Okay, admit it everyone; you thought that Valve’s third announcement would be either about Half Life 3 or Left 4 Dead 3 (or another game). Go ahead, admit it, don’t lie to us. You really wished and hoped for something like that, right? Well, get ready to get disappointed as Valve’s third announcement is about the Steam Controller. Now the big news here is that the Steam Controller will be used with either Steam Machines or the PC. Oh, and if you are happy with the mouse+keyboard combo, you will be able to keep using it with Valve’s Steam services. Hooray (duh). Continue reading Valve Announces The Steam Game Controller→
Valve has just announced its Steam Machines (or as you may all know them, Steamboxes). As its description reads, Steam Machine is a powerful new category of living-room hardware that is on the horizon. There will be various Steam Machines from different manufacturers, and gamers will be able to replace any hardware component at will. Steam Machines will be open to their users, and there won’t be any OS or hardware restrictions/limitations. Continue reading Valve Officially Reveals Steam Machines, Hardware Beta Registrations Open, Launch In Early 2014→
Valve has just announced a new operating system based on Steam called SteamOS. As the team suggested, SteamOS combines the rock-solid architecture of Linux with a gaming experience built for the big screen. This new operating system will be available soon as a free stand-alone operating system for living room machines and will – obviously – be the heart of Steambox. Continue reading Valve Announces SteamOS – Free Operating System Designed for the TV and the Living Room→
Okay PC gamers, here is some good and some bad news. Good news: Valve has just launched its Summer Sale 2013 program, in which you can find a lot of games offered at really low prices. The bad news: Your wallets will hate you and Steam’s store is currently down due to the high traffic it received (seems to be back online now). Still, we have the list of its first, so go ahead and take a look below. Continue reading Steam Summer Sale 2013 Is A Go→
Now this really interesting. Steam has announced an early access program for a number of upcoming games, with which players can interact with the developers and influence the development of a game. Contrary to pre-order, early access is an immediate purchase of a game and gives the ability to the player to immediately download its latest build and experiment with it. This is precisely what is currently happening with Bohemia’s military sim, ArmA 3, and there are currently 11 more games supporting this new access program. Continue reading Steam Announces Early Access For Upcoming Games, Let’s Players Influence Game Development→
The sixth and final day of Steam’s Autumn Sale has been launched, and PC gamers can find some new and interesting deals. So, today guys you can get The Witcher 2, the entire Alan Wake series and Legend of Grimrock with a 75% discount. In addition, Modern Warfare 3 comes with a 50% discount (and is priced at 29.99€), as is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that is priced at 5.49€. You can find all of today’s special deals below. Enjoy! Continue reading Steam Autumn Sales – Day Six→
