And I say 'had,' because its streak has just been ended by [Arch-based] CachyOS in an upset that has slowly grown over the past two years. As reported on Boiling Steam, the number of reports coming from CachyOS has topped that of Arch Linux, which held the crown for the most number of reports since 2021..

"There is a quality difference," Sderlund told GamesIndustry.biz. "A real professional actor is better than AI; that's just how it is." With Arc Raiders' player count peaking at nearly half a million users on Steam , the game's breakout success was still marred by its use of text-to-speech AI

There are a whole bunch of upgrades and bullet modifiers to play around with here, including a slow-motion system you can activate at almost any time. Hyperwired is slated to hit Steam , PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch this summer

The FBI wants to hear from Steam users who may have downloaded malware infected games.

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Several games on Steam that were secretly carrying malware now seem to be under active investigation by the FBI

However, it also works with other PC VR headsets. It will be available on April 24, 2026, and you can add it to your Wishlist right now on the PlayStation, Steam and Meta stores

The G100 lineup from Lisuan Tech now has an official release date, with the LX G7106 being the gaming SKU with 12 GB of VRAM and a purported RTX 4060-like performance

The Legend of California is being published by Blizzard co-founder and former CEO Mike Morhaime's company Dreamhaven. It's slated to enter early access on Steam and the Epic Games Store later this year, with closed alpha playtests expected to start soon

Steam maker says settling the case would be easier but would set a bad precedent.

Running Windows on gaming handhelds is currently a blessing and a curse.

The Steam Machine is back from the dead

Two weeks after New York's attorney general sued Valve over its use of the gimmick , the company has responded. In short, the Steam maker essentially said, "See you in court." New York's lawsuit accuses Valve of promoting illegal gambling through its games

Microsoft first debuted its full screen Xbox experience for Windows in the ROG Ally Xbox handheld , in a bid to compete with Steam's nearly 15-year-old Big Picture Mode

The Steam Machine is on track for launch this year despite component shortages setting Valve back

Is that gambling? If these cases go to court, we'll find out. The full complaint points out that the unlocking process is even designed to look like a slot machine: "Images of possible items scroll across the screen, spinning fast at first, then slowing to a stop on the player's 'prize.' Players buy and open loot boxes for the same reason people play slot machines -- the hope of a valuable payout." Loot boxes, the complaint continues, are not "incidental features" of Valve's games, but rather "a deliberate, carefully engineered revenue model." So too is the Steam Community Market, and Steam itself, which the suit claims is "deliberately designed" to enable the sale of digital items on third-party marketplaces through "trade URLs," despite Valve's terms of service prohibiting off-platform sales

Tom Clancy's The Division 2 has almost doubled its own all-time concurrent player record on Steam amid the series' 10th anniversary celebration

A new report from PSprices claims that Sony has been experimenting with cheaper prices on a variety of titles for certain users

What part of "this year," exactly, is still anyone's guess.

The Acerpure CHEF KV1 smart steam oven is designed to combine steam and baking functions, which Acer says is for addressing the "dry-out" issue when cooking or reheating food.

The app that catered to unconventional kinks is gaining steam among daters with vanilla preferencesand some arent happy about it.

Two of the world's most populous nations are joining a growing global movement to ban teenagers from social media services

Steam Machine, Steam Controler dan Steam Frame diumumkan tahun lalu dengan ia pada asalnya akan dilancarkan awal tahun ini

"In November Steam on Linux use hit an all-time high of 3.2%," reports Phoronix

A blog post from Valve itself sparked concerns that the Steam Machine would be pushed back to 2027

If Sony's allegedly going to take away the ability to play its PlayStation exclusives on PC, you can rebel by converting the PS5 into a straight-up PC. That's what Andy Nguyen, a security engineer, did by porting Linux over to the console and running GTA V on it via Steam

Valve's latest announcement puts the Steam Machine release for "this year," after changing the console's expected arrival date from the first quarter to the first half of 2026

Hardware shortages might delay 2026 release of Valve's Steam Machine

It's a charity event that will be raising funds for the National Women's Law Center . On that note, theres a Women's Day sale on Steam thats running until March 15

