If you're Microsoft, the growing popularity of Valve's Steam Deck is cause for concern. But the company isn't resting on its laurels. Here's what they plan to do.

You can do a ton of customization to the Steam Deck thanks to Decky Loader, so I made mine sound like an Xbox.

The Steam Deck led to a surge of handheld gaming PCs, but GPD has been making its own options since before Valve entered the scene. Now the company has revealed a new laptop-handheld hybrid, the GPD Win Mini 2025.

As reported by Rock Paper Shotgun, the upcoming grand strategy title Civilization VII will come with a Steam 'Deck Verified' tag at launch. In plain terms, this means that Civilization VII passed Valve's round of testing to ensure that the game gets along with the Steam Deck without issues.