Xi3 Piston, the first device revealed when Valve admitted it was getting into hardware, is not a Steam Machine - because "if you can play it on a computer you should be able to play it on a Piston".

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 ...

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.

It’s not a Steam Box, but they want us to believe it is: Xi3’s Piston might be the most confusing product in gaming this year, thanks to some muddled messaging and a deal with Valve that never went ...

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 ...