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|Description=American video game company known for distribution platform Steam and game series like Half Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter Strike.
|Description=American video game company known for distribution platform Steam and game series like Half Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter Strike.
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On 12 November 2025, Valve announced the Steam Frame, an ARM based {{Wplink|VR headset}} which will be running {{Wplink|SteamOS}}.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Steve |last2=Lathan |first2=Patrick |last3=Makhnovets |first3=Vitalii |last4=Phetdara |first4=Tim |last5=Thang |first5=Jimmy |date=2025-11-14 |title=Valve Steam Machine, Desktop SteamOS, Steam Frame VR, & Controller {{!}} ft. Engineering Discussion |url=https://gamersnexus.net/news-pre-built-pc/valve-steam-machine-desktop-steamos-steam-frame-vr-controller-ft-engineering |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=Gamers Nexus}}</ref> In order to to be compatible with most Windows x86 games, Valve will be using the FEX-Emu emulation layer alongside Proton.<ref name=":5" /> In an anniversary blog post, the FEX lead dev stated: <blockquote>I want to thank the people from Valve for being here from the start and allowing me to kickstart this project. They trusted me with the responsibility of designing and frameworking the project in a way that it can work long-term; not only for their use cases but also keeping it an open project that anyone can adapt for their own use cases.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Houdek |first=Ryan |date=2025-11-28 |title=FEX seven year anniversary! |url=https://fex-emu.com/FEXiversary/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=FEX-Emu}}</ref></blockquote>FEX works by emulating x86 specific instructions to ARM64.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FEX-Emu – A fast linux usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator |url=https://fex-emu.com/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=FEX-Emu}}</ref>
On 12 November 2025, Valve announced the Steam Frame, an ARM based {{Wplink|VR headset}} which will be running {{Wplink|SteamOS}}.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Steve |last2=Lathan |first2=Patrick |last3=Makhnovets |first3=Vitalii |last4=Phetdara |first4=Tim |last5=Thang |first5=Jimmy |date=2025-11-14 |title=Valve Steam Machine, Desktop SteamOS, Steam Frame VR, & Controller {{!}} ft. Engineering Discussion |url=https://gamersnexus.net/news-pre-built-pc/valve-steam-machine-desktop-steamos-steam-frame-vr-controller-ft-engineering |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=Gamers Nexus}}</ref> In order to to be compatible with most Windows x86 games, Valve will be using the FEX-Emu emulation layer alongside Proton.<ref name=":5" /> In an anniversary blog post, the FEX lead dev stated: <blockquote>I want to thank the people from Valve for being here from the start and allowing me to kickstart this project. They trusted me with the responsibility of designing and frameworking the project in a way that it can work long-term; not only for their use cases but also keeping it an open project that anyone can adapt for their own use cases.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Houdek |first=Ryan |date=2025-11-28 |title=FEX seven year anniversary! |url=https://fex-emu.com/FEXiversary/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=FEX-Emu}}</ref></blockquote>FEX works by emulating x86 specific instructions to ARM64.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FEX-Emu – A fast linux usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator |url=https://fex-emu.com/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=FEX-Emu}}</ref>


=== Repairable hardware ===
===Repairable hardware===
 
====Steam Deck====
Following the release of the Steam Deck in 2022, Gamers Nexus and iFixit released teardown videos praising the ease of dissassembly of the device,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Steve |last2=Lathan |first2=Patrick |last3=Stone |first3=Patrick |last4=Coleman |first4=Andrew |last5=Gallick |first5=Keegan |date=2022-02-08 |title=Steam Deck Tear-Down: Build Quality, Disassembly, & VRM Analysis |url=https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=dlsJB3narnk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=dlsJB3narnk |archive-date=2026-04-29 |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=Invidious}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Suovanen |first=Jeff |date=2022-02-15 |title=Steam Deck Teardown: Everything Valve Said Not to Do! |url=https://www.ifixit.com/News/57101/steam-deck-teardown |url-status=live |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=iFixit}}</ref> the latter giving it a 7/10 on their repairability score.<ref name=":8" />
 
In collaboration with iFixit, Valve makes many of the Deck's parts available on iFixit for reasonable prices with first party repair guides.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steam Deck LCD Repair Help: Learn How to Fix It Yourself. |url=https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Steam_Deck |url-status=live |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=iFixit}}</ref>


