New Steam Beta can run the Linux client inside a container with 64bit gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/new-…

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New Steam Beta can run the Linux client inside a container with 64bit

Valve have been cooking! A new Steam Client Beta is available with something quite special for Linux gamers, as Valve work to continue improving Linux gaming.

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Counter-Strike 2 gets a major update with reload changes, custom game modes gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/coun…

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Counter-Strike 2 gets a major update with reload changes, custom game modes

Possibly one of the most controversial updates for the Counter-Strike series as a whole, the latest Counter-Strike 2 update brings major changes from Valve.

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Valve posted a statement on the New York lootbox lawsuit gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/valv…

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Valve posted a statement on the New York lootbox lawsuit

Valve have been the target of multiple lawsuits lately, and now they've put up an explainer update on their position with the New York lootbox lawsuit.

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Another new lawsuit against Valve in Washington USA takes aim at lootboxes gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/anot…

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Another new lawsuit against Valve in Washington USA takes aim at lootboxes

It's the season of lawsuit it seems, as Valve Software are the target of yet another and it's another one that's targeting loot boxes in their popular games.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Performing Right Society (PRS) sues Valve over video game music gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/perf…

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Performing Right Society (PRS) sues Valve over video game music

Valve Corporation makers of Steam are facing yet another lawsuit, this time around video game audio from the Performing Right Society (PRS) in the UK.

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Valve reconfirm the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller are due in 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/valv…

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Valve reconfirm the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller are due in 2026

Valve put up their Steam Year In Review 2025 and initially, they made it seem like their hardware plans were a lot more uncertain but they've since clarified.

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Valve gives Steam developer and publisher pages a lot more customization options gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/valv…

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Valve gives Steam developer and publisher pages a lot more customization options

Valve have announced major changes for Steam developer and publisher pages, allowing devs to customize them a lot more to their liking.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive reappears on Steam as a standalone download gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/coun…

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive reappears on Steam as a standalone download

It appears that Valve are reviving the older Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, as it has once again appeared on Steam as a standalone download.

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Steam Survey for February 2026 shows a big swing to Simplified Chinese gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/stea…

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Steam Survey for February 2026 shows a big swing to Simplified Chinese

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for February 2026 is live and it's looking a bit odd, with a huge swing towards Simplified Chinese.

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Here's the most played Steam Deck games for February 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/here…

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Here's the most played Steam Deck games for February 2026

Another month is done and finished and what a month it was huh? February 2026 had some fun games arriving, so here's what was most popular on Steam Deck.

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New York sues Valve over "illegally promoting gambling" for loot boxes gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/new-…

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New York sues Valve over "illegally promoting gambling" for loot boxes

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against Valve (Steam) for what they say is illegally promoting gambling.

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Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/happ…

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Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld

Four years ago today, the original Steam Deck LCD released, with it going on to change how everyone sees handheld gaming PCs and Linux for gaming.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Valve wins legal battle against patent troll Rothschild and associated companies gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/valv…

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Valve wins legal battle against patent troll Rothschild and associated companies

The case of Valve versus Leigh Rothschild and all associated companies has come to an end, with Valve coming out the clear winner in this one.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Valve confirm Steam Deck stock issues due to "memory and storage shortages" gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/valv…

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Valve confirm Steam Deck stock issues due to "memory and storage shortages"

We reported recently how the Steam Deck was completely out of stock in the USA, Canada and Asia and now Valve have put up a short statement on it.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

You can now add hardware details to Steam reviews, and give more feedback on Steam Deck Verified gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/you-…

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You can now add hardware details to Steam reviews, and give more feedback on Steam Deck Verified

A new Steam Beta update for Desktop and Steam Deck / SteamOS allows you to add hardware details for reviews and give more Steam Deck Verified feedback.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Steam Early Access games can now have a planned release date listed gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/stea…

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Steam Early Access games can now have a planned release date listed

Answering calls from developers, Valve have tweaked Early Access game pages to allow developers to add a full release date.

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Steam Machine & Steam Frame FAQ - RAM and storage crisis to blame for no pricing or dates gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/stea…

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Steam Machine & Steam Frame FAQ - RAM and storage crisis to blame for no pricing or dates

Valve have put up an official explainer on why we haven't gotten released dates or pricing for the new Steam Hardware like the Steam Machine and Steam Frame.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

AMD say the Steam Machine is "on track" for an early 2026 release gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/amd-…

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AMD say the Steam Machine is "on track" for an early 2026 release

During AMD's latest earnings call that covers the fourth quarter and full year of 2025, AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su gave a small update on Valve's Steam Machine.

