While wandering the show floor at CES 2026, I was struck by the future of living room gaming. What was once the realm of ...

As Microsoft continues to wrestle with the console-PC divide, Valve is rolling out a living room hardware strategy that Xbox has been chasing for years. Valve has made a bold return to PC hardware.

Last year, not long after Microsoft announced the Xbox Series X, I declared that the upcoming console would "end" -- I specifically did not say "win" -- the PC/console war, not by beating the PC, but ...

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.

Have you seen the news? Microsoft has signaled that future Xbox consoles will run Windows, which points to one big possible future: gaming PCs may soon be taking the living room by storm. It sounds ...

The plight of the living room PC gamer is real. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I forget why I showed you that. Oh, yes, I'd like ...

From cheaper games to tweaking your settings to get them exactly how you want them, there’s a lot of perks to being a PC gamer. However, being stuck at your desk when your console-wielding ...

Valve has announced it is launching its own Linux-based operating system built for living room PC gaming. SteamOS will be available as a free stand-alone operating system for living room machines.

Quick question here. I'm probably not reading ok right now, but does it mean that Valve will support home-made HTPCs as well as console-like solutions coming from them? If that's the case, I'm game as ...