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Valve's "Deck Verified" Compatibility System

See Which Games Play Well On Valve Steam Deck with 'Deck Verified' Program

By Aaron Klotz published 18 October 21

Valve is introducing a new compatibility system that tells Steam Deck users which games are compatible with the console.

AMD RX 6700 XT Lands on Steam Survey as CPU Share Edges Up

By Aaron Klotz published 4 October 21

AMD CPU share bounced back to hit an all-time high

Valve Enables Experimental Nvidia DLSS Support For DirectX 12 in Proton

By Aleksandar Kostovic published 1 October 21

Valve has updated its Proton software to support even more games and allowed experimental support for the Nvidia DLSS feature in DirectX 12 games.

Steam Deck, Linux and Mac Get Easy Anti-Cheat Support

By Aaron Klotz published 23 September 21

Epic Games has released a new update to its Easy Anti-Cheat software to support Linux and Mac operating systems.

Nvidia's RTX 3090 Has Apparently Sold More Units Than AMD's Entire RX 6000 Series Lineup

By Aaron Klotz published 4 August 21

Steam Survey has revealed that Nvidia outsells AMD by a massive margin, enough so that its RTX 3090 outsold all of AMD's RDNA 2 cards combined.

Steam Survey: Linux Gaming Market Share Climbs to 1% For First Time in Years

By Aleksandar Kostovic published 2 August 21

Valve's Steam Hardware Survey shows that the Linux gaming market share has reached 1.0%, with an even higher outlook for the future.

Valve: Steam Deck UI Will Replace Big Picture Mode

By Ian Evenden published 21 July 21

The UI from Valve's upcoming Steam Deck games machine will replace the desktop app's Big Picture Mode, a forum post has confirmed

Emulator Platform RetroArch Is Coming to Steam

By Brittany Vincent published 15 July 19

Emulator platform RetroArch is headed to Steam for the first time ever in an exciting bid for retro game enthusiasts.

Steam Labs Lets You Test Valve Experiments Like Machine Learning

By Brittany Vincent published 11 July 19

With the unveiling of the new Steam Labs online hub today, we can have a glimpse at what developer Valve has been experimenting with.

Valve Apologizes For Mass Indie Game Wishlist Removal During Steam Summer Sale

By Brittany Vincent published 28 June 19

Valve has apologized for a misunderstanding with its Grand Prix event during the Steam Summer Sale that's resulted in tons of indie developers seeing their games delisted from users' wishlists

The 2019 Steam Summer Sale Levels Out With Sizzling Deals After Rocky Start

By Brittany Vincent published 26 June 19

Valve Finally Releases Steam Chat for Smartphones

By Andrew E. Freedman published 22 May 19

Valve released a new Steam Chat app for iOS and Android yesterday.

Steam Link Reaches Apple Devices at Long Last

By Nathaniel Mott published 16 May 19

Valve has finally released its Steam Link app for the Apple TV and iOS devices after App Store policies delayed its launch for over a year.

Community Questions: On the Road to VR?

By Joshua Simenhoff published 10 May 19

What do you think of the state of VR? Have you bought in yet, or still in wait and see mode? Let us know in the forums.

There Are Over 1 Billion Steam Accounts, But That Doesn't Mean Much

By Nathaniel Mott published 1 May 19

Steam ID Finder reported that more than 1 billion accounts have been created for the Steam gaming platform.

Steam Game Streaming Goes Mobile With Valve's 'Game Streaming Everywhere'

By Nathaniel Mott published 17 March 19

Valve has turned to Steam Link Anywhere and the largely open source Steam Networking Sockets APIs to help make sure Steam can withstand increased competition.