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HTC on the Vive VR, powered by SteamVR from Valve headset:
The Vive headset was developed in conjunction with Valve, creators of such ground-breaking games as Portal and Half-Life. HTC manufactures some of the finest consumer electronics on the planet and Valve is an unrivaled architect of virtual worlds, so you know the collaboration is something special. Vive is powered by Valve’s SteamVR so plenty of games that take advantage of its capabilities will soon be available on the Steam service.
Gamers beware, the Steam Holiday Sale for 2014 has started. 63% off Dark Souls II, and 40% off Civilization: Beyond Earth among the discounted games in the first batch. Better set up a budget for this thing…
Steam is joining the games broadcasting, err, game, with Steam Broadcasting. Anyone using the Steam beta client (an opt-in thing) can both watch and broadcast their game. This is a big business, something Amazon’s acquisition of Twitch is a testament to, and Steam is late to the game. They have tremendous reach though, so this might take off fast.