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New options aren't functional, but provide a peak at Steam's future

Those who already own Deus Ex: Human Revolution on PC via Steam are being offered the chance to upgrade to the new Director’s Cut Edition at a discount. Those who already own a copy of the original game on Steam can buy the Director’s Cut for just 6.99/€7.99/$9.99. Gamers who …

Dual-trackpads prove quite flexible across genres

Civilization V is out in front of yet another Steam weekly software sales chart filled with aging hits on special. Civ V’s Gold Edition finished first, while its Brave New World expansion grabbed the sixth spot. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise also filled multiple chart positions, with a discounted Assassin’s Creed …

Hardware will also support chips from Intel and AMD

Attendees to be given an early look at Steam OS, prototype Steam Machines and more

Last week digital games giant Steam announced plans to launch into the living room. The firm unveiled its own operating system (SteamOS), announced plans for series of ‘Steam Machines’, and even showed off a new controller designed specifically for PC games and genres. Sega went hands-on with the device at …

Innards for test hardware include Nvidia Titan GPU and Intel i7-4770 CPU

Steam’s latest weekly top ten selling products list has been littered with (mostly 2K published) games boosted by discount promotions. Sales on 2K Games this past weekend propelled several of the company’s titles onto the charts, including Bioshock Infinite (first), Borderlands 2 (runner-up), along with XCOM: Enemy Unknown (fourth) and …

Valve has posted hardware specifications for its SteamOS-powered Steam Machine prototype. Here they are, as listed by Valve: GPU: some units with NVidia Titan, some GTX780, some GTX760, and some GTX660 CPU: some boxes with Intel : i7-4770, some i5-4570, and some i3 RAM: 16GB DDR3-1600 (CPU), 3GB DDR5 (GPU) …