Valve has added new beta Steamworks reporting tools for Steam Deck Verified games, letting developers see 30-day average framerate charts and opt-in user survey results. The survey appears after at least 10 minutes of play, and Valve says variance data and Playable-game support are planned next.
Secret Mode has removed Denuvo from STAR WARS: Galactic Racer before the game even has a release date. The same update cycle also set the PC floor at an i5-8400 or Ryzen 5 2600, 12 GB of RAM, and an RTX 2060-class GPU with 50 GB of storage.
A GamesRadar report on Apr 14 points to a U.S. shipment manifest for wireless PC controllers weighing 12,970 kg, with Valve still giving no solid release date for the new Steam Controller or Steam Machine. The r/pcgaming post reached 1,895 points and 306 comments.
Epic reported 78 million monthly active users and $400 million in non-Epic game revenue for 2025, while two former employees told the Los Angeles Times that many players claim free Epic Games Store giveaways and return to Steam. The Apr 14 r/pcgaming post drew 4,384 points and 920 comments.
VGC reports that Lucas Pope has become more reluctant to discuss unfinished projects because he worries ideas can now be copied or absorbed by AI systems before they are released. The Papers, Please creator also says the success of his earlier games has made the prospect of a next major release harder to approach.
TechSpot reported on April 4, 2026 that newly uncovered Steam client code points to a feature that could estimate game frame rates from other users' real-world data. Paired with Valve's March 9 rollout of optional anonymized framerate collection, the move could make Steam's store pages much more useful for performance-conscious buyers.
TechSpot reports that newly uncovered Steam client code points to an estimated-FPS chart built from other users’ frame-rate data. If Valve ships it, the feature could turn vague PC system requirements into a more concrete buying signal, especially for players comparing similar CPU and GPU combinations.
Valve’s latest Steam Client Beta lets users manage downloads on remote Steam clients from the active client, tightening the multi-device PC workflow.
A popular r/pcgaming thread points to Valve’s latest Steam Survey, which Phoronix says lifted Linux to 5.33% of Steam users in March 2026 while macOS sat at 2.35%.
A hot r/gamernews post is spotlighting Tom's Hardware coverage of Jensen Huang's response to DLSS 5 criticism, as Nvidia simultaneously positions the feature as a fall 2026 neural-rendering upgrade backed by major publishers including Bethesda, CAPCOM, Ubisoft, and Warner Bros. Games.
The FBI’s Seattle Division is asking Steam users who may have installed malware-laced games between May 2024 and January 2026 to come forward. The notice names seven titles and directs potential victims to a form and the [email protected] contact.
The FBI’s Seattle Division posted a victim-information page for a Steam malware investigation, saying users were primarily targeted between May 2024 and January 2026 and naming seven affected games including PirateFi and BlockBlasters.