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Valve tweak Steam AI disclosure form for developers to clarify it's for content consumed by players

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

Back in early 2024, Valve put up new rules for game developers on Steam to pull in some information about generative AI, and they now seem to have tweaked it.

Proton Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

Valve launched a new update for Proton Experimental for January 16th to improve various games and launchers working on SteamOS / Linux.

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Valve reveal all the Steam events scheduled for 2026

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2026

We already had a list of the first lot of Steam events for the year but now we know everything that's coming, as Valve put up the second half.

Valve's documentation highlights the different ways standalone games run on Steam Frame

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2026

With the upcoming new Steam Frame hardware from Valve, they want to get as many games as possible running - and there's multiple ways for developers to do it.

Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2026

It seems it will be easier to be Steam Machine Verified when compared with Steam Deck Verified, according to a Valve designer speaking with Game Developer.

Valve tweak Steam Community Awards to deal with point farming and "attention-grabbing content"

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jan 2026

Along with an entirely new set of awards you can give out across Steam the changes should stop all the clown farming on reviews, guides, forum posts and more.

Steam begins 2026 by smashing the users online record again

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2026

A pretty good way for Valve to start the year, with Steam breaking another all-time users online record.

Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2026

With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.

Steam Client Beta adds a revamped interface for opting into game Betas and other changes

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2026

On top of SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta and improvements to the Steam Workshop so mods can support multiple game versions, we have a Beta UI overhaul for Steam games.

SteamOS 3.7.20 adds the ntsync driver to help improve some game performance

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2026

Valve have released SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta coming with just two changes, and one of them is very interesting to see arrive on SteamOS.

Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2026

Here's a small bit of news but an interesting one for the upcoming Steam Frame from Valve, as Linaro recently revealed they're supporting Valve with it.

Valve update the Steam Workshop to allow mods to support multiple game versions

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2026

A nice move by Valve to improve the modding scene - as mods on the Steam Workshop can now support multiple game versions.

SteamOS 3.7.19 arrives with a bunch of essential bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2026

Valve have released the latest stable update for SteamOS version 3.7.19, bringing a bunch of bug fixes to improve the Linux gaming platform.

Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2026

Initially Valve's Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025 showed Linux at 3.19%, but they appear to have amended it with a nice boost for Linux.