Community members have combined leaked source code, map data and assets into a playable, if incomplete, version of F-Stop, Valve's scrapped Portal prequel. The build stems from an August leak of over 12TB of Steam data plus a later leak of source code and maps shared on the Valve Cut Content Discord. The resulting version lacks textures and dialogue but runs stably enough to demonstrate the game's camera mechanic for capturing and repositioning objects.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-01
In the early automobile era, when steam, gasoline and electric vehicles competed for dominance, manufacturers promoted electric cars as ideal for women because they started easily with a key and produced no exhaust fumes, unlike gasoline cars that required hand-cranking before the electric starter arrived in 1911. General Electric, which produced mercury-arc rectifier chargers, ran advertisements showing fashionably dressed women operating charging equipment, and electric cars were also pitched to doctors for quiet nighttime house calls.
spectrum.ieee.org
· 2026-10-31
Uninstalling a game on Steam or consoles removes only the files the platform originally installed, leaving behind saves, settings, shader caches, mods, crash dumps and screenshots scattered across other folders. Clearing this leftover data is largely a manual process, though shader caches can be safely deleted since games rebuild them automatically. Separately, an unverified PlayStation Store listing cited by the PlayStation Game Size account pegs Grand Theft Auto VI's PS5 download at 210GB, a figure Rockstar has not confirmed.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-31
At the 2026 Busan Indie Connect Festival, Valve addressed rising developer complaints about AI-generated and 'vibe-coded' Steam titles, including reports of extortion emails threatening to release AI clones of games unless developers pay up. Valve's Tom Giardino said this was the first he'd heard of such threats and urged affected developers to contact law enforcement, while the company reiterated it will continue requiring AI disclosure but won't ban the technology outright.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-29
At the Steam Indie Connect event in Busan on October 27, Valve's Steam Business Team told Korean developers that building community trust and shipping consistent updates is the strongest safeguard against AI-generated clone games, since a distinct identity built over time is harder to copy than a single mechanic. Representatives Tom Giardino and Marc Wilkinson also shared Steam platform data, noting a peak of 43.5 million concurrent users and 126% revenue growth in South Korea over five years, and introduced new developer tools including a Wishlist Data API.
invenglobal.com
· 2026-10-28
Acer confirmed its Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy starting November 1 for $1,300. The device runs Windows 11 with Intel's new Arc G3 Extreme processor, an 8-inch 120Hz VRR touchscreen, an 80Wh battery, TMR joysticks and dual-mode triggers. Acer says its initial pre-order batch sold out before the handheld even reached store shelves.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-27
Digital Foundry's podcast and leaker Kepler_L2 suggest Sony may have some form of exclusive or priority access to AMD's upcoming mobile RDNA 5 architecture for its next PlayStation handheld, codenamed Canis. Rival devices like a possible Xbox handheld or Steam Deck 2 may instead rely on AMD's less advanced RDNA 4m chips, reportedly branded Ryzen Z3 and Z3 Extreme, expected around early 2027.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-27
Valve's Steam platform is experiencing a significant outage, with over 1,000 reports on Downdetector and rising. Affected users report getting stuck on a 'Loading User Data...' screen and being unable to log in, with reports coming from Canada, Japan, the UK, Poland and elsewhere. The outage appears to have begun around 6:00 AM ET, according to Downdetector's tracking graph.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-26
Valve's new Steam Frame headset weighs 440 grams, 75 grams less than Meta's Quest 3, with its battery relocated to the rear strap for balance and padding that avoids overheating. It uses dual LCD pancake lenses at 2160x2160 per eye with a 110-degree field of view and variable refresh rates, plus dual speakers, microphones, and monochrome pass-through cameras, though it fits poorly for glasses wearers without costly prescription lens add-ons.
wired.com
· 2026-10-26
A GitHub project called Playden for PS5 adapts the macOS Playden launcher to let users sign into Steam and install games from their library onto a jailbroken PlayStation 5. It works by running titles through prospero-win, a PS5 port of Wine, creating a separate app tile for each installed game with isolated files and settings. The developer lists compatible titles including Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, and Team Fortress 2, but the project remains in Alpha, with mixed user reports of crashes and missing mouse/menu support.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-25
Super Smash Bros. and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai told Japanese outlet Denfaminico Gamer that AI is being used to rapidly produce video games at the cost of originality and quality. He pointed to the roughly 19,000 games added to Steam annually, predicting that number will keep growing as AI tools make it easier to mass-produce titles that copy existing game systems.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-25
Valve has released Personal Calendar on Steam, a new tool that recommends games by comparing a user's recently-played titles, logged hours and wishlists with those of similar players. The feature refreshes daily but is designed to show meaningful new suggestions over roughly an eight-week span rather than constant shifts. Valve said the tool followed months of testing in Steam Labs and now sees clicks on over 2,000 different games daily.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-24
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