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Adding a Second RAM Stick to Valve's Steam Machine Boosts Performance Up to 20%

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Valve’s Steam Machine ships with a single stick of DDR5 memory, and the performance cost is larger than the company has let on.

Epic CEO: Valve Lost Billions by Missing Fortnite, League of Legends, and Genshin Impact

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

There are few things more satisfying in the games business than watching a competitor leave money on the table. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, speaking at the Unreal Fest conference this week, laid out exactly how much Valve has cost itself by sticking to a walled-garden approach.

Steam China Blocks 'LGBTQ+' Tag Search, Flagged as Inappropriate Content

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:51:00 +0800

Players in mainland China have discovered that Steam accounts registered to the Chinese region can no longer access the “LGBTQ+” tag page, as the platform has flagged the tag as inappropriate content under local regulations.

Valve Confirms It's Working Closely with NVIDIA to Bring SteamOS Support to GeForce GPUs

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:44:00 +0800

Valve is steadily expanding the reach of its Linux-based SteamOS beyond the Steam Deck, and the next major frontier is clear: proper support for NVIDIA graphics cards. While the recently released SteamOS 3.8 lets users run the same operating system and code stack that powers Steam Machines on their existing PC hardware, it remains exclusive to AMD GPUs for now — but that won’t be the case forever.