Valve Announces Steam Machines For Gamers

Well it looks like the “Steambox” will be a reality as Valve has announced their entry into the PC hardware world with Steam Machines. Steam Machines is a device that is bundled with Valve’s own SteamOS operating system and will allow you to play all of your favorite games in a living room setting.

Steam Machines

Now with SteamOS Valve will be integrating it inside of their own exclusively built hardware. Currently the hardware is in the prototype stage, but any Steam user is eligible enough to participate in the BETA to get their hands on a Steam Machines protoype hardware kit.

“While these products are still in development, we need your help. As always, we believe the best way to ensure that the right products are getting made is to let people try them out and then make changes as we go. We have designed a high-performance prototype that’s optimized for gaming, for the living room, and for Steam. Of course, it’s also completely upgradable and open.

This year we’re shipping just 300 of these boxes to Steam users, free of charge, for testing. You can make yourself eligible to get one. How? Read on!”

So how do you become eligible to get one of these BETA Steam Machines?

THE HARDWARE BETA ELIGIBILITY QUEST:
Before October 25, log in to Steam and then visit your quest page to track your current status towards beta test eligibility

1. Join the Steam Universe community group
2. Agree to the Steam Hardware Beta Terms and Conditions
3. Make 10 Steam friends (if you haven’t already)
4. Create a public Steam Community profile (if you haven’t already)
5. Play a game using a gamepad in Big Picture mode

Steam Machines

Official Steam Machines will be available in many different hardware configurations in 2014. The BETA Prototypes will ship before the end of 2013 to 300 Steam users who will get the chance to test the machines before launch.

Source: Steam Machines | News Archive

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