Valve Revealed the Steam Machine Price… and Ouch!

EGP 337 opens with condolences after the reported death of Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot, before the crew jumps into another packed week of gaming and hardware chaos. Trev covers GTA 6 pre-orders, the rumored $80 price tag, and the continuing madness of Rockstar fans, then moves into the brutal rise of handheld pricing with MSI’s new $1,800 Claw handheld.The guys also dig into Unreal Engine 6 adding AI tools, Tim Sweeney’s comments on Roblox, Epic Games Store improvements, HDMI 2.2, Nvidia pushing GeForce Now as a reason not to upgrade your PC, and the newly revealed Steam Machine pricing. Gray covers upcoming open-world games including Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resync, Palworld 1.0, and other July releases, while Hans delivers a full AMD AM5/X3D rant. Also discussed: wild SSD prices, PS5 controller patents, Bungie layoff rumors, ASUS anniversary hardware, Horizon-style games, and Roblox trivia with a special guest.discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast