Valve is overhauling its Steam Chat feature and the immediate reaction is that it's essentially Valve's version of Discord, the go-to chat client for many avid online gamers. The new Steam Chat is not ...

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Who doesn't want to improve their Steam experience tenfold? Because let's face it: Steam's default site needs a lot of work. Valve Time means the developer works at its own pace, which has prompted ...

Valve, the company behind Steam, says that the standard Windows Task Manager doesn't capture all of the GPU processing and can underestimate GPU usage, especially during game launch. They're planning ...

TL;DR: PC gamers who stream or share gameplay clips usually rely on tools like Microsoft's Game Bar or more complex third-party solutions. Valve aims to provide a new option that embeds accessible ...

Valve has officially released Steam Game Recording, a new built-in feature that allows players to capture and share gameplay footage across PC, Mac, and Steam Deck devices. The feature recently exited ...

Valve has launched Steam Families - a streamlined, enhanced version of its existing household game sharing tools - that's available for testing now in public beta form. Steam Families combines and ...

Back in February, Valve gave Steam client beta users the option to share anonymized framerate data and hardware information with the company to “help us learn about game compatibility and improve ...

GameNative pushed a big update, and it uses a Valve ...

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