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 ...

Collaboration between Alienware and Valve creates an easy, open and simple way to play PC games in virtually any room Alienware Steam Machine is designed to combine the ease of a console with the ...

To everyone’s astonishment, the video game console hasn’t died. It’s ironic that the Alienware Steam Machine is proof positive of the segment’s still vibrant life force. The Alienware Steam Machine is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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" ...

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When PC gaming juggernaut Valve announced its Steam Machines initiative in Fall 2013, it was unveiled as such: "Entertainment is not a one-size-fits-all world. We want you to be able to choose the ...

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 ...

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" ...

I can’t explain it, but over the course of the past two weeks, Alienware’s Steam Machine started to look good, even to a devoted PC builder like me. Moderate price for moderate specs, a sleek and sexy ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=27010761#p27010761:1g4cq3er said: anders190[/url]":1g4cq3er]If Alienware changes their mind later they could always ...