Valve announce the Steam Deck, a Switch-esque handheld for your PC games – and it has a dock

Steam Deck developers have discussed how Steam’s past hardware helped shape the upcoming handheld PC gaming device.The developers spoke about the Steam Deck in an interview with IGN at the beginning of the weekend (July 30).

T-ARA have announced that they are planning to make their comeback with new music later this year.On July 29, the quartet – consisting members Qri, Eunjung, Hyomin and Jiyeon – held a special livestream on the livestreaming platform V Live to celebrate the group’s 12th anniversary. During the broadcast, the four-member act revealed that they were currently preparing to make a comeback.“There are so many people waiting for us.

Steam Deck‘s early prototypes was apparently called the “Ugly Baby” according to a Valve developer.In an interview with IGN‘s Ryan McCaffrey, Gabe Newell and Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais discussed the Steam Deck and revealed some of the other names the handheld device originally had.Some early names were things like “Steam Buddy” and “Steam Pal” as Newell said in the interview, while Griffais revealed that the Steam Deck had some “pretty terrifying prototypes” so the team “gave them

Nintendo have revealed their new Switch OLED while Valve have announced details of its new handheld PC device, the Steam Deck. Despite the comparisons, some of the Valve team have explained how different the two consoles are.Yes, the two consoles look very similar but Valve designer Greg Coomer explains that it was just a coincidence.

Netflix has announced a premiere date for the sixth and final season of Lucifer.Sharing the news with a 60 second teaser trailer during yesterday’s (July 24) San Diego Comic-Con at Home, the Warner Bros.-produced fantasy series will arrive on Netflix on September 10.The show, which stars Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar, with Lesley-Ann Brandt, Lauren German, D.B.

Steam Deck reservations from its site. Some were listed for over £700.Valve’s handheld PC system, the Steam Deck, is set to release next year.

Valve has said there have been no problems with running the latest games on the Steam Deck.In a recent video interview with IGN, Valve developers discussed the Steam Deck’s technical capabilities, and the custom APU (accelerated processing unit – AMD‘s own brand of CPU) that is able to deliver “the best performance and the best battery life possible”.According to developer Pierre-Loup Griffais, the team had been testing games from across the Steam back catalogue.“But the real test for us was

PC gaming handheld Steam Deck will mean the end of the existing ‘Big Picture mode’ on Steam, Valve has confirmed.Big Picture mode swaps the web browser-style layout of the default Steam client for a cleaner user interface emphasising larger tiles for games.

Nintendo has announced three new retro games for its online lineup of SNES titles through the Switch Online service.The three titles are surprisingly deep cuts, and far shy away from some of the more household names released in the past. From July 28, players will be able to download Claymates, Jelly Boy and Bombuzal.Claymates is a side scrolling platformer that’s based on turning living creatures into clay.

Valve‘s newly announced handheld, Steam Deck, has already been generating interest in the industry, and that includes Ubisoft who may be considering putting its games back on Steam.The publisher had previously pivoted away from the PC platform, instead partnering with the Epic Games Store, while also running its own digital storefront.However, as reported in IGN, an investors call yesterday (July 20) with Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot hinted that the Steam Deck might persuade the company to release

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Steam Deck, the upcoming portable PC from Valve, has had its technical specifications updated which indicate a better memory bandwidth.Spotted by Twitter user Locuza (thanks, PC Gamer), the tech specs webpage for the Steam Deck has updated to show the RAM being quad 32-bit channels with speeds up to 5,500 MT/s.A discussion and curiosity is resolved now.Van Gogh, which is used by Valve's Steam Deck, has 4 UMCs.I expected 4x 16-Bit (a memory channel under LPDDR5 is actually 16-Bit wide).

Steam Deck as the leader in a new category of PC-based handhelds, one that could have “long-term benefits” for Steam.In an interview with IGN, Newell explained that he viewed the Steam Deck as the start of a new “product category”, and hopes that other PC manufacturers will join in.“Our view is, if we’re doing this right, that we’re going to be selling these in millions of units,” said Newell.“And it’s clearly going to be establishing a product category that ourselves and other PC manufacturers

Valve has confirmed the Steam Deck shouldn’t suffer from the joystick drift issue that has plagued consoles in recent years.In an interview with IGN, a group of developers and engineers working for Valve confirmed that the issue of drift has been a focus when creating the Steam Deck’s hardware.Issues with joystick drift have become more common in recent years, with the Nintendo Switch famously promising free fixes for its JoyCon issues, and Sony’s PlayStation 5 console coming under fire for

Steam Deck consoles are already being listed on Ebay, with scalpers charging in excess of $1,000 (£726).Announced last week, the Steam Deck will provide PC gaming on the go in a device that can be connected to a display like the Nintendo Switch.Preorders for the console went live on Friday at 6pm BST, but the demand for the Steam Deck quickly proved too much for Steam’s servers, which crashed.

Valve‘s new Steam Deck has been designed to let players access their PC gaming library on the go, just like any PC.However, as reported in The Verge, as the Linux-based SteamOS also powers this new handheld, this impacts what games are compatible on the system.Less than 15 per cent of all games on Steam officially support Linux and SteamOS.

Nintendo Switch OLED’s £309 price point, the newly announced Steam Deck’s starting price of £349 sounds like a significant bargain. However, Valve president Gabe Newell shared that the price has drawbacks for the company.Speaking to IGN, Newell said the company needed to be “very aggressive” in terms of pricing, citing price performance as “one of the critical factors in the mobile space”.While his immediate priority was on Steam Deck’s performance and experience, especially in the hands of PC

Epic Games, has shared his own excitement following the announcement of Valve‘s Steam Deck console.Taking to Twitter yesterday (July 15), Sweeney shared the Steam Deck announcement to his own page with some positive words.Describing it as an “amazing move” by Valve, Sweeney seemed particularly excited by the “open platform where users are free to install software o[f] their choosing”.Predictably, he mentions that users can choose to download “Windows or other stores”, which likely suggests that

Lykke Li released her debut album ‘Wounded Rhymes’ 10 years ago and is giving the album the deluxe reissue treatment to mark the date.The Swedish singer-songwriter’s debut album was releaaed in 2011 and will be reissued this year in both digital and physical formats.A digital reissue, which will feature unheard demo versions of the album’s biggest hits including ‘Jerome’, ‘I Follow Rivers’ and ‘Youth Knows No Pain’, is coming this Friday (July 16).

Sharon Stone, 63, stepped out with her oldest son Roan Bronstein Stone, 21, during a rare outing on July 8. The actress was dressed in a stylish black sleeveless top, jeans, and boots as she walked beside the blond hunk, who wore a white tank top, black jeans, and white, red, and yellow sneakers, in the Beverly Hills area. The duo reportedly shopped for sunglasses at the Optometrix store and flashed bright smiles as they passed photographers.