machine falls short of expectations

Valve has quietly removed its previous 4K 60 FPS claim for the Steam Machine, replacing it with broader language promoting up to 4K gaming with FSR 4.1. The change comes after reviews suggested the system struggled to consistently hit its original performance target.

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Valve says it is 'definitely' investigating an Arm-based gaming future on top of its work on FEX

Valve says it is 'definitely' investigating an Arm-based gaming future on top of its work on FEX

The latest SteamOS beta update includes a performance boost for GPUs with limited VRAM, though devices with iGPUs probably won't see any gains

The latest SteamOS beta update includes a performance boost for GPUs with limited VRAM, though devices with iGPUs probably won't see any gains

But if the device is a certain Machine, then this is definitely good news.

Valve doesn't currently have 'any specific plans' for more Steam Machine faceplates, so you'll have to make them yourself

Valve doesn't currently have 'any specific plans' for more Steam Machine faceplates, so you'll have to make them yourself

Seems like a problem a lot of glitter can fix.

New Steam Machine clone shows copycats are missing the point — the $1,299 'Steamroller' may run SteamOS, but it gets 4 key aspects wrong

New Steam Machine clone shows copycats are missing the point — the $1,299 'Steamroller' may run SteamOS, but it gets 4 key aspects wrong

The Steam Machine's looks and size are key elements of its appeal — and we shouldn't forget about thermals and noise either.

'99% of the work was already done in a sense': Valve says it has less to fix with the Steam Machine because they already fixed it on the Steam Deck

'99% of the work was already done in a sense': Valve says it has less to fix with the Steam Machine because they already fixed it on the Steam Deck

Dust yourself off and try again.

Valve says the memory and storage crisis is so bad, it's not just a problem of pricing, they had to 'negotiate really hard' just to secure supply for the Steam Machine

Valve says the memory and storage crisis is so bad, it's not just a problem of pricing, they had to 'negotiate really hard' just to secure supply for the Steam Machine

One day, we'll laugh about all this. Maybe...

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Say what you will about Valve's $1,049 Steam Machine price tag, it's already getting SteamOS updates that could enhance its VRAM abilities

A new SteamOS Beta update has landed that will help the Steam Machine better manage its limited 8GB VRAM when handling beefy PC games.

Companion Cube case for Steam Machine is canceled by Valve after Dbrand bafflingly forgot to get permission to make the thing

'You had two jobs! Ask Valve, and make the thing': The Companion Cube case for the Steam Machine is no more.

Selling a Portal-inspired Steam Machine Companion Cube case "without ever asking Valve" was pretty stupid, admits company now issuing refunds

Over 1,000 hours of engineering went into the Steam Machine Companion Cube case

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Quote of the day by Gabe Newell: "Piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue" — Sony just proved why digital storefronts are broken

Sony will delete over 550 purchased Studio Canal movies from PlayStation user libraries this September without offering refunds. The controversial move highlights the fragile reality of digital ownership and reinforces Gabe Newell's famous 2011 philosophy on piracy.

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Steam Machine Companion Cube case cancelled because Dbrand didn't ask Valve for permission to make it: 'We’re going to regret that decision for a very long time'

This was definitely not a triumph.

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Valve threatens legal action against Dbrand over its unsanctioned Portal 2-inspired Companion Cube — edgy accessories manufacturer kills product after asking for licensing deal, admits it didn't have 'the right to make it'

Valve has asked Dbrand to stop selling its Portal 2-themed Companion Cube cases for the Steam Machine, since it never asked the company permission to begin with.

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"We’re going to regret that decision for a very long time": RIP to the amazing Steam Machine Portal Companion Cube case Dbrand made without asking Valve first

Dbrand's extremely popular Portal Companion Cube Steam Machine case has been discontinued after Valve issued a takedown due to licensing issues.

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"We are carefully monitoring the market": As Xbox prices increase, PlayStation maker Sony says it doesn't want "to sell hardware at significant losses"

PlayStation manufacturer Sony says it doesn't want "to sell hardware at significant losses" after Microsoft raises its Xbox console prices.

The best thing about the Steam Machine has just been killed – bye bye Companion Cube, it was fun while it lasted

Dbrand's ambitious Steam Machine case missed out one small thing – permission

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DIY Steam Machine gaming PCs are cropping up — can 3D-printed cases and RTX 5060s actually recreate Valve's magic?

An AMD engineer and PC enthusiast built his own custom Steam Machine with an RTX 5060 inside. I highly doubt it's the last project of this sort we'll see, but the creator notes this sort of thing isn't all it's cracked up to be.

As Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney blasts Valve over Steam AI disclosures, dev makes those disclosures even more noticeable and hides AI-aided games in search results

Browser plugin makes spotting AI games on Steam much easier

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