Enlarge (credit: Getty / Aurich Lawson) Valve has issued a scathing response to Wolfire’s April lawsuit alleging anticompetitive monopoly practices on the Steam storefront . In that response, Valve argues that the suit should be dismissed because it “fails to allege the most basic elements of an antitrust case. ” There’s no right to free […]
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 […]
Carrying case, which comes as part of the Steam Deck’s pricier SKUs. [credit: Valve ] Though Valve is fiercely protective of its stratospheric PC game sales data, a rare HTML hole in its Steam service revealed apparently firm numbers about the Steam Deck, the company’s recently confirmed Switch-like portable gaming PC. For the first 90 […]
The Steam Deck, from Valve. [credit: Valve ] On Thursday, Valve took the wraps off of its new Switch-like portable PC, now dubbed the Steam Deck , confirming that is indeed the hardware Ars Technica reported on earlier this year . It will begin shipping later this year at a starting price of $399. The […]
Enlarge / Paper Beast . (credit: Pixel Reed, PID Games) The latest rendition of Steam’s annual Summer Sale has been underway for about a week now, and, as usual, it’s discounted virtually everything on the PC games store. But while the Halo s, Grand Theft Auto s, and other mega-hits of the world may get […]
A family that steams their vaginas together stays together??? On a recent episode of Red Table Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris hopped on top of some large bowls steaming with hot water to give their lady bits some extra TLC. Talk about an unconventional bonding experience! The 49-year-old actress told her […]
Enlarge / Tux looks a lot more comfortable sitting on that logo than he probably should—Nvidia’s drivers are still proprietary, and DLSS support isn’t available for native Linux apps—only Windows apps running under Proton. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Jim Salter / Larry Ewing / Nvidia) Linux gamers, rejoice—we’re getting Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling on […]
Enlarge / Some Nintendo Switch clip art, plus a Steam logo, equals the Valve “SteamPal”? The math equation isn’t as simple as this listing image might lead you to believe. (credit: Sam Machkovech) Video game and hardware studio Valve has been secretly building a Switch-like portable PC, designed to run a large number of games […]
Monopoly control is a hot topic in the games industry these days. Lawsuits against Apple, Valve, and Sony all take slightly different tacks in arguing that these companies exercise unfair monopoly control over their platforms’ market for downloadable games. Each suit also argues that this monopoly control leads to higher game prices for consumers. Platform […]
Newell poses with faculty at Sancta Maria College before speaking to students at the Auckland school. [credit: Sancta Maria College ] Valve co-founder and Managing Director Gabe Newell hinted that his company may be planning an expansion into the console space soon. While speaking on Monday to students at Auckland, New Zealand’s Sancta Maria College (the […]