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Reçu — 14 mars 2026 ⏭

Steam's Valve responds to lawsuit from New York Attorney General against its loot boxes, says they're like baseball cards — it's ready to fight

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
11 mars 2026 à 17:53
Valve, maker of Steam and games like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and TF2, has responded to a New York lawsuit filed against the loot boxes in its games.

Team Fortress 2

<p>A recent item server outage cut players off from their unlocks for nearly two days.</p>

Reçu — 11 mars 2026 ⏭

"It's hard to make sense of such a huge number" — Valve delivered 100 exabytes of data through Steam in 2025, and it's not showing any signs of slowing down

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
10 mars 2026 à 12:18
Valve's Year in Review breakdown for Steam shows off some mind-boggling numbers to do with data delivery. Can any other PC gaming platform ever hope to be as popular?

BELLEVUE, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 26: Portrait of American video game developer Gabe Newell, photographed at Valve Corporations offices in Bellevue, Washington, on February 26, 2020. (Photo by Olly Curtis/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Valve founder and CEO Gabe Newell sitting down at Valve's Washington headquarters.

3 remarkable PC concepts and pioneers that still influence today's hardware — including Lenovo's wacky new Legion Go Fold gaming handheld

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
8 mars 2026 à 11:36
Lenovo's unique new Legion Go Fold concept gaming handheld, revealed earlier this week, led me down a rabbit hole of concepts and pioneers in the PC and PC gaming space that directly influenced the device.

Lenovo's Legion Go Fold edited to show concept devices on its screen

Lenovo's Legion Go Fold, pictured here being held in one hand, with some concept devices on its display.

My gaming PC has suffered enough — I'm locking down updates until NVIDIA's drivers and Microsoft's Windows releases gain back my trust

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
8 mars 2026 à 10:00
The combination of NVIDIA's faulty drivers and Microsoft's buggy Windows releases for my gaming PC is driving me nuts, and trust has eroded to the point that I'm stopping automatic updates. Are you with me?

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

A look at a GeForce RTX Founders Edition GPU inside a PC case.

Reçu — 19 février 2026 ⏭

Xbox Ally X pricing is up AGAIN — is your region affected?

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)
19 février 2026 à 13:06
The ROG Xbox Ally X just received another regional price hike, now in Australia. The increase raises questions about rising handheld costs and hardware pricing.

Xbox Ally X handheld

The Xbox Ally X is already one of the more expensive gaming handheld, and its price is going up in some regions.

I played Microsoft Flight Simulator with this revolutionary joystick disguised as a controller — and I'm in love with it

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Par : [email protected] (Ben Wilson)
19 février 2026 à 12:57
Honeycomb's excellent Echo is a mashup of traditional flight sim hardware and casual joypads, built for convenient PC gaming.

Honeycomb Aeornautical Echo Aviation Controller held in two hands with a magenta cardstock background

Honeycomb's Echo is a mashup of traditional flight sim hardware and casual joypads.

I’ve spent 100+ hours with this Hall Effect controller that’s now just $30 — but the discount ends at midnight

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)
18 février 2026 à 14:30
I've spent hundreds of hours with the GameSir Super Nova. At $29.99, this Hall Effect controller is a steal you shouldn't pass up before tonight's deal deadline.

GameSir Super Nova graphic

GameSir Super Nova graphic

I want consoles to disappear — not out of spite, but because gaming deserves a future that isn’t chained to aging hardware every seven years

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Par : [email protected] (Daniel Rubino)
17 février 2026 à 12:55
The problem isn’t consoles. It’s the pointless divide that holds everyone back.

Mockups showing a divide between PC and gaming console dissolving around a chip.

Mockups showing a divide between PC and gaming console dissolving around a chip.

World of Warcraft leads pledge more player customization — housing, race updates, custom animations, and glyphs to merge with transmog?

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)
16 février 2026 à 12:00
We spoke to Maria Hamilton, Design Director and Jay Hwang, Principal Artist on World of Warcraft's bigger emphasis on player housing, customization, and what we could see next from the game.

