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Valve is all over Arm: SteamOS launching for Arm alongside the Steam Frame, new FEX translation layer for x86 and Arm, and Arm games are coming to Steam

With the launch of the Steam Frame, Valve’s new VR headset, SteamOS will be made available for Arm-based systems. This is required to support the new headset, which is using a Snapdragon processor to run games without requiring a tether to a gaming PC. However, it’s also a sign that times are changing, as systems…

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Rue Valley review

Have you ever been bored? Have you ever been like, really bored, bored in the way where it feels like you’ve been removed from participating in the rest of the world, like time is moving differently for you than it’s moving for other people? How about depressed? Have you ever felt like everything you do…

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How gyro support was added to the new Steam Controller is a ‘typical Valve story’ involving a passionate employee moving desks

Valve has packed the new Steam Controller with multiple ways to control a PC game from the comfort of your sofa. It has standard thumbsticks (phew), a pair of trackpads, and gyro controls. Three for the price of… well, we don’t know the price of the Steam Controller yet. Though I hadn’t considered gyro controls…

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Valve believes its new Steam Machine could open up a whole new world of SteamOS desktops: ‘Put it on, say, something that’s running an RX 9070 XT, you would be good to go’

The Steam Machine available in the new year is designed by Valve. It will be sold by Valve, and, as such, it cannot be hastily switched to Windows at the last minute to sell more units. But despite being burned in the past, Valve is keen for its Steam Machine to blaze a trail for…

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Valve just quietly redefined what PC gaming can be all while an increasingly delusional Microsoft desperately tries to tell everyone their PC is an Xbox now

On the face of it, the latest announcement from Valve seems pretty straightforward. The reductionists will tell you all it’s unveiled is a last-gen gaming PC (that better be cheap), a controller that’s just two halves of a Steam Deck jammed together (like all the mockups that have been doing the rounds since the handheld…

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