Valve recommends sharing your game library on microSD card between Steam Deck, Steam Frame, and Steam Machine: ‘They’re fully interoperable, just bring it along with you’

Valve is building out its own ecosystem of products with the announcement of the Steam Machine and the Steam Frame, joining its ranks of Linux-powered devices alongside the Steam Deck. While they run the gamut from handheld to headset, they have one common feature: a microSD card slot. Located in the strap of the Steam…

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While we eagerly await the second coming of Steam Machines, it’s worth remembering what a gloriously awful mess Valve got itself in over a decade ago

Valve’s hot hardware (Image credit: Future) Steam Frame: Valve’s new wireless VR headsetSteam Machine: Compact living room gaming boxSteam Controller: A controller to replace your mouse When I first learned that Valve was going to release Steam Machines again, I groaned inwardly. Although I never bought one myself, I briefly had the chance to use…

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Horizon: Steel Frontiers is an MMO based on the PlayStation series, and it’s coming to PC and mobile (but not PS5)

Guerrilla Games and NCSoft have announced Horizon: Steel Frontiers, an MMO take on the PlayStation open world series about taking down huge robo-dinosaurs in a lush post-apocalypse. Similar to the mainline games, the objective is to take down the machines, but this time you’ll do so as a fully customizable “machine hunter” in an open…

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Looks like it’s Tencent’s turn to start turning off the money faucet for Western studios, as Bloodhunt developer Sharkmob says layoffs are coming

Tencent-owned Swedish developer Sharkmob, which announced in October that the supernatural battle royale Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt will be taken offline in April 2026, says it will lay off an unspecified number of employees as part of “planned changes to its organizational structure.” The studio said Exoborne, the “tactical open world extraction shooter” announced…

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Rockstar faces legal action from UK union after firing more than 30 employees last week: ‘We are confident that what we’ve seen here is plain and simple union busting’

The Independent Workers of Great Britain has launched legal action against Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Games over what it says was an unfair termination of employees “that we believe amount to victimisation and collective dismissal linked to trade union activity.” The action was filed after Rockstar refused to meet and “resolve the matter…

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‘If I see this skin, I shoot first’: Arc Raiders players insist anyone wearing this ‘sweaty’ outfit cannot be trusted

In an interesting development of Arc Raiders unexpectedly polite solo raiding culture, some players have decided one way to tell if someone’s secretly plotting to fill your back with lead is to judge their outfit. Are you wearing the Ryder skin in its black and orange styling? Well, you might be shot on sight. “Pro…

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