Brick Tamland Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 VALVE REVEALS FIRST GEN STEAM MACHINES Over One Dozen Designs Announced January 6, 2014 Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Dota 2, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced over one dozen Steam Machine designs now in production from leading manufacturers and targeted for release in 2014. The lineup of Steam Machines announced today offers a wide variety of price and performance options made possible by the Steam Machines open design, with systems starting as low as $499 and top end systems rivaling todays bleeding edge gaming PCs. Every Steam Machine includes an innovative Steam Controller designed for use with a wide variety of game genres, and is powered by the SteamOS, a custom OS built atop Linux. "The first generation Steam Machines offers something for every gamer, which is a critical part of extending Steam into the living room," said Gabe Newell of Valve. "With over 3,000 games and more than 65 million gamers on Steam, its important to offer gamers a variety of Steam Machines that allow them to select what makes the most sense for them." Announced earlier this year, Steam Machines are new entertainment systems targeted for use in the living room and leveraging Steam, the popular online platform for gaming and software with over 65 million accounts worldwide. The makers of first generation Steam Machines are: AlienwareAlternateCyberPowerPCDigital StormFalcon NWGigaByteiBuyPowerMaingearMaterial.netNext SpaOrigin PCScanWebhallenZotac For more information, please visit our CES Press sheet and www.steampowered.com. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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