How Microsoft plans to kill the Steam Deck
Microsoft can’t be happy about the Steam Deck. After all, PC gaming has long been about Windows. For decades! Yet now one of the hottest PC gaming systems is… a portable Linux PC that runs…
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Intel Arc makes its Steam Hardware Survey debut
Intel has made a lot of news very quickly this week, some of it bad, some of it good. But if you’ve been watching the company’s gaming aspirations over the last few years, you might…
Asus’ ROG Ally is like a Steam Deck with Windows, and it’s $150 off
This is not a drill! The Asus ROG Ally is on sale this Black Friday, with the price dropping to a solid $500 from its $650 MSRP, meaning you can pick up this Windows-based Steam…
A Steam Deck-style portable PS5? Sony is seriously considering it
The last couple of years have demonstrated something that was once thought impossible: Yes, gamers do want a high-end portable machine that doesn’t say “Nintendo” on the front. The Steam Deck and its many imitators…
Steam cracks down on vague and unfulfilled DLCs and Season Passes
Steam, the world’s largest PC gaming platform, is truly a pioneer. It recently established new rules for age ratings in games and made it clear that you don’t own the games you buy. Now, the…
Stop waiting for an Xbox handheld and just buy a Steam Deck
As a tech writer, I’ve seen a lot of theoretical gadgets come and go — or perhaps more accurately, never actually exist and then… continue to not exist. While it’s true that tech companies are…
Valve is releasing a limited-edition white Steam Deck OLED next week
Valve’s Steam Deck is still regarded as one of the best gaming handhelds on the market, proven by how well it continues to sell. So it’s no surprise that Valve, in a recent Steam blog…
Lenovo’s Steam Deck-style gaming handheld is $200 off right now
Want a Steam Deck-style gaming handheld with a bigger screen and extra features? Check out the Lenovo Legion Go. Not only does it have a super-sized 8.8-inch screen, its handles can pop off a la…
Steam will show when games use kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages
Kernel-level anti-cheat software is a contentious issue among gamers. It’s a solution for rampant cheating in online games, but some players see the powerful software as a huge overstep on the PCs they own. Steam…
A modder built her own ‘Steam Deck’ with Framework parts, and so can you
Valve’s Steam Deck has been a phenomenon for PC gamers, but there’s just one problem: You can’t pick the parts and assemble it yourself. That’s half the fun of PC gaming! (The other half is…