James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...

This week, Valve's Steam Deck and Steam Client are both seeing updates for the month of September, with updates for Steam Deck mirroring those for the Steam Client on Windows and Linux, with some ...

As Steam client updates go, this is a biggie. Valve has reeled off a list of nearly 100 bugs or performance issues that have been fixed on desktop, as well as 50 fixes for Steam Deck users. Most of ...

Pretty excited about this controller glyph thing, too.

Sharing games will now be much easier. After a lengthy beta period, Valve has officially launched Steam Families, a new way to share games between groups of players. A Steam Family can consist of up ...

When you launch Counter-Strike 2, you may see a yellow banner saying “Your client needs to update”, which blocks matchmaking and servers. This happens ...

Something to look forward to: A recently released beta version of the Steam client introduced a new feature for managing game updates. Users can now postpone compulsory downloads, a long-awaited ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. The Steam Deck is three years old, so kudos to Valve for ...

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