Valve is making microSD cards the next game cartridges
Valve is making microSD cards the next game cartridges The microSD card slot on Valve’s new Steam Frame VR headset. The Steam Deck changed the way I buy and play games. Just like how the Nintendo Switch blew me away with how it let me play the latest and greatest Nintendo games on the go […]
Valve wants Half-Life: Alyx to work well standalone on Steam Frame
Valve wants Half-Life: Alyx to work well standalone on Steam Frame When I tried Half-Life: Alyx streaming from a PC to Valve’s new Steam Frame VR headset, I was blown away; thanks to the Frame’s dedicated wireless adapter and a cool trick Valve calls “foveated streaming,” I didn’t detect any latency as I explored an […]
Netflix is bringing Red Dead Redemption to mobile
Netflix is bringing Red Dead Redemption to mobile Another one of Rockstar’s greatest hits is coming Netflix. On December 4th you’ll be able to play Red Dead Redemption and it’s zombified standalone DLC Undead Nightmare for free as long as you have a Netflix subscription. The news broke when prolific video game news hound Wario64 […]
Valve just built the Xbox that Microsoft is dreaming of
Valve just built the Xbox that Microsoft is dreaming of Valve has created a PC-based game console that lives under your TV. The Steam Machine takes everything that’s great about the Steam Deck and adds the raw power to compete with the latest PlayStation and Xbox consoles. It also puts a huge amount of pressure […]
The Steam Frame has two speakers on each side of your face for vibration cancellation
The Steam Frame has two speakers on each side of your face for vibration cancellation In its new Steam Frame VR headset, Valve put dual audio drivers on each side in the included head strap. That puts the audio near your ears while you’re wearing it, and in my brief time trying the device at […]
How the Steam Frame compares to other VR headsets
How the Steam Frame compares to other VR headsets Valve just announced the Steam Frame, a new standalone VR headset that can both stream games from a PC and play games locally thanks to an onboard Arm chip. The headset is quite a bit different from Valve’s previous model, the Index, which had to be […]
Valve is welcoming Android games into Steam
Valve is welcoming Android games into Steam You can think of the just-announced Steam Frame as a wireless VR headset for your PC, or a Steam Deck for your face. But another way to think about it is that Valve is finally entering the mobile realm. The Frame doesn’t just run Windows games on its […]
Valve has stopped manufacturing its Index VR headset
Valve has stopped manufacturing its Index VR headset Valve has just announced the Steam Frame, its new VR headset that can play games streamed directly from your PC using a dedicated streaming stick and run Windows games locally thanks to an Arm chip in the headset itself. At the same time, Valve is also moving […]
Valve has no news about Steam Deck 2
Valve has no news about Steam Deck 2 Valve has just announced its biggest hardware push that it’s arguably ever made — a living room game console called the Steam Machine, a headset called the Steam Frame, and the long-awaited sequel to its Steam Controller it hinted about three years back. But Valve won’t say […]
We tried Valve’s new VR headset, PC, and controller — ask us anything!
We tried Valve's new VR headset, PC, and controller — ask us anything! The Verge’s Sean Hollister on the left and Jay Peters on the right. Hi! I’m Jay Peters, a senior reporter here at The Verge. I’m perhaps the site’s second-biggest Steam Deck fan, surpassed only by Sean Hollister, our unofficial handheld gaming PC […]