Interviews and streams with developers should be expected along with demos for titles like Anno: Mutationem, Tunic and Inscryption.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has had a Steam Deck for about a week, and having played the likes of Halo and Age of Empires on it, is impressed with how its running xCloud.
"If this gets off the ground the way we hope it does, there's just tons of opportunity to do that later," says designer Greg Coomer.
Valve says you shouldn't expect a boost in frame rates when playing on the Steam Deck while using its dock.
"Tthere's nothing to indicate to us yet that there'll be any issues with Windows 11," says Valve's Greg Coomer, designer of the Steam Deck.
"We wanted players to be able to change their playstyle and their world themselves, and not just having the Game Director randomise their loot or the AI," says lead game designer Brandon Yanez.
We get to see the device running everything from Control and Ori and the Will of the Wisps to DOOM Eternal and The Witcher 3.
A recent SteamDB listing for Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection claims to modernize the classic along with all of its episodes.
Valve also insists that the open nature of the platform and OS should encourage other manufacturers to make their own similar products.
Valve designer Pierre-Loup Griffais says that the 30 FPS target for the Steam Deck is "the floor" of what they will consider acceptable in games.
"If you're a gamer, and you pick up a Switch, and you pick up one of these, you're going to know which one is right for you," says Gabe Newell.
"We haven't really found something we could throw at this device that it couldn't handle," says Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais.
We compare Valve's newly-announced Steam Deck to next-gen consoles, and try to ascertain a baseline for expected performance.
Valve enters the hardware space with a portable gaming PC- here's what you should know about it.
Pretty much every active console on the market is faced with thumbstick drifting issues, but Valve assures it has taken steps to avoid those problems with the Steam Deck.
Even the base model of the Steam Deck will have an M.2 2230 SSD slot, giving users the option to add and/or upgrade the SSD.
Now you see it, now you don't.
The system's RDNA 2 architecture allows it to support DirectX 12 Ultimate and its accompanying features. It's out in December 2021.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney praises the reveal of the Steam Deck, and the fact that it's an open platform that's not simply tied to Steam.
"Our view is, if we're doing this right, we're going to be selling these in millions of units," says Valve CEO Gabe Newell.
