Zotac International has introduced its upcoming Steam Machine, the SN970, slated to be released in November, which is Valve’s target for the final release of Steam OS and the Steam Controller. The company’s Steam Machine design is based on its popular ZBOX form factor, but has been fashioned to be friendlier in the living room […]
Dell’s Alienware division announced on Friday that it is now shipping the Alienware Alpha gaming console. The Alpha was originally marketed as a Steam Machine earlier this year, but given that the Steam controller still isn’t finalized (which is a Steam Machine requirement), the company has decided to ship Alpha with an Xbox 360 Wireless […]
Valve Software has completed a trilogy of announcements, by revealing a new game controller. The Steam Controller, said to be designed to work on SteamOS and with all games on Steam, uses a pair of clickable circular trackpads instead of the dual joystick configuration used on other controllers, which Valve says provides a “far higher […]
Xi3 has opened up its online store to pre-orders for the Piston console. Shown at CES as an example of Valve software’s Steam Box game console concept and the first to officially go on sale, the Piston is effectively an entire personal computer with modular components, housed in a compact case. Based on the X7A […]
Valve has laid off multiple employees as part of “large decisions” around the office, Gamasutra reports. The home of Steam and Half-Life allegedly terminated employees from multiple divisions, including its hardware and Android development departments. Gamasutra said 25 employees may have been eliminated, though it was unable to confirm this number. The anonymous employees indicated […]
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell didn’t drop any major announcement bombs during his DICE keynote address, but he did provide insight into Valve’s current, internal approach to the gaming industry. Newell discussed the evolution of Steam software within the context of future hardware, notably Valve’s Steam Box, and stressed the continued importance of the PC. As […]
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