GDC 2015: The Valve Round-Up From Vive to the rise of the Steam Machine
We take a look at all that Valve has revealed at the 2015 Game Developer Conference
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We take a look at all that Valve has revealed at the 2015 Game Developer Conference
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Alienware is speaking out about their upcoming Steam Machine model, noting that new models will arrive every year. Oh, and you can't upgrade your Steam Machine. That's an important detail.
Steam Machines will support up to 16 controllers on a single device, according to developers attending Valve's Dev Days.
There sure are a lot of Steam Machines to choose from. However, what offers the best bang for the buck? Futuremark has taken an early stab at benchmarking these systems with 3DMark.
The Steam Controller is odd. Even after a bit of hands-on time, we were a bit confused. Valve is planning on shipping out another batch of Steam Controllers to developers and users to get feedback.
We're reporting live from the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, where Valve is throwing a pre-CES press conference to talk all things Steambox.
Steam Machines will be launching at the end of this month. And at least one of them will include both Windows and SteamOS.
While Valve has made its own prototype, the official Steam Machine roll-out will be dependent on the efforts of Valve's third-party partners.
If you were one of the lucky 300, you received a Steam Machine from Valve for beta testing purposes. Corey Nelson happened to be one of the chosen ones, and he's sharing his experiences on YouTube.