Valve could be reigniting rumors of a Steam Box being developed as two key developments occurred recently.
The first is based on a recent job posting by the company due to them currently hiring engineers with experience developing hardware. While this could just be related to Valve's current plans on making Steam compatible with TV monitors, its also possible it could be related to previous "Steam Box" rumors.
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“Join our highly motivated team that’s doing hardware design, prototyping, testing, and production across a wide range of platforms,” the advert reads. ”We’re not talking about me-too mice and gamepads here – help us invent whole new gaming experiences.”
The successful applicant will have to, ”work with the hardware team to conceive, design, evaluate, and produce new types of input, output, and platform hardware.”
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The second development is based on a recent meeting Gabe Newell supposedly had today with the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook. While no exact details of the meeting were revealed current rumors range from Valve getting some input on how to design the Steam Box, a potential Steam app/client for the iOS devices, or integrating Steam into the AppleTV project.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...am-box-rumors/
http://kotaku.com/5901821/did-tim-co...ell-meet-today
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Daily Recap:
1) Atlus confirms all the online servers for Demon Souls will be shut down on June 1st.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ting-down-may/
2) Based on a recent domain registered by Nintendo and hints earlier in the year of a new "classic 2D Mario" in development, Super Mario Bros 4 is expected to be released later this year for the 3DS.
http://kotaku.com/5901823/nintendo-r...at-future-game
3) Namco Bandai announces a new Dragon Ball Z game is heading to Kinect later this year with 50 motion based moves possible, a story mode, and at least one new character expected for the game's roster.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/drag...ur-kinect-9000
4) Sleeping Dogs (previously True Crime Hong Kong) was confirmed to have an August 14 release date in the US and an August 17 date in Europe for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/slee...-order-bonuses