PC Gamer

A NEWELL WHOLE WORLD

“HOW DOES MOBILE PC GAMING EXPAND ON THIS RANGE OF EXPERIENCES?”

There’s hardly a figure that looms larger over PC gaming than Valve president Gabe Newell. The company’s games are some of the most influential ever made; Steam has come to dominate the entire industry; and now he’s hoping to make a whole new breakthrough in handheld gaming. So, fresh from our Steam Deck review, we sat down to ask him about what made the device possible, his ambitions for the future, and, er, NFTs.

It feels like Steam OS is the secret sauce of the Steam Deck that we haven’t seen in a portable PC before. Are you still planning to release it publicly? Or is there any worry that the next portable system would simply take that and become a Steam Deck copycat?

No, actually, we hope they do. I mean, in order to get here, we had to follow a fairly lengthy process. And all of the steps along the way, whether it

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from PC Gamer

PC Gamer6 min read
Ergonomic Keyboards
Standard keyboards just aren’t great for your body. The key layout makes your fingers constantly stretch and splay, and forces your wrists to rotate inward. Your hands sit close together, so your shoulders don’t get much chance to relax. A quality er
PC Gamer1 min read
The Truth Is Out
In the lead-up to Stardew Valley’s 1.6 launch, developer Eric Barone shared tons of facts and tidbits about the cosy farming sim. One of which confirmed a long-held belief that it really is faster to harvest crops from left-to-right rather than right
PC Gamer10 min read
Pawn Cocktail
WHAT IS IT?An open-world RPG sequel full of weird companions and gargantuan monsters EXPECT TO PAY£54 DEVELOPERCapcom PUBLISHERCapcom REVIEWED ONIntel Core i9-13900k, 32GB RAM, Nvidia GeGorce RTX 4090 MULTIPLAYERNo LINK dragonsdogma.com/2/ My journ

Related Books & Audiobooks