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SHOCKING: 4 - What They Never Told You

I bought Valve's new Steam Controller with my own money for a solid week of PC gaming — and you only need to know about one genuine downside

Valve takes another shot at a PC gaming controller that tempts players away from their consoles, and it convinced me to buy. So, was it worth the asking price?

Windows Central

Steam Controller puck charger nearly catches fire after contact with Pixel Watch 3 — sparks fly after the metal wristband magnetizes to the puck's pogo pins

A Steam Controller charging puck nearly causes a fire after the wristband on a Pixel Watch 3 magnetically attaches to the charger, causing the exposed pogo pins to arc electricity.

Tom’s Hardware

You need to know the Steam Controller's charging puck is always live, so if you accidentally touch it with something conductive, you're in for a shock

It's not an issue exclusive to Valve's hardware, but at the same time, it's something that shouldn't really exist

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Redditor warns they 'almost started a fire' when metallic watch strap made contact with Steam Controller's charging puck

Valve does warn about this in the Steam Controller's manual — but how many people actually read documentation?

TechRadar

In the early 1990s, Doom was famously installed on more PCs than Windows itself—but how many was that, actually?

Re-examining an old quote from Valve's Gabe Newell reveals a big gap in what we know about Doom's popularity.

PC Gamer

Valve asks New York court to dismiss Counter-Strike lawsuit, says 'people enjoy surprises' and equating loot boxes to gambling is 'nonsensical'

In-game items have "subjective and aesthetic value" akin to baseball cards, Valve insists.

PC Gamer

With a straight face, Valve insists Counter-Strike 2 cases are fine and "people enjoy surprises" in move to dismiss New York lawsuit

The Steam company compares CS2 skins to "popular collectibles"

GamesRadar

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Now that Subnautica 2 is out, the most wishlisted game on Steam is… a game that's been out for almost 2 years?

It's Schrödinger's game: it is both unreleased and yet one of the most popular games on Steam.

PC Gamer

Half-Life owes its existence to one of the game industry's most formative figures—no, not Gabe Newell, the other guy

Before there was Gabe, there was Ken Williams, and he played a significant role in bringing Half-Life into the world.

PC Gamer

Goodbye RPGMaker, hello Capybaras: Steam’s updated tag list is a headscratcher

Illuminati out, Capybaras in.

Destructoid

Steam gets huge tags overhaul for tailored recommendations and 'helping players identify the games that best fit their interests'

Valve has made some huge changes to Steam's discoverability feature by introducing new tags, removing some, and merging a bunch from the digital storefront.

TechRadar

CS2 in 5 Minutes: Pros, Grinders, Casuals, and Case Openers, Explained

From the outside, Counter-Strike 2 looks like a normal game. A player opens the Steam client, presses Play, and loads into a match. Once that player spends more time with CS2 and starts blending into the community, that simple picture disappears. The game starts to look more like an iceberg…

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PC gamers, say goodbye to PlayStation exclusives as Sony confirms single-player games aren't coming to PC anymore... except for one

PlayStation games on PC were becoming a mainstay for Sony, but plans have completely shifted, and it's bad news for PC players.

TechRadar

Steam canonizes the Vampire Survivors subgenre that’s spawned a million clones

And Valve has added a Capybaras tag, more importantly

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Sony retreats from PC gaming, robbing us of maybe 4 games

The "prestige" Sony game is an increasingly endangered species.

PC Gamer

It's official: Steam decrees 'bullet heaven' the name of the Vampire Survivors genre

Wuxia, desktop companion, cleaning, and capybaras all also got official Steam tags.

GamesRadar

Valve veteran's suggestion for Krafton CEO as Subnautica 2 goes to the moon: "Maybe they should ChatGPT, 'What happens if Subnautica 2 is a super big hit? How are we screwed?"

It worked out so well the last time

Windows Central

Your new Steam Controller will not work with the Xbox app and PC Game Pass unless you use third-party software on Windows

Game Pass titles from the Xbox PC app can't communicate properly with Valve's new controller via Steam Input, an issue that's currently only fixed with fan-made apps.

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'This game is extremely broken': The dev of VKD3D-Proton, software for running Direct3D 12 games on Linux, isn't enjoying Forza Horizon 6 very much

Less hot snakes, more hot wheels, please Xbox. Sorry, XBOX.

PC Gamer

Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek has no interest in writing Half-Life 3: 'I don't want to touch that with a 10-foot pole'

"Or even a grav gun separating me from that 10-foot pole."

PC Gamer

Check your inbox: Steam Controller reservations are coming through

Not everyone got an email, but if you did, you'll have to act fast.

PC Gamer

We can thank a Jim Henson Company puppeteer for some of Valve's best animation work

TF2, Left 4 Dead, and Portal have some Fraggle Rock in them.

PC Gamer

Valve's massive update to the Steam marketplace must be working, because a gun I had listed on there for years just sold for a cool 40 bucks

The only thing better than an item listing is a bigger item listing with more graphs.

GamesRadar

Valve reportedly giving away free Steam games to Steam Controller buyers who had delivery botched: "Average Valve W"

One lucky fan picked Forza Horizon 6

GamesRadar

The Steam Controller doesn't just scream for its life, it will also sing its little haptic heart out

Turns out you can get the Steam Controller to sing using its haptic motors, and all you need is an app and some MIDI files to get it chirping away.

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