TweakTown

Steam has 400,000 trailers and Valve had to re-encode all of them for new video player update

TL;DR: Valve updated Steam's video player to be more bandwidth-efficient and compatible across devices like Steam Deck and mobiles by re-encoding 400,000 game trailers in multiple resolutions. This ...
PCGamesN

After years of complaints, Valve finally fixes Steam's worst feature

Valve is one of the biggest videogame companies in the world, so it tracks that it would be at the forefront of technology, right? Think of how it has innovated in the past, revolutionising VR with ...
Ars Technica

Steam Deck minus the screen: Valve announces new Steam Machine, Controller hardware

Nearly four years after the Steam Deck changed the world of portable gaming, Valve is getting ready to release SteamOS-powered hardware designed for the living room TV, or even as a desktop PC gaming ...
PC Gamer

Steam has a razzle-dazzle new video player that's actually usable, but press F for the unlucky Valve employees who had to re-encode all 400,000+ trailers on the platform

If you're anything like me, Steam's trailer function has been—for its entire lifespan—pretty much useless. Maybe I'm just cursed, but in my experience the player is laggy, impossible to scrub through, ...
The Escapist

Valve announces Steam Machine and Steam Frame – here are all the specs we know so far for both

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 ...
TweakTown

'The future of hardware at Valve is bright,' Steam Deck and SteamOS lead the charge

TL;DR: Valve's Steam Deck, including the newer OLED, has expanded portable PC gaming. Valve's SteamOS now supports devices like Legion Go, with 17,000 games verified. A Steam Deck 2 is planned, ...