Linux users surge on Steam, doubling in a year
Slowly but surely, Linux is gaining a foothold in PC gaming. According to the March 2026 Steam hardware survey, 5.3 percent of users are on some flavor of Linux, compared to 92.3 percent on Windows…
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The FBI is investigating malware hidden inside games hosted on Steam
The FBI is investigating a hacker suspected of publishing several video games laced with malware on the popular PC games store Steam, the agency said Friday. In its announcement looking for victims who may have…
When will the Steam Machine land? Valve doesn’t seem to know
The most exciting hardware for PC gamers this decade is the Steam Deck, a portable handheld gaming PC that’s almost singlehandedly created a product category. Valve’s console-ish follow-up, the revived Steam Machine, was almost as…
Steam gets a Black Friday sale, including the Steam Deck for just $320
Surprise, gamers. Valve just launched the first-ever Black Friday Steam sale, and you know what that means: massive discounts on figurative tons of PC games. You can head over to SteamPowered.com to look around, but…
The Legion Go S with SteamOS is $200 off, cheaper than a Steam Deck OLED
SteamOS is better than Windows 11. At least, if you want to play games on a handheld, you’re looking for performance and efficiency, and you’re okay going without some anti-cheat games that still only run…
DIY Steam Machine: How I turned my Steam Deck into a gaming console
Valve just announced the Steam Machine, a living room PC/console to compete with the Xbox and PlayStation. But Valve already has a living room gaming station! It’s called the Steam Deck and all you need…
Can Valve save VR gaming with the Steam Frame?
The Apple Vision Pro is an expensive flop. I haven’t heard anyone mention the Meta Quest in months, despite it getting a new model just last year. I can’t even remember the name of Samsung’s…
Valve’s Steam Machine will help PCs replace consoles—and I’m down
Welcome to The Full Nerd newsletter—your weekly dose of hardware talk from the enthusiasts at PCWorld. Missed the surprising topics on our YouTube show or latest news from across the web? You’re in the right…
I hated the old Steam Controller, but Valve’s new one looks promising
Valve launched the Steam Controller a decade ago. It was designed to make traditional PC games playable on TVs in tandem with the original Steam Machine, which never took off. Now, Valve has announced a…
Valve confirms that the Steam Deck 2 is still a long way off
Valve’s new Steam hardware announcements—a revived Steam Machine desktop-slash-console, a standalone Steam Frame VR headset, and a refreshed Steam Controller—are all anyone’s talking about right now. But none of them would have such high profiles…