Premier game developer Valve shook the electronic entertainment world on Monday when it said that it had was working on its own open system console, which the press has dubbed the “Steam Box.” Rumors ...

This week Xi3 showed off its upcoming "Piston Console," including the fact that it will ship with a copy of Windows and use proprietary controllers - though it will ship with no controller at all.

No, we still don’t know what it’s made of, and Xi3 CEO Sullivan isn’t about to say. “Unfortunately, I can’t tell you what I know is coming because it’s not time to tell you,” says Jason A. Sullivan, ...

You are joking right..? You expect people to be willing to waste time tweaking to play Windows games under Linux? This is something that is supposed to be as easy to use as any gaming console. Last i ...

The Piston may not technically be one of Valve’s new Steam Machines, but the modular computer hardware will run Linux and support Steam (including its Big Picture Mode, an interface optimized for ...

A Haswell mac mini at $600 would be an good alternative to this, though. And in a far more attractive form factor than the Piston. Click to expand... It would, except that while the 650 is fine for ...