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Team Fortress 2 player cooks themselves by destroying a Golden Frying Pan worth $6,800—for the second time

There are only a few hundred in existence, and now one less.

PC Gamer · Aug 13, 2025

“The Timeline Is Uncertain” — Steam and PayPal Divorce, and Valve Says It’s All About Money

PayPal abruptly dropped support for certain currencies on Steam in July 2025, and Valve has now added a new disclaimer to the checkout page explaining the situation.

Windows Central · Aug 12, 2025

Amid Mastercard-Visa Censorship Fiasco, Trump Hits Back at Financial Giants Over 'Unlawful Banking'

President Trump's Executive Order on Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans seeks to stop banks from denying services based on political, religious, or lawful business activities.

International Business Times UK · Aug 11, 2025

Only two things are stopping me from moving to SteamOS on my desktop PC permanently – the moment they're addressed, I'll be saying 'adiós', Windows 11

The end is almost here for me and Windows 11 on my desktop PC. It's just a matter of time till I switch to SteamOS, but I just need two things to be addressed before I commit to it.

TechRadar · Aug 9, 2025

Steam for Chromebooks is getting axed in 2026 instead of exiting its 4-year beta

Google does not seem to be making good on its promise to make Chromebooks gaming laptops.

PC Gamer · Aug 9, 2025

We can thank Valve and Team Fortress 2 for the best weapon in Crysis 3: Crytek lead says "I was playing a lot" of TF2 using the Sniper and his bow, and wanted a composite bow of his own

Crysis 3's iconic bow is a distant ancestor of TF2

GamesRadar · Aug 7, 2025

I tried Hori's Steam controller, and it feels almost as quirky as Valve's original version - for better or worse

The Wireless HORIPAD for Steam does a great job of capturing the quirky identity of the original Steam controller. I'm not sure that works in its favor, though.

GamesRadar · Aug 7, 2025

You probably have like $100 in Steam trading cards on all those games you've never played, and you can get it without ever actually launching them

We're all just workers on Gaben's farm.

PC Gamer · Aug 6, 2025

Security researcher quips maybe it's time to get 'a real job' after being paid meagre $1,000 bug bounty by Apple

Pay 'em what they're worth!

PC Gamer · Aug 6, 2025

Indie horror game rejected by Steam releases for free instead: 'This is our response to being censored, and our rejection of the idea that horror can be defined as acceptable or not'

Despite containing no uncensored nudity or sex acts, Vile: Exhumed was banned on Steam just ahead of its planned release in July.

PC Gamer · Aug 5, 2025