World of Warcraft Player Housing

Nayelea's house is awesome!

Reçu — 9 février 2026 ⏭

Valve's Steam Machine delayed by AI-driven component shortages — pricing and launch dates for its VR and controller remain a mystery while RAM and storage prices soar

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Par : [email protected] (Ben Wilson)
5 février 2026 à 05:31
Valve's gaming PC, controller, and VR headset are tentatively scheduled for the first half of 2026, but exact pricing and release plans are in limbo.

Valve Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame depicted as cartoons walking through a firey cave.

Valve's Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame are still waiting for a release date.

Epic wants its store on the next‑gen Xbox — and Microsoft might actually let it happen

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)
4 février 2026 à 15:37
We recently caught up with Epic Games Store VP and GM Steve Allison to learn about how the platform is going in a world increasingly dominated by Steam.

Xbox Ally mockup with Xbox logo and Epic Store logos

Xbox Ally mockup with Xbox logo and Epic Store logos

Reçu — 3 février 2026 ⏭

This Intel-based mini Windows 11 PC is down to the price it should have always been — a space saver with 16GB of RAM

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3 février 2026 à 12:32
For those looking for a compact-sized mini PC to help with office work, search no more, for we have a 31% discount on ACEMAGIC's K1 Mini. Here's why it's worth your consideration.

AI-generated image for the Acemagic K1 Mini PC Windows 11 Pro

The Legion Tower 7i with an RTX 5070 Ti is finally a fair price — but only if you use this coupon code

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)
3 février 2026 à 09:23
Lenovo’s Legion Tower 7i packs an RTX 5070 Ti and premium design, but only a steep coupon makes its pricing competitive.

Image of the Lenovo Legion Tower 7i (Gen 10) gaming desktop.

Turkey moves to regulate digital game platforms — Steam and Epic could face access throttling under the new framework

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2 février 2026 à 10:13
Turkey is reviewing draft legislation that could impose strict requirements on digital game platforms like Steam and Epic Games Store, including local offices, age ratings, and potential bandwidth throttling.

Slow download progress with Turkish flag in background

Reçu — 1 février 2026 ⏭

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney takes aim at one of Valve's Steam policies as that massive UK lawsuit looms — "This is the practice courts found illegal"

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
30 janvier 2026 à 14:54
Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney argues that the way Valve handles in-game microtransactions for Steam games is "unlawful."

Tim Sweeney and Steam logo

We asked you if that massive $900m lawsuit against Valve and Steam holds weight — and the people have spoken

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
29 janvier 2026 à 18:50
We asked if you thought the huge UK lawsuit Valve is up against over anti-competitive practices with Steam holds weight, and you gave a clear answer.

Steam

'World of Warcraft' expansion roadmap detailed, goes free until Feb 1st — Midnight includes mega solo dungeon Labyrinths, mini raids, and more

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)
29 janvier 2026 à 12:31
At the World of Warcraft "State of Azeroth" event, Blizzard detailed the future of the Midnight expansion, touted as the dark middle act of the Worldsoul saga.

Trailer screenshot of The March on Quel'Danas Raid in World of Warcraft: Midnight

Maingear's new Retro98 gaming PC takes me back to LAN parties and 56K modems — you'll have to be quick to nab one of these limited-edition models

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
29 janvier 2026 à 09:06
Maingear has a new limited-edition Retro98 pre-built gaming PC with the fastest performance hardware possible packed inside. Only 32 of the standard models are being produced, so don't miss checking it out.

Maingear Retro98

NVIDIA GeForce NOW answers the lack of PC Game Pass support on Linux with a new native app — RTX 5080 cloud rendering runs Ultra settings on Steam Deck or Ubuntu

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Par : [email protected] (Ben Wilson)
29 janvier 2026 à 09:00
NVIDIA has followed through on its CES 2026 promise to bring GeForce NOW cloud gaming to more Linux devices with official support for Ubuntu.

NVIDIA GeForce NOW running on SteamOS desktop

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