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

Liam Dawe — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:40:39 +0000

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.

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Proton Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more

Liam Dawe — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:22:14 +0000

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

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:55:44 +0000

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.

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

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:06:49 +0000

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.

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

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:44:43 +0000

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.

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

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:24:54 +0000

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.

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Steam begins 2026 by smashing the users online record again

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:31:10 +0000

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

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

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:35:03 +0000

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.

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

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:26:07 +0000

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.

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

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:08:56 +0000

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.

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

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:14:50 +0000

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.

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

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:47:32 +0000

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

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SteamOS 3.7.19 arrives with a bunch of essential bug fixes

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:29:52 +0000

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.

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

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:47:43 +0000

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.

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Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19%

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:45:18 +0000

Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025, bringing with it a fresh look at how Linux / SteamOS are doing on Steam.

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Proton Experimental brings improvements for Farlight 84, CHRONO TRIGGER and more

Liam Dawe — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:09:02 +0000

A little holiday update for Proton Experimental from Valve to improve Windows games on Linux, Steam Deck / SteamOS systems.

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Latest Steam stable update is live as Windows gets 64-bit

Liam Dawe — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 13:48:46 +0000

Valve released the latest stable update for Steam across Desktop, Steam Deck / SteamOS and we have all the changes here for you to see.

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Valve discontinuing the last Steam Deck LCD model

Liam Dawe — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 13:27:46 +0000

Valve have done this pretty quietly, but they're discontinuing the last Steam Deck LCD model now with just the Steam Deck OLED remaining.

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Valve put up a release candidate for Proton 10.0-4 with lots more Linux / SteamOS gaming fixes

Liam Dawe — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:44:17 +0000

Valve put up a Release Candidate for testing Proton 10.0-4, what will become the main version of the Windows compatibility layer for Linux / SteamOS.

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Steam Winter Sale is live with Steam Awards 2025 open for voting

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:19:36 +0000

This is the sale event you've been waiting on isn't it? The Steam Winter Sale 2025 has arrived with a great many thousands of games discounted.

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Latest Steam Deck update will warn you if an Xbox controller needs upgrading

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:31:54 +0000

Valve released a new Steam Deck Beta update that includes a useful tweak to its Xbox controller detection.

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Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:16:59 +0000

Valve have released Steam Replay for 2025, showing off some interesting stats about your gaming and how it stacks up against everyone on Steam.

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Valve have been funding FEX to get x86 games on Arm Linux

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:05:52 +0000

It turns out that not only are Valve using the open source FEX for the Steam Frame but they have been funding FEX since the beginning of it.

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Valve's version of Android on Linux (based on Waydroid) is now called Lepton

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:56:45 +0000

Lepton appears to be the new official name for Valve's version of Waydroid (Android in a Linux container).

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According to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney - game stores don't need an AI label as it will be everywhere

Liam Dawe — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:38:13 +0000

With the increasing amount of games using AI, Epic Game's Tim Sweeney believes the AI messages on stores like Steam make no sense.

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Valve release small Proton Experimental update for ARC Raiders, Uno and Far Cry 4

Liam Dawe — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:31:56 +0000

Following on from a bigger Proton Experimental update for Linux / SteamOS last week, a smaller bug-fix update has rolled out for the Windows compatibility tool.

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Nominations begin for the 2025 Steam Awards

Liam Dawe — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:38:13 +0000

One of the biggest events of the year for game developers is here, with the nominations now open for the 2025 Steam Awards.

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SteamVR 2.14 brings fixes for a Linux memory leak, a Steam Link freeze for AMD GPUs and more

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:34:29 +0000

The latest stable release of SteamVR is out now! SteamVR 2.14 is a maintenance release focused on fixing up bugs and nuisance issues.

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Get a nice discount on the Steam Deck LCD during Valve's Black Friday sale

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:35:44 +0000

It's Black Friday Monday, because nowadays it's a whole week thing and thanks to Valve you can grab a great deal on the Steam Deck too!

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Igalia detail their open source work for Valve's Steam Frame and Steam Machine

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:17:20 +0000

One of the great things about Valve's hardware is that it's not locked down, and they put a lot of money into open source for SteamOS (Linux).

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Proton Experimental for SteamOS / Linux gets fixes for Marvel Rivals, BlazBlue Centralfiction and more

Liam Dawe — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:26:17 +0000

A fresh Proton Experimental update from Valve for the weekend with various game fixes for SteamOS / Linux.

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SteamOS 3.7.18 Beta available with a few nuisance bugs being squashed

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:56:47 +0000

SteamOS 3.7.18 Beta "Old Enough to Vote" was released by Valve today, bringing in a few more fixes for some annoying sounding issues.

