Valve is entering the console wars in a pleasantly bizarre and flashback-y fashion. The original vision for Steam Machines never took off, but years later, the company scored a hit with Steam Deck, a ...

When you think of gaming PCs, you almost inevitably think of Windows-based hardware. However, Valve is hoping to change that mindset with the unveiling of the Steam Machine. It might even change your ...

I might ditch my gaming PC for the newly announced Steam Machine. That might sound ludicrous — it certainly does, even to me. However, if the diminutive gaming platform delivers the kind of gaming ...

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I'm very much a console girl. Sure, I play plenty of games on PC, but I largely prefer the console experience. When a new game comes out, I don't have to worry about upgrading my PlayStation 5 or Xbox ...

What’s happened? In a rare, deeply technical interview, Valve has revealed that it has been funding and guiding major open-source projects to make Windows PC games run properly on ARM chips. For those ...

We know a lot about the Steam Machine. We know its specifications. We know what it looks like inside. We even know what it's like to game on it. But we don't know how much it'll cost or when it will ...

I’ve been looking for a better way to play Steam games on my TV, and the Steam Machine checks all my boxes. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 ...

Best gaming laptops for 2026 represent a turning point in portable performance. Machines equipped with RTX 5090 GPUs running at 175W TGP and Intel Ultra 9 or AMD Ryzen AI processors now rival mid-tier ...