The Steam Machine is back from the dead. Not as a Valve-supported program for manufacturers to create living room PCs, but instead as a home console sibling to the Steam Deck

It must be 2017 because loot boxes are back in the news again. Two weeks after New York's attorney general sued Valve over its use of the gimmick , the company has responded

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

Valve is facing a new consumer class-action lawsuit two weeks after New York sued the video game company for "letting children and adults illegally gamble" with loot boxes

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

Tetapi isu mendapatkan bekalan komponen khususnya memori menyebabkan muncul ura-ura ia mungkin langsung tidak akan dilancarkan tahun ini. Valve pada hujung minggu lalu mengeluarkan kenyataan mereka masih akan melancarkan ketiga-tiga produk tahun ini

Whenever there is such significant differences in language use tends to be a reporting anomaly and negatively impacting Linux. Valve often puts out corrected/updated figures later on, so we'll see if that is again the case for this February data

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

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

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

The law's broad definition of an "operating system provider" pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve's SteamOS

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

Lawyers tell Ars the state has a tough road ahead, even as Valve is uniquely vulnerable.

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.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has accused Valve of promoting illegal gambling through its video games in a lawsuit filed by her office

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%. Unfortunately, it seems like Valve misreported those numbers as the latest Steam Client Beta update includes a patch node admitting so

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - New York's attorney general sued Valve, a video game developer whose franchises include Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Dota, accusing it of violating state gambling laws and threatening to addict children through its use of "loot boxes." Read full story

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

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.

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

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. Valve has posted a notice on the Steam Deck page with a warning that the handheld gaming console may be out of stock intermittently in certain regions due to memory and storage shortages

An upcoming update to Steam includes a helpful improvement to game reviews. As part of the Steam Client Beta update Valve released on February 12, users will now be able to attach information about their hardware specifications when they post a new game review or update an old one

Steam revealed in its Client Beta patch notes that it will let users show the specifications of their hardware when leaving reviews. This should help other players considering a title see if the feedback was affected by the reviewer's hardware, although Valve says that this feature remains optional

Valve's Steam Deck OLED models are out of stock in the US, and the RAM crisis looks like it may be responsible again

Speculations on what the Steam Deck 2 might be like have been put on pause people are now more focused on what is going on with the current generation Steam Deck it is out of stock in several regions. Valve hasnt come out with an official statement yet, but last night the Steam stores in the US and Canada started showing all three variants of the Deck as Out of Stock

Less than a week after Valve admitted that the current shortage (and growing prices ) of RAM were affecting its hardware plans, the Steam Deck is completely sold out

Valve hasn't commented on the stock situation.