Posts tagged “SteamOS”

Steam Machines went nowhere, Valve have basically said (I'm paraphrasing a touch), but nah, don't sweat it, they are still committed to improving gaming on Linux. After shuffling Steam Machines deeper into the labyrinth of Steam's website menus, and the ensuing cybersquawking over Valve having done a thing, they've reflected a little on their PC branding partnership and the Linux-based SteamOS beneath it. "Given that…

Tagged with Linux, Steam, Steam Machines, SteamOS, Valve.

Is... Is this E3 news? On day three, I can't tell anymore. Did Sid Meier swing on a trapeze across the E3 concourse to announce that Civilization 5 was now available on SteamOS and Linux? Did Aspyr gather the world's press in an art deco theatre to reveal that this was their first Linux port, after years of porting popular games to Mac? Or is…

Tagged with Aspyr Media, Civ 5, Civ V, Firaxis Games, Linux, mac, MacOSX, Sid-Meier, Steam Controller, SteamOS, Sid Meier's Civilization V.

I find it interesting how Valve both is and isn't investing a lot of time and precious, precious GabeNcoins into its Steam Machine initiative. On one hand, this is the PC juggernaut's plan to bull-rush through the living room's console-lined walls and play jump rope with the entrails of enemies within, but on the other Valve is hedging its bets as cautiously as possible. It's…

Tagged with Alienware, Steam, Steam Machines, SteamOS, Valve.

The Consumer Electronics Show is happening in Las Vegas right now, which is a lot like E3 but full of televisions and Michael Bay instead of videogames. There is at least one thing there of interest to us, though: Valve have been revealing the first concrete details of their Steam Machine partners, including the 14 manufacturers currently making them and the specs and prices of…

Tagged with Alienware, Steam Controller, Steam Machine, Steam Machines, SteamOS, Valve.

Last week, Valve sent out the first 300 prototypes of their Steam Machines. That's exciting, but unless you were one of the few randomly chosen, you can't get involved. They also released the first version of their SteamOS for everyone to download, which is exciting but you should not get involved. Even Valve don't think so.

Tagged with rub Valve's magical owl corneas gently to enjoy the haptic stimulation, Steam Machines, SteamOS, Valve.

You there! Yes, you, with the hair, the shirt, and the microscopically minuscule pimple behind your left nostril that nobody - not even you - knows about. You could well be mere days away from receiving your very own Steam Machine. If you live in the US and signed up for Valve's first round of testing, I would advise that you check your inbox now,…

Tagged with Steam, Steam Machines, SteamOS, Valve.

Valve's already shown off a prototype of its mythical Steam Box, but what about all these third-party machines we keep hearing about? The hope is that they'll offer price and versatility options where Valve can't cut it on its own, so they could end up just as key in the FutureWar For The Living Room as GabeN's boxy baby. Valve claims that numerous manufacturers are…

Tagged with iBuyPower, Steam Machine, SteamOS, Valve.

Owning a gaming machine with horsepower for days can come with some pretty severe drawbacks - for instance, that it's comparable to an actual horse in weight and portability. (And I can't even ride it! What did I make this damn thing for, anyway?) The prospect of following Valve's rhythmically clomping war party into the living room, then, isn't the most attractive. Not when I…

Tagged with Steam, SteamOS, streaming, Valve.

Lookit! A box! Isn't that just the most exciting thing? The Internet is, of course, in a tizzy over Valve's big reveal of a Steam Machine prototype, and - yep - it sure looks like one of them newfangled VCRs that can play those dang dern gametapes we never stop talking about. The bigger news, however, is that you need not worry about being required…

Tagged with Steam, steam box, Steam Machines, SteamOS, Valve, Half-Life 3.

Valve have posted up a range of specs for the Steam Box prototype - or prototypes, as they have varied CPU and gfx cards - three hundred of which are going to be sent out to early sign ups. They explain: "The prototype machine is a high-end, high-performance box, built out of off-the-shelf PC parts. It is also fully upgradable, allowing any user to swap…

Tagged with Steam, Steambox, SteamOS, Valve.

Could it be true? That here in my mortal hand I do hold a nugget of purest gaming? Not exactly. It's the latest and tiniest NUC, Intel's so-called 'Next Unit of Computing'. It's a full-function PC with Intel's best graphics ever. And it's claimed to sport pukka gaming chops. Meanwhile, Valve has been punting SteamOS, the whole Steam Box thang is still on – as…

Tagged with cpu, graphics, Intel, steam box, SteamOS.

And so the announcements are complete. And with no last-minute surprises, Valve have announced their peripheral for the Steam Machine that will carry SteamOS, in an attempt to bring PC gaming into the living room. It is, they say, a new kind of controller, one designed to be able to trick older games into thinking they're being played with a keyboard and mouse. It looks…

Tagged with Steam Machine, SteamOS, Valve.

Nvidia's history of Linux support has been - to put it very, very lightly - rocky at best, but apparently that's all about to change. The hardware manufacturer is now throwing its considerable weight behind both SteamOS and Linux as a whole, even going so far as to promise it'll release documentation on its GPUs to the Linux community so as to help ease compatibility…

Tagged with Linux, Nvidia, Steam, steam box, SteamOS, Valve.

Following the SteamOS announcement on Monday, time has been ticking away, as it has a tendency to do, and we now find ourselves on the farside of Valve's second announcement. It's a Steam-powered Box! A group of them, to be more precise. And, boy, am I glad it is, because I wrote this pre-jump section of the post an hour ago, having spent the day…

Tagged with Steam, SteamOS, Valve.