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Valve put up a new Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 with a move towards 64-bit

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:06:31 +0000

To ensure games run well on Linux either via Native Linux builds or Windows games with Proton, part of the magic is in the Steam Linux Runtime.

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Steam Deck gets display-off low power downloads in a new stable update

Liam Dawe — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:59:41 +0000

Valve have released the big upgrade for Steam Deck that brings display-off low power downloads for everyone now, after a short time in Beta.

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VKD3D-Proton 3.0 brings FSR4 support, shader backend rewrite, lots of bug fixes and performance upgrades

Liam Dawe — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:39:21 +0000

VKD3D-Proton is one of the secret ingredients for Proton to make so many Windows games work well on Linux / SteamOS with a new 3.0 release out now.

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Proton 10.0-3 released bringing lots of improvements for gaming on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Machine

Liam Dawe — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:43:19 +0000

Valve released Proton 10.0-3, the latest main stable version of the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux / SteamOS machines like Steam Deck.

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Anti-cheat will still be one of the biggest problems for the new Steam Machine

Liam Dawe — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:37:00 +0000

Kernel-level anti-cheat feels like it's everywhere now, and will remain a thorn in Valve's side for the new Steam Machine powered by SteamOS Linux.

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Hot on the heels of the Steam Frame announcement, SteamVR Beta 2.14.1 brings more fixes

Liam Dawe — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:23:48 +0000

Valve only just released the latest stable SteamVR update in version 2.13, but SteamVR 2.14.1 Beta is now here as well with more tweaks and fixes.

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Valve reveal the new Steam Frame, Steam Controller and Steam Machine with SteamOS

Liam Dawe — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:14:58 +0000

The day has arrived, Valve have announced a major hardware expansion with multiple devices including the new Steam Frame, Steam Controller and Steam Machine.

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KOMODO's Steam Deck store is renaming to KOMODO STATION - perhaps ahead of the Steam Frame

Liam Dawe — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:57:58 +0000

Something is definitely happening in Valve land, as the KOMODO Steam Deck Store is being renamed KOMODO STATION tomorrow, November 13th.

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SteamVR 2.13 brings a whole lot of bug fixes

Liam Dawe — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:51:21 +0000

While many of us are no doubt waiting on whatever the Steam Frame turns out to be, Valve have released the latest stable SteamVR release with lots of bug fixes.

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Proton Experimental gets fixes for multiple Xbox Game Studios titles, ARC Raiders and various other games

Liam Dawe — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 14:02:28 +0000

Valve released a new Proton Experimental update for November 7th with a nice batch of game fixes for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck gamers.

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Steam's wider store page refresh is live with plans to improve the home page on the way

Liam Dawe — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:06:00 +0000

For a while now Valve have been tweaking Steam store pages, including making them a fair bit wider which is now actually live everywhere for all users.

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SteamOS 3.7.17 released with fixes for Baldur's Gate 3, OS Updates and Discover

Liam Dawe — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:11:01 +0000

Valve released the latest stable system update with SteamOS 3.7.17 now available bringing bug fixes, but also disables wake-on-bluetooth for Steam Deck LCD.

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Steam Deck tweaked to fix delays with the screen-off downloads, and other Desktop Linux fixes recently

Liam Dawe — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:40:00 +0000

Valve put out another small Beta to fix up an issue with the new Steam Deck screen-off downloads, and some other Desktop Linux fixes that came recently.

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Steam Deck gets a new low-power screen-off downloads mode

Liam Dawe — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:33:49 +0000

Probably the single most requested Steam Deck feature since release is now in Beta, allowing you to get your downloads going with the screen off.

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Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark

Liam Dawe — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 13:03:06 +0000

It finally happened. Linux gamers on Steam as of the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for October 2025 have crossed over the elusive 3% mark.

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Valve fix some games on Linux / Steam Deck having incorrect Steam Play settings and added a chat warning

Liam Dawe — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:49:23 +0000

A fresh Steam Beta is out for Desktop and Steam Deck / SteamOS which brings some important bug fixes, and one that was especially annoying for Linux systems.

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SteamOS 3.7.17 Beta disables wake-on-bluetooth for Steam Deck LCD again

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 09:36:58 +0000

Seems that wake-on-bluetooth for the Steam Deck LCD model is quite problematic, as Valve have again disabled it in the latest SteamOS update.

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Proton Experimental brings fixes for Fellowship, Marvel Rivals, Assassin's Creed Shadows and more

Liam Dawe — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 12:30:25 +0000

Valve have released another great update for Proton Experimental to play more Windows games on Linux / SteamOS + Steam Deck for October 24th.

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