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The Steam Deck is Finally Coming to Australia
Valve will finally bring the Steam Deck to Australia as it continues to expand the availability of its popular handheld gaming PC. The company announced that both the LCD and the OLED versions of the Steam Deck will be available to purchase in Australia starting this November. “We are excited to announce that Steam Deck is coming to Australia in…
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Why You Should Get the LCD Steam Deck Before It’s Gone
Key Takeaways Valve is liquidating 64 and 512GB LCD Steam Decks at 15-25% off until Sept. 26 to focus on OLED models. The discounted LCD is a more affordable choice for new gamers or those interested in emulation. The LCD Steam Deck is capable of running a wide range of games at a good quality compared to OLED, at a…
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GTA V, one of the most popular Steam Deck games, is now ‘unsupported’
Grand Theft Auto V was one of the top ten most played games on Valve’s Steam Deck handheld this past week. It’s been in the top twenty for at least two years. But as of today, Valve now lists the game as “unsupported” — because developer Rockstar mysteriously broke compatibility with Valve’s handheld for its online modes. As you can…
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How to Share Games Using Steam Family Sharing
Owning and playing games could bring about joy to gamers. Unfortunately, not everyone’s well off, and the increasing game prices in recent years have left budget gamers in despair. Digitalization has killed the good old days and habits of borrowing game discs from our friends, but not all hope is lost. One of the most popular platforms, Steam allows you…
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AMD just tipped the Z2 Extreme chip for next year’s Steam Deck competitors
That’s the word from Digital Trends’ Jacob Roach, who heard AMD computing and graphics boss Jack Huynh say it’s targeting a 2025 release on an IFA stage in Berlin; I just confirmed with AMD spokesperson Stacy MacDiarmid that the company plans to announce it in early 2025, though AMD’s declining to say any more about it today. The only other…
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I called it! Acer takes on the Steam Deck with Nitro Blaze 7 — and it packs a full-powered laptop chip
Remember back in January when I mentioned that Acer could be making a PC gaming handheld? Well, turns out my wishes have come true, and the company has come out the gates swinging for the Steam Deck at IFA 2024 with the Acer Nitro Blaze 7. In that piece, I asked for three features: hall effect, a way to workaround…
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Steam Finally Made It Easier to Find Trending Free Games
It seems like Steam has finally listened to users and made it easier to find free games. Here’s how to find the new “Trending Free” tab to download new games that won’t cost you a penny. Find Free Games That Are Trending There are now so many free games on Steam that sorting through them can get frustrating. The new…
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How to Hide the Games You’re Playing on Steam
Key Takeaways To hide the game you’re playing on Steam, go to Profile > Edit Profile > Privacy Settings, and set your Game details to “Private.” To hide your activity on Steam Chat, click “Friends” and set your status to “Offline” or “Invisible.” To hide games from your Steam library, right-click the game, then select Manage > Mark as Private.…
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Steam User Reviews Might Actually Be Useful Now
“Good.” “I found a team and a fortress too.” And one review that’s just a full transcript of Valve’s Meet the Heavy video. These were the top user reviews Steam showed me for the popular game Team Fortress 2, at least until I turned on the “Use new helpfulness system” filter. Steam, the popular PC games storefront, has a bit…
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Valve confirms it’ll support the ROG Ally with its Steam Deck operating system
Valve once imagined that every PC maker could have their own “Steam Machine,” a PC game console running the company’s Linux-based SteamOS. It took a decade for that dream to evolve into the company’s own internally developed Steam Deck gaming handheld, but the original dream isn’t dead. The company’s long said it plans to let other companies use SteamOS, too…
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