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I caved and purchased the Xbox ROG Ally X — sunsetting my Steam Deck for good

I caved and bought the Xbox ROG Ally X to replace my Steam Deck. Here's hoping I don't live to regret it.

Windows Central

Microsoft wants to sell you a Steam Deck in 2025 for $600 as Xbox Ally pricing unveiled

Quick, somebody tell Microsoft that Valve just cut the price of the Steam Deck LCD to $329.

PC Gamer

Asus ROG Xbox Ally price and preorder date leaked by UK retail employee — and it's not as expensive as we thought

A UK retail worker posted images of promo materials for the Asus ROG Xbox Ally handheld console and it's not as high as some might have expected. Of course, only time will tell if it's accurate or not.

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Valve gave the Steam store a new look, and oh no, I hate it

Et tu, Valve?

GamesRadar

Google and Qualcomm are prepping 'desktop' Android to enable 'mobile and PC' in one device, but should Windows and x86 be afraid?

Google and Qualcomm are both super excited...

PC Gamer

Check that you're ready for invasive DRM with new feature built right into Steam — Secure Boot and TPM status now listed right in the app

Valve has just added the ability to check your Secure Boot and TPM status in the latest Steam beta update. Secure Boot and TPM are required for most modern online games, and pretty much every anti-cheat software relies on them. Now, all you need to do is open Steam to…

Tom’s Hardware

Steam’s Age Gate Pushes Credit Cards Into the Spotlight

Valve has flipped the switch on a new rule in the Steam ecosystem. As of late August, UK users can’t open any “mature content” games or even browse their community hubs unless they’ve linked a valid credit card to their account.

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Counter-Strike 2 invents a new way to monetise guns and, hoo boy, people seem to hate it even more than crates and keys: 'I'm not paying 1000+ bucks for a skin!'

"Possibly the worst monetization strategy I've ever seen in a video game."

PC Gamer

Steam's new store look is out and is earning a mixed response: 'Thanks Valve I am a grandma using Steam on a giant old touchscreen Samsung tablet'

Maybe she really is a grandma. Who's to say?

PC Gamer

Larian boss Swen Vincke says "a single engineer" kickstarted Baldur's Gate 3's dedicated Steam Deck port "working on it after hours," and ultimately won over the whole studio

Larian, you didn't need to do this

GamesRadar

Steam history has been made: account worth over $250,000 is the first to own 40,000 games on Valve's store, still has over 26,000 games on their wishlist that they will surely play

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

GamesRadar

$1,500 CS2 skin sparks community debate over Genesis Uplink Terminal

Is this the future of skin trading in Counter-Strike?

Dot Esports

In a world of obscene handheld gaming PC prices, Valve has just dropped a major Steam Deck LCD discount

Valve's Steam Deck LCD just got even better amid frustrating handheld price hikes, with a big discount solidifying its place as the most popular and affordable handheld gaming PC.

TechRadar

Steam removes 2D platformer allegedly infected with malware, but not before it apparently steals over $150,000 in cryptocurrency from players

The threat called BlockBlasters has now been blasted away

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Twitch streamer raising money for cancer treatment has funds stolen by malware-ridden Steam game — BlockBlasters title stole $150,000 from hundreds of players

Twitch streamer "RastalandTV" had $32,000 worth of cryptocurrency stolen via malware hidden in a Steam game.

PC Gamer

Developer of NSFW games says Valve won't let them add adult content in updates, now it has to be DLC

Their game is called Tales of Legendary Lust: Aphrodisia, if you were curious.

PC Gamer

9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game

Planet Centauri suffered a bug that's affected less than 100 game releases since 2015.

GamesRadar

Dev says Steam bug ruined "more than 10 years" of work and tanked their game's 1.0 launch, Valve says oops and offers a Daily Deal slot "to help make up for lost visibility"

Sandbox game Planet Centauri stumbled out of the gate

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I review gaming handhelds for a living – here are the best 3 you can buy right now

The handheld gaming PC market is heating up right now with new launches from Lenovo, MSI, and Asus via its collaboration with Microsoft, but these are three devices already available that I would recommend.

PC Gamer

Steam announces end of support for Windows 10 32-Bit, saying only 0.01% of PCs are still running it

The change happens on January 1st, 2026.

GamesRadar

New Counter-Strike 2 cases are free to open, but keeping skins will cost you – and the FPS community isn't thrilled: "Valve will literally reinvent the gambling industry before adding a random fun game mode"

"Imagine opening one of these and realizing you have to PAY"

Tom’s Hardware

Valve to drop Steam support for 32-bit Windows versions next year — says it's no longer compatible with core client features, only 0.01% of players actually used it

Steam will stop supporting 32-bit versions of Windows from next year. Valve says the libraries and drivers needed for core client features are no longer compatible with 32-bit architecture, and therefore need to be left behind. Upgrade to Windows 10 64-bit, or Windows 11, to keep receiving timely updates and…

Dot Esports

Earthshaker arcana returns to Dota 2—but getting it could cost you $150

Is it worth the splurge?

PC Gamer

Congress calls Gabe Newell, Twitch and Discord CEOs to testify in wake of Charlie Kirk shooting

At a hearing this October.

Dot Esports

Dota 2 player count surges after TI 2025, making fourth consecutive month of growth

Can Valve keep the momentum going?

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