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  • The Steam Frame is a surprising new twist on VR

    The Steam Frame is a surprising new twist on VR

    Here’s me wearing the Steam Frame, Valve’s new VR headset. Valve is about to launch a new virtual reality headset, and with it, a comprehensive new approach to what a VR device should be. Most VR headsets I’ve tried have ended up collecting dust after the novelty wore off, and I thought I had sworn…

  • Steam Machines have returned: all the news about Valve’s new hardware universe

    Steam Machines have returned: all the news about Valve’s new hardware universe

    The Steam Frame, Steam Machine, Steam Deck, and Steam Controller. | Image: Valve In 2012, The Verge broke the news that Valve was making a game console. Gabe Newell himself dished on the company’s grand plans. By 2015, the “Steam Machines” had utterly flopped. But Valve never stopped quietly working on the idea. The Steam…

  • Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console

    Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console

    The Steam Machine. Valve is about to challenge the Xbox and PlayStation on their home turf. Ten years to the month after Valve’s original Steam Machines went on sale, the company is announcing… the Steam Machine. I flew to Valve’s headquarters to try the company’s new PC-based game console, alongside a brand-new Steam Controller and…