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On October 16, 2026, Deadlock hit a new all-time Steam peak of 303,347 concurrent players as Valve rolled out the City Never Sleeps update and introduced Violet, the fifth of six new heroes. Valve introduced the artist that day, and the player count set a new record for the game. -
According to a former Valve employee, profiles, cards and account levels aren't decorations but what the entire platform is built on. -
Valve Index is no longer being produced — the headset is being sold at a discount, but without controllers or a base station
Valve has announced that it has discontinued production of the Index VR headset: now remaining units are being sold off at a discount. -
Valve has released the Steam Frame's CAD files, giving makers official dimensions for designing accessories for the unreleased VR headset. The repository includes models and reference materials for the core module, head strap, controllers, and expansion port, so creators can work from the headset's specifications instead of measuring it by hand. -
iFixit's Steam Frame teardown found one encouraging detail: the headset's optical and computing section detaches from the strap, so the rear battery can be serviced without taking apart the whole device. The bad news is that the battery is glued in place with no release tabs, and removing it required isopropyl alcohol and careful prying. -
Valve's Deadlock isn't officially out. The team shooter has no price, no release date and no full system requirements, and the only way in is an invite from a friend who already plays. Yet on October 6, it peaked at 236,730 concurrent players, according to Steam. At that moment, the only games on Steam with more people playing were Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2 and AION 2, a new MMO that had launched globally on Steam the day before. -
Valve released a major Halloween update for Team Fortress 2 on October 1, 2026, adding new items, contracts, and changes to zombie mode. The event runs through November 7 and includes five community-made maps: HolyHell, Scarypass, Trainsawlaser, Medi-Evil, and Scaredy-Cat. Players can find Halloween matches in the Special Events category of Casual mode. -
When 12 terabytes of old files from Valve's systems spilled online in late August, the headlines instantly promised Half-Life 3, "a decade of cancelled games," and stolen source code. More than a week later, with enthusiasts having gone through the archive in detail, the picture turned out both smaller and more interesting. Here's what's really in this leak — far from just Valve's games — and what turned out to be wishful thinking. -
Valve's Deadlock gets its biggest update yet — six new heroes, a reworked New York, and a new player record
The changelog for Deadlock's new patch is so long it would be easier to list what Valve didn't touch. -
Portal 2 prototype code with a camera instead of the portal gun leaks online — fragments of Half-Life 2: Episode 3 found inside
Before the portal gun, Portal 2's heroine had a camera. Now the code of the game where it worked has allegedly leaked online. -
Steam generated approximately $15 billion in gross revenue during the first eight months of 2026, according to estimates from analytical firm Alinea Analytics. -
Valve has released a beta version of SteamOS 3.8.28 for devices with discrete AMD graphics, including Steam Machine: the patch is meant to fix an issue where games started running slower after waking from sleep. The update is intended for systems with discrete AMD GPUs. Valve did not specify which GPU generations were affected or how much performance dropped before the patch was installed. -
The story of the chicken eggs in Counter-Strike 2 turned out to be much more interesting than it initially seemed after the update launched. Players have uncovered more details about the new mechanic: once the egg hatches, the pet only lives for a limited time and can disappear even sooner under certain conditions. -
Minh Le, the co-creator of Counter-Strike, has shared his memories regarding the birth of Steam. According to him, back in the early 2000s, Valve saw the service as nothing more than a convenient distribution tool for their own projects, and genuinely feared it would collapse. At the time, digital game delivery was viewed by the industry as far too risky a bet. -
At Airbus's UK facilities, a Steam Deck has been repurposed into a controller for an ExoMars rover prototype, with science popularizer Tom Scott demonstrating the setup during a visit. TechSpot reported on the demo.
At first, the prototype was controlled from a regular laptop. Scott was then handed a Steam Deck and drove another rover himself using custom software made for the handheld. -
Chicken eggs have started dropping in Counter-Strike 2 — according to the game's files, they will hatch into pets
The update brought a new mode and a dozen tweaks, but something else caught players' attention. Items Valve hadn't said a single word about started showing up in drops. -
Minh Le says Gabe Newell turned Valve's office into a testing ground for Mongolian throat singing, a hobby that reportedly lasted about five months and drove employees crazy. In a recent recollection, Le described the company founder as someone who became deeply interested in the technique and performed it throughout the office, turning the workspace into something far less quiet than it should have been. -
Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek says the real problem with huge game-development teams is how they make decisions, not just how many people are on payroll. In a recent interview, he singled out GTA 6 as a rare exception, saying a game on that scale may need "a gajillion" different hands to hold it. -
Portal Was Going to Have Corpses and Blood — Gabe Newell Called It the Dumbest Question He Had Ever Been Asked
Sterile white chambers, black humor, and a cake that doesn't exist. All of it could have looked different: one person at the studio seriously pushed for corpses to be scattered around the Aperture Science labs and for them to be drenched in blood. -
Former Valve writer and game designer Chet Faliszek said the company's teams often found it almost comical how little they had to add to Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike before players responded positively. In a new interview about why Valve does not hire more people, he said the studio could ship a tiny update — sometimes just a few skins — and still get a warm reception. The topic comes up in the video interview linked with the story.
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