Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Valve

Asus ROG Ally vs. Steam Deck: Which handheld gaming PC is the best?

The Asus ROG Ally and Steam Deck are Switch-like devices that make PC gaming more accessible on the go. We’re comparing them across seven different categories to find out which handheld gaming PC is better.

Laptop

The ROG Ally doesn't need the Deck's Verified system because of Windows and its AMD Z1 chip

Asus says AMD's Z1 silicon and Windows 11 will be all the verification you need that your games will just work on the ROG Ally.

PC Gamer

Asus ROG Ally review: A solid but imperfect Steam Deck challenger

The Asus ROG Ally is a Windows 11-based gaming handheld boasting powerful specs and a sleek design. While it’s a solid device on its own, it’s not quite on par with the Steam Deck.

Tom’s Guide

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

AMD Ryzen Z1 and Z1 Extreme APUs Debut in Asus ROG Ally Handheld

Asus is taking some of the wraps off of the ROG Ally, including its Ryzen Z1 APU, more specs and its Armoury Crate SE software.

Tom’s Hardware

Asus ROG Ally hands-on review: The end is nigh for Steam Deck

The Asus ROG Ally pulls no punches as it comes for the Steam Deck, bringing a custom AMD CPU and a full HD, 120Hz display

Laptop

Asus ROG Ally review

The Asus ROG Ally has already won hearts over with its excellent performance and gorgeous design, becoming the true Steam Deck competitor the latter needed.

TechRadar

7 underrated Steam features you should try right now

From changing the overlay shortcut to showing the FPS counter, get more out of Steam with these seven features.

Tom’s Guide

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Four more Ubisoft games are headed to Steam this summer

The latest batch of Steam-bound games were originally released exclusively on the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft's own storefront.

PC Gamer

Dark and Darker lawyers fire back at Nexon: 'nothing more than anti-competitive bully tactics designed to put a small indie firm out of business'

After months of relative silence, Ironmace has issued a full-throated response to Nexon's copyright claims as it asks Valve to restore Dark and Darker to Steam.

PC Gamer

After 10 years, one of Valve's biggest games has massively expanded its map, and players can't cope

Dota 2's New Frontiers update adds "40% more terrain"

GamesRadar

Massive Dota 2 patch makes the map 40% bigger, changes the UI, matchmaking, so much other stuff it's basically Dota 3 now

Or it would be if Valve used the number three.

PC Gamer

Dark and Darker lawyers ask Valve to bring the game back to Steam in letter blasting Nexon for "anti-competitive bully tactics"

"Nexon’s claims relate to a game that Nexon never made and which does not exist"

GamesRadar

Dev makes classic game free to celebrate release of remake, accidentally does it early and almost gives away the new one, before Valve saves the day

Desktop Dungeons certainly needed a rewind.

PC Gamer

The Xbox handheld is already here — it's called the Steam Deck (with Windows 11)

The common train of thought for the Steam Deck is to leave it endowed with SteamOS, but as an Xbox player and PC Game Pass subscriber, Windows 11 on the Steam Deck makes far more sense.

Windows Central

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

TechRadar

Steam Deck just got support for a bunch of new games – and some nifty bug fixes too

Forspoken, Dead Space 2023, and many more new games are now playable on Valve’s handheld (and Linux in general).

PC Gamer

Over 2,400 Steam users had their accounts restricted for marking a negative review as helpful

Be careful about giving a thumbs-up to a thumbs-down, I guess.

iMore

Five VR Apps we want to see on Apple's Reality Pro headset

From Minority Report screens to a Half-Life: Alyx port, there's so much potential for Apple VR.

Windows Central

How to install Windows on Steam Deck: Dual booting Windows 11 and SteamOS

Dual boot into Windows 11 from an SD card on your Steam Deck with my straightforward guide and play games otherwise unavailable on SteamOS.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

TechRadar

Counter-Strike 2 vs. Overwatch 2 - the dos and don’ts of making an online multiplayer sequel

The main learning? Good business sense and good creative ideas are totally at odds with each other.

Tom’s Guide

Asus ROG Ally vs Steam Deck: Which handheld could win?

Asus ROG Ally details are scant but given what we know, it might be a legitimate Steam Deck rival. Here's how the two handhelds compare, based on what we know.

Inverse

Why Microsoft Should Make A Surface-Branded Steam Deck-Like Handheld Gaming PC

A Microsoft hackathon added a handheld interface to Windows 11 and support for controllers, but Microsoft should go all the way and produce original hardware.

TechRadar

Windows 11 could get a ‘Handheld Mode’ for Steam Deck – and I couldn’t be more excited

Microsoft could make a lot of gamers happy with this new mode, but it’s still very early days for the concept.

Windows Central

Steam Deck shader cache files to shrink by 60% with a driver update

Valve is working on an upcoming solution to bloated shader cache files taking up too much space on your Steam Deck.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft Mulling Steam Deck-Style Windows Gaming Handheld Mode

With the success of the Steam Deck and upcoming ROG Ally, Microsoft might be getting serious about a Windows 11 handheld gaming mode.

PC Gamer

Valve is about to slash the file sizes of the Steam Deck's SSD-hogging shader caches in half

An upcoming graphics driver update will free up some precious gigabytes on our Steam Decks.

1 … 43 44 45 46

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.