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After a slow start due to supply issues and high demand, the Steam Deck has been hitting its stride on all fronts. 10 months after the first batch of Steam Decks were released to the wild, Valve’s popular portable handheld system now supports more than 7000 titles. As reported by …

The Steam Deck has been a runaway success, with Valve entering the gaming hardware market in a new and interesting way – and introducing a whole new audience to PC gaming and its many benefits. Following this, the Steam Deck’s designers have discussed the future of the platform, including the …

The Game Awards is coming up next week and while typically Valve gets involved with the event through Steam sales, this year, the company will be doing something a little bigger. Steam will be broadcasting the show as it airs, all while giving away a Steam Deck to a viewer …

With Steam's UI refresh a couple of years ago, Valve made it easier for users to organise their game libraries. One of the features of this UI refresh was the ability to add in new custom images for game cover art, which has been particularly useful for those adding non-Steam …

With the release of the Steam Deck saw Valve create a new user interface focused on controller navigation. Upon its reveal, it was announced that the new UI would come to Steam’s PC client in the future. While not yet fully released, the new Steam Deck UI is available for …

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection is set to drop onto the PC platform in just a few short days. Though enhanced to support the high-end hardware of many gaming PC rigs, its roots as a PS4 title means that the collection is nicely scalable to all manner of hardware – …

Over the weekend, Valve uploaded a new video to its YouTube channel to showcase some recent software improvements for the Steam Deck. Viewers were quick to notice that in one portion of the video, Nintendo Switch emulator ‘Yuzu' can be seen as part of the Steam library.  It is no …

Valve has been ramping up Steam Deck production and shipments all year. At this point, the company is on track to fulfil all reservations by the end of the year, and better yet, as of this week, you can just buy a Steam Deck straight away without sitting in a …

Each week, the list of best-selling titles across Steam is released, giving us insight into what PC users have been playing over the past 7 days. The 37th week of 2022 (ending 18th of September) has seen many older titles leapfrog back to the top of the charts, with Cyberpunk …

Valve has been very open regarding the repairability of the Steam Deck. If your console has a problem, you may choose to repair it yourself without voiding the warranty. However, not everyone is comfortable with opening up their console and doing things manually. With that in mind, Steam Deck repair …

The Steam Deck has been a huge success for Valve so far, and the company recently revealed plans for future generations of the handheld. Now, one of Valve's designers has revealed a little bit more about what the future looks like for the Steam Deck.  The Steam Deck recently became …

The Steam Deck remains a rather elusive system, and yet with each passing month more and more fans are getting their hands on the system. With over 5000 titles now Steam Deck Verified / Playable more games than ever are being played portably. With that, Valve revealed the list of …

After a slow start due to supply issues and high demand, the Steam Deck seems to be finally hitting its stride on all fronts. 6 months after the first batch of Steam Decks were released to the wild, Valve’s popular portable handheld system now supports more than 5000 titles. Making …

Valve has a habit of dropping a lot of promising projects. We've yet to see any iteration on the Valve Index, nor have we seen a new VR title from Valve since the release of Half-Life: Alyx. Artifact was rebooted and then dropped after the developers proclaimed they were in …

Valve finally started shipping Steam Decks earlier this year following a nearly year’s long wait from its initial reveal. Alongside the announcement that Valve are upping the rate of production of the much-desired handheld, they revealed that demand has also never been higher. Making the announcement on Twitter, the official …

Sony hasn't cut corners with its transition to PC game development, with each release supporting important features, like a full suite of graphics options, customisable controls, ultrawide resolutions and now, Steam Deck support too. Ahead of its release later this month, and shortly following a price drop, Spider-Man Remastered is …

Valve has consistently provided updates on its production plans for the Steam Deck. This week, those sitting in the pre-order queue got some good news, with Valve confirming that  it has secured enough units to fulfil all reservations made so far. 

Valve has been ramping up production of the Steam Deck, with plans to double the amount of systems shipped in the weeks to come. As it turns out, the Deck has gone through a production revision already, swapping out the SSD for a cheaper model...

More than one year after pre-orders went live, many excited fans continue to wait for their Steam Decks to arrive. Fortunately, Valve has some good news on this front, announcing that they will begin to ship double the number of Steam Decks from this week onwards...

Officially, Steam Deck only supports M.2 2230 SSDs, but modders have found a way to use 2242 form factor SSDs inside the portable console. This increases the variety of SSDs you can mount on the console and the storage, as 2242 SSDs tend to come with more. However, modding the console to support such SSDs will shorten its lifespan, according to a Valve engineer.

The Steam Deck has just been released, but rumours about its successor are already making the rounds. As per a new report, AMD is already working on a successor to Aerith, the Deck's APU. Assuming the report is accurate, the new chip will be based on the Zen 4 and …

Final Fantasy 7 Remake had an awfully disappointing launch on PC in late 2021, with an overly high price tag and significant performance issues. The PC version has improved since then and now, the game is finally available on Steam.  Many prefer to buy their PC games on Steam to …

Valve has teamed up with iFixit to make Steam Deck repair tools and replacement parts available. Now, Steam Deck owners will be able to get hold of almost any part they need to fix their console at fairly reasonable prices.  The Steam Deck replacement parts range was accidentally revealed early …

Since launch, Valve has been pushing consistent software updates for the Steam Deck, adding new features along the way. One of the most useful new features is the framerate limiter, allowing users to preserve battery life by reducing hardware usage. However, there are some downsides to doing this, with users …

Have you ever thought about how much better the Steam Deck could perform with an external GPU? While external GPU docks aren't directly supported, one early buyer has figured out how to get one set up, although the process isn't super user friendly.  YouTuber ETA PRIME thought it would be …

The Steam Deck is finally shipping, but there is a long waiting list for pre-order customers, with some not expecting to get their units until much later this year. If you are on the waiting list for Q2 shipping, then you'll want to keep an eye out, as Valve plans …

In the months leading up to the Steam Deck launch, Valve has been going through the Steam catalogue to determine how well new and old titles run on the system. At launch in early March, over 1,000 games were ‘verified' for the Steam Deck and now, that number has surpassed …

While there are some Xbox games on Steam that aren't supported on the Steam Deck, Microsoft is looking to support the system in other ways. You can't download and install Halo Infinite due to anti-cheat incompatibilities, but you can stream Halo Infinite at 60FPS  on the Deck thanks to Xbox …

The Steam Deck has officially launched and publishers are racing to get their games ‘verified' for Valve's handheld gaming PC. So far, over 1,000 games have been verified for the Deck and now, Xbox Game Studios has revealed which of its games have been rated for the Steam Deck so …

The Steam Deck launched to a mixture of emotions, with those who managed to get the system at launch both applauding the console and its ambitions, but also acknowledging its current software-led issues. One of the biggest issues – the lack of Windows drivers – has now been partially resolved. …