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Digital Storm Bolt II SFF Steam Machine hybrid aims for highest-end
The folks a Digital Storm are entering the CES 2014 blast of Valve’s Steam Machines with full force with an unveiling of the Bolt II. This device is a small form-factor gaming PC made to bring both...
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Full Steam Machine 2014 starting lineup detailed
This week the folks at Valve have released information - basic information, that is - on their first full collection of Steam Machines from a variety of manufacturers. What we're seeing is one machine...
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It’s Time for the Game Industry to Adopt a Controller Standard
The time has come: the video game industry must finally come together to pick a single standard for game controllers that will work across platforms and easily handle gameplay on any device. At the...
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Steam Controllers 3rd party potential; “official” requirements
If you're planning on making your very own Steam Machine this upcoming inaugural release season and you're a manufacturer looking to sell this device to the public, there's one point of order you'll...
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Alienware Steam Machine release set for September
Today the folks responsible for Dell's Alienware gaming hardware group have announced that they'll be releasing their Steam Machine in September. This mysterious announcement comes after other hardware...
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Steam Controller now backwards-compatible with diamonds and touch
Just a single slide at this week's Steam DevDays was shown of the new Steam Controller for SteamOS, one which identified the chat earlier today on what would happen to its evolution. This image you'll...
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Steam Machine gift to DevDays attendees: Valve means business
In a manner similar to that of the annual Google I/O device (or devices) given to attendees of the developer conference comes Steam DevDays presenting of a Gigabyte BRIX Pro Steam Machine to everyone...
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Falcon Northwest defends “fully loaded” Steam Machine
One of the most high-end-friendly builds to be shown in Valve’s first wave of Steam Machines revealed at CES 2014 was the Falcon Northwest Tiki, a tower with a price range topping out at $6,000 USD....
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Steam in-home streaming beta begins: like NVIDIA SHIELD, but different
If you've seen the NVIDIA SHIELD handheld gaming device working with streaming PC gaming in a home network, you know how it works - potentially - with Steam's Big Picture mode. Now Valve is taking this...
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iBuyPower: Steam Machines will battle consoles, not PCs
Each Steam Machine coming to the market later this year will be unique - that's the message we're getting from groups like iBuyPower and Falcon Northwest here in the first month of the year. Speaking...
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Steam Music Beta plays music whilst you game
This week the folks at Valve have released Steam Music Beta, a local music service that'll allow you to easily play music while you play games with SteamOS. THis service will be added to any machine...
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Gauntlet gets modern and heads to PC this summer
If you ever walked into an arcade in the 80's, you will probably remember the game Gauntlet. This game is memorable because in a time when dual player on an arcade game was common, Gauntlet was the...
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Steam Machine delayed until 2015
The much-awaited slew of Steam Machines will be delayed, it has been announced. The reasons have to do with development demands, with work on wireless prototype controllers in particular getting a...
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Alienware Steam Machine won’t have SteamOS, runs Windows instead
Valve is delaying its Steam Machine to 2015, and naturally there will be repercussions, especially when it comes to its hardware partners. One of the first fallouts is Alienware, whose Alpha...
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Steam Controller nearer release with a new thumbstick
With just about as little fanfare as possible, the folks at Valve have once again updated their design for the Steam Controller. This is the controller that users will be playing with when they engage...
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Maingear Spark goes ultra-small for Windows, Linux, or SteamOS
This week one of the most prolific makers of custom gaming PCs, Maingear, has let loose the Spark. This device weighs less than a pound and is 2.34 inches tall, 4.23 inches deep, and 4.5 inches wide....
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Steam Movies, TV, Music teased: returning to the DEEP
The team at Valve responsible for expanding their command over the multimedia universe may well be making a bit move in the near future. Word from those that monitor the Steam database code suggests...
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Five things to know about Alienware’s Alpha console
Gaming PCs may be nothing new, but Alienware is hoping to do something different with its new Alpha console: deliver the flexibility of a PC but with the turn-key convenience of a traditional console....
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Intel NUC 2.0 leaked specs: possible Steam Machines
Intel might be a name you'd associate more with desktop and laptops, but the chip maker has had its own line of small factor PCs as far back as 2012. Strangely called the Next Unit of Computing or NUC,...
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Alienware Alpha ships, still no SteamOS in sight
Those who have pre-ordered Alienware's foray into the almost oxymoronic realm of "living room PC gaming" now have something to look forward to in the coming days. Dell has announced that the Alienware...
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One year later: Where is Valve’s SteamOS?
