Tag Archives: Steambox

Wed, Mar 13, 2013 | 02:05 GMT

Piston: Xi3 “asked to build a product specifically for Valve”

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Xi3, the company behind the $1,000 Piston Steam box, has shed some light on its relationship with Valve after the latter apparently attempted to distance itself from the product today.

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Wed, Mar 06, 2013 | 00:19 GMT

Steambox testing to kick off in three to four months

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Valve’s living-room friendly hardware could be in tester’s hands in just a few months.

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Thu, Feb 07, 2013 | 20:11 GMT

Gabe Newell’s DICE 2013 talk covers cloud gaming, next-gen, and Steambox

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Valve boss Gabe Newell gave a talk at DICE 2013 this week, and he said all sorts of lovely things like: the Steambox price point will be a much lower cost than many living-room devices; he talked about how he is skeptical of cloud gaming; how his vision for video games is a bit on the PC-fans side; and how the console transition is bad for gaming as a whole. That’s the take away, at any rate. You can watch his speech below.

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Thu, Jan 31, 2013 | 05:09 GMT

Newell: Steambox racing against Apple, not consoles

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Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has said Steambox and its brethren will race to beat Apple to the living room, while traditional consoles will be left eating dust.

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Wed, Jan 09, 2013 | 20:24 GMT

This changes everything: Valve enters console race

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Gabe Newell has confirmed Bigfoot, a Valve-made, Linux-based, console-like Steam box. Pay attention, says Patrick Garratt: the TV games market is about to be shaken to its “core”.

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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 | 01:55 GMT

SteamBox – Gabe Newell confirms Valve-made hardware

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Valve boss Gabe Newell has confirmed that an internally-developed SteamBox is inbound, as distinct from Xi3′s Valve-funded effort, giving scant details of its biometric controller and open nature.

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Mon, Jan 07, 2013 | 21:47 GMT

2013 – the year PC gaming disrupts the console business

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The console market is begging to be broken, says Patrick Garratt, and Valve is more than aware of the opportunity. This is the year that could change video gaming for good.

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Mon, Jan 07, 2013 | 14:12 GMT

Valve to reveal Linux-based Steambox in 2013 – report

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According to reports out of Germany, Valve’s long-rumoured Steambox will turn up this year.

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Wed, Sep 19, 2012 | 00:36 BST

Valve hardware division hoping to launch public beta next year

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Valve’s new hardware team may have something to show as soon as 2013.

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