We’ve been calling the Steam Machine a video game console because that’s what little boxes that play games and sit next to the TV in your living room have been called for decades. Valve is adamant that this is not an accurate term for its device. “Is this the Valve…

Damn, okay. The Steam Machine is expensive. Over $1000 for just the base model, and even more if you want more storage or a Steam controller. And if that price has your eyes popping out of your head, cartoon-style, you can blame the current RAM crisis brought about by the AI rush,…

Today, Valve finally pulled the bandage off and revealed the price of the Steam Machine, the company’s console-like gaming device built for your living room TV. As expected, it ain’t cheap. The base model costs $1,050 and doesn’t come with a Steam Controller. The higher storage model with a controller…

Xbox is going full steam ahead with a slate of films and TV shows, which now includes a live-action adaptation of Rare’s 2018 pirate-filled, social-sim adventure game, Sea of Thieves. According to a June 22 Entertainment Weekly report, Xbox has “over a dozen adaptations in the works.” Some of these…

The independent French video game union Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV) is calling for “anyone employed by a video game company” across “the entire video game sector” to strike on June 25, in protest of ever-rising layoffs across the industry and “repeated abuse against workers” by studio…

Ahead of its launch on June 30, reviews and impressions on Valve’s Steam Machine have arrived. Designed to be a living room PC, the compact unit is launching during an expensive time for gamers, as the ongoing memory and storage crisis, coupled with AI data center demands, has seen an explosive…