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Steam Box headlines

• Steambox gets unboxing, teardown videos

  Valve has has already started shipping Steambox prototypes to beta testers in the US last week, and one user’s gotten his hands on one and made an unboxing video, and another video showing all the guts of the machine.

• Sony "can't afford to ignore SteamOS", says Gara

  PlayStation UK boss Fergal Gara is keeping a very close eye on Valve’s plans to conquer the living room.

• Xi3 Piston due in November, priced from $999

  Xi3 has detailed its Piston Steam box, which launches in November, giving tech specs, a price and future-proofing options.

• "I want to see Half-Life 3": Pitchford wants Valve's resources to be spent on games, not hardware

  Half-Life 3 wasn’t announced last week, and Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford isn’t too pleased. He’s shared his thoughts on Valve’s new SteamOS and Steam Box announcements in a new interview.

• Xi3 teases more information for Piston console

  Xi3 has teased that more plans are coming for its Piston console. You know, the one that’s supposedly a “SteamBox.”

• Valve announces the Steam Controller with touch screen, haptic feedback, more

  Valve has revealed its third, planned announcement for the living room and it’s the Steam Controller – a “hackable” controller with dual trackpads, a touch screen, and haptic feedback that works with all past, present, and future games available through the Steam service.

• Microsoft watching what Valve does with Steam Machines, SteamOS, with "great interest"

  Phil Harrison, corporate VP of Microsoft Europe, has said the company will be watching what Valve does regarding SteamOS and its Steam Machines with “great interest.”

• Valve: multiple SteamOS machines will release in 2014, shipping 300 to testers

  Valve has released information for its Steam Box system which runs the recently announced Linux-based SteamOS. Beginning in 2014, there will be multiple SteamOS machines to choose from, made by different manufacturers.

• Valve to reveal Steam Box reference design this afternoon, Source 2 on Friday - rumor

  Valve will be making the second of three announcements today regarding whatever plans it has in the works in a little over two hours. And as with anything pertaining to Valve making an announcement, Source Engine 2 has popped up.

• SteamOS: who is it for exactly? - opinion

  SteamOS was announced last night to much excitement across the internet. Now he’s had a chance to sleep on it, VG247’s Dave Cook talks about some of the feedback he’s seen so far.

• Valve hardware news "rolling out" next week, Newell promises Linuxcon

  Steambox news is coming next week, Valve boss Gabe Newell told an audience at Linuxcon 2013.

• Piston: Xi3 "asked to build a product specifically for Valve"

  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.

• Valve severs ties with Xi3 Piston, now has "no involvement"

  Valve was widely thought to have backed the Xi3 Piston micro PC – often dubbed “Steam Box”. However, Valve’s Doug Lombardi has made clear that the Seattle studio no longer has any involvement in Xi3’s dealings.

• Xi3 Piston Steam box hardware to be upgradable

  Xi3’s console-like PC, the Piston, will have three modular boards for hardware upgrades.

• Xi3 Piston "Steam Box” trailer surfaces

  Xi3’s Piston “Steam Box” micro PC has received a trailer, asking you how you’re going to keep up with advancements in gaming tech. By buying one, obviously.

• Xi3's Piston "Steam Box" available for pre-order at SXSW

  Piston, Xi3’s Valve-backed micro PC expected to be the first of a number of Steam boxes, will be available for pre-order at SXSW.

• Microsoft doesn't consider Valve a competitor in the living room space just yet

  Microsoft’s president of Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattrick, has said the firm’s doesn’t consider Valve a competitor despite the firm readying a living room system of its own.

• Call of Duty developer getting pally with Xi3 Steam box

  Infinity Ward has made a couple of mysterious references to Xi3, the Valve-backed micro PC expected to be the first of a number of Steam boxes.

• Valve's Steam Box will not be formally announced in 2013: engineer clarifies issue

  Valve founder Gabe Newell officially announced that the company’s PC console – dubbed internally at the studio as ‘Bigfoot’, and its handheld counterpart ‘Littlefoot’ – at CES. However, speculation that it will be formally announced at GDC is wide of the mark, a Valve engineer has confirmed.