A few years ago, the internet was buzzing about Valve’s Steam Machines. It was rumored that Valve was working on a lineup of consoles catered towards PC gamers. Then, Steam Machines were launched – and we kind of stopped hearing about them. Whatever happened to Steam Machines? Are they popular? Did they disappear? Today, we’re explaining everything you need to know about the state of Stea

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The Alienware Steam Machine has officially been released. It’s one of several major Steam Machines on the market today. But is it actually a replacement for your gaming PC? Is it an effective solution to your gaming needs? Today, we’re going to review the Alienware Steam Machine and tell you whether or not it’s worth the money. Sexy and Portable One of the first things you’ll notice a

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Gabe Newell just issued a bold statement to help build up hype for Steam Machines: he claims that they’re more powerful than the consoles available today. The Steam Machines are going on sale next week along with the Steam Controller and Steam Link. The Steam Machines aren’t actually made by Valve: they’re made by companies like Alienware. Gaben specifically addressed Alienware’s mod

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When the PC gaming master race community calls you a “false prophet”, you know you’re in trouble. Such was the case with Valve’s CEO Gabe Newell this past week. After an AMA on Reddit, during which Gabe honestly answered dozens of paid mod-related questions in great detail, Gabe was lambasted by the PC gaming community for suddenly turning on his greatest fans. Yes, PC gamers suddenl

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Valve is one of the most well-respected PC gaming companies in the world today. Unlike most other gaming companies, Valve has resisted being absorbed by EA and is also attempting to branch out into other areas of the industry. PC hardware is one area that Valve wants to explore. Valve is making a line of Steam Machines that come with their own custom operating systems. They’re designed to ble

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Valve is trying to shake up the console wars later this year by providing gamers with a middle ground between gaming PCs and conventional consoles. That middle ground is called the Steam Machine and it will run Steam OS on your living room TV or office PC. The Steam Machine is designed for gaming and multimedia and will compete with the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. One of the things that make

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Valve is one of the world’s most beloved gaming companies. Creators of the game sale mecca that is Steam and awesome games like Team Fortress 2 and the Half Life series, Valve has built up an excellent reputation with gamers over its history. Valve recently announced that it was entering the hardware space. Well, most gamers had known about Steam’s plans for quite some time, but last week,

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A year from now, the world’s gaming environment will look totally different than it does today. Three major new consoles are rumored to be released around the Holiday 2013 season. Those consoles are the new Xbox (aka the Xbox 720), the PlayStation 4, and a new entry called the Steam Box that aims to compete head-to-head against its established competition. The origins of the Steam Box Most PC

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Good news for PC gamers who like to run alternative operating systems: in a recent picture from Valve’s headquarters, a Linux-based computer is seen running Steam, that company’s popular online game distribution system. While a Linux-based Steam client has been rumored for years – and promptly denied by Valve – it finally looks like we’ll see the popular program hit Linux systems late

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