Valve launches Steam Families with improved game sharing and better parental controls

Jason Cipriani/ZDNET If you have multiple gamers in your family, you’ll want to pay attention to how Valve has overhauled Steam’s family sharing system. Starting today, the new Steam Families system gives you not only more parental controls, but makes some big changes to how games can be shared. Essentially, Families combines Steam’s two current … Read more

Failed Moon Mission Carrying Human Remains Will Slam Into Earth’s Atmosphere Today

The saga of Peregrine is coming to a tragic end, with the lunar lander scheduled for reentry through Earth’s atmosphere after failing to touch down on the Moon. China’s Plan to Land Astronauts on the Moon After 10 days of journeying through space, Astrobotic has positioned its lunar lander on a trajectory towards Earth to … Read more

In the Face of Doom, Lunar Lander’s Instruments Spring to Life

Tragically, Astrobotic’s lander will not be able to pull off a soft landing on the lunar surface. However, Peregrine continues on its trajectory to the Moon, and as a small consolation, its onboard payloads have successfully powered on. China’s Plan to Land Astronauts on the Moon In a series of updates shared on X, Astrobotic … Read more

Valve Says a Steam Deck 2 is still ‘Two or Three Years’ out

Valve recently revealed the Steam Deck OLED, an updated version of the Steam Deck with a new OLED display and better battery. While the company has called the new handheld the “definitive first generation Steam Deck,” it’s not quite a Steam Deck 2. If anyone is wondering when a proper successor for the Steam Deck … Read more

Best Steam Deck Accessories (2023): Docks, Battery, Storage

When it comes to portable PC gaming, the Steam Deck is the top choice for a few reasons. It has a great mix of performance, battery life, and affordability. Plus, when it comes to the handheld-friendly interface and number of games available, it’s hard to beat. Valve, the company that makes the Steam Deck, has … Read more

Valve said it’s no longer supporting CS:GO gamers on macOS — here’s why

Mac gamers are in for a disappointing time as Valve announced on Monday that its uber-popular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will no longer support macOS. This lack of support also extends to the company’s recently released sequel to CS:GO, Counter-Strike 2, with Valve stating that there are no plans to bring that game to macOS either. … Read more

Valve suddenly releases SteamVR 2.0 in beta — as headset rumors swirl

Greetings! Today we are shipping SteamVR 2.0 in beta. We see this is as the first major step toward our goal of bringing all of what’s new on the Steam platform into VR. Users who opt into this beta will notice a new UI with lots of added features: ·Most of the current features of Steam and Steam … Read more

Valve received’t approve Steam video games that use copyright-infringing AI paintings

On Thursday, numerous shops reported on a June Reddit submit from consumer potterharry97 saying that Steam would now not be publishing video games with AI-generated content material. Later within the month, one other recreation dev penned an identical submit. Valve says that’s not fairly proper. In an announcement emailed to The Verge, Valve PR consultant … Read more

The right way to Set up ‘Diablo IV’ on Your Steam Deck

First issues first, flip in your Steam Deck, press the Steam button, and scroll all the way down to Energy, press A, after which choose Change to Desktop. From right here, click on on the little blue procuring bag icon in your taskbar. It will open the Uncover menu, which is the place you’ll discover … Read more