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Valve's Steam Machines: Gabe Newell's quest to reinvent PC gaming
The Steam Box started as a glimmer of hope in 2012. Many doubted the software company best known for its hit games and online gaming marketplace Steam would make its own hardware. A year later Valve unveiled its first designs for its own game-playing PCs and a list of major hardware partners, as well. But as the delivery date for the first Steam Box slips to 2015, the dream remains deferred. Follow all the news here.
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November 20, 2018
Farewell to the Steam Link, the best wireless HDMI gadget ever made (update: it’s $2.50)
One last chance to get it for $2.50 (plus shipping)
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November 16, 2015
Gaming performance on Valve's SteamOS can't keep up with Windows
Even Valve's own games take a hit when played on a dual-boot machine
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August 12, 2014
Alienware's Alpha console will bring Steam to your living room this November
Steam OS is running late, but that isn't stopping Alienware
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May 27, 2014
Valve delays Steam Machines and controller until 2015
Company using "ton of feedback" to make controller "a lot better"
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January 6, 2014
Steam Machines are here: how Alienware is realizing Valve's console dream
Alienware leads the charge for Linux-based gaming PCs
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November 4, 2013
We play with the Steam Machine, Valve's game console of the future
Can the company behind 'Half-Life' build hardware worthy of the TV?
