Items tagged with Steam Machine

It has been the question looming over the Gabecube since the specs were announced last year: how much? Well, now we know how much, and the answer is ... perhaps 'too much.' But that depends on your values, and what you're looking for... Read more...
Not only was the Steam Machine just launched on the Steam storefront, but a quiet Proton Experimental update has enabled AMD FSR 4.1 on AMD RDNA 3 and RDNA 3.5 GPUs. Similar to previous community tweaks done with a leaked version of AMD... Read more...
Valve's Steam Deck opened up the existing PC gaming handheld market to the mainstream and, in so doing, arguably created a whole new class of PC gaming devices. The Steam Machine probably isn't going to have the same impact on the market... Read more...
All eyes are on Valve and its upcoming Steam Machine release, with questions looming over when exactly it will release and how much it will cost. Those questions remain unanswered, though Valve did offer a bit more clarity on the former... Read more...
A well-known gap in AMD's GPU drive support on Linux was the absence of HDMI 2.1 and Display Stream Compression (DSC), but fortunately AMD open source software engineer Harry Wentland and the team have finally remedied the situation. Per... Read more...
There is a high chance that Valve ends up implementing a reservation system for its upcoming Steam Machine reboot, similar to what it's currently doing for the next wave of Steam Controller units after the initial batch sold out in... Read more...
Valve's explosive Steam Hardware announcement  last year didn't just include the much-anticipated Steam Machine and intriguing standalone Steam Frame, but also a proper successor to the original Steam Controller. The new Steam Controller... Read more...
If you're tired of waiting for Valve's still-upcoming Steam Machine (affectionately dubbed the GabeCube), here's another option for you: Playnix's "Playnix Console," featuring a "custom Arch Linux-based OS" and a bespoke combination of... Read more...
Valve continues to inch toward the inevitable Steam Machine release confirmed for this year, now by adding "initial support" for the hardware in the latest SteamOS preview update. That's the most newsworthy part right there, but the rest... Read more...
It's already been four months since Valve announced a series of new hardware products that are coming out this year, including a modern reincarnation of the Steam Machine, the Steam Frame for VR gaming, and a retooled Steam Controller. The... Read more...
Some signs are pointing toward an imminent release date and pricing reveal for the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller. Not only did Valve recently release a blog post reaffirming its commitment to "shipping all three products... Read more...
Amidst credible speculation that PlayStation may be stepping back from porting its single-player catalog to PC, former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra has attributed the move to Valve's explosive Steam Machine announcement. With Valve formally... Read more...
Reports are coming in fast and furious of Valve delaying its Steam Machine launch as well as other upcoming hardware, but is that really the case? It really just depends on how you interpret Valve's latest update shared in a blog post on... Read more...
The PC memory market is in shambles thanks to unprecedented demand for chips in the AI sector, and so it was fair to wonder if this would impact the launch timing of Valve's upcoming Steam Machine, due out this year, or next-generation... Read more...
Recently on X/Twitter, user @Clawsomegamer spotted a preliminary listing for the Steam Machine on a Czech retailer's website. On the surface, no pricing information is displayed, but the web page's code does reveal pricing of 19,826 CZK... Read more...
Half-Life 3 may be a Steam Machine launch title, according to journalist Mike Straw. Since the Steam Machine's launch date and MSRP have yet to be announced, however, those plans may have changed. According to the report, all of the... Read more...
The year is 2013. Valve Software, whose Steam digital delivery service has just hit the ten-year mark, has decided it's time to launch a series of gaming PCs, along with a custom operating system. The project continues through 2015 and but... Read more...
Valve's Steam Machine, affectionately nicknamed the "GabeCube" after Valve founder Gabe Newell and Nintendo's similarly-shaped GameCube console from the early 2000s, is launching early next year at an as-yet unannounced price. Judging by... Read more...
In a recent interview, Valve warned that the upcoming Steam Machine won't be priced like a game console. It's not clear what that means just yet, but speculation concerning the Steam Machine's pricing has been rampant. We previously wrote... Read more...
Valve's massive Steam hardware announcements included the first in-house designed Valve Steam Machine, and while most of its reception was positive, a number of critics have expressed skepticism about how well the Steam Machine will... Read more...
Valve is launching three new Steam Hardware projects in 2026, and two of them are quite familiar. The Steam Frame is the newest of the bunch, intended as a lower cost alternative to the ultra-premium Valve Index, joining the likes of Meta... Read more...
Folks who aren't of a certain vintage may not actually recall that, nearly a decade ago, Valve attempted to launch a home-console-like experience with the "Steam Machines," small form-factor PCs running Linux and meant for living-room PC... Read more...
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