"VALVE" content on TweakTown - Page 1

We found 1188 items for the tag: VALVE

tag
NEWS

Poker-based roguelike deckbuilder Balatro is another big hit from out of nowhere for 2024

Like Poker? No? Well, that doesn't matter apparently, because even though the traditional card game has inspired Balatro, it's a lot more than this...

tag
NEWS

TT Show Episode 26 - Dune gets an epic new game and Samsung sends Galaxy phones into Space

This week on The TT Show, Jak and Kosta visit Arrakis in Dune Awakening, head into orbit with Galaxy phones, and visit the RipperDoc for some eye implants.

tag
NEWS

GPD WIN Mini gaming handheld: Ryzen 8840 or 8640U APUs with 7-inch 120Hz display

GPD WIN Mini 2024 gaming handheld features AMD's new Hawk Point APU, Radeon 760M, 7-inch 1080p 120Hz display in interesting clamshell design.

tag
NEWS

Close to 20% of all PC gamers are now running 1440p displays, according to Valve

Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for February 2024 results show that PC gamers are moving away from 1080p displays in a big way.

tag
NEWS

NVIDIA is rumored to be developing its own 'premium' gaming handheld to compete with AMD

This latest rumor is certainly exciting, NVIDIA is looking into creating a premium PC gaming handheld powered by its GPU hardware.

tag
NEWS

Epic Games Store surpasses 75 million monthly active users, gave away 586 million games in 2023

2023 was a year of growth for the number of PC gamers using the Epic Games Store, however revenue was down for games that aren't Fortnite.

tag
NEWS

Microsoft's next-gen Xbox is being led by the Surface team, could be powered by Intel APU

Microsoft has its Surface team in control of the next-gen Xbox, as the Xbox team has reportedly been replaced by the Surface team going forward.

tag
NEWS

Helldivers 2 blows away God of War with new record player count for PlayStation launch on Steam

God of what-now? When it comes to PlayStation PC releases, Helldivers 2 has more than doubled God of War's record concurrent player count on Steam.

tag
NEWS

Sony's live service game plan is off to a great start

Sony's new PlayStation 5 live service game plan is going smoothly as Helldivers 2 pops off, amassing 360,000 concurrent players within days of launch.

tag
NEWS

Will 2024 be a year of breakout hits for PC gaming? Helldivers 2 is suddenly Steam's top-seller

Helldivers 2 comes from nowhere to be the top-selling game, overtaking even last month's storming surprise success, Palworld. What's next, then?

tag
NEWS

Intel Arc driver makes Palworld, Starfield run faster, and there's a 70% FPS boost elsewhere

Snowrunner players will be very pleased with having their frame rates doubled, or not far off that anyway - but there's a wrinkle here with Helldivers 2.

tag
NEWS

Microsoft's goal behind killing support for its most popular operating system is working

Microsoft announced it was killing support for its most popular operating system, and now we are starting to see the results of the announcement.

tag
NEWS

Path tracing on the Steam Deck is possible, as video of Portal RTX running at 30 FPS shows

Portal with RTX with path tracing running on a Steam Deck is impressive, especially when you consider that we're talking about mobile GPU hardware.

tag
NEWS

Palworld's profits could be over $130 million

Due to the game's incredibly low production budget, Palworld is enjoying a very high profit margin as it continues its massive sales success on Xbox, PC.

tag
NEWS

Solidigm 61TB monster SSD, the biggest in the world, is now on sale for those with deep pockets

Solidigm D5-P5336 now up for pre-order and hopefully shipping soon, the massive SSD recently seen hooked up to a Steam Deck, no less.

tag
NEWS

TT Show Episode 18 - RTX 4070 SUPER review, game-changing monitors and headsets, and AI robots!

