Valve Steam Machine Guide

The first Steam Machines, built in partnership with brands like Alienware, CyberPowerPC, and iBuyPower, came onto our radar ...
Machine Design

Valve Specifications Don't Predict Machine Performance: Four Important Design Tradeoffs

Pneumatic valve selection is often treated as a component-sizing exercise, with datasheet-based specifications. Once pressure ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

Disassembling the Steam Machine suggests Valve are protecting its precious RAM by burying it under a dozen other parts

I, uh, completely took apart a Steam Machine by accident. What began as merely wanting a closer look at its RAM setup ended up as a more-or-less full teardown, the heavily layered, almost Russian Doll ...
Geeky Gadgets

Why Valve is Releasing 4 Different Steam Machine Variants

Valve is set to introduce four distinct configurations of its Steam Machine, a compact gaming PC designed to merge the flexibility of a PC with the simplicity of a gaming console. As highlighted by ...
PC Magazine

Steam Machine Incoming? Valve Imports Thousands of 'Game Consoles' Into the US

Even if Valve isn't keen to let slip when we can expect the Steam Machine to launch, it certainly seems to be stockpiling the hardware for it. The Verge reports that over the past few days, Valve has ...
CNET

Valve Steam Controller Review: It May Be My Favorite Controller, Period

Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. I started with CNET reviewing ...
Newsweek

Valve Officially Announces Steam Controller With Quick Start Guide

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. After a leak of the Steam Controller price point forced Valve into a ...
Game Rant

Valve Faces Multiple Lawsuits, Lawyers Explain What’s At Stake

With over 300 bylines for major publications including CNET, ZDNET, and CNBC Select, Evan is a journalist with extensive experience writing news, reviews, and features across gaming, tech, AI, ...
Forbes

Valve Faces Multiple Lawsuits After Being Sued Over Loot Boxes Again

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Skins are causing issues again. Just days after being sued by the state of New York, Valve ...
CNET

I Tried Valve's Steam Frame, Machine and Controller: SteamOS Is Coming for Your Face and TV

Valve is working on a new standalone VR headset, Xbox-sized game console and wireless controller. I tried them all at the company's HQ. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore ...
Road to VR

Steam Frame vs. Valve Index Specs: Wireless VR Gameplay That’s Generations Ahead

Valve announced Steam Frame today, but what’s the difference between the company’s first VR headset, Valve Index? Read on to find out. Index is a tethered PC VR headset that uses the company’s SteamVR ...