Steam UI adds experimental Oculus Rift mode
Playing games in 3D with your Oculus Rift is all good and well, but no one will ever believe you're a super wizard class hacker if you remove your goggles between games to gawp at a plain old monitor. Thankfully Valve is thinking of you, and has brought an "experimental" VR ...
READ MORE >Steam Family Options launches out of beta
As Valve winds up for the first wave of Steam Machines to hit living rooms this month, it's making sure the software is in shape too. One important feature for a more console-y system is a way to parents to keep innocent young eyes away from horrid adult content, so they can...
READ MORE >Steam Controllers will get another round of beta testing
The Steam Controller is odd. Even after a bit of hands-on time, we were a bit confused. Valve is planning on shipping out another batch of Steam Controllers to developers and users to get feedback.
READ MORE >"If only Batmans batarang could do all of this. Controller tight."
see all 2 commentsRumor: Killing Floor 2, Batman Blackgate HD outed by Steam
An apparent Steam database leak seems to have outed several games: Killing Floor 2, Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate HD, BattleBlock Theater, Happy Wars, and Half-Minute Hero Two.
READ MORE >"Damn, shouldn't have bought Battleblock Theater from a Xbox sale last year. I should've known ..."
see all 4 commentsLive from Valve's CES 2013 press conference
We're reporting live from the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, where Valve is throwing a pre-CES press conference to talk all things Steambox.
READ MORE >"I'll be content so long as that controller gains some mainstream support."
see all 110 commentsSteam Machines available to purchase by the end of January
Steam Machines will be launching at the end of this month. And at least one of them will include both Windows and SteamOS.
READ MORE >"I don't want one. I'm very happy to see them. I feel like its a very smart move, but will pay ..."
see all 20 commentsSteam Machine partners include Alienware, Falcon Northwest, Origin
While Valve has made its own prototype, the official Steam Machine roll-out will be dependent on the efforts of Valve's third-party partners.
READ MORE >Steam servers suffer DDoS attack
Steam has suffered repeated DDoS attacks that have knocked its storefront down throughout Thursday evening, with a pair of troublemakers claiming responsibility on Twitter.
READ MORE >"Good thing I prefer buying boxed copies. No worries about it going offline"
see all 39 commentsSteam, PlayStation, Nintendo online services struggle with high volume
Christmas means new toys for everyone and, as a result, high traffic volume is currently plaguing Steam, PlayStation Network, and the Nintendo eShop.
READ MORE >"Please, come back my beloved networks. I need to buy Super Mario 3d Land."
see all 27 commentsShack PSA: Steam winter sale begins
The Steam winter sale has kicked off, with discounts running through January 3. The first set of them include deals on Batman: Arkham Origins, Metal Gear Rising, The Stanley Parable, and more.
READ MORE >Total War: Rome II invading Linux and living rooms
Total War is one of the PC series which seemed destined to stay on PC with mice and keyboards, too big and complex to make work well on controllers. Not any longer. Developer The Creative Assembly has been won over by Valve's Steam Controller, enough to bring Total War: Rome...
READ MORE >You Don't Know Jack classics re-released on PC
Quiz series You Don't Know Jack has been pleasing people with its silly trivia for eighteen years (we're going to die soon), but countless questions have been lost to the sands of time, hidden on CD carousels in dusty stores. How wonderful, then, that creator Jackbox Games i...
READ MORE >"This is fantastic news! Great series. One of the all-time best trivia games, ever!"
see all 7 commentsWhy Valve abandoned biometric feedback with its Steam Controller
Valve had been experimenting with biometric controllers. However, its Steam Controller is missing any biometric functionality. What happened?
READ MORE >"They didn't. Valve fired Jeri Ellsworth and her augmented reality team. Mike Ambinder was the ..."
see all 5 commentsSteam scares up its Halloween Sale
Steam has kicked off its Halloween Sale, so now's the time to grab some bone-chilling games, like Outlast, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Don't Starve, at frighteningly discounted rates.
READ MORE >"Dude pretty much invented them. No way we could make that kind of money right?"
see all 5 commentsSlender: The Arrival arrives on Steam October 28
The indie game Slender: The Arrival is hitting Steam on October 28 for $9.99, with some new content.
READ MORE >"I know when I marathoned the first 26 episodes of Marble Hornets, which was my first exposure to ..."
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