Many Steam game developers are currently working on native SteamOS titles, which will result in the best possible living room experience being delivered to their customers. In the meantime, we believe it’s important to make sure that the existing catalog of games is also available to Steam users in the living room. So we're working on in-home streaming, a way for people with good home networks to seamlessly play their Steam games anywhere in the house.

We've posted a short series introducing the feature on Steam:
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Responsiveness
Part 3: Home Networks
Part 4: Beta Testing
Part 5: Q & A

Please join our Steam In-Home Streaming community group for more information and a chance to be selected for the upcoming beta test.

Those of us working on Steam hardware and SteamOS are pleased to announce another game coming soon to the platform. Here's the message straight from Rob Bartholomew at Creative Assembly:

At Creative Assembly we want our customers to be able to play on as many platforms and in as many locations as possible, so today we are announcing future support for both SteamOS and the Steam Controller.

We’ve always wanted the Total War franchise to be enjoyed by living room gamers, but the limitations of traditional hardware made our style of game play impossible. Last month, when Valve invited us to test out the new Steam Controller and unveiled their plans for SteamOS - we were impressed. We believe it will provide us with the control fidelity and platform we need to make a living room experience for ROME II that could be a more compelling experience than playing with keyboard and mouse.

ROME II will be launching on Linux early next year, with full Steam Controller and Big Picture support to be added as soon as Valve gets us a controller dev kit. Pick up a copy of the game this weekend while it’s 25% off and you’ll be able to play the Linux version as soon as it launches!

Those of us working on the Steam Machines project are excited about this launch: Deep Silver and 4A Games yesterday released the Linux version of Metro: Last Light on Steam, and confirmed support for SteamOS and the Steam Controller.

Metro already supports Steam Play, meaning that owners of any Steam version will automatically find the game added to their Windows PC, Mac and Linux Steam libraries.

Metro: Last Light will also ship for free to the 300 recipients of Valve’s prototype Steam Machine. We will be announcing a few more games that will be part of the beta in the coming days. We will also be selecting final beta participants soon from the pool of eligible applicants, so stay tuned for that, along with more info about how the new in-home streaming feature of Steam.

Several press web sites are reporting today about SteamOS, Steam Machines, and the Steam Controller. They came to Steam hardware HQ recently and spent some hands-on time with all three. Here is a roundup of their coverage:

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/11/valve-steam-machines/?cid=co13996514

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/04/valves-steam-machine-is-the-anti-console-heres-what-its-like-to-play/

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-11-04/valve-lines-up-console-partners-in-challenge-to-microsoft-sony

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/4/5063760/we-try-the-steam-machine-valves-video-game-console-of-the-future

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/04/how-valve-engineered-the-perfect-controller

http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/04/valve-steam-machine-hands-on/

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2022180559_briercolumn04xml.html

Also, here are some photographs that we shot recently of the Steam Machine prototype and Steam Controller:

Remember! Today's the last day to make yourself eligible to receive a Steam Machine and Steam Controller for testing.

See the announcement page for details.

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamMachines/

Good Luck!