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER reviews, self-charging headsets, game-cheating displays, SpaceX, robots folding clothes, YouTube controversy, and more!

tag
NEWS

Ubisoft director: gamers need to become more comfortable 'not owning' their games

The director of subscriptions at Ubisoft has said gamers need to get more comfortable with not owning games for the subscription services to expand.

tag
NEWS

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is yet another PC game that demands an SSD to run

Suicide Squad insists on an SSD as part of the minimum PC system requirements, but the good news is that the rest of the spec isn't demanding.

tag
NEWS

Valve cracks down on modders as Portal 64 and Team Fortress Source 2 projects get shut down

Two popular mod and port projects have been shut down by Valve, the impressive Portal 64 port and the Team Fortress: Source 2 project.

tag
NEWS

AYANEO NEXT LITE is a new budget PC gaming handheld running Valve's SteamOS

SteamOS powers the Steam Deck, but outside of Valve's handheld very few have adopted the operating system. Enter the new AYANEO NEXT LITE.

tag
NEWS

Valve will now allow games with AI-generated content to be released on Steam

Valve updates its policy on generative AI used to develop games, plans to 'release the vast majority of games that use it' on Steam.

tag
NEWS

MSI Claw is the world's first Intel Core Ultra gaming handheld, full specs revealed

MSI Claw gaming handheld specs: up to Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, 16GB of LPDDR5 memory, 120 Hz 1080p display with VRR, Wi-Fi 7, NVMe storage, and more.

tag
NEWS

Just a week into 2024 and Steam has set a new concurrent user record

Just 7 days into 2024 and Valve has already set a new Steam concurrent users record, breaking over 33.6 million PC gamers online at the same time.

tag
NEWS

MSI Claw gaming handheld: 16-core Intel CPU, 8-core 2.2GHz Xe GPU, up to 32GB RAM

MSI's new gaming handheld will roar onto the market with beastly specs, with The Claw handheld featuring a 16-core, 22-thread CPU running at 4.8GHz.

tag
NEWS

Steam's Game of the Year is exactly what you'd expect, while Starfield wins Innovation award

Baldur's Gate 3 won Game of the Year at the 2023 Steam Awards. But, Starfield and Red Dead Redemption II winning for innovation and content is confusing.

tag
NEWS

GeForce RTX 4070 is the most popular Ada GPU, and there are more Steam Decks than any RDNA card

GeForce GPUs once again dominate, and the latest Steam data shows that the Steam Deck is more popular than RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 Radeon GPUs.

tag
NEWS

Steam support for Windows 7 and 8 is ending... affecting less than 1% of total players

With Microsoft and Google no longer supporting Windows 7 and Windows 8, Valve announces that future Steam Client updates will no longer support them too.

tag
NEWS

Steam receives hundreds of thousands of refund requests a day

Valve's Steam infographs and charts reveal the company receives hundreds of thousands of refund requests a day and that the U.S. leads data usage metrics.

tag
NEWS

Steam's Best of 2023 covers the best sellers, most played, and more

For this year's PC games Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, and Hogwarts Legacy lead the pack in revenue, playtime, and even games fired up on Steam Deck.

tag
NEWS

Baldur's Gate 3 gets its first ever discount in the Steam Winter Sale

The excellent RPG benefits from its first price drop, as the PC version is now reduced by 10% on Steam as part of the Winter Sale.

tag
NEWS

TT Show Episode 16 - Intel Core Ultra launch, PS5 Pro, Next-Gen Xbox, Twitch nudity, and more!

It's the TT Show's holiday episode and the final one before for 2023, but don't worry Jak and Kosta will be back next year - just in time for CES 2024.

tag
NEWS

Embarrassed about a game you're buying on Steam? You can now hide purchases from prying eyes

A new option to make a game private can be applied at purchase, or to existing games, and is currently in testing with the beta Steam client.

tag
NEWS

Valve's Dota 2 holiday update hands out 'Lump of Coal' gifts banning thousands of accounts

'Tis the Season, and Valve is handing out Highly Toxic Lumps of Coal as in-game Christmas presents to cheaters and toxic players, banning their accounts.

tag
NEWS

Valve warns against possibly dangerous TikTok craze - don't inhale from your Steam Deck vents

