Valve begin to develop hardware for PC

With the arrival of the new PS4 probably next year and with the Xbox 720 getting closer, gamer PCs need to find enough power to compete with the new generation of consoles. One of the largest companies in the industry gamer, Valve, just jump on the bandwagon of developers hardware for computers , which will help balance the scales when the next generation consoles go on sale.
Valve's Gabe Newell commented under the Spike Video Game Awards 2012 that the company plans to start developing hardware to give users of a computer the same experience we can achieve with a console.
Newell believes that both developers and consumers will find in the PC a better system for their activities.

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Valve Announces Steam beta for Linux

As you may know, Valve is creating a version of Steam for OS and Linux distros. Instead of opening the beta to all, the company has chosen to search for a group of users that the test (around 1000 people allegedly). Valve wants experienced Linux users get tested, so if you are a beginner, you'd better wait. But if you're a Linux guru and a great fan of Steam, we recommend you follow this link .
First we will have to answer some questions, like "What Linux distro you use to try Steam?" And the like, but also asks for the type of computer you will use and other things. Clearly what Valve is looking for here is diverse systems.
Steam for Linux will be, initially, a software 32bit and the preferred distro is Ubuntu Valve to run it.
Anyone planning to join?

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Steam will begin to sell more software other than games

 

The digital store of video games worldwide favorite, Steam, will become something completely different next month. While game sales continue as usual, now also offer other types of software .
Officially announced on the website of Steam , it says that applications and software can be found within a category called, obviously Software. According to Valve says Mark Richardson, the new additions are due to the growing sense that the 40 million Steam platform users have other interests apart from the game .
How do you think Steam users, most gamers, it will change?

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For creators of Steam, Windows 8 will be a "catastrophe for all '

 

The Windows 8 will be a catastrophe for those who like to play on PC and will harm the computer market. Who was it said Gabe Newell, Valve's CEO, producer of games like Half-Life, Left 4 Dead and creator of Steam.

Microsoft's new platform will have its own app store - the Windows 8 Store. And Newell believes it affect similar services already available today.

"The Windows 8 will be a disaster for all of the computers in space. I think we lose some manufacturers, who will end up leaving the market, "said Newell, according to Mashable. "If true, then we need good alternatives to it."

One of the alternatives considered by Valve is the version of Steam for Linux, which is already being developed. Newell believes that what is lacking for the open source system gain more space among consumers is a good supply of games - what would be possible to adapt the service.

The store apps Windows 8 will, somehow, a competitor to Steam. The distribution service games company Newell currently has more than 40 million active users and 2500 titles from different developers.

If the store can offer Microsoft games with the same efficiency of Steam - and integration with Microsoft's own Xbox to become a reality - the service of the Valve can go out very much affected.

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