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Steam Deck could be a game changer for indies but it'll take a lot of work (from Valve, too)
Studios share their reactions and hopes around the new handheld gaming PC
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Switch OLED vs Steam Deck: The (non) battle of the new handhelds
Analysts offer their thoughts on Nintendo's latest hardware refresh and Valve's long-rumoured portable gaming PC
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Can Steam Deck succeed where the Machines failed? | Podcast
Latest episode available now, also offers a breakdown of this year's conflict mineral report
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Steam Deck reservations moved back to Q2 and Q3 2022
Platform launcher struggled under the weight of demand for the new handheld gaming PC
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Valve unveils Steam Deck PC gaming handheld
Portable device will launch December starting at $400 with pricier versions having extra storage space
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Valve reportedly limits region switching to combat Steam price exploitation
Steam users may now only change their account's country once every three months
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Wolfire Games files antitrust lawsuit against Valve
The developer argues that Valve uses its dominant position on the PC market to "exploit publishers and consumers"
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Valve blocks Super Seducer 3 from Steam
Multiple product reviews left Valve at "an impasse" with seduction game creator Richard LeRuina
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Valve ordered to hand over sales data for Epic vs Apple case
But judge limits request to four years, rather than the six years Apple originally asked for
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Public beta of Steam China launches next week
Valve and Perfect World's partnership will come to fruition February 9; CS:GO and Dota 2 to be first games on platform
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Valve loses controller patent case, must pay $4m in damages
Jury ruled that company willfully infringed on patent when it manufactured Steam Controller
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Uncut version of Left 4 Dead 2 released in Germany
German authorities grant original version of Valve's co-op shooter a rating 11 years after its initial release
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Valve on trial for allegedly infringing controller patents
The Steam Controller is accused of being based on a patent belonging to SCUF
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Steam saw 21% more games sold in 2020
Valve reports storefront had 120 million monthly active users last year, hours played jumped 51% as VR sales rose 32%
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Fall Guys, Doom and Cyberpunk represent 2020 in Steam's top earners of the year
The remaining nine games in Steam's "Platinum" category all launched in 2018 or earlier
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Steam Autumn Sale brought in 1m paying customers
Commercial event attracted 33% more transactions than last year, with concurrent users hitting 24m
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Steam officially launches News Hub
Users can now see updates and events for chosen games in a centralised hub
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Steam breaks concurrent users record at nearly 25m
Valve's platform broke its own concurrent users record twice in the past couple of days
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Steam introduces new discovery tools
Steam games are now split across 48 genre categories, eight theme categories, and seven player mode categories, for a total of 63 new categories
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Controller use on Steam has doubled in past two years
Valve sees game pad use among PC players top 90% in genres like skateboarding games
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Double win for Valve at 2020 VR Awards
Index headset won best hardware, while Half-Life: Alyx was crowned Game of the Year
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Valve adds chat filter after successful Steam Labs test
The new tool hides hateful language from people you don't know by default in Steam Chat
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Steam gets a platform-wide chat filter in new Steam Labs experiment
New feature takes filter from CS:GO, Destiny 2, Dota 2 and applies to supporting games and Steam client
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Valve assures slow Flight Simulator downloads won't affect refunds
Steam operator says lengthy install time will not count against store's two-hour policy