Don't go smelling your Steam Deck vents, even if you are a connoisseur of the odors who can tell the difference between the OLED and LCD models.

tag
NEWS

The latest Steam hardware survey shows that Radeon and RDNA 2 GPU usage has increased

The Steam Hardware and Software Survey results for November 2023 represents good news for Team Red and Radeon, with a number of RDNA 2 GPUs on the rise.

tag
NEWS

Valve's Gabe Newell ordered to make court appearance in Steam antitrust case

Valve boss Gabe Newell has been ordered by a federal appeals judge to appear in court and deliver deposition for the Wolfire vs Valve antitrust case.

tag
NEWS

Microsoft seeks partners to build Xbox mobile store

Microsoft is trying to build a strategic alliance of game-makers to challenge Google's and Apple's mobile stores, and it could happen sooner than later.

tag
NEWS

NVIDIA's RTX 3060 could be staying around as a budget option to tackle AMD's rival low-end GPUs

Rumor has it that NVIDIA's popular RTX 3060 graphics card is going to be kept on in the near future to combat the likes of AMD's Radeon RX 6750 GRE.

tag
NEWS

This custom PlayStation 5 Tiny is substantially smaller than Sony's PS5 Slim update

For those that were expecting the PlayStation 5 Slim refresh from Sony to be a little slimmer, check out this custom PlayStation 5 Tiny.

tag
NEWS

Xbox app on PC now has a Compact Mode for gaming handhelds like the ROG Ally

The rise in popularity of PC gaming handhelds has led to Microsoft updating the Xbox App for Windows with a new Compact Mode to improve UI navigation.

tag
NEWS

Hated on Starfield in a Steam review? You might get Bethesda telling you why you're wrong

The developer has taken the unusual step of replying directly to some reviews, and some gamers are even suspicious an AI is at work here.

tag
NEWS

TT Show Episode 12 - GeForce RTX 4090 Banned, Steam Deck 2, OpenAI, Starship Launch, and more!

The TT Show Episode 12 is here, and Jak and Kosta dig into the GeForce RTX 4090 ban, Steam Deck 2, Microsoft's first AI GPU, SpaceX Starship, and more!

tag
NEWS

Black Friday Deals 2023 - The Best PC Game Deals for Gamers

Save big on Alan Wake II, Cyberpunk 2077, Battlefield 2042, Resident Evil 4, God of War, and more! Plus, pick up PC gaming gem like Deus Ex for under $1!

tag
NEWS

DOS_deck lets you play classic DOS games like Doom on a browser with your PC or Steam Deck

DOS-deck lets you browse and play DOS games with full controller support in a browser window on PC or Steam Deck, and so far it's an impressive tool.

tag
NEWS

Valve's iconic game Portal running on Nintendo 64 hardware is an incredible achievement

Portal RTX with path-traced lighting is incredible, sure, but Portal 64 running on actual Nintendo 64 hardware might be the more impressive achievement.

tag
NEWS

Valve boss Gabe Newell wants fun instead of realism

Valve boss Gabe Newell discusses how the company defined fun within Half-Life, revealing core design tenants based on reactivity and player choice.

tag
NEWS

Half-Life celebrates 25th Anniversary with new update, game is FREE right now

Valve celebrates the 25th birthday of Half-Life with a new update... a quarter of a century later, while the game is FREE right now.

tag
NEWS

The Game Awards 2023 sees Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 tie for the most nominations

The Game Awards 2023 nominations have been announced and the annual Game of the Year award will see some big titles go head-to-head.

tag
NEWS

Valve is working on the Steam Deck 2, but is waiting for 'a generational leap in performance'

According to the Steam Deck team at Valve 'the next thing that we're working on moving forward is Steam Deck 2,' and it's at least a few years out.

tag
NEWS

Valve says it has sold 'multiple millions' of its PC handheld Steam Deck

The PC gaming handheld market is something of a recent phenomenon, with Valve confirming that it has sold millions of Steam Decks.