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Games: Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Nintendo 64
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Boiling Steam ☛ New Steam Hardware: Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller for 2026
Phew! This is a huge announcement that just dropped. Valve is releasing three new piece of hardware in 2026, and no, it’s not about the Steam Deck 2, at least for now. They are going on three fronts: - VR with the Steam Frame, a standalone headset that can also work with streaming - Traditional gaming with the Steam Machine console - Peripheral with the new Steam Controller (to go with the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, or any computer)
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Hands-on with Valve's new Steam Frame headset — Arm-powered, mixed-mode device uses Fex translation layer for traditional x86 games
New Steam Frame headset is a “streaming-first” device designed to run VR games from your PC, but it can also play traditional PC games via its Arm chip, thanks to the Fex translation layer.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ N64 cartridge-playing Analogue 3D finally gets a shipping date – FPGA-powered Nintendo 64 remake with 4K, VRR to roll out starting November 18
Analogue’s 3D console faithfully recreates the Nintendo 64 using FPGA hardware for perfect accuracy, 4K output, and VRR support.
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Rootkits as goal.
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Valve says Steam Machine success will help to push devs to properly support anti-cheat on Linux [Ed: So rootkits are the goal?]
Following the massive success of the Steam Deck, Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine is, essentially, a PC console powered by SteamOS. Housed in a tiny cube, the as-of-yet unpriced device is very exciting, and adorably sized in its cube-shaped chassis.
However, the Steam Machine does have one major issue, and it’s the same issue that has plagued many games on SteamOS played through the software’s Proton compatibility layer: anti-cheat.
Looking at the majority of “borked” games on supported game tracker ProtonDB shows that anti-cheat is a real issue for Steam Deck, and soon-to-be Steam Machine, owners. Titles like Destiny 2, which is admittedly suffering anyway, PUBG, Battlefield 6 and more are unplayable on the handheld due to the fact that anti-cheat simply doesn’t work alongside Proton.
Liam Proven:
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The Steam Machine rises again as Valve readies 2026 hardware trifecta
The holiday season is almost upon us, but the new gear on gamers' wish lists won't arrive until next year.
Valve Corporation has pre-announced a range of three new gadgets to entice gamers, which will all arrive at some point in 2026. There's a standalone gaming PC, the Steam Machine, a new generation of the Steam Controller, and an Arm-powered VR headset, the Steam Frame.
It's enough to induce a temporary bout of chronological uncertainty. The Steam Machine was first announced way back in 2012, as The Register reported at the time. In 2013, El Reg returned to the subject with pictures, and also covered the forthcoming Steam Controller – although one version of that did ship in 2015.
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Steam Machine Will Spark A Whole New Generation of Linux-Based PCs, Says Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev
Valve recently introduced its Steam Machine, which received an excellent response from the audience. While we don’t really know its price yet, it’s a revolution in the hybrid console space, and other industry figures acknowledge that, too.
Baldur’s Gate 3’s publishing lead has stated that the Steam Machine will usher in a whole new generation of Linux-based PCs. He says Valve has kept it mid-spec because there was no point in making it ultra-high-spec.
Why it matters: Linux-based PCs have some standout advantages over Windows-based PCs because of their lighter, more efficient OS, and more companies will now follow what Valve has started.