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Another ten firms are supporting Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine console, according to a report. As reported byEngadget, companies such asiBuyPowerand Digital Storm were already revealed as developing hardware for Valve’s new SteamOS, but another ten firms are now set to show their own systems during the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 …
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Half-Life developer gathers third-party momentum for free SteamOS
Read More »Valve releases SteamOS beta
Linux savvy developers can begin tinkering with the living room focused, Debian-based distribution now
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New SteamOS to also be made available for download
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 »Blizzard’s COO "excited" about Steam Machines
Valve’s track record with its distribution platform Steam has Blizzard COO Paul Sams excited about the potential surrounding the company’s Steam Machines initiative. Speaking with GameSpot at Blizzard’s annual BlizzCon gathering, Sams explained that Valve’s proven itself to be the only organization that could pull off its mission statement to …
Read More »Creative Assembly confirms Total War: Rome II SteamOS release
A SteamOS version of Total War: Rome II will launch early next year, developer The Creative Assembly has announced. The studio’s brand manager Rob Bartholomew revealed the news on Steam’s community site, adding that the game will support the recently revealed Steam Controller as soon as it can. "We’ve always …
Read More »No exclusive killer apps for SteamOS, says Valve
Half-Life developer encouraging third-party partners to be content and platform-agnostic
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 »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 …
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