Over the past few years we’ve seen a number of handheld gaming computers, with the most recent examples including the AYA Neo, ONEXPLAYER, and GPD Win 3. One thing they have in common? They come from small Chinese companies that are relatively unknown outside of enthusiast circles. Big name PC makers including Dell and Lenovo […]
Tag: Valve
Lilbits 394: Tiny gaming laptops, crowd-developed tablets, and a cartridge-based handheld game console
Comments Off on Lilbits 394: Tiny gaming laptops, crowd-developed tablets, and a cartridge-based handheld game consoleMore details are emerging about the two most powerful mini gaming laptops to date. A spec sheet suggests that One Netbook’s 7 inch One GX gaming laptop will feature a 1920 x 1200 pixel display and LPDDR4X-4266 memory. But there’s no word on the release date yet. Meanwhile, the crowdfunding campaign for the GPD Win […]
Chromebooks as a gaming platform? Steam support in the works, Stadia support is already here
1 Comment on Chromebooks as a gaming platform? Steam support in the works, Stadia support is already hereChromebooks may often be dismissed as cheap laptops that run a browser-based operating system. But thanks to support for Android and Linux apps, that’s not exactly true… and even if it were, there’s a lot you can do in a web browser. Case in point — when Google’s Stadia game streaming platform launched last year, […]
Valve discontinues the Steam Controller (with a $5 closeout sale)
Valve’s Steam Controller is a wireless handheld game controller designed for PC gaming… including PC games that you’d normally play with a mouse and keyboard. While it doesn’t have QWERTY keys, it does have two trackpads that you can use in lieu of a mouse, trackball, joystick, or steering wheel. First announced in 2013 and […]
Steam Remote Play Together lets you play local multiplayer games online
Valve’s Steam game client has a Remote Play feature that lets you stream games from a home PC over the internet to play just about anywhere. Now Valve has added a new Remote Play Together service that builds upon that game streaming technology to let you play local multiplayer games over an internet connection. Valve says a group […]
Daily Deals (6-28-2019)
As the Steam Summer Sale continues, it’s a good time to save some money on new and old games alike. And if replaying older games is your jam and/or you haven’t yet played through classics like the Half-Life, Portal, and Left 4 Dead series, Valve’s got you covered with a bundle of 20+ PC games […]
Steam will continue to work with Ubuntu… for now
This month Canonical announced it would not include 32-bit packages in future versions of Ubuntu — and that led Valve to announced that the popular Steam game client would drop support for Ubuntu moving forward. The move wasn’t out of spite — Valve says that not only does Steam itself rely on a number of […]
Canonical (sort of) backtracks: Ubuntu will continue to support (some) 32-bit software
4 Comments on Canonical (sort of) backtracks: Ubuntu will continue to support (some) 32-bit softwareA few days after announcing it would effectively drop support for 32-bit software in future versions of the Ubuntu operating system, Canonical has decided to “change our plan and build selected 32-bit i386 packages.” The company’s original decision sparked some backlash when it became clear that some existing apps and games would no longer run […]
Ubuntu is dropping support for 32-bit apps and games, so Steam is dropping support for Ubuntu
12 Comments on Ubuntu is dropping support for 32-bit apps and games, so Steam is dropping support for UbuntuCanonical’s Ubuntu operating system is one of the biggest names in desktop GNU/Linux. But if you plan to play PC games on Linux, you might want to start looking around for a different Linux distro. Ubuntu developer Steve Langasek announced last week that starting with Ubuntu 19:10, which comes out in October, Canonical would no […]
Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app finally hits the App Store
Valve’s Steam Link app lets you stream PC games over a home network to a smartphone, tablet, or smart TV. The company released an Android version of the app almost exactly a year ago — but while Valve had also developed a version for iOS, it was rejected by Apple. And since it’s not easy […]
Valve Index VR headset coming in June for $499 and up
The company behind popular PC games including Half-Life, Portal, and Dota has also been one of the key players in the virtual reality space. Valve worked with HTC to develop its Vive platform. But now Valve is launching its own virtual reality system. Pre-orders for the HTC Index virtual reality headset and accessories begin on May […]
Lilbits 355: Intel’s next-gen low-power chips coming in 2020, better graphics in tow
We already knew Intel’s follow up to the Gemini Lake line of cheap, low-power Celeron and Pentium processors would probably be code-named Elkhart Lake and that the new chips could pack way more performance, possibly by combining high-performance “Sunny Cove” CPU cores, lower-power “Tremont” cores, and Intel Gen11 graphics. Now, if a leaked product roadmap […]