As part of a Year in Review blog detailing changes Valve made to Steam in 2025, the company shared a minor update on its hardware plans that doesn't sound good for anyone hoping to buy a Steam Machine, Steam Controller or Steam Frame in 2026

Capcom revealed during its March 5 Spotlight showcase that Pragmata , its repeatedly delayed dystopian sci-fi adventure game, will release on April 17 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC via Steam

Sony is pulling a U-turn on its multi-platform strategy, with Bloomberg s Jason Schreier reporting that first-party PS5 games soon to become exclusive once again, at the expense of PC players. Sony started releasing some of its biggest games on PC in 2020, when Horizon Zero Dawn came to Steam

Its nice to be excited about neat-looking things. Beat Weaver is slated to hit Steam (with support for Steam Deck) later this year

Unfortunately, readers may notice that the original Switch isn't on that list, which is not an oversight. "At this time, we have determined that the multiplayer experience on Nintendo Switch has not yet reached the quality level we aim to deliver," the team said in a post on Steam

Today's trailer announced that the new launch date for the narrative- and music-focused adventure game is May 7, 2026. Despite the new date, Mixtape will still be coming to the usual array of current gaming platforms: Steam and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and the Nintendo Switch 2

However, I implore you not to overlook two other wonderful indies that hit Nintendos consoles in the wake of this mornings Indie World showcase. Minishoot Adventures from SoulGame Studio and co-publisher IndieArk is a game I absolutely loved when it first emerged on Steam in 2024

The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for February 2026 has shown that the GeForce RTX 5070 has become the platform's most popular gaming graphics card, but there are some doubts about the survey methodology

We praised the Analogue Pocket in our official review , calling it "a clever little thing" that is sure to light up the nostalgia center of your brain. It even made our list of the best handheld consoles , which is notable given competition included stuff like the Steam Deck

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. It's Steam Next Fest week, with literally thousands of demos for upcoming games for us to dive into

As Bloomberg news, Arc Raiders, a surprise hit from Stockholm-based Embark Studios that sold 12 million copies in three months, was briefly vilified online for its robotic-sounding auto-generated voices -- even as CEO Patrick Soderlund insists AI was only used for non-essential elements. EA's Battlefield 6 and Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 both drew gamer anger this winter over thematically mismatched or poorly generated graphics, and Valve's Steam has added labels to flag games made using AI

Android 17 is building up steam with Google's aggressive Beta pace.

Samson s brevity is seemingly also reflected in its $25 price tag. It will be a PC exclusive at launch (via Steam and the Epic Games Store), with no word on a console release right now

New York state has filed a lawsuit against Valve alleging that randomized loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 amount to a form of unregulated gambling, letting users "pay for the chance to win a rare virtual item of significant monetary value." From a report: While many randomized video game loot boxes have drawn attention and regulation from various government bodies in recent years, the New York suit calls out Valve's system specifically for "enabl[ing] users to sell the virtual items they have won, either through its own virtual marketplace, the Steam Community Market, or through third-party marketplaces." The vast majority of Valve's in-game loot boxes contain skins that can only be resold for a few cents, the suit notes, while the rarest skins can be worth thousands of dollars through marketplaces on and off of Steam

The ability to resell Steam items for real value is key to the state's case.

Players have to pay for chests or boxes and the keys to be able to open them in Valves games, and the company has reportedly sold billions of dollars worth of keys for Counter-Strike alone. The lawsuit said that Valve has made tens of millions of dollars in fees from the sale of virtual items on the Steam Community Market, as well

In January's Steam Hardware Survey, adoption of 8 GB GPUs was at almost 30% despite marking a 3.11% decline, while 16 GB GPUs were up an impressive 5.85%

Last fall, Amazon Games announced it would wind down support for New World: Aeternum , which first debuted in 2021. The news came as the division faced layoffs, but just that week the game had reached almost 50,000 concurrent players on Steam

This is where we'll see all of those juicy reveals and trailers. The opening event will be streamed globally on just about every digital platform, including YouTube, Twitch, X and even Steam

