VALVE Announces Steam Machines For Gamers With Integrated SteamOS

VALVE has officially announced its entry into the PC hardware world with the inflow of new Steam Machines. The Steam Machines from VALVE is a arranged device with integrated SteamOS that allows you to play all your latest games with the pick to upgrade since the platform is completely open up.

VALVE announced their SteamOS a few days dorsum and now they are officially integrating it inside their own exclusively built hardware to power the latest Steam games using Steamworks. VALVE mentions that their Steam Machines are available as prototypes at the moment just anyone is eligible enough to participate in the BETA to get outset easily on a Steam Machines prototype hardware kit.

While these products are nonetheless in development, we need your help. Equally ever, we believe the best mode to ensure that the right products are getting made is to permit people try them out and and so make changes as nosotros become. We accept designed a high-performance paradigm that's optimized for gaming, for the living room, and for Steam. Of class, it'due south also completely upgradable and open.

This year we're shipping but 300 of these boxes to Steam users, free of charge, for testing. You can make yourself eligible to become one. How? Read on! Valve

The most important question being, how to enter the beta, and when are the Steam Machines launching? Hither's what yous accept to exercise:

THE HARDWARE BETA ELIGIBILITY QUEST:

Before Oct 25, log in to Steam and and then visit your quest page to track your electric current status towards beta test eligibility

Join the Steam Universe customs group
Agree to the Steam Hardware Beta Terms and Conditions
Make 10 Steam friends (if you oasis't already)
Create a public Steam Community profile (if y'all haven't already)
Play a game using a gamepad in Big Pic mode

The Steam Machines would be bachelor in different hardware configurations and would be available in 2014. The BETA Prototypes would ship in 2013 and around 30 Loyal Steam or should we say lucky guys/girls would get the adventure to examination the machines before launch. For more information, caput over to the official folio.