Amazon apparently thought it was gonna compete with Steam since the Orange Box, but Prime Gaming's former VP admits that 'gamers already had the solution to their problems'

Amazon apparently thought it was gonna compete with Steam since the Orange Box, but Prime Gaming’s former VP admits that ‘gamers already had the solution to their problems’

I will never understand, dear reader, why we keep running into this baffling issue of Valve (and PC gaming in general) being underestimated. Starting at its roots, when basically no-one thought it’d work as a distribution platform—and extending into the modern age. Ethan Evans, who was the former Vice President of Prime Gaming at Amazon…

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Five new Steam games you probably missed (March 3, 2025)

Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be…

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Ayaeneo’s Next Lite is ‘the cost-effective choice’ but only because it cloned SteamOS off Github and jammed a 4 year-old APU into it

Just a few days ago, purveyor of handheld and pocket PCs, Ayaneo announced it’s first SteamOS handheld, called the Next Lite. Two aspects of the launch made it stand out: Firstly, the price would be aimed firmly at the budget sector and secondly, it would be the first non-Steam Deck handheld to retail with Valve’s…

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Pardon Our Dust

Hi folks – first, some exciting news. We’re close to launching a major update to PlayStation.Blog that will bring some (long-overdue) UX and functionality updates. Expect to see it in the coming weeks — knock on wood! In the meantime, we’ll be temporarily taking a few systems offline for maintenance including login and commenting functionality….

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