Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Valve dipped its toe into the hardware business when it released the Steam Deck ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Valve says its goal to release the Steam Frame and Steam Machine in the first half of ...

After writing two November stories analyzing price expectations for Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine, I really didn’t think we’d be offering more informed speculation before the official price was ...

The Steam Machine is back from the dead. Not as a Valve-supported program for manufacturers to create living room PCs, but instead a home console sibling to the Steam Deck. Valve introduced its second ...

PC gaming giant Valve has delayed announcing the release date of its Steam Machine gaming PC, citing storage and memory shortages and rising prices as the main reason for the delay. In a blog post on ...

The gaming world has been positively abuzz since Valve's November announcement that its highly-anticipated Steam Machine gaming platform would be shipping sometime in the early days of 2026, ...

When the Steam Machine was first announced back in November 2025, Valve told me that the console-like PC would be launching in the first quarter of 2026. But things might be more complicated now.

You will have to wait a bit longer before you can buy a Steam Machine — and you may have to pay more for one, too. Valve had intended to release the console-style SteamOS-powered device in early 2026, ...

The Steam Machine has been delayed, Valve announced in a blog post Wednesday evening, citing the rising cost of computer components. So much for that AMD prediction about an early 2026 release date!

Valve says the Steam Machine delay is being driven by a parts squeeze, not a change in direction. The company says shortages in memory and storage are getting worse, and costs are rising right along ...