Valve

Valve presents Steam Hardware for 2026: Steam Frame VR (Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 16GB LPDDR5X), Steam Machine mini-PC (AMD Zen 4/RDNA 3), and new Controller with Magnetic Sticks.

Innovative Controller and Mini-PC: Valve Commits to New Hardware

Valve finally adds a crucial feature to Steam Deck: users can now download games and updates while the screen is off. The device enters sleep mode automatically after finishing.

Downloads in the background: Valve updates Steam Deck functionality.

Steam went down globally on Oct 7, 2025, affecting over a million users. The outage is now resolved — here’s what happened and what experts believe caused it.

Steam back online after global outage: What really happened behind the scenes