Tagged: Valve

How to add external games to your Steam library

Steam is the place for PC games, but several games are only available on other storefronts. The Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect, Origin, and more have games that you can’t find on Steam. To clean up your desktop gaming experience and make the upcomin…

Why I sold my gaming laptop to buy a Steam Deck

After waiting for almost a year, I finally have a Steam Deck. I’ve been excited about this device since Valve first announced it, and although the Steam Deck has some problems, I love using Valve’s handheld gaming PC. I love it so much, in fact, that t…

The first Steam Deck Verified games you should play

The Steam Deck has been out for months, but many hopeful buyers are still waiting on their handheld. Valve hasn’t been idly shipping units, though. The company continues to add games to its list of Deck Verified titles, which Valve itself has verified …

Steam Deck vs. Nintendo Switch

Recently, the handheld gaming market has been absolutely dominated by the Nintendo Switch, a system that has surpassed 100 million units sold. It’s a popular device for a reason, but now, a new competitor has joined the fray, the Valve Steam Deck, a ha…

Nintendo Switch OLED vs. Steam Deck

Nintendo’s long-awaited Switch announcement in 2021 introduced an upgraded model to consider: The Switch OLED, with new display technology that improves color, contrast, and brightness. This was quickly followed by another important handheld announceme…

Ray tracing on Steam Deck is possible, but there’s a catch

Given the low-power nature of AMD’s graphics inside of Valve’s  Steam Deck, features like ray tracing seem impossible. However, the mad lads at Digital Foundry demonstrated that ray tracing on the Steam Deck is indeed possible — as long as you’re …