We talked to Valve engineers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Yazan Aldehayyat ahead of the Steam Machine’s launch to learn more about its pricing, engineering, and how the company is handling availability.
Valve’s Steam Machine is nice box to play PC games on your TV, and is well-designed. But you’re not getting the latest hardware, despite a starting price above $1,000.
In a blog post, Valve explained its new randomized reservation systems, new tactics to stop scalpers, and why it has limited inventory.
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A grease smear-induced optical disc reading quirk can save speedrunners lots of time in SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom on Xbox.
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The next-gen Xbox Helix is looking in trouble due to surging memory and storage costs that are forcing even a giant like Microsoft to bend down.
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Either a dedicated jokester or a deranged fan has been posting advanced surveillance on Reddit in an attempt to predict the next GTA 6 trailer.
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Argentine developer Dante Leoncini has gotten the original Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95, the Symbian slider phone that launched in 2007.
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The European Union’s new directives for easily user-replaceable batteries will force Nintendo to update its Switch 2 console with a revised model. The law goes into effect from February 18, 2027, which means an updated Swi…