Bungie will ban ‘Destiny 2’ players who run the game from a Steam Deck
Don’t try to play Destiny 2 on your brand new Steam Deck — you won’t like the outcome. As Reddit users and GamesRadar have noticed, Bungie has warned it will not only kick out players who try to run the game from a Steam Deck or other SteamOS…
Valve on the making of Steam Deck
Valve designer Greg Coomer hopes the ambitious new Steam Deck can fill a void in the “insufficient” portable PC gaming landscape. Driving the news: The Deck now makes Valve, already a highly influential company in gaming, a hardware platform owner with…
How the Steam Deck dares to untether PC gaming from the PC
PC gaming has long been thought of as something tied to… well, the PC. Duh. PC gaming is nothing without the PC, right? Well, in a lot of ways, that’s exactly the premise the Steam Deck wants to challenge. The system is finally being shipped to eager…
The biggest PC news in February 2022: Apple M2, Steam Deck
The first few months of the year are generally slow for PC news, but not in February 2022. We saw an Nvidia hack that we’re still discovering the scope of, a blatant cash grab from Best Buy to capitalize on the GPU shortage, and the mixed reception of…
Can you play Terraria on Steam Deck?
With the Steam Deck launch in full swing, Valve is still working on verifying the compatibility of the Steam catalog. Luckily for early adopters, there are already around 400 verified games that Valve calls great experiences on the Steam Deck. Many of…
Steam Deck Is Actually a Great Emulator for Old Consoles
Steam Deck, the new portable console from Valve, can apparently also be used to emulate older console systems with certain apps and programs. Valve’s Steam Deck can run console games from past generations thanks to an easy-to-access emulator. This…
Valve talks Steam Deck 2 plans with hints towards VR support
If you were one of the first people to get your Steam Deck pre-orders in, then you may well have one of the first units in your hands right now. The device launched yesterday and early reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. Given the long wait times…
Steam Deck review — My favorite gaming PC ever made
GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Stop comparing the Steam Deck’s size to Nintendo Switch or any other dedicated gaming handheld. Valve Software has delivered a…
Steam Deck Surprised Me, in Ways Both Good and Bad
Dan Ackerman/CNET The Steam Deck is the latest high-profile attempt to do the near-impossible – make a great handheld gaming PC. The device looks a lot like a Nintendo Switch, the current king of portable gaming, but it’s a very different beast:…
Where’s your Steam Deck preorder email? Valve explains
Valve’s $400-and-up portable gaming PC the Steam Deck went on sale this morning… but you didn’t get an email from Valve, I’m guessing? I didn’t either — and as Valve’s just now explaining, that’s because they’re going out in small batches rather…