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9/27/13 3:00PM | Valve's final announcement for the week is the Steam controller, a unique gamepad that is equipped to play a wide variety of games while utilizing track-pad and touchscreen technology. The controller can also play PC games that were not made for gamepad support, making it compatible with just about every game available for purchase on Steam.
The beta for the Steam machine will included wired versions of the controller and will be hackable, so users can freely modify the settings to their liking.
Below is an example of settings for Portal 2 on Steam and how it would play on the controller.
The controller looks a bit odd from what we're used to, but those who get into the beta will hopefully share their impressions on whether or not it works a great way to play games on Steam.
[Source: Valve]
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9/17/13 1:30PM | Valve's second announcement for this week involves the Steam Box machine that was discussed before. The big news is that the machine will be available sometime in 2014, but Valve will be doing a beta test of the machine with steam users.
Only 300 will be made for testing, and you can become eligible for one using the following directions:
THE HARDWARE BETA ELIGIBILITY QUEST:
Before October 25, log in to Steam and then visit your quest page to track your current status towards beta test eligibility
1. Join the Steam Universe community group
2. Agree to the Steam Hardware Beta Terms and Conditions
3. Make 10 Steam friends (if you haven't already)
4. Create a public Steam Community profile (if you haven't already)
5. Play a game using a gamepad in Big Picture mode
The Machine is said to support almost all of the titles currently on Steam, with future titles able to work via streaming. Stay tuned for the third and final announcement later this week!
[Source: Valve]
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9/9/13 2:00PM | Announced and launching in Japan on November 14th, the PS Vita TV is a device that allow you to stream video content, as well as the ability to play Vita games on the big screen with a Dualshock 3 controller. PS Vita TV has a Vita memory card slot for games, and will play most that do not require any touchscreen capabilities. It can also play over 600 PS1 and PSP games while using a PS3 controller.
Another neat feature about the product is that it can stream PS4 content via its remote play options, which is shown below in the video.
PS Vita TV will arrive in Japan for 9,954 yen, which amounts to about $100 in US currency.
This device seems neat, but I wonder if it will improve Vita software while hurting Vita hardware sales in the process. It'll be interesting to see how it does and whether it makes its way to other countries in the future.
[Source: Kotaku]
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