Gabe Newell Talks Oculus Quest And Making Steam Deck Open

You can pair Valve’s upcoming Steam Deck handheld console with an Oculus Quest, Gabe Newell has confirmed. The Valve co-founder and owner spoke about Steam Deck in an interview to IGN this week, re-iterating that the device is essentially a portable, handheld PC and therefore Valve won’t stop you from trying to connect anything to […]

Gabe Newell Claims Solving VR Cybersickness Is “More Of A Certification Issue Than A Scientific Issue"

VR gaming is continuously picking up speed, especially as VR tech grows more sophisticated. But one thing still stands in the way of many prospective players hopping on the VR bandwagon – the cursed phenomenon of cybersickness. Cybersickness is essentially motion sickness, but VR Edition. Its symptoms generally include disorientation, vertigo, nausea, eye strain or headache, […]

Gabe Newell: Alyx 'Created Momentum' For More Valve Games

Gabe Newell says the success of last year’s Half-Life: Alyx has “created a lot of momentum” for Valve to make more single-player games. Speaking to 1 News in New Zealand, where he’s currently riding out the COVID-19 pandemic, Newell confirmed that Valve “definitely have games in development” that will be announced in the future. Pressed […]

Gabe Newell says Xbox Series X is better than PS5

It may have been a rough few days for Microsoft but the co-founder of Valve has come out to say that he prefers Xbox Series X to Sony’s next gen console. It seems fair to say that the response to the Xbox Games Showcase last week, and in particular the first gameplay demo of Halo […]

Gabe Newell Says Half-Life Games Are Supposed To Solve Problems

In the ever-popular IGN interview with Valve’s Gabe Newell and Robin Walker, Gabe brought up a really interesting point: Half-Life games are supposed to solve interesting problems. This, in part, sparked the creation of an awesome video by Skill Up on YouTube which explores this comment in more depth. It’s pretty widely-accepted that the series has been revolutionary in gaming history throughout […]