Ludicrous $999 Steam game lasts just 10 minutes — ‘Congratulations On Your Purchase’ is pure conspicuous consumption with its golden ticket Steam Achievement

‘Congratulations On Your Purchase’ recently appeared on PC digital marketplaces priced at $999. Its main claim to fame is that it is proudly ‘the most expensive game on Steam.’ Buyers get a golden ticket Steam Achievement….

Epic Games unveils Launcher V2 in re-attempt to topple Steam, says redesigned storefront is up to 6.5x faster — promises player profiles, user reviews, universal controller support, and much more

Epic Games has just shown off a new year-long roadmap for its launcher, promising to bring community-requested features and a faster overall platform in the next 12 months.

Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027
Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027

Valve has some good news and bad news about Steam Controllers. The good news: If you make a reservation for a Steam Controller, the company will now show you one of three estimates of when you’ll be able to actually order your gamepad: by September 2026, by December 2026, or sometime in 2027. The bad […]

RAM crisis or not, the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ should not cost anywhere near $1,800 — but I fear this is just the start of overpriced handhelds

Pricing for handheld gaming PCs has hit a new level of absurdity, with the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ available at retailers for $1,799.

Roblox exec says ticking a box for age verification is ‘not enough anymore’
Roblox exec says ticking a box for age verification is ‘not enough anymore’

Roblox’s vice president of safety product policy, Eliza Jacobs, told NBC News that Roblox is “optimistic” that its new facial age estimation tech will “continue to get better,” saying, “Ticking a box to say you’re 13 or older, it’s not enough anymore.” NBC invited a group of kids to try out Roblox’s new video selfie […]

Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day
Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day

On June 10th, the German container ship Posen docked in Los Angeles after a two-week voyage from Shanghai. As Valve watcher Brad Lynch notes, it was almost certainly carrying the first mass production shipments of the Steam Frame, Valve’s new gaming headset. Import records show that Valve’s distribution partner Ceva offloaded nearly 32 metric tons […]

Valve’s latest SteamOS beta provides better Intel hardware compatibility — and that’s great news for upcoming handhelds

Gaming on SteamOS with Intel hardware hasn’t been ideal performance-wise on handhelds, but it looks like Valve will change that going forward.

So you want to buy a gaming handheld PC
So you want to buy a gaming handheld PC

Gaming handhelds are amazing. They make it so much easier to fit all kinds of games into my day. Sadly, they’re less affordable than they’ve ever been — due to an unprecedented, AI-fueled shortage of memory chips, an unforced oil crisis, rampant inflation, fallout from tariffs, and more. But that’s not going to stop you. […]

‘Great job, scammers’: Valve is officially done with Steam physical gift cards thanks to fraudsters — and it could be the start of a frustrating trend

Valve has taken a new stance on scammers taking advantage of consumers, and will no longer resupply physical Steam gift cards once stock runs dry.