{"id":531769,"date":"2026-07-08T19:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/531769\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:49:13","slug":"new-steam-frame-update-sheds-more-light-on-valves-verification-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/531769\/","title":{"rendered":"New Steam Frame update sheds more light on Valve\u2019s verification system"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Steam<\/a>(Credit: Valve)\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udd95 A new Valve backend update for Steam Frame sheds more light on the headset\u2019s game verification system<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc4d It\u2019s been updated so 2D games aren\u2019t tested for the headset\u2019s native display resolution requirement<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc4f This has seen Portal 2 go from being \u201cPlayable\u201d to fully \u201cVerified\u201d in the backend<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcc5 This all forms part of Valve\u2019s extensive backend prep ahead of the headset\u2019s launch<\/p>\n

A brand new backend update to the Steam Frame appears to have shed more light on how Valve\u2019s verification system is going to work for compatible games for the system.<\/p>\n

As per insider Brad Lynch on X<\/a>, Valve has updated its game verification system for the Steam Frame so that 2D games are no longer tested for the native display resolution requirement meant for VR games.<\/p>\n

Previously, the headset got its first compatible game<\/a> \u2013 Portal 2 \u2013 where a caveat of its compatibility rating was that it \u201cdoesn\u2019t support Steam Frame\u2019s native display resolution and may experience degraded performance as a result\u201d.<\/p>\n

With this new change, Portal 2 now shows as \u201cVerified\u201d rather than \u201cPlayable\u201d, as it isn\u2019t designed as a VR title, but is instead 2D.<\/p>\n

For reference, Portal 2 hasn\u2019t ever been natively available in VR, and it had been floated that we may be getting a proper VR port of the classic title.<\/p>\n

However, with this new revelation, it seems like it\u2019ll just mean you can play the game in 2D mode natively on the Steam Frame, which is an appealing aspect of Valve\u2019s upcoming headset.<\/p>\n

There has been an unofficial port of Portal 2 in VR floating around for years, plus the Aperture Hand Lab title released in 2019 is one of the few first-party Valve VR endeavors to take place in the Portal universe.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re still counting down the days until the Steam Frame\u2019s release, with several signs pointing to an imminent announcement. We\u2019ve had a first look at the headset\u2019s first virtual environment<\/a> and localization of the headset\u2019s Welcome Tour tutorial<\/a> has been spotted.<\/p>\n

There has also been a steady stream of shipments of the device in recent weeks<\/a> alongside a range of new details<\/a> popping up from backend updates, including new photos of the device appearing.<\/p>\n

The Steam Frame is still anticipated to launch in a few short weeks<\/a>, according to insider Lynch, who noted a similar launch timeline to the Steam Machine. Many believe an announcement could happen after the Steam Summer sale ends tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Up next: Steam Frame pre-order guide: how to reserve Valve\u2019s VR headset when the time comes<\/a><\/p>\n

Reece Bithrey is a journalist with bylines for Trusted Reviews, Digital Foundry, PC Gamer, TechRadar and more. He also has his own blog, UNTITLED, and graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in International History and Politics in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Valve) \ud83c\udd95 A new Valve backend update for Steam Frame sheds more light on the headset\u2019s game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[85,46,125,340,341,342],"class_list":["post-531769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}