I don’t normally expect much to come out of Spike TV’s annual Video Game Awards, but Kotaku managed to score a gem of an interview with Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell earlier this weekend.
Steam Box is a concept console from Valve and, according to Gabe Newell, it will be Linux-based, although it's not going be limited only to the open source solution. A lot of rumors have circulated before and during CES 2013 about a possible Steam console, including one about an interesting mini PC called Xi3. As it turns out, the... (read more)
As it turns out, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell gets awfully chatty when he attends award ceremonies.
In questo periodo in California si stanno tenendo i Video Game Awards, un evento dove si presentano tutte le novità del mondo videoludico che usciranno nel prossimo anno: in questo meeting ovviamente non poteva mancare Valve che è stata rappresentata da Gabe Newell, uno dei co-fondatori della casa videoludica.
“Si, ma chissà quando…” più o meno questo era stato il tono di alcuni commenti riguardanti la notizia secondo cui Valve rilascerà Steam e il Source Engine per Linux; a quanto pare, chi non era fiducioso è destinato ad essere smentito, innanzi tutto coi fatti, ma prima di questi con le parole di Gabe Newell, impiegato Valve, il quale ha confermato ad un lettore di Phoronix che Ste
Gabe Newell has once again trashed Windows 8 saying users will probably 'rage quit' computing after using Windows 8.
He further says that he may be wrong and Microsoft may make money out of it but most of the users will hate it. Check out video by GT.TV:
On a related note, RPS published an article speculating on chances of a Linux based SteamOS.
Valve's Gabe Newell
The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People dont realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior. We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well. Its a hedging strategy. I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space.
A number of employees (around 25) were laid-off from Valve recently, as per a report from Gamasutra.
Some users feared that this may affect Steam for Linux or upcoming Steam Box.
Earlier today we reported that once again Gabe Newell bashed Windows 8 saying people will rage quit after using it.
Now, in a detailed interview with GT.TV, he revealed that Steam Linux beta is coming soon.
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