Valve has just announced its biggest hardware push that it’s arguably ever made — a living room game console called the Steam Machine, a headset called the Steam Frame, and the long-awaited sequel to its Steam Controller it hinted about three years back.

Valve’s new Steam hardware announcements—a revived Steam Machine desktop-slash-console, a standalone Steam Frame VR headset, and a refreshed Steam Controller—are all anyone’s talking about right now.

Keep in mind, though, that Griffais said Valve is focused on getting those kinds of performance improvements “at the same battery life.” The ROG Xbox Ally X has a 50 percent larger battery than the original Steam Deck, and it still fully drains that battery in around two hours when running the most taxing games in “Turbo” mode.

Clockwise from top left: the Steam Frame, the Steam Machine 2026, the Steam Controller 2026, and a Steam Deck. (Valve Image) In a surprise Wednesday drop,

Valve has today announced new Steam hardware, namely a standalone Steam Frame VR headset, as well as Steam Machine console and Steam Controller. There's no release date yet, but they're expected next year. It remains to be seen how widely available they'll be.

Rumours have it that Valve is about to unleash a new VR headset – the Steam Frame. It is said to be a standalone model – ie. won't need a PC – and rival the Meta Quest 3. However, it'll give you access to Steam (of course) and the vast amount of VR games that are available through the platform.