Solid performance at 1080p. Access to a voluminous Steam library. Excellent physical design. Linux-based desktop is clean, accessible, and intuitive. So, how did it all go so frustratingly wrong?

We’re tracking Valve’s rebooted hardware plans in this Verge StoryStream. And if you want to know how we got here, it also contains our original Steam Machine coverage — going back over a decade.

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Welcome to Machine Party. In this series of dangerous, and some would say highly illegal, party games you will have to use every trick in the book to survive. Play through classic party game formats ...

Valve’s $1,000 Steam Machine is out, and I’ve been playing games on it and testing it out for the last two weeks or so. Right after Valve sent me a 2TB Steam Machine, I quickly loaded up a ton of ...

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The Steam Machine is a $1,000+ console-like PC gaming device that brings the experience of Valve’s Steam Deck to your living room TV. I’ve been playing around with a unit that Valve sent me, and while ...

At Automate 2026, a quick stop at the maxon booth quickly turned into a rapid-fire tour of motion technologies. Familiar to Machine Design audiences, the team walked through a series of component ...

The college class of 2026 is entering one of the most nerve-racking job markets, as employers have reduced hiring. Suzy Welch, author and professor at NYU Stern School of Business, answers WSJ readers ...

The Steam Machine is finally here after looming on the horizon for the last eight months or so. And while Valve has been adamant that the Steam Machine is an entry-level gaming PC, rather than a new, ...