It's just too hard to ignore the imperfections of streaming compression. (Admittedly, I need to test newer high-bandwidth options, especially after I was impressed by NVIDIA's GeForce Now upgrade last year.) The FragBox also made it easy to jump into all of my recent Steam titles, including Mewgeneics and Arc Raiders on a big screen

The handheld console is still available in Australia, the U.K., Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As a reminder, the latest edition of Steam Next Fest runs from February 23 until March 2, during which you'll be able to check out demos for hundreds of upcoming games

Slay the Spire 2 will launch in early access next month. This sequel to the hugely popular 2019 roguelike deckbuilder hits early access on Steam beginning March 5, 2026

A $110 saving on this Asus ROG Xbox Ally handheld brings it back down to record-low pricing on Amazon

Permintaan tinggi untuk membina pusat data kecerdasan buatan (AI) telahpun menyebabkan harga telefon, tablet, komputer riba, kad grafik, konsol dan TV naik secara mendadak. Pelancaran Steam Machine tergendala manakala PlayStation 6 dan Xbox seterusnya mungkin ditunda selepas 2028 disebabkan kekurangan SSD serta RAM

Hong Kong-based GameSir has primarily made a name for itself as a manufacturer of gaming peripherals -- the company's social media profile includes a self-description as "the Anti-Stick Drift Experts." Early last year, though, GameSir rolled out the Android GameHub app, which includes a GameFusion emulator that the company claims "provides complete support for Windows games to run on Android through high-precision compatibility design." In practice, GameHub and GameFusion for Android haven't quite lived up to that promise. Testers on Reddit and sites like EmuReady report hit-or-miss compatibility for popular Steam titles on various Android-based handhelds

You play as an AI unwillingly trapped in a human body. There looks to be plenty of cinematic action, with a blurb promising a combination of "precise melee strikes with satisfying ranged attacks." The game will be available for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and the Microsoft Store

Longtime Slashdot reader jrepin writes: KDE Plasma is a popular desktop (and mobile too) environment for GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems. Among other things, it also powers the desktop mode of the Steam Deck gaming handheld

Forget launching new stuffValve is even having problems with existing hardware.

The popular handheld gaming console may not be so easy to find in the coming year, Valve warned shoppers.

It's a roguelike deckbuilder in which you'll combine dice with different abilities as well as rings with passive effects as you attempt to roll a million points. February 26 sees the full release of Towerborne , which had been in game preview (and in early access on Steam)

Valve speaks up on why you can't find a Steam Deck right now.

With no staff, no funding, and the contract closed, it looks a lot like limbo The UK's long-promised "Single Trade Window" has quietly run out of steam after burning through more than 111 million ($150 million), with officials confirming the program has been "brought to early closure."

The RAM crisis has claimed yet another victim, with the Steam Deck OLED now out of stock intermittently in multiple regions

Valve has updated the Steam Deck website to say that the Steam Deck OLED may be out of stock "intermittently in some regions due to memory and storage shortages." From a report: The PC gaming handheld has been out of stock in the US and other parts of the world for a few days, and thanks to this update, we now know why

Valve is blaming memory and chip shortages as Steam Deck availability becomes intermittent in several regions

Dont expect the Steam Deck to be easier to get anytime soon

"Player passion and feedback continue to shape the future of the Call of Duty franchise, and we look forward to delivering meaningful seasonal content and updates to Call of Duty: Mobile ," Activision said in announcing Warzone 's mobile shutdown. Call of Duty: Warzone is still free to play on Xbox, Battle.net, Playstation and Steam

The main reason to buy a Switch 2 is to play new Nintendo games, and no other device can (legally) offer that. Likewise, the Switch 2 doesnt even try to offer the flexibility of a Steam Deck, ROG Ally X or even the Retroid Pocket 5

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You can just hang out with your buds and watch the sunset or put their binoculars into the ocean too. Expect Big Walk to arrive later this year on PS5 (including as a Monthly Game for all PS Plus members), Steam and Epic Games Store