Valve is rebooting its failed Steam Machine initiative — and this time, it’s building the living room console itself. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and ...

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Remember Steam Machines? Valve’s console-style gaming PC rigs meant for the living room felt like they might revolutionize gaming when they were first announced. A few years later, they’re mostly ...

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2012 was an important year for Valve. The company introduced Big Picture Mode - a Steam interface designed for the living room holy trinity of big TVs, joypads, and couches - it was also the year when ...

Alienware’s revised Alpha R2 jams in enough gaming horsepower to crush current game Consoles, but its fan noise keeps it from being a small wonder. The Alienware Alpha R2 gaming console has something ...

After a long delay, Valve’s bid to replace your living room console with a true-blue gaming PC is finally taking shape. Valve and its partners have a whopping 15 Steam Machines prepped for the ...

The Alienware Steam Machine is a bold experiment in PC/console crossover gaming, but you may just want to stick with the larger game library on the Windows version of this hardware. Dan Ackerman ...

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Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. The Alienware Steam Machine's wonderful dream of PC-gaming ...

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There’s nothing quite like the Alienware Alpha. For just $500, it’s a competent Windows gaming PC. But it should have been the flagship Steam Machine. The Alpha was designed to be a Linux game console ...