The super-hyped Valve product ‘Steam Deck’ has been sent to those who were fast enough on the day of pre-ordering. In a clip on Twitter, everyone’s favorite gamer (also Valve’s CEO) Gabe Newell goes around handing out Steam Decks to a few lucky ones.
Valve’s Steam Deck finally has an official release date. The portable gaming hardware will launch on Feb. 25, Valve announced on Wednesday, with the first shipment going out on Feb. 28. Valve lets us know that the first Steam Deck shipments will start on February 28th after sending out notifications to people with pre-bookings three […]
Steam Deck was originally intended to be launched last year, but was delayed because Valve did not think they would have time to refine all aspects of the experience and be able to produce enough during the current pandemic. There is no concrete date for the premiere yet, but the unit will be released next […]
Games are delayed and postponed every day, but can you expect the same thing from hardware? This could easily be done, as there is a global shortage of semiconductors, for example, but most indications are that Valve will keep its promise to launch Steam Deck before the end of the year. In a post on […]
A data miner who was playing around with the Geforce Now store seems to have found a six-month-old list of games, including some that have since been confirmed. The full list is available on Github, and contains a lot of high-profile titles. It should be mentioned that being on the list is not a guarantee […]
A whole bunch of hands-on videos of the upcoming Steam Deck have found their way onto Youtube. These are more or less famous youtubers and influencers who have been allowed to play with it (or a “alpha version”) for an hour or so. What seems to be common to all is that everyone seems to […]
In the video below, Valve shows us (IGN) how the unique trackpad and gyroscopic control options built into the Steam Deck handheld gaming PC can help the device more closely replicate precision mouse-and-keyboard controls. This little machine looks amazing.
Ars Technica sources claim that the Valve project (which has gone by the code names Neptune and SteamPal) is in fact a laptop that works a bit like the Nintendo Switch, complete with hand controls on the side of the screen (though not removable) and a touch screen. Since the product is obviously still in […]
In January, Valve was taken to court by Ironburg Inventions, which is behind the Scuf controls, when Valve according to them infringed patents. The patent in question was filed in 2011 and is about buttons on the underside of the control that can give users access to more buttons on the control without having to […]
