The Latest Breaking News from Valve

It's time for handheld gaming PCs to get weird

Why weird? I say, why not?

Laptop · Mar 24, 2025

Half-Life devs worried Gabe Newell "promised things that they couldn't possibly deliver" for the iconic FPS, but "they just didn't know" that they'd be able to do it yet

The game was awarded 'Best Action Game' at E3 1998

GamesRadar · Mar 24, 2025

Gabe Newell's cult of personality is intense, but a Valve exec who worked with him says his superpower is how he 'delighted in people on the team just being really good at what they did'

It's kind of a team fortress, too.

PC Gamer · Mar 24, 2025

An FPS studio pulled its game from Steam after it got caught linking to malware disguised as a demo, but the dev insists it was actually the victim of a labyrinthine conspiracy

I thought this one was going to be simple when I first looked into it.

PC Gamer · Mar 22, 2025

Lenovo just stole the Steam Deck's special sauce, and maybe the handheld gaming crown

Steam Powered and ready to (Legion) Go

Laptop · Mar 22, 2025

Valve just pulled a malicious game demo spreading info-stealing malware from Steam

Steam has once again been exploited as a means to distribute dangerous malware, but Valve quickly delisted the malicious game demo in question.

Tom’s Guide · Mar 22, 2025

Gabe Newell is hooked on Stalker 2 and once he's got the fourth ending (!) will 'figure out what I'm going to play next'

Taking a break from buying megayachts.

PC Gamer · Mar 21, 2025

Valve's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew, who 'used a $500 check I'd sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note'

"I knew he wasn't a bad kid, but there'd been this generational shift."

PC Gamer · Mar 21, 2025

Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS pre-orders are now live, and I'm hoping it's a second wind for the handheld

The Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS edition is now up for pre-order, and the $549 handheld will challenge the Steam Deck with premium extras.

GamesRadar · Mar 21, 2025

The first non-Steam Deck SteamOS handheld is now available for preorder, and Lenovo may be aiming for the ROG Ally X's throne

The SteamOS model takes a price cut on the recent Windows one.

PC Gamer · Mar 21, 2025