[CLASSIFIED EYES ONLY]
Sources deep within Valve’s hardware division have confirmed that the next iteration of the Steam Deck—codenamed “Project Mercury”—has been fast-tracked due to a catastrophic supply leak of the current-gen APU from AMD.
Here’s what they’re not telling you:
- The new unit will ship with a **custom, liquid-cooled APU** hitting 35 TFLOPs—double the original.
- It will feature a **removable, hot-swappable display** that can function as a standalone tablet.
- **Three SKUs are already in production**—including a “Deck Lite” with a physical QWERTY keyboard slider, targeting the ChromeOS/education market.
- Valve is reportedly testing **native Windows dual-boot at bootloader level**—a move that would shatter all current handheld competitors.
But the real story?
The unit is being **assembled at a black-site facility in Taiwan**, and the global launch has been moved from Q3 2025 to **next Tuesday**.
No official confirmation. No press release.
The Steam Deck is about to become a phantom console.
Whisper it.