A leaked vision of the next SteamOS "Steam Controller" this morning reminds us that it's been nearly a year since Valve took to CES 2014 and brought us our first look at Steam Machines. Here 11 months...
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Valve will reveal SteamVR at GDC 2015 next week
One cannot say that Gabe Newell and Valve are without vision or ambition. At the upcoming Game Developers Conference in March, the company will be delighting the public with updates on its foray beyond...
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Valve’s GDC 2015 loot bag: Steam Link, SteamVR, Source 2
It's GDC time again and PC gamers are in for a treat. As expected, Valve is making a big splash but it has more than just virtual reality in mind. To push the PC gaming industry even further, Valve is...
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ZOTAC goes full steam ahead with SN970 Steam Machine
If the stars align, Valve will really be announcing about a dozen Steam Machines come November this year. Of course, that was the promise last year and we all now what happened. Still, it seems like...
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Maingear Drift is a Steam Machine that isn’t but should be
Steam Machines are back in the spotlight after Valve revealed its big plans for gamers later this year. But while we approach with caution due to last year's disappointing turnout, some of the rising...
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Steam Machines released for pre-order – for real this time
Valve's SteamOS operating system is coming, complete with the Steam Controller and Steam Machines and the Steam Link. Today pre-orders have opened up for the lot of these devices, starting with the...
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SteamOS 2-years later: why you don’t want it
Back in September of 2013, Valve revealed SteamOS - now it's time for action. Here in June of 2015, just a bit under two years later, Valve's revealed the final iteration of the Steam Controller, the...
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You already have a SteamOS Machine at home: here’s how
Don't bother going out and buying a several thousand-dollar Steam Machine, Valve says you already have one at home. Requirements for installing SteamOS on the computer you already have are relatively...
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ZOTAC NEN Steam Machine packs an i5 Skylake and GTX 960
Valve has made some interesting moves over the last few years, first announcing their own Linux-based OS specifically tailored for gaming, and then stepping into the hardware business. So far, they...
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How 1,699 Linux games can give Steam OS a boost
As of today, there are 1,699 games on Steam compatible with Linux. That's just one game short of a 1,700 of a significant milestone. But why the obsession with numbers on a platform traditionally...
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Steam Machines are going the way of the Dodo
There was a time not too long ago when Steam Machines were an exciting component of Valve’s emerging hardware business. Acting as a vehicle for SteamOS, the idea was that Steam Machines would make the...
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How the Steam Machines failed in the gaming industry
Two days ago, Valve removed any trace of Steam Machines from its store. If it weren’t for the media coverage, people might not have even remembered they still existed. Except for the hardest core of PC...
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Valve isn’t totally killing Steam Machines after all
Earlier this week, we ushered in the month of April by discovering that Valve had removed mention of Steam Machines – pre-built PCs that run SteamOS – from its hardware listings on Steam’s main page....
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Valve should stick to Linux for Steam Machines: here’s why
Steam Machines have failed, at least commercially. There’s hardly any argument there. Even Valve itself admits as much. Valve, however, would not concede defeat and promises to remain committed to...
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Steam Machines might be able to run Windows games soon
Valve took quite a risk with its Steam Machines which, for the most part, are meant to run the Linux-based SteamOS. While highly praised by Linux gamers, the dearth of notable titles on the platform...
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Steam Controller has been discontinued and is now at its lowest price
Valve is perhaps best known for the Steam PC games store and Half-Life. Some may even know it for Team Fortress, the Source engine, and the first Portal game. What the company isn’t really known for is...
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Steam Controller orders being refunded as stocks run out completely
If you haven’t heard the news yet, Valve has been clearing out its inventory of Steam Controllers by selling at its cheapest possible price (excluding shipping and taxes). But if you were still...
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Valve lawsuit loss means this Steam Controller cost $4-million
The folks at SCUF and Ironburg Inventions sued Valve a few years ago for patent infringement. They claimed that Valve’s “Steam Controller” was made without the proper paperwork, working with SCUF to...
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Valve’s handheld gaming PC could take on the Nintendo Switch
Although gaming handhelds have been around since the days of the Nintendo Game Boy, the Nintendo Switch definitely kicked up interest by a notch, revealing a potentially profitable market for portable...
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Steam Deck won’t flop like Steam Machines
PC gamers might have felt a tad disappointed at the news that Valve is delaying its Steam Deck portable PC gaming machine to sometime in 2022. Of course, that wasn’t exactly surprising given how other...
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