Valve steps their cool games and pushed through the software

Hoping to save the industry, new ways vapor Bellevue game developer Valve is fully developed a prototype of his own design, with an operating system and a gaming device in the computer business - Shoot House.

Bellevue Valve game company does not want everything to win Entertainment PC business but the big players in the sector perspective of ball valve.

To build chart coming and is a global network game and showcase how to build valve on the computer and operating systems and cool games . It is a bold attempt to convince you that there is no other way to live, with Microsoft and Intel. The PC industry "flashed wide and established

It is also unclear how the valve 65 million customers - let alone the rest of consumers around the world - it's a new game system interest to compete with the Xbox, PlayStation and Wii platforms. But it's always exciting to see a relatively small company applies to creativity and innovation in a market segment that desperately need defibrillation. Valve is the first batch of steam engines develops prototype equipment, the launch of a program developed by the internal operating system of the company. This turbinate boxes work with a new valve game designed and built from scratch in the company workshops patched in Bellevue, in part, garage tools co -founder Gabe Newell intercepted.

Apparently, the valve is a believer in the old saying, if you want something done, you must do it yourself. Previously, he worked in the design and prototyping vendors, but decided he could not learn to do it at home. The valve also is redefining the term original equipment manufacturer "or OEM PC industry.”

Its offices in the skyscrapers of downtown Bellevue to 3 - D printer to print PC components humming away, next to a room full of programmers carefully watched their screens. There are also laser - machines and other tools to design, build and test prototypes. The owner said no to all factories and Valve gaming device that offers more than 300 testers this fall is produced by a team from one store to Overlake.

When the platform moves, Valve finally live together to control large-scale production .open platform the valve will not be next Hewlett - Packard and Apple, a structure of a very profitable business and distribute software cool games  that have since co -founder Newell and Mike Harrington left Microsoft and founded the company in 1996.

Instead, the valve is trying to encourage PC makers, with their own steam valve OS is an open platform that can grow further and offers players an alternative to console build. A variety of steam applications and entertainment for the new platform , probably introduced in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas , and went on sale in mid- 2014 . The company will present its plans in September and last month, when he presented an overview of its workshops and demonstration equipment.

During the visit, the designers of the company said they are trying to promote PC hardware platform and stagnant innovation company providing open on another platform. Microsoft used to fulfill this role, but now the Xbox and entertainment platform from the perspective of the valve in Windows in a walled garden. So now spend about 40 330 people with valve equipment and trying to do for entertainment. The best PC platform

"We believe the OEM PC space would have done long ago," said Greg Coomer valve designer.

We are the home theater equipment for the living room "and build something that lives in the house TV” Actually, every year, we can say that the PC OEM or another have to “, “continue Coomer. "They are always very good at cooling or industrial design, but it was only part of the problems that have to have customers to solve. Good entertainment experience in the living room”

Heat and noise are a problem, when the valve has a series of baffles better developed refrigeration and air flow within the steam PC. The designed to work more than the operating systems running game, bedrooms have built valve SteamOS PC that runs on Linux, but it looks like a slick, consumption - electronics. The approach is similar to Amazon.com to build a version of the Android operating system for tablets Kindle Fire. Android is completely enclosed in Kindle and light, so it does not feel like a computer with a simple interface.

Users who are around SteamOS go on Linux, though. You can also load Windows and productivity software in a steamer and use it for work and play. But it is not ideal for a mouse and keyboard on the couch, even if they use necessary for most PC cool games  of 3000 in the library of the valve. The company has developed a system that can emulate keyboard commands and mouse.

“It’s only next year," said Coomer, "is not enough of these parts that all work together, we can tell all our customers in a credible way -” Hey, if you are a people in living room, play, and we know that many of you - . Now we have enough points that we believe you should try this "connected"

The steam control feels a bit like the new Sony PlayStation 4 controller, clearly curved handles. Instead of a joystick thumb, use the touchpad clickable, sensation, speed, direction and pressure of gestures. Drivers offer all kinds of flexibility to work with new and old games, but it will be a learning process for the players of Xbox - the type of controller.

“The fact that the input device is something that can meet and play with is fantastic - both for us as developers and gamers and people who like to play “, Hannes Seifert, director of the Copenhagen studio IO Interactive, said in an e - mail.

"Bringing traditional PC cool games  on the bench demonstrated incredible ambition, but if someone wants to take something, it is likely that the valve " said Seifert.

Tommy Refenes a developer of Kirkland, who co - hit “Super Meat Boy”, do not expect the regulator to develop cool games  do not change much.

"Overall, it's just another pilot," he said.

Without providing new hardware, Refenes plan your next party - “Mewgenics” a cat lady cat breeds - Steam Game because individual sales accounted for 70 percent of the “Super Meat Boy”.

Valve platform can be used for entertainment. The company began selling last year nongaming software through Steam, suggesting that steam engines could eventually migrate to the area office. Even more interesting, however, are some of the gadgets of the company are to build and test their new dream workshops looking at the center of Bellevue. Mobile devices are a possibility. The company is also working with mobile computing systems and headphones for augmented and virtual reality - reality cool games  that could happen next year.