Inside SteamOS Gamer magazine Issue 2:

• Dota 2: From Fan Mod To $40 Million Battle - our in-depth cover story. David Crookes tells how a custom map outgrew the game it was made in, passed between hobbyist designers and ended up as one of Valve's biggest games.
• KDE Turns 30 - every Steam Machine or Steam Deck user who has pressed Desktop Mode has used KDE's work. We talk to Plasma developer Nate Graham about three decades of KDE, the desktop Valve chose for SteamOS.
• Forza Horizon 6 reviewed. Motorsport fans waited 14 years to race around Japan. We see how Leamington Spa's Playground Games pulled it off.
• The Rise Of Looking Glass Studios - John Knight starts a two-part history of the studio behind Ultima Underworld, System Shock and Thief.
• BOSGAME VTA-439 tested. We wipe Windows off a mini PC, install SteamOS and put it beside a Steam Machine to compare the two.
• Syberia: From Valadilene To Vaghen - John McDermott follows Kate Walker through 23 years of the clockwork adventure series.
• The House Of Tesla reviewed. Mateusz Nowaczewski wakes up in Nikola Tesla's laboratory with no memory and a great many levers to pull.
• QUByte Classics: Extra Time - Jahanzeb Khan puts Accolade Sports Collection and Street Racer Collection through their paces on SteamOS.
• Froggy Indies - Youen Chéné begins a new series on the French indie scene with Maseylia: Echoes of the Past, Particulitix and Blanc, plus interviews with Victor of Sol Brothers and Julien of Workshop Geek.
• Agent 64: Spies Never Die reviewed. GoldenEye take two, or something else entirely?
• Heads Up: VR Coverage - seven more Steam Frame Verified games to play, plus a few fixes worth knowing.
• The Humble Bundle Effect - how pay-what-you-want bundles fill Steam libraries and raise millions for charity.
• Cases For The Road - we test carry cases for the Steam Machine and Steam Deck from Dobe and JSAUX.
• Our Opening The Valve column covers the Companion Cube case Valve wouldn't let dbrand sell, the end of the hand-picked Steam sale page, Deadlock's pizza watch and the retirement of the Valve Index.
• Plus lots more..!

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