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UK lawsuit against Valve given the go-ahead, Steam owner facing up to £656 million in damages gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/uk-l…

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UK lawsuit against Valve given the go-ahead, Steam owner facing up to £656 million in damages

Valve, creator of Steam, now face legal action in the UK as a lawsuit has been given the go-ahead that could result in up to £656 million in damages.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Valve released Proton 10.0-4 bringing more game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valv…

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Valve released Proton 10.0-4 bringing more game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux

The latest stable numbered version of Valve's compatibility layer Proton has arrived. Proton 10.0-4 brings lots of fixes and new game support for SteamOS Linux.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Valve's in-development game Deadlock just got a massive upgrade gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valv…

#Deadlock #Valve #MOBA #PCGaming #Gaming

Valve's in-development game Deadlock just got a massive upgrade

Deadlock is an online-only third-person MOBA currently in development by Valve, and they just released a massive upgrade for the game.

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Valve tweak accessibility categories and release new Steam update with controller improvements and new Beta UI gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valv…

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Valve tweak accessibility categories and release new Steam update with controller improvements and new Beta UI

Valve have given their accessibility categories on Steam for discovering games a small overhaul, along with a big new Steam client update for everyone.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Valve tweak Steam AI disclosure form for developers to clarify it's for content consumed by players gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valv…

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Valve tweak Steam AI disclosure form for developers to clarify it's for content consumed by players

Back in early 2024, Valve put up new rules for game developers on Steam to pull in some information about generative AI, and they now seem to have tweaked it.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Valve's documentation highlights the different ways standalone games run on Steam Frame gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valv…

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Valve's documentation highlights the different ways standalone games run on Steam Frame

With the upcoming new Steam Frame hardware from Valve, they want to get as many games as possible running - and there's multiple ways for developers to do it.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Valve tweak Steam Community Awards to deal with point farming and "attention-grabbing content" gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valv…

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Valve tweak Steam Community Awards to deal with point farming and "attention-grabbing content"

Along with an entirely new set of awards you can give out across Steam the changes should stop all the clown farming on reviews, guides, forum posts and more.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Steam begins 2026 by smashing the users online record again gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stea…

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Steam begins 2026 by smashing the users online record again

A pretty good way for Valve to start the year, with Steam breaking another all-time users online record.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stea…

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Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too

With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/lina…

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Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame

Here's a small bit of news but an interesting one for the upcoming Steam Frame from Valve, as Linaro recently revealed they're supporting Valve with it.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Latest Steam stable update is live as Windows gets 64-bit gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/late…

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Latest Steam stable update is live as Windows gets 64-bit

Valve released the latest stable update for Steam across Desktop, Steam Deck / SteamOS and we have all the changes here for you to see.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental brings fixes for ARC Raiders, The Finals and various other games gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Steam #Valve

Proton Experimental brings fixes for ARC Raiders, The Finals and various other games

Valve just launched their latest upgrade for Proton Experimental to get as many Windows games as possible running on Linux / SteamOS.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Do you like how Valve approaches open source? 🤔

itsfoss.com/news/valve-shows-a…

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Valve's FEX-Emu Support Shows a Better Way to Fund Open Source

The company has quietly funded FEX-Emu since 2018 as an open source project.

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Igalia detail their open source work for Valve's Steam Frame and Steam Machine gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/igal…

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Igalia detail their open source work for Valve's Steam Frame and Steam Machine

One of the great things about Valve's hardware is that it's not locked down, and they put a lot of money into open source for SteamOS (Linux).

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Valve put up a new Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 with a move towards 64-bit gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/valv…

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Valve put up a new Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 with a move towards 64-bit

To ensure games run well on Linux either via Native Linux builds or Windows games with Proton, part of the magic is in the Steam Linux Runtime.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Steam Deck gets display-off low power downloads in a new stable update gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/stea…

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Steam Deck gets display-off low power downloads in a new stable update

Valve have released the big upgrade for Steam Deck that brings display-off low power downloads for everyone now, after a short time in Beta.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Hot on the heels of the Steam Frame announcement, SteamVR Beta 2.14.1 brings more fixes gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/hot-…

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Hot on the heels of the Steam Frame announcement, SteamVR Beta 2.14.1 brings more fixes

Valve only just released the latest stable SteamVR update in version 2.13, but SteamVR 2.14.1 Beta is now here as well with more tweaks and fixes.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

KOMODO's Steam Deck store is renaming to KOMODO STATION - perhaps ahead of the Steam Frame gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/komo…

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KOMODO's Steam Deck store is renaming to KOMODO STATION - perhaps ahead of the Steam Frame

Something is definitely happening in Valve land, as the KOMODO Steam Deck Store is being renamed KOMODO STATION tomorrow, November 13th.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

SteamVR 2.13 brings a whole lot of bug fixes gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/stea…

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SteamVR 2.13 brings a whole lot of bug fixes

While many of us our no doubt waiting on whatever the Steam Frame turns out to be, Valve have released the latest stable SteamVR release with lots of bug fixes.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Valve doing more of a Steam Deck push with their Steam Deck Verified game pages gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/valv…

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Valve doing more of a Steam Deck push with their Steam Deck Verified game pages

Valve are still pushing their Steam Deck ahead with many developers now adding their own special dedicated Steam Deck Verified page.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}