Steam Announcements are about Steam, not Game Related
Ever since Steam announced that they’d be announcing three things very shortly, there has been a lot of theorizing. Some of it has been based on actual evidence – Left 4 Dead 3 showing up in a picture from Valve HQ for instance – and some of it has been a little less… scientific – “OH MY GOD, THERE ARE THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS, HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED.” It seems those ideas are wrong, however, as Marc Laidlaw confirms that the three announcements are specifically about Steam.
@aaronrussell15 I thought the statements have been remarkably clear that this is about Steam.
— Marc Laidlaw (@MarcLaidlaw) September 21, 2013
While some may be disappointed by the distinct lack of Half-Life, it’s hard not to be more excited by this. We’ve all known about the Steambox for months, some of us maybe even years, and to now be told there are two major announcements that we might have missed…
It seems useless to hazard a guess at this point, but it could be anything from a major update to Big Picture mode or an integrated program for setting keys to a controller, or it could be anything as big as a change to the way deals are done on Steam, or something to do with the recently announced Family Share program Valve are implementing.
In short, Steam is about to change. Watch for news of the announcements in just a few short hours.
Article By Mat Growcott
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