The Steam Machine’s most important attraction is that it allows you to access games you’d normally play on a PC through your TV from the comfort of your couch. ... The directional pad, ...

Even after its big CES 2014 unveiling, Valve's new Steam Machine platform is something of a mystery. Release dates, game libraries, exact hardware specs, and other details have not been announced ...

There are no analog controls on Valve's Steam Machines controller. It eschews traditional analog sticks in place of haptic touch pads, which really threw me for a loop when I first picked up the ...

I laughed when the rumors started back in 2012: "Valve is building a PC-based game console for living rooms." Sure it is, I thought. Imagine my shock when "Steam Machines" turned out to be real.

Phil Owen plays Metro: Last Light and Portal with Valve's new controller and finds it an utterly bewildering experience. When we pare it all down to the details, a Steam Machine is still just a PC ...

Steam Controller, SteamVR, Steam Machines: Valve’s hardware push in photos Also includes impressions of the "final" controller and a quick look at Steam Link.

According to Wired, the Steam controller several buttons and two versatile track pads, which replace joysticks and buttons. Steam recently reported it passed 65 million-users.

Although Valve had originally planned to ship Steam Machines and the controller in 2014, the company is realistically looking at a “release window of 2015,” Hope wrote.

Enter Valve’s interesting Steam Controller, which is an integral part of Valve’s ploy to push PC gaming into the living room via console-like Steam Machines. colbehr. Valve’s Steam ...

Design. First, Alienware’s Steam Machine does look great in any entertainment center, sandwiched among your TV, DVR, Roku, and PS4. Compact and discreet, it’s about the same size as an ...

What the heck is a Steam Machine? So glad you asked. There’s this PC gaming platform and download store called Steam, see, and it’s owned and run by Valve, the fine company behind some of the best ...