300 lucky beta testers were sent their Steam Box earlier this week and given free reign to see what they can do with the thing - use it to play games, watch films, hack the Pentagon, prop up a ...

Rumor has it that Valve's "Steam Box" is set to be fully revealed sometime this year, likely at either March's Game Developer's Conference (GDC) or June's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).

Setting off a rumor firestorm, The Verge reported that game developer Valve might be developing a 'Steam Box' console, bringing its Steam gaming service into the living room. The maker of Half-Life 2 ...

A few weeks ago, we built our own Steam Box with several goals in mind. We wanted to publish a clear, comprehensive guide to help our readers build their own Steam Box – but we also wanted to learn ...

Despite only having been formally announced and demoed, Valve's Steam Box is already earning supporters who are anxious to access Steam's digital marketplace in a more console-like experience ...

Valve CEO Gabe Newell speaks at the DICE conference earlier this year. Imagine playing an intense horror game and having your gaming experience change depending on how quickly your heart is beating.

In the video game community, Valve Software is regarded very highly both for having developed consistently influential titles for more than a decade, and for its popular downloads-based game ...

Do not adjust your LCD monitor: What you are looking at might just be the mythical Steam Box. Codenamed Piston, and developed by Xi3 in partnership with Valve, this grapefruit-sized computer was built ...

It's funny, one of my previous editorials, "The Future of Gaming - Are Developers and Console Makers Ready?" covered how there needs to be a change in gaming, with my next editorial, "The state of ...

Valve revealed the Steam Box today, under the name "Steam Machines." These boxes will come in multiple forms from different manufacturers in 2014, but all Steam Machines will run SteamOS. First, Valve ...

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A few months ago, rumours suggested that Valve--makers of Half-Life and the Steam download service--was about to enter the hardware market with its own PC-based console. It was said that Valve's ...