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Denuvo games are getting cracked en masse—and I’m scared to think what intrusive DRMs publishers will come up with next

DRMs are a plague, but they could get worse if trends continue.

Destructoid

22 years later, this classic Half-Life zombie survival mod shambles onto Steam with all new features

Zombie Panic! arrives with a new fatigue system, reworked maps and "zombie vision".

PC Gamer

Notorious UK rights group launches legal action against Valve for distributing music in games on Steam without a license

The Performing Right Society says a license to use music in a game does not constitute the right to distribute that music, via the game, to the public.

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Valve Reveals Steam Machine Verified Games Requirements—Will the Hybrid Device Release This Year?

Valve has revealed the Verified Games requirements for the upcoming console-PC hybrid, Steam Machine.

Player One

Bluepoint tech boss suggests Sony's scared of Valve, not Microsoft, and that's why it's pulling back from PC: 'It would be quite ironic if Valve ultimately ended up winning the console war'

Me? I just think everyone's intimidated by the raw power and magnetism of Linux.

PC Gamer

Nearly 6,000 Games on Steam Earned $100K+ in 2025, Valve Reveals

In 2025, Steam saw 5,863 games earn over $100K, with revamped Daily Deals and record user engagement fueling a major revenue surge for developers.

Player One

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.

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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

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

Valve says New York Attorney General's violent videogame fearmongering is 'a distraction and a mischaracterization we’ve all heard before'

The New York AG seems to be trying to stir up fears about violent videogames as the state pursues legal action against Valve, but Valve isn't having it.

PC Gamer

Valve pleads "if you have a line on a bunch of RAM, we are in the market and would like to buy it," as AI and data centers make building Steam Machines a Herculean challenge

Good memory is hard to find

GamesRadar

Valve speaks out about New York loot box lawsuit in rare attempt at damage control, saying ‘it would have been bad for users and other game developers’ to preempt situation

Valve isn't letting this one go, it seems.

Destructoid

Valve comes out swinging against New York lawsuit with rare public statement: 'The type of deal that would satisfy the NYAG would have been bad for users and other game developers'

The state of New York sued Valve in February over allegations of illegal gambling.

PC Gamer

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.

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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

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.

GamesRadar

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"

PC Gamer

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.

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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"

Tom’s Hardware

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…

PC Gamer

Garry Newman says companies have tried to buy Facepunch but the only reason to sell it would be for money 'and I feel like I've got enough money'

"Why not just enjoy what I've got and keep building it."

GamesRadar

Resident Evil Requiem now inadvertently features an in-game ad for a Half-Life YouTuber thanks to Capcom leaving in a fake website domain without registering it itself

An unexpected, unofficial crossover

Player One

Steam Machine Delay? Valve May Not Ship Gaming Device This 2026 Due to Memory Shortage

The Steam Machine may face a delay, and Valve might fail to ship the console this 2026 as per its latest update.

Windows Central

"It's hard to make sense of such a huge number" — Valve delivered 100 exabytes of data through Steam in 2025, and it's not showing any signs of slowing down

Valve's Year in Review breakdown for Steam shows off some mind-boggling numbers to do with data delivery. Can any other PC gaming platform ever hope to be as popular?

MusicRadar

PRS sues Steam for using music without a licence – for 23 years

They’ve never bothered to obtain one

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