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Yesterday β€” 5 May 2026Main stream

Valve Scrambles to Restock Steam Controller After Launch Batch Vanishes in Minutes, Promises Timeline Update β€œSoon”

5 May 2026 at 20:40

A Steam Controller is displayed against a beige background with the text 'Steam Controller' above it.

Yesterday, Valve launched its Steam Controller (2026), the follow-up to its 2015 predecessor and an improvement based on the years of learning Valve took from developing that first controller, to the Steam Deck, and now this latest gamepad. The launch went about as well as you would hope if you're Valve. The 'Buy Now' button went live on Steam, the gamepad shot up to the top of the best-selling charts, and it sold out within minutes. The unfortunate part of that last bit was that it seems Valve wasn't fully prepared for a complete sell-out of the device. In an […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/valve-steam-controllers-stock-update/

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The Steam Controller is Here, and Also Gone as it Sold Out in Minutes While Topping Steam’s Best-Selling Charts

4 May 2026 at 22:17

A black Steam Controller is shown on its side, highlighting the L1, L2, R1, and R2 buttons.

Valve's latest Steam Controller, and the first of its previously announced new hardware products, has officially launched and is available for players to order directly through Steam. If you get through to one, that is, as the controller launched and promptly sold out within 30 minutes. Any new popular product release in video games or in any market today is a race to see whose connection worked faster or who could type in their credit card details faster, and the Steam Controller was no different. The new gamepad shot directly to the top of Steam's best-selling charts, and as quickly […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/steam-controller-launch-sold-out-in-minutes/

AMD Finally Cracks HDMI 2.1 On Linux After Years Of Forum Lockout, Thanks To Valve’s Quiet Push

2 May 2026 at 19:14

Tux, the Linux mascot, is next to the text 'HDMI 2.1' and an HDMI cable on a dynamic blue and red background.

AMD has taken a major step toward enabling native open-source HDMI 2.1 support on Linux by submitting new patches for its AMDGPU driver. AMD Moves Closer to Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Support on Linux With New AMDGPU FRL Patches It appears that the HDMI 2.1 support is finally arriving to Linux as AMD has submitted the new Fixed Rate Link (FRL) patches for its AMDGPU driver. This has been one of the longest-standing limitations that affected Radeon GPUs on the platform. There have been years of restrictions tied to the HDMI Forum (Org behind the HDMI standard) policies that prevented upstream […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/amd-finally-cracks-hdmi-2-1-on-linux-after-years-of-forum-lockout/

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