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Valve’s invasion of the living room continues with the imminent release of a new operating system designed for big screens. SteamOS uses Linux technology and is designed to run on devices hooked up to TVs rather than traditional monitors. It will be available to download "soon", according to Valve, and …

Steam for Linux becomes Linux for Steam in first of three major announcements

Rome II and Payday 2 duplicated their previous performance on this week’s Steam sales charts, while more than one horror title appears to be on its way out of the top ten. The Early Access version of 22 Cans’ Godus climbed to number three on the charts, while the port …

PC download service Steam will make three announcements in its bid to wrestle control of the living room from PS4 and Xbox One. Steam launched ‘Big Picture’ mode last year, which was a user-interface that made Steam games ideal for play on televisions and controllers. It worked but isn’t a …

US firm to reveals its plans for the living room on Monday

The decline in PCs is not having any detrimental effect on Steam, which according to owner Valve continues to post impressive growth. CVG reports that Valve MD Gabe Newell told an audience at the Linuxcon event in New Orleans that Steam is not mirroring the trends seen in PC hardware. …

Industry trends and shifts start from the PC, says Valve boss

Valve boss hints at announcement to come next week

Valve plans to peel the curtain back on its first entry into the hardware market sometime next week, company head Gabe Newell has revealed. Speaking at LinuxCon, Newell preached to the choir regarding the event’s titular operating system – stating that Linux is the future of gaming, as well as …

Total War: Rome II maintains its lead ahead of Payday 2 and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, on Steam’s latest weekly top selling products chart. While Rome II and Payday 2 continued to hold their positions, the sequel to Amnesia made a big leap up the list from ninth to …