Gamers that have been waiting to get their hands on the new gaming OS from Valve called SteamOS will be able to get their hands on the software this week. Valve has announced the first version of SteamOS will land Friday. Along with the announcement of the SteamOS launching, Valve has also announced some details […]
Earlier this year, Valve unveiled Steam Machines and its accompanying software, SteamOS, both of which would be Valve’s attempt to enter the living room space and compete with the likes of Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo in the console wars. Valve expects the commercial Steam Machines to debut next year, but in the meantime they have announced that they will be shipping prototype Steam Machines to 300 selected beta participants, with the console and its accompanying accessories expected to leave the factory this coming Friday.
Now the good news is that if you weren’t selected to be a beta participant, you might be interested to learn that Valve will also be making the SteamOS available for download for everyone when the prototypes begin shipping out. However Valve cautions that this might not be for the faint hearted, or rather the inexperienced Linux user. “SteamOS will be made available when the prototype hardware ships. It will be downloadable by individual users and commercial OEMs. (But unless you’re an intrepid Linux hacker already, we’re going to recommend that you wait until later in 2014 to try it out.)”
Either way if you’re interested in learning more about Valve’s living room efforts with the Steam Machines and SteamOS, Valve has promised that more information will be unveiled at CES come January 6th 2014, so check back with us then for the details.
Steam Machines Shipping To 300 Beta Testers On December 13 original content from Ubergizmo. 
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It’s time for the Steam Machines to begin arriving, starting with the 300 lucky SteamOS beta participants which are being contacted as early as this afternoon. Straight from the source we’ve learned that those that’ve been in contact with Valve about the beta program and have been selected will be contacted at approximately 2PM PST […]
iBuyPower, maker of the Revolt we reviewed earlier this year, has revealed its Steam Machine, a white rectangular box that slightly resembles an Xbox One and runs the newly introduced SteamOS. The box will be available in a couple different iterations to meet personal design styles, and will have a price comparable to other gaming […]
That game console headlining this text? It isn’t a white PS4: it’s a commercial Steam Machines box, or at least a prototype of one. iBuyPower tells us that it’s building the box for a 2014 launch, but says it’s still early. The company says the prototypes are running an early build of Steam OS, but it’s not quite a finished product. That rings true of our impressions of Valve’s own reference model, which hosted a version of that same OS devoid of media playback and streaming options and had a very limited selection of games.
iBuyPower tells us that it actually has two models, codenamed Gordon and Freeman, in the works. The two consoles are identical, save for the light bar round the middle — one model’s is clear, while the other’s is black when not illuminated. And, while the company wouldn’t tell us about the boxes’ internals, it did confirm that the hardware will run all Steam titles in 1080p resolution at 60fps. Not as much info as we’d like to know, but still, it’s good to see hints of what we’ll see from Steam Machines when they hit the market — though we’ll likely have to wait until CES to see them in action.%Gallery-slideshow123245%
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Playing your favorite PC games were made much easier thanks to Steam’s Big Picture Mode, and it’s expected to get a little bit easier to play in your living room once its Steam Controller is released. Having a powerful gaming PC hooked up to your living room setup may be a bit difficult as well as expensive if you already have a capable machine sitting in another room, but Valve’s Steam In-Home Streaming service might be what you need. (more…)
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It wasn’t too long ago that Valve took the wraps off SteamOS and Steam Machines, an effort made by the company to enter the living room space which is currently dominated by the likes of Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo with their home video game consoles. As it stands each of the platforms has a game that is exclusive to them, such as Halo, God of War, and Mario, but will Valve be doing the same with SteamOS and Steam Machines? Perhaps make the alleged Half-Life 3 an exclusive to the Steam Machines platform to encourage users to buy the device? The good news is that Valve has no intention to make their own titles exclusive for Steam Machines or SteamOS.
Speaking to IGN, designer Greg Coomer was quoted as saying, “You won’t see an exclusive killer app for SteamOS from us […] We’re not going to be doing that kind of thing.” Valve spokeswoman, Anna Sweet, confirmed this by saying, “That would go against our whole philosophy, to launch something that’s exclusive to SteamOS or Steam Machines.” In fact Valve does not want third-party games to be an exclusive to their platforms, with Sweet claiming that Valve occasionally encourages third-party developers to get their games out on as many platforms as possible. Is this a smart move by Valve? From a gamer’s point of view this is good news, but from a business standpoint, what do you guys think?
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Valve may be pushing its SteamOS platform for gaming-centric Steam machines, but the company won’t be trying to “artificially” drive sales by making upcoming titles like much-anticipated Half-Life 3 exclusives. “That would go against our whole philosophy, to launch something that’s exclusive to SteamOS or Steam Machines” Valve’s Anna Sweet confirmed to IGN when questioned […]
This week the folks at NVIDIA have put three of history’s biggest names in gaming development on stage together, and one of the key questions put to them right off the bat stuck in Valve’s SteamOS. John D Carmack, co-founder of id Software and CTO at Oculus VR (with the Oculus Rift), Tim Sweeney, founder […]
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