Pity your wallet: the Steam summer sale has begun
Big discounts on tons of games, including XCOM, Metro Redux and Tales from the Borderlands
Valve
First Steam Machines go on sale 10th November – but pre-orderers may get them early
Dell and Valve reveal specs and pricing for the petite but powerful Alienware Steam Machine
Steam’s new policy allows you to return almost any game
No more buyer’s regret over buying terrible games
Mysterious “Chaperone” project could expand Valve’s VR plans
New trademark suggests that the HTC Vive headset is just the beginning
Fully Charged: Tesla plots Model III unveiling, Google’s HQ plans foiled, and Reddit videos
All the little news bits from around the tech world you need to start the morning
Eager to buy a Steam Machine? Valve details the 15 gaming PCs out this November
Console-inspired PC boxes will start at US$459 and range upwards dramatically. Plan accordingly
Here’s Zotac’s SN970, part of the first batch of Steam Machines
Don’t let its tiny size fool you: this box can run 4K games and up to four monitors at once
Steam Machines out in November, plus Steam Link streams PC games to any TV in your home
Valve’s GDC announcements also include the Source 2 engine, free to developers
Valve announces SteamVR hardware system, will be shown next week at GDC
The biggest digital distributor of PC games aims to take early hold of the virtual reality market
Fully Charged: Uncharted live-action film in 2016, the Steam Controller goes analog, and the official X-Men VR experience
Catch up on the news you might’ve missed in our morning roundup
Fully Charged: The Steamboy Machine is a handheld Steam PC, next Xbox One update detailed, and inside Tokyo’s new Apple Store
It’s Monday—catch up on all of the news you missed this weekend
Steam In-home Streaming review
Valve’s Steam took over PC gaming a long time ago. With In-home Streaming, it may just have conquered the lounge too
