Steam is a massive online gaming platform that reaches 100 million players worldwide. Now, Valve, the company behind Steam, along with a litany of hardware makers (in this case Dell/Alienware) wants ...

Powered by Valve’s Linux-based SteamOS, the Steam Machines are finally here. Well, at least three of them anyway. Before the end of the month, a total of fourteen Steam Machines are due out from ...

Four-year collaboration between Alienware and Valve result in an easy, open and simple way to play PC games in any room Alienware Steam Machine designed to combine the ease of a console with the ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

The good: Partially upgradeable hardware, sleek design, easy way to bring Steam into the living room The bad: Most games need to be streamed from a PC, controller is imperfect, PC games don’t always ...

This week saw the release of Alienware's first Steam Machine, making parent company Dell the first of the major computer manufacturers to enter the market. A customizable, console-sized gaming PC is ...

As appealing as it is to play The Witcher 3 in 4K or mod the hell out of something like GTA 5 and Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, PC gaming can be a bit overwhelming if you're used to getting your gaming ...

Michael Dell has spoken to PCR as the firm’s PC gaming Alienware Steam Machine launches in the UK. The system is the result of a collaboration between Dell’s Alienware gaming brand and Valve Software, ...

When I abandoned the living room, I did so willingly. I was a console gamer for many, many years—heck, I still am for certain games—and I know first-hand how comfortable a couch can be. But eventually ...

Here's the thing about the entire "Steam Machine" argument, this machine (while nice enough) doesn't hold a candle to my desktop but Steam already innovated themselves out of the market. With the ...

Alienware is showing off four new systems at this year's gaming-focused E3 conference. The lineup include the Alienware 13 OLED notebook, a new version of the Alpha Steam machine and new Aurora and ...