Tag: valve
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Elite: Dangerous Finally on Steam
Crowdfunded space trucking simulator and long-time hold-out, Elite: Dangerous, is now available on Steam. Cashed in the remaining money I’d made from selling trading-cards to get it. At this time Frontier’s (Elite’s developer) Elite: Dangerous doesn’t have any Steam-specific features, and like some games you’re only downloading the initial launcher through Steam. All updates appear to be through the…
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Steam Machines Aren’t Here to Challenge Consoles
Valve recently put up an early list of Steam Machines coming this November from various gaming computer makers. Paul Tassi of Forbes is here predicting doom and gloom in an article comparing the chances for Valve’s success against traditional gaming consoles: So if Steam Machines aren’t for console players, will existing PC gamers bite? I really…
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Steam Link
Also shipping this November for $50 is Steam Link, a dedicated streaming box for your TV that’ll have USB ports so you can plug in any controller, not just the Steam Controller. There was a product page on Steam for this which had some renders of the Link but it appears to be pulled. Google…
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Valve’s SteamVR and Steam Controller Hands On
Ben Kuchera got a chance to try Valve’s Steam VR headset system using the just announced Vive hardware from HTC as well as an updated version of the controller for Steam Machines. On the VR System: The hardware is clearly a work in progress, and the fit and finish needs to be improved substantially before launch. The…
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Valve’s VR Headset Announcement
HTC and Valve announced the HTC Vive today, a headset similar to the Oculus Rift. The differences are in the head tracking, a slight increase to resolution compared to the Oculus Rift DK2, and a custom game controller. Similar to the VR room demo Valve had at Steam Dev Days, the HTC Vive will have tracking…