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Much like the Steam Machine, Valve’s Steam Frame VR headset feels like a device that should have shipped five years ago. As a standalone wireless headset, it’s directly competing with Meta’s Quest lineup, even though that company has seriously scaled back its VR ambitions. The ability to play many Steam VR games right within the…

Valve rolled out SteamVR 2.17 on September 10, introducing several new features including a quick access menu, Steam achievements in VR, and improved streaming capabilities as anticipation builds for the Steam Frame VR headset launch expected mid-September. The update notably adds support for 32-bit OpenXR applications, allowing compatibility with more VR software. Valve explained this…

Valve confirmed Steam Frame back in November 2025, and by August 2026 it’s the headset every PC VR owner keeps asking about. The obvious point of comparison isn’t the Quest line, it’s Valve’s own Valve Index, the tethered headset that’s been the gold standard for SteamVR fidelity since 2019. One is a 185-gram wireless SteamOS…

It’s been a long wait for the Steam Frame VR gaming headset following its announcement late last year. Valve finally gave us a summer launch timeline for this eagerly anticipated device in June, but we haven’t heard much since then. That’s changing now, as a slip-up has revealed more than half a dozen tutorial videos…

Valve’s long-rumored Steam Frame VR headset will be launching soon, according to a VR game developer. The studio and its publisher, 2080 Games, are reportedly waiting on Valve to officially release the headset before launching their title, with an announcement expected soon.

If you’ve been holding out on buying Valve’s ludicrously expensive home console, you may have saved yourself from more than an empty wallet. European customers who ordered a Steam Machine or Steam Controller may be the victims of a personal information data breach after one of Valve’s hardware distribution partners was hit by a cyberattack.

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SteamOSisn’t just a byproduct developed for Valve’s gaming hardware, and the company is proving this by expanding support for other handhelds aside from the Steam Deck. While the platform hasn’t been exclusive to the Steam Deck, more handhelds from MSI, Ayaneo, and Konkr are getting support for Valve’s latest SteamOS beta.

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SteamOS is continuing its slow march to fuller support on a wider variety of non-Valve hardware. This weekend’s release of the SteamOS 3.8.25 Beta includes “initial gamepad support” for a few recent gaming handhelds and improved support for a few others.