Yup, the Steam Controller Wilhelm Screams If You Drop It
The engineers at Valve love a good easter egg, but I was still surprised to read that the Steam Controller will do a full-on Wilhelm scream if you drop it while…
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"We've Heard About Stick Drift and We've Experienced It Ourselves": The Big Steam Controller Interview
Ahead of the release of the Steam Controller first revealed in late 2025 , we spoke to Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais and hardware engineer Jeff Mucha. Our conversation covers the long hardware…
GOG announces Galaxy app is coming to Linux after hiring a "specialist"
…In the meantime, you can use third-party GOG launchers like Lutris or Heroic Games Launcher, or use Valve's Proton compatibility later to install the Windows version inside of Steam, though…
FSR 4.1 on RDNA 3: Useful for Steam Machine, Transformative for More Powerful AMD GPUs
…And pretty much as soon as AMD's official release arrived, native FSR 4 titles "just worked" on the Valve mini-PC/console. So, to what extent does the technology have utility…
Build Your Own Steam Machine with Four Configurations, from Budget to Premium
…Creators Valve have been keen to stress to us that they want people to see the pre-built Steam Machine as just one option though, and they're working with other partners…
Steam Hardware Survey: octa-core CPUs become most popular, RAM counts shrink, 1080p on the way out
Each new edition of Valve's Steam Hardware Survey brings new insights into the changing PC market, especially as some parts of the industry continue apace, while others regress due to the…
AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X3D Is the Heart of My New SteamOS Gaming PC
…times the size.) With that in mind then, I'm looking forward to seeing how Valve's OS compares to CachyOS. It's been a while since I used a Steam Deck…
June Steam Hardware Survey Results: RAM/SSD Crisis Continues, 1440p Gains on 1080p and Windows 11 Rolls On
Valve has released the Steam Hardware and Software Survey results for June 2026, showing how Steam users have evolved over the last month using randomised sampling. While last month saw encouraging results…
Latest Steam Hardware Survey Shows AMD Radeon at New 19% High, 9060 XT and 9070 XT Chart for First Time
Valve's Steam Hardware Survey always makes for interesting reading, and the May 2026 edition has just been published. There's plenty to dig out of the data, but what caught my…
Leaks Point to Return of 4GB GPUs as AI Flash Memory Crisis Worsens
Valve has said that the AI-fuelled PC component crisis is " still getting worse ", so perhaps it's not surprising that we're continuing to see knock-on effects throughout the industry…