Via The Seattle Times, here's your first look at Valve's Steam Machine prototype—a super-high-end machine that will be sent out to 300 beta testers later this year. (Those are Valve employees standing with it: from left to right, Eric Hope, Anna Sweet, Greg Coomer and D.J. Powers.)
The 2026 Steam Spring Sale begins on Thursday, March 19 at 10 a.m. PDT/1 p.m. EDT and runs through Thursday, March 26 at the same time.
Valve has responded to New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against the firm, stating it does not believe that lootboxes in its Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 games unlawfully encourage minors to gamble, adding it was "disappointed" to see the action go ahead despite efforts to "educate" the NYAG about virtual items since "early 2023."
The Performing Right Society (PRS) has "commenced legal proceedings" against Steam owner Valve over the use of its members' works on Steam "without permission."
This won't hold up, it's the game developers that licensed the music to use in their games with Steam being the distributor of those games. By that logic they would have to go after Nintendo, Sony and Xbox for also doing the same thing.
It looks like, and I'm being completely serious, the PS Box.
Sleek Sony design and large Microsoft start-up circle - perhaps an intentional reference to the market they are trying to dominate. Helps to be familiar, but not extensively so.
Either way - hope it does well and provides a viable alternative that enhances a sit-down gaming experience.
Oh, and where's Half Life 3, etc. etc.
Did they copy the xbone box design? reminme of and old betamax that had the dial to RWD and FFD lol
Looks like an Xbox One.
pc components lumped in a box. congrats valve, still wont buy it for a $1000