Valve has just announced that it will be shipping its Steam Machines and Steam Controllers on December 13th. Steam Machines and Steam Controllers will be for sale in 2014 to the public and Valve will announce more information about them at CES on January 6th. Continue reading Steam Machines and Steam Controllers shipping to beta participants on December 13th
Yes yes, PC gaming is dead. Who cares about console-only developers releasing their games on the PC? Who cares about those PC exclusives that were funded via Kickstarter? Who cares about indie developers? And who cares about Steam hitting 7 million concurrent users? PC gaming is dead, get over it. Move along, nothing more to see. The cake is a lie. Continue reading Despite PC Gaming Being Dead, Steam Has Hit 7 Million Concurrent Users
Valve has released a new video that gives us a quick look at some games being played with the prototype version of the Steam Controller. The Controller showcased here is the same version with the one that Valve will be shipping to 300 Steam users later this year. The team has promised to release more demonstrations with other games soon, so stay tuned for more. The Steam Controller seems way better than other controllers and surprisingly enough, even strategy games seem playable with it. Yes, even this controller cannot come close to the keyboard+mouse combo, however it seems like the best alternative we’ve seen thus far. Enjoy! Continue reading Valve Demonstrates The Steam Controller
Valve has revealed the specs for the prototype model of its Steam Machines. According to the company, 300 units will be made based on these mixed specs, and this prototype model will be sent to beta testers. Some of those prototypes will be equipped with Nvidia’s Titan cards, while others will be packed with GTX780s, GTX760s, and GTX660s. And despite the fact that Nvidia has teamed Valve for the Steam Machines, users will be able to replace the GPUs with ones from the ‘red’ team. Continue reading Steam Machines – Prototype Model Detailed – High-End Hardware Coming To Your Living Room
Good news for Valve I guess, as developers have already given its Steam Controller a go and are quite happy with it. Uber Entertainment’s Chandana Ekanayake (Game Dev, Art Director and Exec Producer), Jonathan Mavor (CTO / Co-Founder) and Forrest Smith (Software Engineer) were happy with it, and they were not the only ones who tweeted/shared positive comments about Valve’s upcoming controller. Continue reading Uber Entertainment’s Developers Really Happy With Valve’s Steam Controller
Okay, admit it everyone; you thought that Valve’s third announcement would be either about Half Life 3 or Left 4 Dead 3 (or another game). Go ahead, admit it, don’t lie to us. You really wished and hoped for something like that, right? Well, get ready to get disappointed as Valve’s third announcement is about the Steam Controller. Now the big news here is that the Steam Controller will be used with either Steam Machines or the PC. Oh, and if you are happy with the mouse+keyboard combo, you will be able to keep using it with Valve’s Steam services. Hooray (duh). Continue reading Valve Announces The Steam Game Controller
Valve has just announced its Steam Machines (or as you may all know them, Steamboxes). As its description reads, Steam Machine is a powerful new category of living-room hardware that is on the horizon. There will be various Steam Machines from different manufacturers, and gamers will be able to replace any hardware component at will. Steam Machines will be open to their users, and there won’t be any OS or hardware restrictions/limitations. Continue reading Valve Officially Reveals Steam Machines, Hardware Beta Registrations Open, Launch In Early 2014
Valve has just announced a new operating system based on Steam called SteamOS. As the team suggested, SteamOS combines the rock-solid architecture of Linux with a gaming experience built for the big screen. This new operating system will be available soon as a free stand-alone operating system for living room machines and will – obviously – be the heart of Steambox. Continue reading Valve Announces SteamOS – Free Operating System Designed for the TV and the Living Room