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SteamOS has been dropped from Alienware’s upcoming mini gaming PC range in favour of Windows. The Steam Box will launch at the end of this year with a $550 price tag. But absent from the device are both the Steam OS and controller. Alienware will instead ship its offering with …
Read More »Paradox pledges support for PS4, Xbox One
Notable strategy and RPG publisher Paradox Interactive aims to branch out from its PC roots, pledging to bring games based on existing and new brands” to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Shacknews reports on company CEO Fred Wester’s declaration of support for the recently launched next-gen consoles. "You can be …
Read More »12 firms developing Steam Machines
Half-Life developer gathers third-party momentum for free SteamOS
Read More »Valve to ship beta Steam Machines this week, SteamOS also available
300 beta testers will get their hands on the Valve-produced Steam Box and its new touch-based controller. Valve has announced up to 300 selected Steam Machine beta testers will be notified at 2pm PDT today and will receive the devices later this week. The living room PCs will ship this …
Read More »iBuyPower releases pictures of its first Steam Box
The picture to your right shows what will soon become one of the first commercially available Steam Boxes. It’s made by iBuyPower, which has told The Verge that it hopes to have the device on the market in 2014. It currently runs an early version of Steam OS and, to …
Read More »No killer app for SteamOS, says Valve
Studio says it will not be making SteamOS exclusive games. Valve’s designer Greg Coomer confirmed in an interview with IGN that the developer would not be making an exclusive killer app for SteamOS”. Coomer went on to state that such a practice would be against Valve’s philosophy and the studio …
Read More »Steam Machines not exclusive to Nvidia graphics tech
Hardware will also support chips from Intel and AMD
Read More »Valve reveals prototype Steam Machine specs
Innards for test hardware include Nvidia Titan GPU and Intel i7-4770 CPU
Read More »Valve’s plans for living room domination: Do we really need another box?
Valve has become used to suceeding at pretty much every endeavour it undertakes. From trading cards to Steam workshop to Big Picture, we’ve lapped up everything they’ve thrown at us. Over the past month, however, Valve made three announcements regarding its move into the realm of game consoles – the …
Read More »Piston Console launches next month
Hardware maker Xi3’s Piston Console will launch next month on Black Friday. The gaming PC will cost $999 and is described as the "first step” in what Xi3 believes will be a transformative technology revolution for the Living Room." That said, Xi3 founder Jason Sullivan has refused to spill the …
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