For yonks, rumours have buzzed about Valve selling its own pre-built PC, fondly nicknamed the 'Steam Box' by fans. Yesterday Valve and Xi3 announced that the Half-Life creator and Steam mastermind had ...

For a product that’s received so much attention from the technology press, it’s astounding how little we actually know about Valve’s Steam Box, the half-PC, half-console hardware concept that could ...

The long-rumored Steam Box game machine from much-loved gaming company Valve has become more of a reality at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Valve hasn't actually shown off any new ...

The number of voices singing Valve's praises has been enormous, and with good reason. Valve is moving in a really interesting direction, and nobody can claim that it's playing it safe. Even so, the ...

Hardware maker Xi3 is pushing back against Valve's attempts to distance itself from Xi3's $1,000 Piston PC-in-a-console, setting off a debate about what, precisely, is meant by the heavily ...

The company behind massively popular cloud-based gaming service Steam is pushing its way into the living room with a run of "Steam Box" console-sized computers that deliver computer games to your ...

It's long been rumoured that Valve has plans to get into the hardware game. Now a new set of rumours are saying the Steam and Half-Life maker is planning a PC gaming platform, with standardised ...

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