After a few leaks appeared here and there, Valve has officially announced the new Steam Hardware, in the form of the Steam Machine and Steam Frame. These two new pieces of hardware feature a new way ...

The Steam Frame VR headset is expected in the summer, too. The Steam Frame VR headset is expected in the summer, too. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in ...

Valve's original Steam Machine concept failed mainly because the software wasn't ready yet. That is demonstrably not the case anymore, as Linux-based machines are now able to run the majority of ...

Valve opened Steam Machine pre-order reservations on June 22, setting a deadline of June 25 at 1 PM ET — and if the company follows the pattern it has now established twice with new hardware, Steam ...

Valve is launching three new Steam Hardware projects in 2026, and two of them are quite familiar. The Steam Frame is the newest of the bunch, intended as a lower cost alternative to the ultra-premium ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. UPDATE: Valve now says that it will ship all three devices in 2026: "We shared recently that there have been challenges with memory and storage shortages, ...

The Steam Machine and Steam Frame are officially scheduled to land in summer 2026, Valve announced today in a blog post about something else entirely. There's still no word on how much either bit of ...

After multiple delays due to the ongoing memory shortage, Valve’s second-gen Steam Machine and the Steam Frame VR headset may finally be ready for release. “Today we are expanding the Verified program ...

Valve is working on a new standalone VR headset, Xbox-sized game console and wireless controller. I tried them all at the company's HQ. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore ...

Valve’s next crack at the gaming hardware business is releasing soon. In a blog post, the company confirmed that the Steam Machine and the Steam Frame (its new VR headset) will ship this summer.

Valve’s recent shipping data and updates to SteamOS have sparked speculation about the imminent release of the Steam Machine and Steam Frame. Containers labeled as game consoles, arriving from Valve’s ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Valve says its goal to release the Steam Frame and Steam Machine in the first half of ...