Valve has announced a new collaboration with Arch Linux. The company will financially support work on critical projects such as a build service and secure signing system.
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Valve has confirmed that it is working on bringing SteamOS support to rival handheld devices like the ROG Ally. Dual booting into Windows on the Steam Deck is still far away, though.
The Ayaneo Next Lite handheld console, which was first announced this month as shipping with SteamOS and then with HoloISO, will now ship with Windows 11 pre-installed for a price of $299.
Ayaneo has now changed its tune on its new portable gaming console getting SteamOS. It now admits it will not have Valve's operating system but an unofficial third-party fork of that OS.
Ayaneo, a company that has already made a number of portable gaming PCs with Windows, has announced the Ayaneo Next Lite, which will use Valves SteamOS like its own Steam Deck gaming PC.
Steam's compatibility layer, Proton, has been upgraded to version 8.0-1. This update requires your GPU to support Vulkan 1.3 but if it does then you'll have access to 18 more games.
In a new free eBook about the Steam Deck, Valve has dropped hints that it is working on a second generation model, and potentially more in the future, as well as other improvements to Steam.
The Steam Deck, Valve's upcoming handheld gaming computer, is almost ready for primetime. After the delay last year, the device now has a February 25 release date for the first reservation batch.
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Every game on Steam is going under review at Valve to find out how they perform on the upcoming Steam Deck handheld PC. One of four grades will be given out to each title available on the platform.
The upcoming Steam Deck handheld of Valve won't be leaving behind popular multiplayer games, as Easy Anti-Cheat is now natively supported on Linux, macOS as well as Proton, and Wine.
Valve boss Gabe Newell has stated in an interview that he considers the PC platform's openness as its "superpower". This also clarifies why his company took this path with the upcoming Steam Deck.
Rocket League, a fusion between race cars and football (soccer), has been widely played by Steam users running Windows. From Thursday, Linux and Mac users can join in on the action.
Steam is best known as a gaming platform, but Valve is expanding its entertainment line-up through a partnership with Lionsgate, offering over 100 movies for rental, including some major franchises.
Steam's stats for March are in and they show a continued decline in overall Steam for Linux usage. Windows 10 is continuing to steal market share from old Windows versions as it gains on Windows 7.
Valve has created one of the largest automated assembly lines in the United States, in order to keep up with consumer demands for its recently released 'Steam Controller'.
According a series of benchmarks comparing the performance of numerous multi-platform games on Valve's new SteamOS and Windows 10, Valve's new product might have its work cut out.
Dell has announced the official launch of its new Steam Machine in the UK, priced from £449. The device promises to "extend a traditional PC gaming environment into a console-like experience".
In a recent interview, Alienware's product manager, has expressed that Linux gaming would increase by as much as 30 fold with the introduction of Steam Machines which run on the Linux-based SteamOS.
CyberPower PC has announced their new "Syber" Steam-centric gaming PC that will compete with Valve's recently delayed "Steam Machine." It will start at $599.99, and offer a higher end model.
Alienware will release its Steam Machine console, called Alpha, this year for $549 with Windows 8.1 instead of Valve's SteamOS. The console will feature a custom interface that integrates with Steam.
Valve has announced it has pushed back the launch of its Steam Machines efforts from the fall of 2014 to sometime in 2015, stating the need to make improvements to the Steam Controller.
Valve has officially launched Steam In-Home Streaming, allowing users of its Steam service to stream games to other computers on a home network - even to low-end and home theater PCs.
In a new article on plans to launch Steam Machine PCs based on Valve's SteamOS, an executive at Dell's Alienware unit claims its product will be the "least profitable system we ever sell."
Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 4.1 to its $19 a month subscribers. It adds support for making games for the Xbox One and PS4 consoles, along with support for Linux and Valve's SteamOS.
A new report says that Valve will officially launch its Steam Controller product sometime in October or November, which if true means the first Steam Machines could be out soon afterward.
Valve has officially revealed the new design for its Steam Controller, which ditches the original's touchscreen in favor of two oval buttons that surround a Steam logo button in the middle.
Valve has sent out the first invites for people to try out the closed beta of Steam Music, which will add a local MP3 music player to the Steam client as well as Valve's SteamOS.
Alienware has now said its upcoming Steam Machine PC can in fact be upgraded by their owners, but adds that it won't be as easy to do so, compared to its normal Windows desktops.
Valve has released a new version of its SteamOS beta ISO that adds support for older BIOS-based PCs, along with better dual-booting features, custom partitioning and more.
Alienware plans to launch new versions of its Steam Machine PC each year, but their model won't be able to be upgraded like most of the other third party Steam Machines.
Valve demoed its virtual reality technology today and company reps said that VR hardware for consumers could be ready within two years. Valve has no VR device plans of its own at the moment.
A report from Valve's Steam Dev Days event claims the company has decided not to put a touchscreen in the middle of its final retail Steam Controller after all in favor of a D-pad and ABXY buttons.
Valve announced today that the number of accounts on Steam went up by 10 million in just three months to reach 75 million. Alienware also announced plans to launch its Steam Machine in September.
Valve's reveal last week at CES of the first wave of Steam Machines that will run SteamOS was a major letdown. The company should start small instead of allowing third parties to flood the market.
Microsoft's Xbox chief product officer Marc Whitten said in a new interview he is "not sweating it" when it comes to Valve's push to put Steam Machines in the living room to compete with the Xbox One.
The CEOs of ORIGIN PC and Falcon Northwest talk to Neowin about their plans to launch Steam Machine PCs that will have Valve's SteamOS installed and why they think it will be good for PC gamers.
Valve has announced that 14 companies have plans to release Steam Machines in 2014, using SteamOS. However, many of these PCs will offer options for dual booting with a Windows OS.
The team at the iFixit website has torn down one of Valve's prototype Steam Machines and said that the parts in this unit cost about $1,300. It also gave the prototype a high repairability score.
One of the 300 people who got Valve's prototype Steam Machine this weekend has been busy posting a series of videos showing the unboxing of the device, along with a tear down and running benchmarks.
As promised, Valve has released the first public version of its Linux-based SteamOS, which will be installed a number of third party Steam Machines that go on sale in 2014.
