Privately-held Valve Corporation, a relatively minor player in a juggernaut’s world of gaming, has potentially pulled off a generational coup. In a surprise hardware showcase announced yesterday, the ...

The Steam Machine is the new PC gaming-focused console revealed by Valve in November 2025. Alongside this reveal, we also got our first look at the new Steam Controller and new VR headset, titled the ...

It might be small, but Valve's Steam Machine carries with it the very real possibility of shaking up the console gaming landscape. The cube has the specs, form-factor, and library to stand toe-to-toe ...

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After a long week of player and industry speculation, gaming giant Valve confirms its new Steam Machine home console will not be priced like a console, a carefully-worded disclosure that all but ...

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Nearly four years after the Steam Deck changed the world of portable gaming, Valve is getting ready to release SteamOS-powered hardware designed for the living room TV, or even as a desktop PC gaming ...

The Steam Machine marks Valve’s long-awaited return to the console wars. It looks slick and sounds powerful enough to play modern games on decent settings. But Valve is leaving the biggest question of ...

Valve's massive Steam hardware announcements included the first in-house designed Valve Steam Machine, and while most of its reception was positive, a number of critics have expressed skepticism about ...

It's not a "GameCube" per se, but Valve's Steam Machine will bring your Steam library to your living room. Reading time 4 minutes Valve is entering the console race, and it’s doing so in the most ...

PC games giant Valve has said that its recently announced Steam Machine hardware will be a "good deal" when it comes to price. That's according to software engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais, who appeared ...