Gabe Newell: Living Room PCs Will Compete With Next-Gen Consoles
Steam's Big Picture mode was just the first step: according to Valve boss Gabe Newell, you'll be able to buy a living-room-friendly PC package next year.
Steam's Big Picture Is Now Out Of Beta. To Celebrate, Here's A Steam…
It's official: Steam's TV-friendly Big Picture mode is now live, out of beta, and ready for your living room. To celebrate, Valve is marking down a bunch of controller-friendly games on Steam.
They Bleed Pixels is a Pleasurably Painful Way to Break In Steam's Big…
See Steam's Big Picture Mode In Action (It's Awesome)
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Valve's new Big Picture mode for Steam sure looks nice in pictures, but how does look, and more importantly work, in action?
Here's The Launch Trailer For Steam's Big Picture Mode
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Here's a new look at some of the features that will launch with Big Picture's beta today. For more on Steam TV, check out our big hands-on preview.
Valve Is Bringing Steam To Your TV Today. Watch Out, Consoles.
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Today, Valve will launch the beta of Big Picture mode, a version of Steam designed for your television. That's right. The de facto central hub of PC gaming is now designed to run while you're lounging in your living room—and with a controller, no less. I've tried out Big Picture. It's sleek, intuitive, and…
Valve Is Testing Out These Crazy Gaming Goggles
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The New York Times has a great feature on Valve and some of the things they've been up to recently, including these crazy gaming goggles.
Steam's "Big Picture" Mode May Reshape the Big Picture of What PC Gaming…
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Yesterday, Valve announced that their Big Picture service will be entering a beta phase soon. The Big Picture is a version of Steam optimized for television screens and controllers. Plug your PC into your 50" TV, and you can kick back on the sofa with a version of Steam that's designed to be readable from across the…
The beta for Valve's Big Picture service is "coming soon".