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Valve Reportedly Making a Switch Style Mini-PC Codenamed “SteamPal”

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock and Valve) Valve is allegedly jumping back into hardware, working on a handheld PC similar to the Nintendo Switch, according to a new report from Ars Technica. The publication spoke to “multiple sources familiar with the matter,” who have confirmed that “the device has been in development for some time.”… Read more

Report: Valve is secretly building a Switch-esque portable gaming PC

Nearly a decade after introducing an ill-fated line of Linux gaming PCs dubbed “Steam Machines,” PC gaming giant Valve is reportedly trying its hand at hardware again — with its own handheld gaming computer a la the Nintendo Switch. That’s the word from Ars Technica’s Sam Machkovech, who claims to have multiple sources attesting that… Read more

J.J. Abrams says the Valve Portal movie is ‘finally on the rails’

J.J. Abrams has said that a movie based on Valve’s Portal is still in the works, and that a script is finally being written, according to IGN. Abrams is light on details, but says that Warner Brothers is excited about the direction the movie is going in, and that it “feels like that thing’s finally… Read more

Valve Head Gabe Newell Hints at Upcoming Console News

Home News (Image credit: Valve) Gabe Newell, the head of Valve Software, hinted to students in New Zealand that the company might expand its Steam platform, or at least some games, to the console space later this year. The comment is vague at best, but at least it shows that the owner of one of… Read more

Gabe Newell has big plans for brain-computer interfaces in gaming

Valve co-founder and president Gabe Newell talks about Valve’s exploration of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) for gaming and beyond, in an interview with New Zealand’s 1 News. Although Newell admits that the idea of having your brain interface directly with a computer sounds “indistinguishable from science fiction,” he says developers would be making a “silly mistake”… Read more

It sure sounds like Valve’s Gabe Newell is having a lovely time in New Zealand

Valve co-founder and president Gabe Newell has given one of his famously rare interviews with New Zealand’s 1 News. In it, he discusses his admiration for the island country, where he recently applied for residency after having sheltered there during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also used the interview to confirm that Valve does indeed have… Read more

Valve working on new games: will there be Half-Life 3 too? Gabe Newell speaks

Gabe Newell talks about the projects of his company, which apparently will return to focus on the development of new singleplayer games. Valve’s boss himself confirms this, answering some (teasing) questions regarding Half-Life and the enigmatic Citadel. by Pasquale Fusco published 21 January 2021 , at 16: 41 in the Videogames channel Valve Half-Life After… Read more