The Latest Breaking News from Valve

Pre-Fortress 2, a mod that bridges the gap between Team Fortress Classic and TF2, is coming to Steam with a whole lotta grenades

The mod adds class-specific throwables and reinstates numerous weapons for OG TF.

PC Gamer · Aug 23, 2025

Valve's new Deadlock character places doors on walls to teleport across the map, and yes, it's also reminding me a bunch of Portal

The Doorman uses doors, not portals, but still

GamesRadar · Aug 23, 2025

Valve might be working on a new Steam console that connects to your TV — and its specs just got leaked

Valve could be developing a new console for your living room and some specs have released.

Tom’s Guide · Aug 22, 2025

Valve's rumoured 'Fremont' SteamOS console spotted on Geekbench... running Windows 11

The device is claimed to be an upcoming living room PC with a custom AMD CPU and Radeon RX 7600 graphics.

PC Gamer · Aug 20, 2025

Xbox has revealed a new Handheld Compatibility Program along with the Xbox Ally X release date — it could fix what Steam Deck still gets wrong

During Gamescom 2025, Xbox revealed a new Handheld Compatibility Program for its Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X. It's potentially a more robust system than Steam Deck verification.

Windows Central · Aug 20, 2025

The Lossless Scaling plugin is the best thing that could happen for SteamOS handhelds, and performance results prove it

There's more proof that Valve's SteamOS is the go-to for handheld gamers, with performance results from the new Decky Loader plugin on the Lenovo Legion Go S.

TechRadar · Aug 19, 2025

Deadlock is drip-feeding 6 new heroes over the next couple of weeks, and is letting players decide which ones drop first

Alongside some major visual overhauls.

PC Gamer · Aug 19, 2025

New Deadlock update adds six heroes and more to Valve's MOBA shooter, a mere month after the Steam dev said a patch "won't be coming for some time" to the limited-access game

Meet Mina, a "glass canon" vampire

GamesRadar · Aug 19, 2025

Is the Steam Deck still worth it in 2025? I'd argue yes — but with caveats

Amid an army of rivals, is the Steam Deck OLED still worth picking up? I'd argue yes, with caveats.

Tom’s Guide · Aug 19, 2025

Valve founder Gabe Newell is doing billionaire things again with the $300 million purchase of a ship the size of an NFL football field designed to explore the deepest parts of the ocean

Gabe Newell's Inkfish has added the RV6000 to its fleet

GamesRadar · Aug 18, 2025