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About a fortnight ago, Valves CEO, Gabe Newell, took part in a Q&A in a high school in New Zealand. One of the answers that caught the attention of the games media concerned Valve and consoles. The particular query was about whether Steam would remain strictly a PC platform or whether it would be "putting any games on consoles". A fair enough question from the school student, but surprisingly it caused Newell to pause for thought, and after umming and erring, he obviously picked his words very ...

Valve is preparing another foray into the hardware market, according to a new Ars Technica report. The outlet is citing "multiple sources familiar with the matter" as confirming speculation that the company is preparing a Switch-like handheld PC alternately referred to as "Neptune" or "SteamPal." Word of the device started circulating today as SteamDB developer Pavel Djundik noted on Twitter that Valves latest update to the Steam client beta included text for "SteamPal" and a "SteamPal Games" l...

Image via Valve SteamDB founder Pavel Djundik has uncovered some interesting details in the latest Steam client beta update. Djundik claims that he managed to find references to a Valve project thought to be codenamed “Neptune” and several strings that could indicate progress towards Steam’s compatibility with consoles or a console built to use Steam to run games. The latest Steam client update includes the strings of text, “SteamPal and SteamPal Games.” It’s thought that these coul...

Report: Valve Is Making A Switch-Like Portable Codenamed SteamPal Kotaku 5 days ago Nathan Grayson © Image: Valve One of Valve’s previous hardware projects, the Steam Controller, on a factory assembly line. If the Nintendo Switch has proven anything, it’s that being able to play previously PC-only indies on the go rules. Soon, though, you might not need to wait for Switch ports of your Steam-powered faves: a new report claims Valve is working on its own handheld. Ars Te...

Over the last couple of years, Valve has been working on Steam Cloud Gaming, allowing users to connect their Steam libraries to services like GeForce Now. Valve’s cloud ambitions may not end there though, as evidence is pointing to a new handheld streaming device currently known as ‘SteamPal’.  SteamDB creator, Pavel Djundik, brought attention to this today. After some datamining, code strings were found referring to “SteamPal”, “SteamPal Games” and “Neptune”, which is the co...

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Sony is trying to patent its Back Button Attachment accessory for the PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4. Back in 2019, the company launched a programmable button attachment that connects to the underside of the controller. The gaming giant doesn’t give the patent a name and refers to it as an add-on with buttons that “may be mapped to controller buttons using customized button mapping pre-sets.” It also offers a few diagrams showing how it works.   Sony filed the patent in the U.S. in ...

First Zoom patent jury trial sees Valve fined $4 million 05-02-2021 Valve has been fined $4 million after being found to have infringed a video game controller patent. Ironburg Inventions, the IP holding arm of hardware manufacturer SCUF, filed the suit against Valve in 2017, claiming that the company’s Steam Controller infringed its rear-fitted paddle lever controller. The trial was the first of its kind to take place over Zoom, ending in Valve being ordered to pay $4,029,533.93, with the po...

Valves Steam Controller design looks like it is going to cost the firm US$4 million in damages as a US court has decided it infringed upon Corsairs Scuf Gaming designs. The particular infringement was in the implementation of back paddles on the controller. Notably, Microsoft paid Corsairs patent holding Ironburg Inventions $6 million to use the IP in its Xbox Wireless Elite performance controllers. Meanwhile, Valve intentionally disregarded the potential infringement, Ironburg lawyer Robert Be...