Valve announces SteamOS, a new game platform for living room-based PCs


PC game service operator and game development studio Valve announced SteamOS this afternoon, finally formalizing a PC gaming hardware project known as "Steambox" we've heard dribs and drabs about over the past few years. The platform will function on "any living room machine" and even stream games from your Mac and PC. "Just turn on your existing computer and run Steam as you always have - then your SteamOS machine can stream those games over your home network straight to your TV," the announcement page says.


The project is intended to compete with traditional game consoles, and it seemingly evolves Steam's "Big Picture Mode" to that end.

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