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Valve shows off final packaging, carrying case for the Steam Deck

Valve’s Steam Deck hardware might have been recently delayed by a couple of months , but the portable PC gaming device is still barreling toward release. As evidence of this, Valve posted some quick pictures late Thursday evening of the final packaging that will hopefully be reaching preorder customers early next year.

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Valve provides a deep dive into Steam Deck’s custom hardware design

Valve’s full, hours-long, developer-focused presentation. Valve’s portable Steam Deck hardware may be delayed by a couple of months, but that didn’t stop Valve from discussing plenty of interesting details about the system during a wide-ranging developer-focused livestream Friday. That included a lot of nitty-gritty talk about hardware specs and software interpolation, but also design decisions […]

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John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset

Enlarge / Ars’ own Sam Machkovech, shown here modeling the Oculus Go’s bright future. Oculus may have officially discontinued its low-end Oculus Go headset last year, but the company has one more “official” update to help future-proof the hardware. On Thursday, Oculus released an unlocked build of the Oculus Go operating system, allowing for “full […]

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Valve promises Steam Deck will run “the entire Steam library” at 30+ fps

The Steam Deck, from Valve. [credit: Valve ] Valve expects that its recently announced Steam Deck portable gaming console will be able to run “really the entire Steam library” on its 1280×800 LCD screen at frame rates of 30 fps or higher. That’s according to a recent IGN video interview in which Valve Hardware Engineer […]