Valve still 'hopes' to ship Steam Machines in 2026, but a delay into 2027 is starting to look like a real possibility: 'Memory and storage shortages have created challenges for us'
October 24, 2026
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Valve still ‘hopes’ to ship Steam Machines in 2026, but a delay into 2027 is starting to look like a real possibility: ‘Memory and storage shortages have created challenges for us’

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The new hardware lineup revealed by Valve in 2025—the Steam Controller, Steam Frame VR headset, and Steam Machine—made quite a first impression. The Steam Machine in particular came off as streamlined, simple, and very capable: A significant evolution over Valve’s early Steam Machines that has the potential to finally bring livingroom PC gaming to the…

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Marvel Rivals devs have accidentally buffed Storm into a tornado-yeeting monster that everyone is picking, and no-one knows how to counter: ‘A clustered group is a snack for us’

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Storm is one of the many Duelists in Marvel Rivals, but despite her cool design and neat abilities, she wasn’t really anyone’s first choice in Season 0. It wasn’t that she was particularly weak; there were just a ton of better choices, like Winter Soldier, Punisher, Star-Lord, and Iron Fist. So to remedy this and…

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‘I’m in this whole new world’: Here’s what Eric Barone had to say about the life-changing Stardew Valley 10 years ago this month

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From the archives: This interview was originally published 10 years ago this month in PC Gamer #293 (UK, July 2016), and conducted not long after the release of Stardew Valley. You can see how developer Eric Barone was just realizing how life-changing Stardew would prove to be, and many of the game’s now-beloved features, like…

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Balatro review

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Need to Know What is it? A roguelike deckbuilder where you cheat outrageously at poker. Release date Feb 20, 2024 Expect to pay TBA Developer LocalThunk Publisher PlayStack Reviewed on Asus ROG Ally Steam Deck TBA Link Official site Imagine the rush of winning at a high-stakes poker table. Now imagine you’re winning because you’re…

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US: Nintendo Download for 30th April 2020

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This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content: Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch Splatoon™ 2 Special Demo 2020 – Have you been eager to make a splash in the world of the Splatoon 2 game, but didn’t know where to get your feet wet? Well, it’s time to finally dip your tentacles in, because…

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This ‘overwhelmingly positive’ Steam Next Fest autobattler demo feels like someone bolted a Path of Exile-style map onto Halls of Torment, and I fear for my future productivity

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The autobattler’s been getting chimeric since Vampire Survivors released and plunged global productivity down the toilet. VS was a chaotic slot machine: you didn’t so much craft a build as you did keep pulling the lever and hope you could assemble something vaguely effective from what it spits out, which kept me occupied for weeks….

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