==== Steam Deck ====
Except for the first party repair guides, the same praise<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Steve |last2=Clayton |first2=Jeremy |last3=Gaglione |first3=Mike |last4=Makhnovets |first4=Vitalii |date=2023-11-11 |title=They Changed Everything: Valve Steam Deck OLED vs. LCD Tear-Down |url=https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9jhRh11bTRA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=9jhRh11bTRA |archive-date=2026-04-29 |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=Invidious}}</ref> alongside the parts availability for reasonable prices on iFixit is also applicable to the updated OLED model.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steam Deck OLED Repair Help: Learn How to Fix It Yourself. |url=https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Steam_Deck_OLED |url-status=live |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=iFixit}}</ref>


==== Steam Controller (2nd Gen) ====
====Steam Controller (2nd Gen)====
Following the release of the Steam Controller (2nd Gen) in 2026, Gamers Nexus released a teardown video praising the ease of dissassemble of the device.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Steve |last2=Makhnovets |first2=Vitalii |last3=Williams |first3=Tannen |date=2026-04-28 |title=Impressive Repairability: Valve Steam Controller Tear-Down & Disassembly |url=https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=hVRfie61QyE |url-status=live |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=Invidious}}</ref>


==Incidents==
==Incidents==
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It also became impossible to use multiple weapons (M4A1-S, USP-S, CZ75-Auto, MP5-SD, R8 Revolver) in regular gameplay on vanilla servers without plugins as the loadout system used to switch between weapons and equip weapon skins was discontinued on CS:GO Legacy.<ref>[[File:CS-GO Legacy Inventory Message.jpg|thumb|Pop-up message after attempting to open the Inventory on the main menu of CS:GO Legacy, screenshot taken 23rd October 2025.]]
It also became impossible to use multiple weapons (M4A1-S, USP-S, CZ75-Auto, MP5-SD, R8 Revolver) in regular gameplay on vanilla servers without plugins as the loadout system used to switch between weapons and equip weapon skins was discontinued on CS:GO Legacy.<ref>[[File:CS-GO Legacy Inventory Message.jpg|thumb|Pop-up message after attempting to open the Inventory on the main menu of CS:GO Legacy, screenshot taken 23rd October 2025.]]
</ref> There was an unofficial method of re-enabling the loadout system so these weapons could be equipped and used in game but this method was patched in the May 8th 2025 Counter-Strike 2 update.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Csgo_Legacy_2023 – BaseQ WiQi |url=https://wiki.baseq.fr/Installation-Guides/Source/Csgo_Legacy_2023?revision=7fa46e#enabling-back-your-inventory |url-status=live |access-date=2025-10-24 |website=BaseQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260105023533/https://wiki.baseq.fr/Installation-Guides/Source/Csgo_Legacy_2023?revision=7fa46e#enabling-back-your-inventory |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref> Although patched for its intended purpose, some CS:GO Legacy community servers still require this method for players to join their servers.<ref name=":3" />
</ref> There was an unofficial method of re-enabling the loadout system so these weapons could be equipped and used in game but this method was patched in the May 8th 2025 Counter-Strike 2 update.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Csgo_Legacy_2023 – BaseQ WiQi |url=https://wiki.baseq.fr/Installation-Guides/Source/Csgo_Legacy_2023?revision=7fa46e#enabling-back-your-inventory |url-status=live |access-date=2025-10-24 |website=BaseQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260105023533/https://wiki.baseq.fr/Installation-Guides/Source/Csgo_Legacy_2023?revision=7fa46e#enabling-back-your-inventory |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref> Although patched for its intended purpose, some CS:GO Legacy community servers still require this method for players to join their servers.<ref name=":3" />
==Products==
===Hardware===
*HTC VIVE (1st Gen)
*Steam Controller (1st Gen)
*Steam Controller (2nd Gen)
*Steam Deck
*Steam Deck OLED
*Steam Machine (1st Gen)
*Steam Machine (1st Gen)
*Steam Frame
*Valve Index
===Software===
*SteamOS 1.0
*SteamOS 2.0
*SteamOS 3.0
===Games===
*Counter Strike
*Counter Strike Global Offensive
*Counter Strike: Source
*Counter Strike 2
*Half Life: Alyx
*Half Life
*Half Life 2
*<s>Half Life 3</s>
*Portal
*Portal 2
==Lawsuits<!-- For articles that will branch from here, try to include more diverse references!  Also, all disputes listed here MUST be related to something that harms or helps the consumer, eg. Valve Corporation v. Zaiger, LLC  Additionally, could we please get a better preamble here? -->==
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