Valve reveals Steam Machine
Valve is plunging deeper into the console wars with the unveiling of the Steam Machine, a new cubical device designed for playing PC games in the living room.
The new console, which isn’t yet priced, will be released in early 2026, the company said Wednesday.
Counter-Strike update halves item values
The value of digital items in the popular video game Counter-Strike has fallen 48% following an update by the title’s developer Valve Corp.
Over the past year, investors wary of the volatility in the S&P 500 and cryptocurrency markets have snapped up...
New CS2 racks up half a million players in a few hours
Valve Corp. released the latest edition of its popular Counter-Strike series on Wednesday, creating another version of a shooting game that’s attracted players around the world.
Counter-Strike 2 is a free upgrade to its predecessor...
Linux beats MacOS in Steam players — and the reason is clear
More PC gamers were running Steam on Linux than MacOS in July 2023. Steam, developed by Valve Corporation, is the most popular game distribution platform on PC.
The Steam Hardware and Software Survey for July 2023 showed that 1.96%...
Big Steam update rolling out
Valve has launched a significant update for its Steam digital PC game storefront, which includes visual improvements, an overhauled in-game overlay, and additional notification settings.
The most obvious change is that the user interface has been given a fresh coat...
Asus ROG Ally hands-on tested
The Asus ROG Ally makes a great first impression as a highly-capable portable gaming PC that could help spark further momentum in the handheld market.
MyBroadband recently had the opportunity to try out the much-hyped Steam Deck rival during an event in Johannesburg.
Steam dropping Windows 7 and Windows 8 support
Valve's digital PC gaming distribution service, Steam, will stop supporting Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 at the start of next year.
In a statement on the Steam support page on Tuesday, Valve said that these operating systems would no...
NAPAfrica blows past 3Tbps Internet traffic
South Africa's biggest Internet exchange point and one of the biggest on the African continent — NAPAfrica — exceeded data throughput of 3 terabits-per-second (Tbps) this past week.
That comes just a few days after NAPAfrica told MyBroadband it...
Steam's blockbuster weekend
Valve's popular PC game digital distribution service and launcher application — Steam — posted several records for concurrent players this past weekend.
According to SteamDB, the service hit 10,080,827 concurrent in-game players for the first time at 14:30 UTC...
Steam hits new peak player record — more than population of Australia or Netherlands
Steam hit over 30 million concurrent users on Sunday, 23 October 2022, a new record for peak traffic on Valve's popular PC gaming distribution service.
Third-party Steam statistics tracking website...
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https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/steam-deck.1146062/
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Best-selling games of 2021 revealed
Call of Duty: Vanguard was the top-selling video game of 2021 in the US, while the Nintendo Switch dominated gaming hardware sales, according to data from NPD Group.
Despite a slight decline in spending on video game hardware, content, and accessories, 2021...
Critical security flaw being exploited all over the Internet
IT security company Sophos has detected a sharp increase in attacks exploiting the zero-day exploit in Apache's Log4j.
Vulnerable organisations include Apple, Tencent, Valve, Google, Minecraft, Amazon, and Tesla, to name a few.
Steam Summer Sale — Best games under R100
Steam has launched its Summer Sale, offering great deals on thousands of PC games from 24 June to 8 July.
The PC gaming platform has slashed the prices of several popular titles to under R100, ranging from big-name AAA games by major to studios, to...
Valve to unveil new VR headset
Valve is preparing to launch a new virtual reality headset named Index, according to a teaser image posted on the Steam Store.
The image shows a pair of hands holding a Valve-branded VR headset which is branded as the Index.
Steam to drop support for Windows XP and Vista
Valve has announced that Steam will officially stop supporting the Windows XP and Vista operating systems.
Support for these operating systems will officially end on 1 January 2019, the company said.