Instead of waiting for the Steam Machine, I tried turning my own mini PC into a living room gaming setup, and it's actually great.

What Valve (and Codeweavers, Wine's dev team et al.) have done is nothing short of miraculous. In the article Ars themselves link re Steamboxes, the ending paragraph has this bit, which I find speaks ...

TL;DR: Valve expands SteamOS support with a new SteamOS Compatibility rating for over 18,000 Steam games, ensuring middleware, launchers, and anti-cheat systems work on the Linux-based platform. This ...

Since the successful launch of the Steam Deck nearly two years ago, we’ve seen plenty of would-be competitors that have tried to mimic the Deck’s portable form factor and ability to run PC games. Thus ...

Windows 11's Xbox Full Screen Experience could form the basis for the PC/console hybrid of Project Helix, but its current ...

Valve’s latest SteamOS update improves Steam Deck notifications, library reliability, and login flow while preparing features ...

What just happened? Valve recently announced an alternative to the Steam Deck compatibility rating system aimed at third-party devices. The new SteamOS Compatibility labels work slightly differently ...

SteamOS hasn't brought about "the great exodus" to Linux, but it does teach distros how to do it right ...

TL;DR: Valve is rumored to release SteamOS for desktop PCs soon, potentially freeing gamers from Windows. SteamOS, already on the Steam Deck, could lead to a significant shift as gamers move to ...

Valve released the latest stable update for SteamOS, along with a new big stable Steam Client update for all platforms. Here's all that's new.

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Viraaj is a spirited gamer, lifelong PlayStation main, huge petrolhead, but most importantly, a principled journalist. With experience at publications like FandomWire, HotCars, and DriveTribe, writing ...